VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 7 February 2013: Bulgarian Charge of Hezbollah Bombing Was an “Assumption”

7 February 2013 — VTJP

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Clashes erupt after settlers visit Nablus tomb
2/7/2013 – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers visited Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus after mid-night accompanied by Israeli soldiers, locals said Thursday. Ten buses full of settlers raided the city after midnight to perform prayers at Joseph’s tomb. Many Israeli soldiers accompanied them, and deployed in the area. Witness said settlers celebrated on….

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ICH 7 February 2013: Poll : It’s Illegal to Target Americans: Ok To Kill Foreigners

7 February 2013 — Information Clearing House 

 

U.S. Goading Japan into Confrontation with China

Will Japan Take the Bait?

By John V. Walsh

China has no record of expansionism overseas even going back to 1400 when it was the world’s premier naval power but never conquered or established colonies or took slaves.

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At 21 Years Since 4 February 1992: Either Chavismo Is Socialist or It’s Not Chavismo By NICMER EVANS

4 February 2013 — Venezuelanalysis – Aporrea

In his regular column “A Critical Space for the Construction of Socialism”, leftist Venezuelan political scientist Nicmer Evans looks at the state of the Bolivarian project on the 21stanniversary of the Chavez-led civic-military coup attempt against the neoliberal government of Carlos Andres Perez, on 4 February 1992. Despite the coup’s failure, it was the event which thrust Chavez into the public light and played a key role in his election as Venezuelan president in 1998. In his article, Evans argues that the Bolivarian project has reached a stage of maturity in which “the fact we’re talking about socialism must never be left to one side”. Continue reading

America’s WMD Pretext to Wage War on Iraq – Ten Years after Colin Powell By Michael Welch

8 February 2013 — Global Research News Hour Episode 14

“We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more … Leaving Saddam Hussein in possession of weapons of mass destruction for a few more months or years is not an option, not in a post-September 11th world.” –– Secretary of State Colin Powell before the UN Security Council on Iraq’s WMD threat, February 5, 2003

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America’s WMD Pretext to Wage War on Iraq – Ten Years after Colin Powell By Michael Welch

8 February 2013 — Global Research News Hour Episode 14

“We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more … Leaving Saddam Hussein in possession of weapons of mass destruction for a few more months or years is not an option, not in a post-September 11th world.” –– Secretary of State Colin Powell before the UN Security Council on Iraq’s WMD threat, February 5, 2003

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Mali: African solution to an African Problem

6 February 2013 — Pambazuka News

Omoyele Sowore of SaharaTV interviews Prof. Horace Campbell on the crisis in Mali

cc L M The jihadists in Mali are a real threat to freedom, peace and security in the country and region. But French military intervention will not solve the problem. The regional bloc ECOWAS must take the lead in the search for a political solution. — Horace G. Campbell

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