August 2012
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VTJP News & Articles 29 August 2012: Jewish settlers burn a car and write racist slogans
29 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center PCHR Condemns Continued Israeli Violations against Palestinian Fishermen in the Gaza StripIMEMC – The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns Israel’s continued violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip, and expresses concern about the escalation of these violations. On Tuesday morning, 28 August 2012, Continue reading
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Syria: Turning Back the Clock on the Arab Spring By Ahmad Barqawi
Whatever genuine grievances and demands for political reform the Syrian people might have had a year and half ago were trodden underfoot by this stampeding sectarian drive that the Syrian opposition itself worked so hard to foster among its own supporters. Continue reading
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ICH 28 August 2012: Britain and US Plan Syrian “Revolution” From Istanbul
28 August 2012 — Information Clearing House US Intelligence Community Report America Planning for a Post-Israel Middle East? Franklin Lamb An 82 page analysis concludes that the American national interest in fundamentally at odds with that of Zionist Israel. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32304.htm Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 28 August 2012: Continuing Impunity for the Death of Rachel Corrie
28 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center France To Investigate Arafat’s DeathIMEMC – The French Prosecution decided to open an official investigation into the death of the late Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat, who died in 2004 after becoming sick while surrounded by the Israeli military in his Ramallah headquarters. … Continue reading
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US Embassy in Caracas predicted an “extraordinary event” that will defeat Chávez in the October 7th Presidential election By Arturo Rosales
The text below was published on a Venezuelan opinion site on July 22nd well before the explosion at the Amuay refinery, which was an “extraordinary event.” Question: Is it the “extraordinary event” referred to by the personnel at the US Embassy mentioned in the following article? Is this a pointer to the Amuay tragedy? Continue reading
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Shocking autopsy: South African police 'shot fleeing protesters in the back'
South African police are facing accusations of mass murder after autopsies on the victims of a bloody crackdown at Marikana platinum mine, showed that miners were shot in the back. Meanwhile, new violence has broken out at the location. Continue reading
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Housmans Books, London: Newsletter of Events September 2012
28 August 2012 — Housmans NEWS1. The Fuse Book Club at Housmans2. Help save Hackney’s black bookshop, Centerprise IN-STORE EVENTS – London’s Burning Season3. ‘Riot City: Protest and Rebellion in the Capital’ with Clive Bloom4. ‘King’s Cross: a sense of place’ with Angela Inglis and local campaigners5. ‘The Art of Wandering’ with Merlin Coverley6. ‘Baron’s Court, all Continue reading
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Orwell’s 1984 Solution to Criminalize War: “If There was Hope, it must Lie in the Proles” By Prof. James F. Tracy
In George Orwell’s 1984 the Outer Party comprised a mere thirteen percent of the population and was subject to the ideological filters in play at the Ministry of Truth and the broader bureaucratic structure. A specific language and way of thinking were closely adhered to. Given their political import, Outer Party members were the most… Continue reading
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US arms sales nearly triple in 2011, researchers say
US arms transfers to other countries nearly tripled last year to $66.3 billion, giving America a market share of nearly 80 percent, government researchers said Monday. Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 27 August 2012: Arrigoni’s Murder Trial in Gaza: Answers Not Just a Verdict
27 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel To Close Bribery Case Against Sharon, His SonsIMEMC – Israeli sources reported Monday that the Israeli prosecution is weighing the possibility of dropping bribery and corruption charges against former Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, and his two sons, Omri and Gilad, due to the lack Continue reading
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ICH 27 August 2012: US “Fifty Wealthiest Lawmakers” list
27 August 2012 — Information Clearing House Inventing an Iranian Threat By Stephen Lendman Washington and Israel target the Islamic Republic relentlessly. Longstanding war plans await implementation. Media scoundrels and right-wing think tanks support it. They’re paid to endorse ravaging one country after another. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32291.htm Continue reading
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Obama’s Geopolitical China ‘Pivot’: The Pentagon Targets China By F. William Engdahl
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the nominal end of the Cold War some twenty years back, rather than reducing the size of its mammoth defense spending, the US Congress and all US Presidents have enormously expanded spending for new weapons systems, increased permanent military bases around the world and expansion of NATO… Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 26 August 2012: Testimonies by Israeli soldiers detail abuse of Palestinian children
26 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel denies entry to Welcome to Palestine visitorsIMEMC – In a precedented measure, Israel denied entry to nearly 85 international visitors who were planning to enter Palestine through the King Hussein bridge via Jordan. … Continue reading
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Ronnie Kasrils: Marikana – It was like poking a hornet's nest
An order was given to deploy almost 500 police armed with automatic weapons, reinforced by armoured vehicles, horsemen and helicopters; they advanced on a desolate hill where 3000 striking miners were encamped. That denoted an order from on high with a determination to carry out a dangerous and dubious operation to clear an isolated, stony… Continue reading
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Can the War Israel Wants With Iran Be Averted? By Danny Schechter
For more than a year now, the drums of war emanating from Israel have become louder and louder with weekly news leaks, and threats including the disclosure of alleged attack plans. The whole exercise seems designed to create a sense of alarm and inevitability. Continue reading
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Why Syria will not Fall: Crushing Defeat of "Free Syrian Army" By Ghaleb Kandil
The recent developments in Syria revealed a series of important signs which will have decisive repercussions over the course of the global war led by the United States to destroy this country. Unlike the information and impressions of American strategists and their European and Arab accomplices – as conveyed by hundreds of media outlets engaged… Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 25 August 2012: PA considers legal action against Israeli officials, settlers
25 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Swiss Forensic Experts To Examine Arafat’s RemainsIMEMC – Experts working for the Swiss Radiophysics Institute stated Friday that they will be arriving in the West Bank to examine the remains of the late president, Yasser Arafat, after receiving the approval of his widow, Soha Arafat. … Continue reading
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ICH 25 August 2012: America’s Descent into Poverty
25 August 2012 — Information Clearing House The Human Cost of War on Iran By Elizabeth Murray The subject of human suffering is almost taboo among these elites, and is generally raised only when negative media publicity, or the prospect thereof, forces them to take action. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32276.htm Continue reading
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Marikana, where the ANC’s chickens came home to roost By William Bowles
The African National Congress (ANC) won a resounding victory in South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994 with a host of promises that it would improve the lives of the Black majority (85% of the population). And whilst there have been gains in some areas, overall, most Black South Africans are materially worse off now… Continue reading
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Can't you hear the thunder? By Jay Naidoo
The headlines scream ‘Marikana Massacre’; ‘Killing Fields of Rustenburg’. Radio and TV Talk shows and social media all display the anger and expose the psyche of a nation badly wounded. The bloodiest security operation since the end of apartheid has left us shocked and asking what went wrong? The reality is, many things went wrong.… Continue reading
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