October 2012
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Imperialism In The X-Factor Age By Colin Todhunter
In Vietnam, Agent Orange was dropped by the US to poison a foreign population. In Iraq and the former Yugoslavia, depleted uranium was used. In Western countries, things are a bit more complicated because various states have tended to avoid using direct forms of physical violence to quell their own populations (unless you belong to… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 30 October 2012 (19/12): EU: Britain’s opt-out on EU police and crime laws raises eyebrows
29 October 2012 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EU: Council of the European Union: HISTORICAL DOCUMENT: “Regulations for the use of force including firearms”, “Use of batons”, “Use of riot control agents” Continue reading
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ICH 29 October 2012: Israel Bombs Sudan: Dry Run for Iran Attack?
29 October 2012 — Information Clearing House Israel bombs Sudan in Dry Run for Iran Attack By Uzi Mahmaini, Tel Aviv and Flora Bagenal, Nairobi Eight Israeli F-15I planes – four carrying two one-ton bombs, escorted by four fighters – struck the giant Yarmouk factory on the southwestern outskirts of Khartoum, the capital, in the early hours Continue reading
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A World in Which Truth is a Dying Species by GAITHER STEWART
Hidden away somewhere within the labyrinth of the Pentagon there must be a top secret euphemism department engaged in the invention of the Orwellian surrogate words that have crept surreptitiously into the American English vocabulary and from there translated into many other languages. In my mind I see a unit of studiously serious executives, coffee… Continue reading
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Video: Refugees March to Berlin Demanding Full Human Rights
Refugees from all over Germany converged on Berlin to demand the stopping of deportation Continue reading
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Mikoyan’s “Mission Impossible” in Cuba: New Soviet Evidence on the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis continued long after the “13 days” celebrated by U.S. media, with U.S. armed forces still on DEFCON 2 and Soviet tactical nuclear weapons still in Cuba, according to new documents posted today by the National Security Archive (www.nsarchive.org) from the personal archive of the late Sergo Mikoyan. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 27 October 2012: ‘Let us not be brought down’: Last legal recourse for Holy Land Five
27 October 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center A young Druze man refuse to serve in the Israeli ArmyIMEMC – A young druze man sent out a letter to the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Ehud Barak, explaining why he refuses to be part of the Israeli army. Young secular Continue reading
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Week in Review: America’s War Criminals, Shady Presidential Elections By Global Research
28 October, 2012 — Global Research Syria: US-NATO Sponsored Rebels break the Cease Fire, Global Research News, October 26, 2012 Continue reading
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ICH 27 October 2012: Noam Chomsky : Who Owns the World?
27 October 2012 — Information Clearing House Welcome to the Age of Hell Entrenching Murder as the American Way By Chris Floyd Weep for where we are, and where we’re going. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32878.htm Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 27 October 2012: WikiLeaks reveals US detainee policies: Camp Delta
27 October 2012 Ecuador’s President suggests Assange be questioned at EmbassyVoice of Russia, News Today at 00:44 Sweden may send a representative of its prosecutor’s office to Ecuador’s Embassy in the UK to question Wikileaks founder Julian Assange . This was stated by the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, who cited instances when representatives of Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 26 October 2012: Analysis: World Bank policies persistently fail Palestinians
26 October 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Falk Calls For Boycotting Companies Benefiting From Israeli SettlementsIMEMC – United Nations Special Rapporteur on humanitarian affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories, called for boycotting all firms that benefit from Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, and stated that this ban should be submitted Continue reading
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Video: Siege of Bani Walid: Foreign fighters, phosphorus bombs and nerve gas – RT sources
The besieged Libyan city of Bani Walid has been plunged into chaos. RT sources say that the former Gaddafi regime stronghold is under attack by militias bolstered by foreign mercenaries, and they used banned weapons like white phosphorous. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 21-27 Oct. 2012: Bolivia-USA / Oil-Uranium / USA / Nobel Prize / EU / China / Nicaragua
27 October 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation Bolivian President Bluntly Describes US Diplomacy 27.10.2012 | 00:00 | Nil NIKANDROV Bolivian leader Evo Morales tends to speak in a carefully chosen language, in part as a precaution natural for someone who is permanently under fire from his opponents. It long became a staple of the US propaganda Continue reading
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Australia’s Uranium Bonanza: Making the World a More Dangerous Place By John Pilger
Australia has 40% of the world’s uranium, all of it on indigenous land. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has just been to India to sell uranium to a government that refuses to sign the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and whose enemy, Pakistan, is also a non-signatory. The threat of nuclear war between them is constant.… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 25 October 2012: Israel: UN bid risks ‘far-reaching consequences’
25 October 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Dr. Erekat: “Israel Responsible For Gaza Escalation”IMEMC – Chief Palestinian Negotiator, head of the Negotiations Department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated that Israel is responsible for the latest escalation against the Gaza Strip due to its ongoing illegal measures. … Continue reading
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ICH 25 October 2012: Britain Rejects US Request to Use UK Bases in Nuclear Standoff with Iran
25 October 2012 — Information Clearing House US Coordinates Weapon Deliveries to Syria Rebels: Russia By AFP Russia on Thursday accused Washington of “coordinating” deliveries of arms to Syrian rebels, despite assurances by the State Department. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32857.htm Continue reading
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Who Will Win the Elections? “The Republicrats” By Julie Lévesque
Republicans and Democrats agree on core issues and only argue on technicalities. Obama, who was portrayed as a peaceful saviour in the last presidential elections, has demonstrated during his four years in office that he is not much different from his predecessor. Continue reading
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ICH 24-25 October 2012: UK Support For US Drones In Pakistan May Be War Crime
25 October 2012 — Information Clearing House Julia Gillard Making the World a More Dangerous Place By John Pilger The day before Barack Obama arrived in Canberra last year to declare China the new enemy of the “free world”, Gillard announced the end of her party’s ban on uranium sales. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32846.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 24 October 2012: Militants join forces as Israel warns of ‘extensive’ action in Gaza
24 October 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Closure of Beit Hanoun Crossing Threatens the Lives of Hundreds of Patients in the Gaza StripIMEMC – The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the targeting of the Palestinian customs checkpoint, near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, by Israeli warplanes. As a result of the attack, Continue reading
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HOUSMANS RADICAL BOOKS EVENTS NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2012
25 October 2012 — Housmans BooksNEWS1. Housmans Peace Diary 2013012 – A Tribute Continue reading
The New Dark Age 