August 9, 2013
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US-Backed Death Squads Massacre Hundreds of Syrian Kurds By Stephen Lendman
Western leaders are silent. The mainstream media ignore what demands headlines. Cold-blooded murder doesn’t matter. It’s too insignificant to report. Managed news misinformation substitutes. Continue reading
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Your medical data – on sale for a pound By Phil Booth
The government’s announcement today that private companies are to be given access to patient data for the princely sum of £1, is just the latest attack on the principles of patient confidentiality in the interests of commerce. Continue reading
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Obama to Putin: Do as I say, not as I do… By Adrian Salbuchi
A row between the US and Moscow over Snowden’s extradition has reached a new level of tension after Barack Obama canceled a long-planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, again showing the adherence of US to double-standard politics. Continue reading
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Glenn Greenwald Promises New Disclosures By Irina Lebedeva
Just what has got American politicians so worried about Moscow’s decision to grant Edward Snowden temporary asylum in Russia? Continue reading
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Video: Bradley Manning, the Nuremberg Charter and Refusing to Collaborate with War Crimes – Pt 3 of 4
In this segment of Reality Asserts Itself, Paul Jay and Vijay Prashad discuss the Bradley Manning case in light of the 68th anniversary of signing the Nuremberg Charter which states it is illegal to follow orders to commit a war crime (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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FRINFORMSUM 8/9/2013: NSA Revelations Might Play a Part in Upcoming German Elections, NSC Records Still Not Subject to the FOIA, and More By Lauren Harper
International fallout from Edward Snowden’s revelations of NSA surveillance methods continues this week, and might play a role in Germany’s upcoming elections. The German newspaper Der Spiegel reports that the NSA leaks demonstrate that German intelligence “sends massive amounts of intercepted data to the NSA,” and that “center-left Social Democrats have made the Snowden revelations… Continue reading
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The British Police: getting away with murder since 1969 By Koos Couvé
827 people have died in police custody since 2004. Not a single police officer has been convicted. Families have struggled hard for justice, encountering multiple failures and police collusion from the IPCC. Why is police accountability failing in this most serious of issues? Continue reading
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The courage of Bradley Manning will inspire others to seize their moment of truth By John Pilger
The critical moment in the political trial of the century was on 28 February when Bradley Manning stood and explained why he had risked his life to leak tens of thousands of official files. It was a statement of morality, conscience and truth: the very qualities that distinguish human beings. This was not deemed mainstream… Continue reading
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The Missiles That Brought Down TWA Flight 800 By David Swanson
If you watch Kristina Borjesson’s new film, TWA Flight 800, you’ll see a highly persuasive case that this passenger jet full of passengers was brought down by missiles, killing all on board. Continue reading
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The Bombing of Nagasaki August 9, 1945: The Un-Censored Version By Dr. Gary G. Kohls
68 years ago, at 11:02 am on August 9th, 1945, an all-Christian bomber crew dropped a plutonium bomb, on Nagasaki, Japan. That bomb was the second and last atomic weapon that had as its target a civilian city. Somewhat ironically, as will be elaborated upon later in this essay, Nagasaki was the most Christian city… Continue reading
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The Unnatural Death of Dr David Kelly: The Illusions of the Illicit Hutton Inquiry – the ‘Forensics’ By Dr. David Halpin
If Albion is perfidious in foreign lands is it not likely its cunning and its lying will be strong suits on the home front? The trappings of Crown, ancient ceremony, and red empire stamp authority and apparent integrity on the British state. These, and much else, are the coinage of a supine and incestuous media… Continue reading
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ICH 8 August 2013: US Wars, Dehumanization, and Me
8 August 2013 — Information Clearing House America’s Mambo with Mubarak Dancing Between Dictatorship and Democracy By Andrew Gavin Marshall The United States champions its domestic propaganda outwardly, presenting itself as a beacon of democratic hope, a light of liberty in a dark world. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35789.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine-Israel Newslinks 8 August 2013
8 August 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterU.S: Next Round Of Talks August 14 IMEMC – United Foreign Secretary, Jennifer Psaki, stated Thursday [August 8, 2013] that the next round of direct Palestinian-Israeli talks will be held on August 14 in Jerusalem, then in the West bank city of Jericho. … Continue reading
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