August 2012
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Video: US war on whistleblowers must end – Assange
“On Wednesday night, after a threat was sent to this embassy and police desceneded on this building, you came out in the middle of the night to watch over it, and you brought the worlds eyes with you. Inside this embassy after dark I could hear teams of police swarming up into the building through… Continue reading
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VTJP News & Articles 8/18/2012: Three Palestinian youth hospitalized after attack by Israeli lynch mob
18 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Report: “4550 Palestinians, Including 220 Children, Imprisoned By Israel”IMEMC – Palestinian researcher and former political prisoners, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, reported that Israel is currently holding captive 4550 Palestinians, held in 17 prisons, detention and interrogation centers, and added that 220 Palestinian children are still imprisoned by Israel. Continue reading
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ICH 18 August 2012: Pussy Riot vs Julian Assange
18 August 2012 — Information Clearing House Why the World Can’t Tolerate a Preemptive Israeli Attack on Iran By L. Michael Hager It is time for President Obama to say “No” to the Israelis – no more military aid (now amounting to more than $3 billion a year) if they launch a military strike on Iran. Continue reading
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Julian Assange urges US to end Wikileaks ‘witch-hunt’
Julian Assange has urged the US to end its “witch-hunt” against Wikileaks, in his first public statement since entering Ecuador’s London embassy. Continue reading
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US in pursuit of Assange, cables reveal
AUSTRALIAN diplomats have no doubt the United States is still gunning for Julian Assange, according to Foreign Affairs Department documents obtained by The Saturday Age. Continue reading
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NGO accuses platinum mine owners of neglecting communities
Several Platinum miners have dismissed a non-governmental organisation report on their operations in the Rustenburg area. The Bench Marks Foundation is accusing platinum miners of neglecting mining communities in pursuit of profits. Mineworkers union National Union of Mineworkers has come out in support of Bench Marks findings. Continue reading
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Israeli-US Script: Divide Syria, Divide the Rest By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
What is happening in Syria is a sign of things to come for the region. Regime change is not the sole goal of the US and its allies in Syria. Dividing the Syrian Arab Republic is the end goal of Washington in Syria. Continue reading
Africa, Arab, DVD, GLOBAL, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, NATO, Nazemroaya, Strategic Culture, Syria, TV -
Letter from a South African reader on the Marikana miners massacre
Shortly before the police attack on striking mine workers at Rustenburg’s Marikana platinum mine, police spokesperson Dennis Adriao issued a chilling threat, a portent of the massacre to follow: “Today is unfortunately D-Day.” Continue reading
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Assange Newslinks 17-18 August 2012
18 August 2012 Australian government lines up behind British threats against AssangeWorld Socialist Web Site Today at 17:01 Canberra’s refusal to publicly criticise, let alone challenge, the British government further demonstrates its role as a co-conspirator in the persecution of the WikiLeaks founder. Continue reading
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Marikana: NUM: Rival union 'may have planned' mine violence
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) secretary general Frans Baleni put the toll at 36 and blamed the unrest on the rival Association of Mineworkers and Communication Union making promises which could never be delivered and, in the process, organising an illegal action which led to the loss of lives. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 12-18 August 2012: Italy / Syria / Kosovo / China-Africa / Egypt / USA / UN
18 August 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation Rethinking Italian National Interest and Strategy in a Changing World 18.08.2012 | 00:00 | Tiberio GRAZIANI, Daniele SCALEA Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 August 2012: ‘After Zionism’ puts forth debates on one-state solution
17 August 2012 — VTJP News Ma’an News Report: Palestinian, Israeli group clash in West Jerusalem8/17/2012 – TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — An 18-year-old Palestinian was seriously injured in a fight between a group of Palestinians and Israelis in West Jerusalem on Thursday night, Israeli media reported. Israeli news site Ynet said the man was taken to Continue reading
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Video: Daniel Ellsberg: I Congratulate Ecuador for Standing Up to British Empire to Protect Julian Assange
Daniel Ellsberg, the most famous whistleblower in the United States, praises Ecuador for granting political asylum to Julian Assange to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning over sex crime accusations. ‘I congratulate Ecuador, of course, for standing up to the British Empire here, for insisting that they are not a British colony, and acting as… Continue reading
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Latest UN Syria Report Compiled by Washington Think-Tanker By Tony Cartalucci
The latest report is but a tired rehash of the equally useless UN Human Rights Council’s report published in November 2011. This too was nothing more than a collection of “interviews” conducted abroad with “witnesses” provided by Syrian opposition groups and alleged defectors. Continue reading
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ICH 17 August 2012: New Evidence Reveals US Cover-Up of Murdered Civilians
17 August 2012 — Information Clearing House New Evidence Shows: US Cover-Up of Murdered Civilians By Gareth Porter The majority of the deaths in the drone war in Pakistan have been civilian noncombatants – not “militants,” as the Obama administration has claimed. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32211.htm Continue reading
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"Freedom Fighters": The Foot Soldiers of the American Empire By Julie Lévesque
Since the end of World War II, the Anglo-American Empire has covertly supported the deployment of foreign and domestic “foot soldiers”, including terrorists and paramilitary brigades to bring about regime change and further its agenda of World domination. Continue reading
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Media Lens: The Return Of The King – Tony Blair And The Magically Disappearing Blood By David Cromwell
How many war crimes does a western leader have to commit before he is deemed persona non grata by the corporate media and the establishment? Apparently there is no limit, if we are to judge by the prevailing reaction to Tony Blair’s return to the political stage. Continue reading
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Russia in the Middle East: Return of a superpower? By Eric Walberg
The US “withdrawal” from Iraq last year and the planned “withdrawal” from Afghanistan in 2014 cannot help but change the face of Central Asia and the Middle East. But how does Russia fit in, asks Eric Walberg Continue reading
Afghanistan, Arab, Asia, China, Egypt, empire, Eric Walberg, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria -
ICH 16 August 2012: US Punched Bibi, Barak in the Face
16 August 2012 — Information Clearing House Bibi’s Secret War Plan By Richard Silverstein In the past few days, I received an Israeli briefing document outlining Israel‘s war plans against Iran. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32201.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 16 August 2012
16 August 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Father, Mother And Children Injured By Settlers FirebombIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources in Bethlehem reported Thursday that a cab driver, a Palestinian father, mother and their children, from Nahhalin town, near Bethlehem, suffered moderate to severe injuries after fundamentalist Israeli settlers hurled a firebomb at the Continue reading
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