December 2012
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GR Week in Review 9 December 2012: Foreign Backed Terrorists and NATO Expansion in the Middle East
9 December 2012 — Global Research Protests spread throughout Egypt against Islamist dictatorship, Johannes Stern, December 09, 2012 Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 10 December 2012 (21/12)
012 — http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EU Council of the European Union: COSI Operational plan & Schengen borders re-introduction2, EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 6-7 December 2012, Brussels: Final Press release, 6-7 December3. EU: Institute of Race Relations: Which way forward on racial profiling? Continue reading
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Syria: EU Nobel Winners, Dodgy Deals, Clinton and Osama bin Laden’s Ally By Felicity Arbuthnot
Marking abandonment of the last shred of pretense of observing the rule of law, the Nobel Peace Prize winning European Union Foreign Ministers are to meet with the leader of the Syrian insurgency in Brussels on Monday 10th December, according to Lebanon’s Daily Star. Continue reading
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ICH 8 December 2012: Psychopaths Holding America Hostage
8 December 2012 — Information Clearing House Report: US Drafting Plans to Strike Syrian Chemical Weapon Targets By Carlo Muñoz Senior U.S. defense officials are drafting plans for a potential preemptive strike against government forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, prompted by concerns over the country’s chemical weapon stockpiles. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33255.htm Continue reading
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Israel’s “Operation Mow the Lawn” by Steve Niva
One can only imagine the nods of self-satisfaction when an Israel Defense Forces planner came up with “Pillar of Cloud” to name Israel’s subsequent eight-day aerial assault on Gaza. By lifting this metaphor from several well-known passages in the Torah, the IDF sought to portray the operation as a divinely sanctioned mission to clear the… Continue reading
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Video: Journalists targeted in Israeli attack
This report contains graphic scenes. Viewer discretion is advised. Continue reading
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Wikileaks/Bradley Manning Newslinks 8 December 2012
8 December 2012 — williambowles.info Brig Chief Denies Punishing GI in WikiLeaks Case ABC News A former Marine Corp brig commander says she never intended it as punishment when she ordered underwear removed from an Army private charged with giving classified material to WikiLeaks. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Denise Barnes testified Friday on the …… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 2-8 December 2012
8 December 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation «Dragon Family Gold» and US Federal Reserve System (I) 08.12.2012 | 00:00 | Valentin KATASONOV Continue reading
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Video: Sbujwa
I had a treat when I was in Johannesburg recently. I was about to jump into a cab when this van pulled up and out piled these colourfully clad kids. With their exit came the loud, blasting house-sort of music, then the dance moves, taunting, shouting matches, some alcohol, and street fashion … but at… Continue reading
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Truth, Propaganda and Media Manipulation
Never before has it been so important to have independent, honest voices and sources of information. We are – as a society – inundated and overwhelmed with a flood of information from a wide array of sources, but these sources of information, by and large, serve the powerful interests and individuals that own them. The… Continue reading
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Wikileaks/Bradley Manning Newslinks 6-7 December 2012
7 December 2012 — williambowles.info 2nd Brig Commander Taking Stand in WikiLeaks Case ABC News Testimony in the WikiLeaks case resumes with the second of two Marine Corps brig commanders who ordered strict pretrial confinement of an Army private charged with sending classified information to the anti-secrecy website. Chief Warrant Officer 2 … http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/brig-commander-gi-restricted-good-17891825 Continue reading
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US wants to install a Mubarak-type dictatorship in Egypt: Analyst
A Cairo-based political commentator tells that the United States is seeking to set up a new dictatorship in Egypt under its supervision similar to the one during the Mubarak regime. Continue reading
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Hillary Clinton: Thwarting “Re-Sovietization” or Imposing Americanization? By Boris Volkhonsky
As reported by the Financial Times, on Thursday, hours before meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a news conference that the US is to prevent Russia from integrating more closely with its neighbors in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Continue reading
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West’s Syrian Chemical Weapons Canard: Prelude to Intervention
“The real concern is that the U.S. may have other plans; to provide the terrorist groups with such weaponries…to justify any foreign intervention in Syria’s internal affairs,” Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad told local media on Thursday. Continue reading
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The Political Pied Pipers on the Road to Mangaung: A Different Kind of Tale By Dale T. McKinley
South Africa’s modern-day political pied pipers are, like the fairy tale character’s clothing, a patch-work collection. But we should not be deceived by appearances alone, for the securocrat-inspired tune of intolerance and political similitude they are playing with increasing enthusiasm and volume on the road to Mangaung is as deadly to all South Africans as… Continue reading
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PCHR_e Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (29 Nov.- 05 Dec 2012)
6 December 2012 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Ltd (non-profit) Israeli Forces Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 609: POLITICAL PIED PIPERS, WORKER UNREST & TOILET APARTHEID
6 December 2012 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 