29 May 2013 — Asia Times Online
A bombing in the Turkish town of Reyhanli on May 11 killed 51 people but was largely ignored by Turkish media. Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Syrian government – with no evidence.
Month: May 2013
ICH 31 May 2013: Western States Pouring Fuel on The Syrian Crisi
31 May 2013 — Information Clearing House
“Rebels” Don’t Want Peace
Syria’s Opposition Won’t Attend International Peace Talks
NBC – Video
The best hope yet for ending Syria’s civil war has suffered a serious setback. The main opposition group said it would not take part in talks in Geneva in the coming weeks.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35140.htm
Miles Davis Live! 'Bitches Brew'
30 May 2013 — Jazz on the Tube
Taped 18 August 1970 at the Tanglewood Festival. Miles in full flight! Bennie Maupin, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Airto Moreira and others…
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31 May 2013 — Housmans
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Moscow remembers Charlie Wilson’s War By M K Bhadrakumar
31 May 2013 — Asia Times Online
Charlie Wilson claimed to be on United States government business even while entertaining the then Egyptian defense minister with a Texan belly dancer he brought along to Cairo with the hope of persuading him to agree to a deal to supply weapons to the Afghan mujahideen in the early 1980s.
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A Hefty Bill: Guarding Assange in London By Binoy Kampmark
31 May, 2013 — Dissident Voice
They set the rules about what a win was. They lost in every battle they defined. Their loss is total. We’ve won the big stuff. – Julian Assange, Salon, May 10, 2013
Wikileaks Newslinks 31 May 2013
31 May 2013 — williambowles.info
The WikiLeaks story exposed, but not resolved
Boston Globe
Alex Gibney’s overlong but fascinating “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks” manages to convince you that both sides of the equation deserve consideration even as the film carefully separates the strands of a maddening snarl of event and accusation.
Video: US Supported Jabhat al-Nusra Caught with Sarin Gas inside Turkey
31 May 2013 — RT
Turkish security forces found a 2-Kg cylinder with sarin gas after searching the homes of jihadist militants from al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra (Nusra Front) who were previously detained, Turkish media reports. The gas was reportedly going to be used in a bomb. Continue reading
Bradley Manning Newslinks 31 May 2013
31 May 2013 — williambowles.info
Supporter of leak suspect Bradley Manning settles with US over laptop seizure
Boston.com
David House, a former MIT researcher, who co-founded an organization to raise money for accused leaker Bradley Manning, accused the Department of Homeland Security of violating his civil rights without a warrant when he passed through airport security …
The Role of Turkey in the US-NATO-Israeli War on Syria By Cem Ertür
29 May 2013 — Global Research
“Syria is worrying that it will be attacked by Turkey from above and by Israel from below. It is worrying that it will be squeezed between us like a sandwich.” [Israeli President Ezer Weizman (1993-2000), interview with Guneri Civaoglu,Caesarea, Israel, 11 June 1996] [1]
VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 30 May 2013: Israel To Build 1000 Units For Settlers In East Jerusalem
30 May 2013 — VTJP
News
International Middle East Media Center
29 Palestinians Kidnapped In Jerusalem
IMEMC – Thursday at dawn, May 30 2012, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the As-Sa’diyya neighborhood, in the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem, and the nearby towns of Al-Ezariyya and Abu Dis, broke into and searched Palestinian homes, and kidnapped 29 residents, including children. …
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Student Science Experiment Finds Plants won’t Grow near Wi-Fi Router
30 May 2013 — mnn.com
Ninth-graders design science experiment to test the effect of cellphone radiation on plants. The results may surprise you.
Turkish Police find Chemical Weapons in the Possession of Al Nusra Terrorists heading for Syria By Gearóid Ó Colmáin
30 May 2013 — Global Research
According to a report in Turkey’s state media agency Zaman, agents from the Turkish General Directorate of Security (Emniyet Genel Müdürlü?ü) ceased 2 kg of sarin gas in the city of Adana in the early hours of yesterday morning. The chemical weapons were in the possession of Al Nusra terrorists believed to have been heading for Syria.
Israel is Fighting a Regional War in Syria By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
30 May 2013 — Global Research
The changing internal situation in Syria is putting a new set of plans into motion, which involve Israeli aggression against Syria.
Ireland and the Basque Country By James Petras
30 May 2013 — James Petras
Massive Flight (Emigration) or General Strike?
Many billions of Euros are being extracted from Europe’s vassal-debtor nations – Spain, Greece, Portugal and Ireland –and transferred to the creditor banks, financial speculators and swindlers located in the City of London, Wall Street, Geneva and Frankfort. Continue reading
Interview Given by President al-Assad to Lebanese Al-Manar TV
30 May, 2013 — Al Manar
DAMASCUS, (SANA)-President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to al-Manar TV broadcasted on Thursday
Following is the full text of the interview:
Assassinated? Man Linked to Tsarnaev Boston Suspects “Shot Six Times”, Killed during FBI Interrogation. Photos.
30 May 2013 — RT
Ibragim Todashev, who was killed by the FBI during a questioning, was shot six times, once in the crown of his head, photos shown at a press conference in Moscow reveal. His father suspects it could have been a kill shot.
Video: Friend of Boston bombing suspect unarmed when killed by FBI
30 May 2013 — RT
Ibragim Todashev, who was killed during an FBI interview last week, was unarmed when he was fatally shot, according to law enforcement officials. Civil rights activists are now calling for independent investigation of the death.
Israel Threatens Russia By Stephen Lendman
Arizona’s John McCain: an egomaniac interloper and warmongering chauvinist that has been petulantly fouling American politics for decades. The kind of politician that makes the world hell for everyone, and the inevitable offshoot of a reactionary state, media support, and brute plutocratic power.
30 May 2013 — Greanville Post
Israel gives chutzpah new meaning. War on humanity defines its agenda. It’s partnered with Washington’s war on Syria. It’s heading perhaps toward greater intervention. It warned Russia about supplying Syria with sophisticated defensive anti-aircraft missiles. It said Israel will react in response. More on that below.
McCain enters Syria illegally
30 May 2013 — Voltaire Network
U.S. Senator John McCain, a rabid opponent of President Bashar al-Assad, illegally slipped into Syria for a few hours on May 27, 2013, near the northwestern city of Idlib.
The trip was organized by the Syrian Emergency Task Force, which had notified the competent service of the State Department.
Senator McCain met with officials of the Free Syrian Army.
In announcing this visit, White House spokesman Jim Roberts appeared to be extremely surprised.
See: Phyllis Bennis: McCain’s trip to Syria, his calls for US air strikes and arming rebels with heavy weapons, seems designed to counter Obama plan to negotiate with Russia. ‘Did McCain Go to Syria to Sabotage US Russia Negotiations?
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