February 2013
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 11 February 2013
11 February 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Five Jerusalem Youths Ordered Under House ArrestIMEMC – The Jerusalem District Court ordered five Palestinian youth from the Beit Safafa town, in occupied East Jerusalem, under house arrest for five days. … Continue reading
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War Crimes and the Global War on Terrorism: US Arms Al Qaeda in Syria, Mass-Slaughters Civilians in Afghanistan By Tony Cartalucci
AFP has reported that a recent NATO airstrike in Afghanistan has killed over 10 civilians in an all-too-familiar headline glossed over by the Western media in an exercise of both depravity and hypocrisy. RT’s article, “NATO airstrike kills 10 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children – officials,” notes in particular that up to 11,864 civilians… Continue reading
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Video: LIBOR Scandal More Than Fraud – Whole Game is Rigged
Costas Lapavitsas: From multimillion dollar losses by cities like Baltimore to pension fund losses and much more, the LIBOR interest rate scandal shows that such mechanisms must be taken out of the hands of banks and be run in public interest (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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I want my fair share–and that's ALL OF IT. The Kochs & the XL Pipeline By Greg Palast
According to the transcript of the secretly recorded tape, Charles Koch was chuckling like a six-year old. Koch was having a hell of a laugh over pilfering a few hundred dollars’ worth of oil from a couple of dirt-poor Indians on the Osage Reservation. Why did Koch, worth about $3 billion at the time (now… Continue reading
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Billionaire Burglar Breaks into Obama's Cabinet By Greg Palast
A parade of media reports this week name Penny Pritzker as Obama’s prime choice for Secretary of Commerce. No longer will criminal bankers have to lobby the administration – because now they’ll have one of their own in the Cabinet. Continue reading
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Reshaping Fiscal Policies In Europe: Enforcing Austerity, Attacking Democracy By Hugo Radice
These proposals, when fully implemented, will not only enforce a permanent regime of fiscal austerity, but also further remove macroeconomic policy from democratic control. For these reasons they need to be vigorously fought right across Europe. But if readers in the UK imagine that they are not affected, since we are not in the Eurozone,… Continue reading
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The EU moves to privatise water: the people mobilize
it has recently become known that the European Commission wishes to privatise the distribution of water across Europe i.e. to make water distribution rights something that can be traded on the stock market for profit. Continue reading
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The War in Mali and AFRICOM’s Agenda: Target China By F. William Engdahl
Mali at first glance seems a most unlikely place for the NATO powers, led by a neo-colonialist French government of Socialist President Francois Hollande (and quietly backed to the hilt by the Obama Administration), to launch what is being called by some a new Thirty Years’ War Against Terrorism. Continue reading
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The War in Mali and AFRICOM’s Agenda: Target China By F. William Engdahl
Mali at first glance seems a most unlikely place for the NATO powers, led by a neo-colonialist French government of Socialist President Francois Hollande (and quietly backed to the hilt by the Obama Administration), to launch what is being called by some a new Thirty Years’ War Against Terrorism. Continue reading
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Google Moves to Destroy Online Anonymity …
The bottom line is that anonymity reduces Google’s ability to monetize personal information and sell it to its advertisers. So Google is on a campaign to destroy anonymity … and unintentionally helping tyrants in the process. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Forever Groundhog Day For Climate? A Tale Of Ice, Smokescreens And Rebellion By David Cromwell
A spectacular event captured on film in a new documentary, ‘Chasing Ice’, depicts the stark impact of global warming on the Arctic. The stunning sequence shows the largest glacier calving event ever filmed. An on-screen graphic emphasises the huge scale of the ice collapse: Continue reading
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Video: Remembering the Overlooked Life of Eslanda Robeson, Wife of Civil Rights Legend Paul Robeson
In a Black History Month special, we remember the lives of the legendary civil rights activist, singer and actor Paul Robeson and his wife Eslanda, whose story is not as well known. One of the most celebrated singers and actors of the 20th century, Robeson was attacked, blacklisted and hounded by the government for his… Continue reading
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The health hurricane: a year of destruction in the NHS By Alex Nunn
It is almost a year since the controversial Health and Social Care Act was passed in March 2012. At the time, campaigners issued apocalyptic warnings that it would break up the health service, allowing the NHS to be offered up for privatisation bit by bit. A year on that fear is being realised at breathtaking… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 10 February 2013
10 February 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Surround Azzoun TownIMEMC – Israeli soldiers surrounded, on Saturday at night, Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, and fired dozens of gas bombs at local residents. … Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 9 February 2013
9 February 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Injuries Reported As Army Attacks Bil’in’s Weekly ProtestIMEMC – Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday afternoon, the weekly nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall and settlements, in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah; dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation. Similar attacks… Continue reading
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9 February 2013 — Information Clearing House Syria: How Jihadist’s Are Taking Over Syria‘s “Revolution” By Ruth Sherlock, Aleppo Life in Syria‘s most populous city has become a dog-eat-dog existence: a battle for survival in a place where the strong devour the weak. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33892.htm Continue reading
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GR Week in Review 10 February 2013: The Bankers’ New World Order and the American Police State
10 February 2013 — Global Research CIA Whistleblower: “US is a Police State, Obama Consciously Allows Torture” 013 Continue reading
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Black Box of Free Syrian Army Is Back in Damascus
Riad al-Ahmad is considered the treasure trove of the secrets of the Free Syrian Army. He was the first Syrian army officer to desert the army and escape to Turkey. He was originally serving in the Syrian city of Banias. After being identified by the secret service as an organizer of the armed protests and… Continue reading
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CISPA’s back: Hacking, online espionage resurrect cybersecurity bill
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection act (CISPA) will be reintroduced before the US House next week following a spate of cyber espionage and hacking attacks. Civil liberties advocates have criticized the bill for violating privacy laws. Continue reading
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US government requests for Internet communications soar By Don Knowland
A Google report released Monday shows a marked increase in government requests for private communications of Internet users. The report indicates that between 2010 and 2012, US government requests for data of separate users increased by 85 percent, from 8,888 in 2010 to 16,407 in 2012. This is a global phenomenon, with user data requests… Continue reading
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