US-NATO War Crimes against Libya By Ludwig Watzal

25 January 2014 — Dissident Voice

All the wars and attacks, which were started by the U. S. and its so-called allies in the wake of 9/11, have wreaked havoc. You name it, you got it: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and perhaps even Iran. The Islamic Republic is not yet off the hook. There are strong forces in the U. S. and in the Middle East that prefer war to peace at the expense of the U. S. Right now, there is a war going on in Libya against the Western installed puppet government, without notice of the corporate media. Continue reading

Domestic Terror Story Gets Media Cold Shoulder–Guess Why By Steve Rendall

25 January 2014 — FAIR Blog

Glendon Scott Crawford in the Albany Times-Union

Glendon Scott Crawford in the Albany Times-Union

A sensational story of domestic terrorism is playing out in Albany, New York. Officials say two men–arraigned last June for terrorism charges, including conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction–planned to target Muslims with a diabolical weapon that would use high-powered X-rays to kill their victims silently and from a distance. Experts are divided on whether the device could have worked (Salon, 6/22/13; Huffington Post, 6/20/13), but officials assert that the suspects’ plot was well-advanced before it came to the attention of federal authorities.

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FAIR TV: Snowden on Sunday TV, New Pundits, USA Today on Fracking's Riches

25 January 2014 — FAIR Blog

fairtv012414This week on FAIR TV: Everyone seems to agree that Edward Snowden started an important debate over NSA surveillance. But on the Sunday chat shows, debate isn’t what you’re likely to see. And CNN and CBS add new contributors–but are they opening up or closing the discussion? Plus:USA Today cheers on the fracking boom in Texas. 

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FAIR TV: Snowden on Sunday TV, New Pundits, USA Today on Fracking’s Riches

25 January 2014 — FAIR Blog

fairtv012414This week on FAIR TV: Everyone seems to agree that Edward Snowden started an important debate over NSA surveillance. But on the Sunday chat shows, debate isn’t what you’re likely to see. And CNN and CBS add new contributors–but are they opening up or closing the discussion? Plus:USA Today cheers on the fracking boom in Texas. 

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Further Allegations of US War Crimes in Fallujah By Felicity Arbuthnot

24 January 2014 — williambowles.info

The United States Marine Corps … its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor… — Thomas E. Ricks, Making the Corps, 1997

As the US-unleashed Grim Reaper continues to cull Iraqis in ever rising numbers, this month of the 23rd anniversary of the 1991 US-led onslaught on Iraq and just weeks away from the 11th woeful wake for the 2003 illegal invasion, yet another atrocity in a litany of those under the illegal US-UK occupation has come to light.

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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 24 January 2014: The impact of recognising Israel as a Jewish state

24 January 2014 — VTJP

News

International Middle East Media Center

Germany Excludes Settlements From Science Grants
IMEMC – The German government is continuing grants to Israeli high-tech companies, as well as renewing a scientific cooperation agreement, on the inclusion of a territorial clause stating that Israeli entities located in the West Bank settlements or East Jerusalem will not be eligible for funding, according to Haaretz. …
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 20-25 January 2014: Ukraine / Scotland / Lebanon-Syria / Iran-Israel-US / Afghanistan / Syria / Nicaragua

25 January 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Ukraine: Arab Spring Comes Along with Breath of Plagues

25.01.2014 | 00:00 | Vladimir NESTEROV

Some time ago Washington started to plan a string of «color revolutions» to facilitate the world division into two free trade zones – Transatlantic and Transpacific. The aim was to expand the world periphery under its control. As far back as in 2007 the US plans to reshape the maps of North Africa and the Middle East leaked into media… Somewhere it panned out as planned like in Libya and Tunisia, for instance. Continue reading