March 2012
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Pambazuka News 573: Special Issue: Ending violence against women and girls in Africa
8 March 2012 — Pambazuka News PAMBAZUKA NEWS 573: SPECIAL ISSUE: ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS IN AFRICA The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Continue reading
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Not Quite “Ordinary Human Beings” — Anti-Imperialism and the Anti-Humanist Rhetoric of Gilad Atzmon
Atzmon’s statements, besides distorting the history of Jews and constituting a brazen justification for centuries of anti-Jewish behavior and beliefs, also downgrade anti-Zionism to a mere front in the broader (anti-Jewish) struggle. Atzmon has specifically described Zionism not as a form of colonialism or settlerism, but as a uniquely evil ideology unlike anything else in… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 8 March 2012
8 March 2012 — williambowles.info Wikileaks: US-led NATO Troops Operate Inside Syria Syrian Radio & TV Online A document released by the WikiLeaks website has revealed that undercover US-led NATO forces are operating inside Syria against the Syrian government. WikiLeaks released a confidential email from an analyst working for the US-based intelligence firm … Continue reading
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Wikileaks: US-led NATO Troops Operate Inside Syria
A document released by the WikiLeaks website has revealed that undercover US-led NATO forces are operating inside Syria against the Syrian government. Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 8 March 2012
8 March 2012 — williambowles.info The heavy price of telling the truth Montreal Gazette Hintz points to the experience of Bradley Manning, the alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower who was nabbed after he revealed his identity to a hacker via an online chat. “The Bradley Manning case also shows the severity of the repercussions,” Hintz said. Continue reading
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Syria: Straining credulity? By Alastair Crooke
The UN Secretary General was reported on March 3 saying that he had received “grisly reports” that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people in Homs after retaking control of the Baba Amr district from insurgents. Did he really believe this; or was he just “saying it”? Continue reading
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Video: Smuggled Cash, Arms, Jihadists Fuel Syria War By grtv
James Corbett – editor of the Japan-based independent news website the Corbett Report, says it’s not developments within Syria, but international politics, that will shape the country’s future. Continue reading
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Russia Accuses Libya Of Training Syrian Rebels
UNITED NATIONS: Russia on Wednesday accused Libya of training Syrian rebels who are fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad, saying that “this is completely unacceptable.” Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 7 March 2012: In photos: Hebron village lives in settlement shadows
7 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas Agrees To Head Interim GovernmentIMEMC – The Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) announced Wednesday that president Mahmoud Abbas agreed to be the head of the upcoming interim Palestinian government for a few months, until new elections are prepared and held. … Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 7 March 2012: Obama’s Kill Doctrine
7 March 2012 — Information Clearing House Imperial Rage for War By Stephen Lendman “A new chapter is being written in the history of nations. Never before has a small country dictated to a superpower” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30740.htm Continue reading
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Strong Russia Of Strategic Importance To China
Putin’s victory is a positive factor for the stability of China’s northern border and its global strategic environment. As China’s competition with the US intensifies, this becomes a valuable asset. China’s growing influence will also in turn provide support for Russia’s path ahead. Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: March 7, 2012
7 March 2012 — 012 Six British Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan NATO Headquarters: Armenia’s Integration Into Bloc Proceeds Marines In U.S.-Led NATO War Games In Baltic Three-Nation Baltic Exercise To Practice Hosting U.S., NATO Forces Baltic-Nordic Military Cooperation Aimed At Russia Continue reading
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The Battle for Homs By Alexey Pilko
The fighting in Homs raised the question: who is opposing the government forces in Syria? It is very difficult to believe that ordinary city residents, armed with who knows what, stubbornly held back the onslaught of the elite Syrian Republican Guard and 4th Armored Division for a month. It is clear to any sane observer… Continue reading
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Role of mass media in Syrian conflict By Yekaterina Kudashkina
What we are seeing is very much a push on the side of the opposition to push for this mass humanitarian crisis which would then justify intervention and which basically obliterate any resistance from Russia or China, or other countries. So, for example on the Guardian newspapers and on Channel 4 in Britain and most… Continue reading
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Zionism loves colonialism, Zionism is colonialism By William Bowles
I don’t know who Rafael Castro is but surely no relation of Fidel’s? In any case, I thought long and hard before posting this attempt at revising the traditional view of anti-semitism being the same as being anti-Israeli and it’s obvious why: it doesn’t work. Hauling out the ‘Holocaust’ every time Israel behaves like the… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 7 March 2012
7 March 2012 — williambowles.info Wikileaks: Bin Laden’s body moved on CIA plane to US Gant Daily Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – WikiLeaks on Tuesday made another stunning revelation when it released e-mails claiming that the body of former Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was not buried at sea, but instead moved on a CIA plane Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 7 March 2012
7 March 2012 — williambowles.info ‘US world’s worst human rights violator’ Press TV The UN special rapporteur on torture has found that the US authorities subjected WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Juan Ernesto Mendez says he is not convinced with the US authorities’ explanation regarding … http://www.presstv.ir/detail/230322.html Continue reading
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Fighting the “Rising Tide” of Arab Nationalism: The Eisenhower Doctrine and the Syrian Crisis By Andrew Gavin Marshall
The following sample is a compilation of unedited research, largely drawn from official government documents of the State Department, CIA, Pentagon, White House, and National Security Council, outlining the development of the Eisenhower Doctrine and the American imperial perceptions of the threat of ‘Arab Nationalism.’ Continue reading
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Mossad, CIA and Blackwater operate in Syria – report — RT
A security operation in Homs reveals Mossad, CIA and Blackwater are involved in the military violence in this part of Syria, as over 700 Arab and Western gunmen and Israeli, American and European-made weapons were detained in Baba Amr district. Continue reading
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