June 20, 2014
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Ukraine News Links 19-20 June 2014
20 June 2014 20:51:07 — williambowles.info Financial Warfare: Russia’s “Anti-Dollar Alliance” to Halt US Aggression. Top Putin Advisor (Global Research) Poroshenko’s ceasefire statement more looks like ultimatum to Ukraine Southeast – Kremlin (ITAR-TASS) President Poroshenko presents peace plan for Ukraine East settlement (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 19-20 June 2014
20 June 2014 20:44:35 — williambowles.info US Meddling in Iraqi Affairs May Lead to More Civilian Casualties (Global Research) Obama Exploits Iraq Crisis as Pretext for War Against Syria (Global Research) Iraq and the Persistence of American Hegemony (The Greanville Post) Continue reading
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Is the Dept. of Homeland Security Becoming America’s SS? By John W Whitehead
If the United States is a police state, then the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is its national police force, with all the brutality, ineptitude and corruption such a role implies. In fact, although the DHS’ governmental bureaucracy may at times appear to be inept and bungling, it is ruthlessly efficient when it comes to… Continue reading
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Tony Blair, Phantom of the Opera (and scum of the Earth) goes unpunished By Pepe Escobar
The fact that the Phantom (Tony Blair) keeps getting away with his vast desert of convoluted lies — instead of languishing in some rotten, extraordinary rendition hotel — spells out all we need to know about so-called Western “elites,” of which he’s been a faithful, and handsomely rewarded, servant. Continue reading
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Libya Coming Full Circle. When A Deemed “Conspiracy Theory” Becomes Reality By Sam Muhho
In the duration of the “revolutionary frenzy” that categorized western media coverage of the Libyan Civil War in 2011, public audiences were captivated with both tales of rebels aspiring for “democracy” and with complimenting stories of unabated brutality by Gaddafi forces. Without any serious mainstream criticism, an imperialist mythology centered on the interventionist doctrine of… Continue reading
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Tom Watson tables motion on mass surveillance
I’ve just tabled a motion on mass surveillance. Please ask your MP to support. Continue reading
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Secret Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) – Financial Services Annex
Today, WikiLeaks released the secret draft text for the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) Financial Services Annex, which covers 50 countries and 68.2%1 of world trade in services. The US and the EU are the main proponents of the agreement, and the authors of most joint changes, which also covers cross-border data flow. In a… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 19 June 2014: Palestinian envoy escapes Israeli trap
19 June 2014 — VTJPNews International Middle East Media CenterIncluding 4 Children, 6 Palestinians Injured In Israeli Air Strikes In GazaIMEMC – [Friday at dawn, June 20, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least six Palestinians, have been injured, in a series of Israeli air strikes targeting different parts of the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 19 June 2014: U.S. Again Gunning For “Regime Change” In Iraq
19 June 2014 — Information Clearing House Russia Plans War Against US Dollar Putin Advisor Proposes “Anti-Dollar Alliance” To Halt US Aggression Abroad By Tyler Durden The war for Ukraine may soon become the war for Europe’s independence from the US and a war against the dollar. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article38862.htm Continue reading
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John PIlger: ‘The best of journalism relies on whistleblowers’
Journalism has always relied on whistleblowers who should be praised for their extraordinary courage, journalist and filmmaker John Pilger told RT, adding the case against Julian Assange is a ridiculous attempt at retaliation for WikiLeaks disclosures. Continue reading
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The West Marches East By Andrew Gavin Marshall
After nearly a quarter-century of Western expansion – militarily, politically, economically – to Russia’s borders, Russia has had enough. But Ukraine was not the first instance in which Russia has been provoked by the West into a response that the West subsequently declared as an act of imperial “aggression.” In 2008, the small Caucasus nation… Continue reading
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US fired depleted uranium rounds in civilian areas during 2003 Iraq campaign – report
US-led forces in Iraq used depleted uranium weapons in civilian-populated areas during the 2003 military campaign, according to a new Dutch NGO study that also exposes a lack of adequate cleanup efforts by the invading troops. Continue reading
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On being a domestic extremist By Kirsty Styles
I’m not sure how long I’ve been a domestic extremist, or even whether I really am. But if my name has made it onto Scotland Yard’s list, I’ll be there alongside Green peer and London Assembly member Jenny Jones. And no doubt the information compiled about me would be nothing a seven-year-old couldn’t find in… Continue reading
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Discussion: The ‘Russia is imperialist’ thesis is wrong By Roger Annis
“Mainstream” parties alongside the fascists in government, including the elected president, are committed to an austerity project of economic association with Europe that will see much of the manufacturing base of the country further degraded or dismantled. The consequences for agricultural production are also likely to be dire. Continue reading
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