A tipping point in Syrian conflict BY Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR

17 June 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation

The western powers have succeeded in destroying yet another citadel of the Muslim Middle East, which could be even more tragic than the destruction of Iraq.

The Guardian newspaper featured on Friday an infinitely sad picture of a Syrian young boy, hardly nine or ten years old, crossing a street holding an old rifle with bayonet. He apparently belongs to the ‘Martyrs of Maaret al-Nuan’ battalion holding control of the southern town of Maaret al-Numan.

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Video: Long Before Helping Expose NSA Spying, Journalist Laura Poitras Faced Harassment from U.S. Agents

17 June 2013 — Democracy Now! 

Journalist Laura Poitras is being described as the connection between the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and the reporters for The Guardian and The Washington Post who published his leaked documents about government surveillance. Poitras shared a byline on two of the key articles about the ongoing NSA revelations, and filmed the Guardian interview in Hong Kong in which Snowden went public with his identity. But well before she took on Snowden’s case, Poitras has come face to face with issues of privacy and state surveillance over her work as a documentary filmmaker. Continue reading

Military Escalation? Sapping Assad’s Strength. Israel “Stirs the Pot” in Syria By Jonathon Cook

17 June 2013 — Global Research

For much of the past two years Israel stood sphinx-like on the sidelines of Syria’s civil war. Did it want Bashar al-Assad’s regime toppled? Did it favour military intervention to help opposition forces? And what did it think of the increasing visibility of Islamist groups in Syria? It was difficult to guess.

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The Chemical Weapons Pretext for War on Syria: A Pack of Lies By Ben Schreiner

17 June 2013 — Global Research

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In the wake of having its illegal domestic surveillance dragnet exposed, laying bare (yet again) the utter duplicity and criminality of the U.S. ruling class, Washington is once again digging deep to conjure up a pretext for yet another war of aggression in the Middle East.

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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 16 June 2013

16 June 2013 — VTJP

News

International Middle East Media Center

Report: “Detainee Abu Hamdiyya Died Of Advanced Stage Of Carcinoma”
IMEMC – Sunday [June 16] Head of the Palestinian Forensics Center, Dr. Saber Al-‘Aloul, stated that the final findings of the forensic report regarding the cause of death of detainee Maisara Abu Hamdiyya, revealed that he suffered from a fourth stage Carcinoma. Abu Hamdiyya died more than 2 months ago. …

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ICH 16 June 2013: NSA Copies All Internet Data, Creates Dossiers on Every User

16 June 2013 — Information Clearing House

US Sarin Gas Claims

Pat Buchanan: This Has Tonkin Gulf Written All Over It

1 Minute Video

“We are getting ourselves into a conflict, Iran, Russia, Hezbollah on one side and us, Saudi Arabia, Qatar on the other side. It is Insane!”

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35300.htm

 

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