January 15, 2013
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Why French commandos botched the raid on Al Shabab
Reliable sources in and around BuloMarer town in South Somalia where French commandos raided late last night, say that the French commandos first landed at a village called Daaydoog which is located at the seas side and three kilometers away from BulMarur where the French intelligence officer held by Al Shabab militants. Continue reading
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Internet Freedom and Copyright Reform: Aaron Swartz’s Suspicious Death By Stephen Lendman
He was an Internet folk hero. He supported online freedom and copyright reform. He advocated free and open web files. He championed a vital cause. He worked tirelessly for what’s right. Continue reading
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Video: The Death of Dr. Kelly: An Open Case by grtv
This documentary studies the suspicious death of Dr. David Christopher Kelly, an internationally recognized British authority on biological weapons, after his claims before the Iraq war. Continue reading
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Mali is Libya all over again
The situation in Mali is directly linked to the Nato mobilisation in 2011 to overthrow the Gadaffi regime in Libya. Continue reading
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Mali: the scramble for Africa by Paddy McGuffin
Western powers are once again using anti-Islamist rhetoric to justify colonial interventions, anti-war campaigners Stop the War Coalition claimed today. Continue reading
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ICH 15 January 2013: Blowback in Mali
15 January 2013 — Information Clearing House Mali and the Scramble for Africa:A New Wave of Barbarism By Ben Schreiner The notion that the West’s renewed interest in Africa is derived from an altruistic desire to help African states combat terrorism and establish democracy is rather absurd. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33622.htm Continue reading
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U.S. intelligence agencies are preparing for the developing crisis in Venezuela By Nil NIKANDROV
Hostile forces in Venezuela and beyond, are taking the opportunity to intensify subversive activities aimed at overthrowing the Bolivarian government. The conspiracy, which is coordinated from CIA headquarters, is implemented via many channels and is aimed at destabilizing Venezuela, inciting internal conflict in the nation’s leadership, and fanning the feelings of panic over an alleged… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 15 January 2013 (01/13)
013 — Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EU Council of the European Union: Informal Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council in Dublin on 17-18 January 20132. EU: European Investigation Order3. EU: Commission makes €50 million available for the development of “big brother” PNR databases – before legislation has even been agreed Continue reading
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Obama in Africa: Somalia, Mali and the War Powers Resolution By Steve Breyman
Critics of President Obama’s 2011 aerial intervention in Libya may recall one of that conflict’s most striking features: the administration’s failure to invoke the 1973 War Powers Resolution(WPR). The War Powers Resolution is that tasteless congressional fruit of the late Vietnam War era. Continue reading
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France invades Africa…again By Alex Lantier
Mali is the fourth country attacked by France in two years, after Libya, the Ivory Coast and Syria. Of these countries, all but Libya were former French colonies. Explanations for this war given by President François Hollande and other French officials—that France aims to defend Mali’s “democracy” from Al Qaeda, and not what Hollande called… Continue reading
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Video: Aaron Swartz – a Fighter Against the Privatization of Knowledge
Two colleagues and friends of Aaron Swartz talk about his activism and vision of technology in the service of a more democratic and just society Continue reading
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How 20 Tents Rocked Israel: Palestinians Take the Fight to their Occupiers By Jonathan Cook
At a time when Palestinians hoped for a watershed moment in their struggle for national liberation, the Fatah and Hamas leaderships look as mutually self-absorbed as ever. Last week they were again directing their energies into a new round of reconciliation talks, this time in Cairo, rather than keeping the spotlight on Israeli intransigence. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 14 January 2013: How 20 tents rocked Israel
14 January 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Farmer Killed By Israeli Fire In Beit LahiaIMEMC – Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian farmer died, on Monday evening, of serious injuries he suffered at noon after Israeli soldiers opened fire at him as he worked on his land in Beit Lahia, in Continue reading
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ICH 14 January 2013: 8 civilians killed as France defends failed Somali raid to rescue hostages
14 January 2013 — Information Clearing House The Bombing of Mali Highlights all the Lessons of Western Intervention By Glenn Greenwald The west African nation becomes the eighth country in the last four years alone where Muslims are killed by the west. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33611.htm Continue reading
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