October 2013
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Information Clearing House 11 October 2013: Sydney’s Week-long Military Extravaganza Foreshadows New Wars
11 October 2013 — Information Clearing House Foreigners Train Syrian Rebels in Afghanistan to Use Chem Weapons – Russian Foreign Minister By RT “Al-Nusra Front is planning to smuggle toxic compounds and relevant specialists into Iraqi territory to stage terrorist attacks there this time,” Lavrov said. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36498.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 10 October 2013
10 October 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterLapid: “Israel Doesn’t Need P.A. To Recognize It As Jewish State”IMEMC – Head of the Yesh Atid [There Is Future] Israeli party, Yair Lapid, stated Tuesday that opposes the stance of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who insists that the Palestinians must recognize Israel as a… Continue reading
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Syria: The US Military-Industrial complex tied to pro-war propaganda
Military analysts who recently made frequent appearances on major US media outlets to make the case for a military strike against Syria have ties to prominent defense contractors and other firms with stakes in the conflict, according to a new report. Continue reading
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Syria extremists financed by private Gulf donors carried out mass killings – HRW
At least 190 people were killed and more than 200 taken hostage by Syrian rebels financed by private Gulf donors in an August 4 military offensive in the Latakia governorate, according to a Human Rights Watch report. At least 67 of the victims executed had lived in government-aligned Alawite villages, HRW said in its report,… Continue reading
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Top US and Saudi Officials Responsible for Chemical Weapons in Syria By Christof Lehmann
Evidence leads directly to the White House, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, CIA Director John Brennan, Saudi Intelligence Chief Prince Bandar, and Saudi Arabia´s Interior Ministry. The Strategic Situation, leading up to the Use of Chemical Substances in the Eastern Ghouta Suburb of Damascus on 21 August 2013. Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 649 10 October 2013: AU AND IMPUNITY, BIKO, GMOS AND POLITICAL PRISONERS
10 October 2013 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 9 October 2013: Wall Street Bets Quadrillions / Real Conspiracies / Racism Vanishes
9 October 2013 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Wall Street Bets a Quadrillion of Everybody Else’s Money by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Americans are driven to panic at the prospect of a technical federal default, later this month – an event that could cost the public treasury billions. But… Continue reading
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Old game, new obsession, new enemy. Now it’s China By John Pilger
Countries are “pieces on a chessboard upon which is being played out a great game for the domination of the world,” wrote Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, in 1898. Nothing has changed. The shopping mall massacre in Nairobi was a bloody façade behind which a full-scale invasion of Africa and a war in Asia are… Continue reading
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Old game, new obsession, new enemy. Now it’s China By John Pilger
Countries are “pieces on a chessboard upon which is being played out a great game for the domination of the world,” wrote Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, in 1898. Nothing has changed. The shopping mall massacre in Nairobi was a bloody façade behind which a full-scale invasion of Africa and a war in Asia are… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 10 October 2013: Are Americans Dumb (or just misinformed)?
10 October 2013 — Information Clearing House Israel and Saudi Arabia – An Unholy Alliance By Stephen Lendman Saudi money allied with US/Israeli warmaking reflect sinister/lethal trouble. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36489.htm Continue reading
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Drone Wars: MoD study sets out how to sell wars to the public By Ben Quinn
The armed forces should seek to make British involvement in future wars more palatable to the public by reducing the public profile of repatriation ceremonies for casualties, according to a Ministry of Defence unit that formulates strategy. Continue reading
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Historic U.K. Trial. Anti-drones Protesters Praised by Judge. Illegality of Drone Warfare Upheld By Chris Cole
As many of you will have seen reported in the media the Waddington Six trial took place yesterday. All six spoke about the dangers of drone warfare and how the use of drones by British forces breaches international law. District Judge John Stoddert listened carefully to everything that was said, but stated that he felt… Continue reading
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Yes I know I’ve not been very prolific…
10 October 2013 Yes, I know, I’ve not been very prolific of late, either with articles or my own work (in spite of brief burst of activity over Syria, Sarin and the BBC) but then I’ve been doing this pretty much non-stop for over ten years and I’m just burned out. Worse still, I feel… Continue reading
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The NHS and You: The BBC wants to hear from you
The BBC is asking for your views on its news and current affairs coverage. This is a good chance to feedback any comments you may have on its coverage of the NHS Continue reading
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US Globalized Torture Black Sites By Stephen Lendman
On October 5, US Delta Force commandos, CIA operatives, and FBI agents abducted Abu Anas al-Liby. Doing so highlights what’s been out-of-control since 9/11. In the 1980s, al-Liby was one of many CIA-recruited muhajideen fighters. They were used against Afghanistan’s Soviet occupiers. Ronald Reagan called them “the moral equivalent of our founding fathers.” He characterized… Continue reading
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Abdullah Ibrahim: ‘Capetown Flower’
Boern on 9 October 1934, Abdullah Ibrahim (formerly known as Dollar Brand), is perhaps one of South Africa’s best known musicians, and this, one of his best known and most beautiful compositions. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Structural Inclinations – The Leaning Tower of Propaganda: Chemical Weapons Attacks In Ghouta, Syria By David Edwards
After years of unmissable, terrible carnage in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya – the Pew Research Journalism Project finds that ‘the No. 1 message’ on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, and Al Jazeera, was ‘that the U.S. should get involved in the conflict’ in Syria. It seems that no level of suffering and chaos are sufficient… Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report #121 By William Blum: The War on Terrorism … or whatever
All this barbarity piled on top of a greater absurdity – these Western-backed, anti-government forces are often engaged in battle with other Western-backed, anti-government forces, non-jihadist. It has become increasingly difficult to sell this war to the American public as one of pro-democracy “moderates” locked in a good-guy-versus-bad-guy struggle with an evil dictator, although in… Continue reading
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NSA: Every Nuclear-Tipped Missile is an “Accident Waiting to Happen”
nuclear accident never produced a nuclear detonation, but according to a new book by Eric Schlosser every nuclear-tipped missile “is an accident waiting to happen, a potential act of mass murder.” Schlosser’s book, Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Incident, and the Illusion of Safety (Penguin Press, 2013) includes a truly sobering account of… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 