27 June 2014 20:47:12 — williambowles.info
Moscow hopes military cooperation with Iraq will strengthen its defense capacity (SCF)
Iraq battles for Tikrit while US drones fly over Baghdad (Voice of Russia)
Day: June 27, 2014
Pirate Radio Station for $55 Could Help Decentralize Big-Telecom By Tony Cartalucci
24 June 2014 — LocalOrg
Make Magazine recently featured a tutorial on constructing a FM pirate radio transmitter using a Raspberry Pi board. Raspberry Pis are single board computers that go for about $55 and are regularly used as the centerpiece for a wide variety of projects ranging from art installations to automation and everything in between.
Ukraine News Links 26-27 June 2014
If Militarism Continues, Humankind is Doomed By Jan Oberg
27 June 2014 — Dissident Voice
Both NATO and the EU has just announced that their members will now invest more in the military. It’s indicative of the lack of creativity in both organisations. It is self-defeating and counter-productive.
Terror In Iraq: Roots And Motivation By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
22 June 2014 — Global Research
“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.” John F. Kennedy
Terrorism*, directly or sponsored, has long been America’s weapon of mass destruction – its weapon of choice. As a strategy, it outdates ‘human rights’ and ‘democracy promotion’ and has proven itself to be far more effective by creating mayhem and fear, removing resistance to intervention. The events of 9/11 justified this age-old tactic. Although the tentacles of America’s terror tactic reach back far and spread wide, this article seeks to address the presence of ISIL (or ISIS).
Tweet This! The ISIS Terrorists and Social Media By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
27 June 2014 — Global Research
Few people, if any, would argue the existence of the ISIS terrorists. Fewer still doubt the origins and motivation of the group. Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) said: “I think we have to understand first how we got here,” …..”I think one of the reasons why ISIS has been emboldened is because we have been arming their allies. We have been allied with ISIS in Syria.” ISIS features prominently in every news outlet around the world – but what’s with the Twitter?
The Truth of Libya (Finally) Goes Mainstream By Eric Draitser
27 June 2014 — Stop Imperialism
More than three years after the US and its NATO allies unleashed an “intervention” and regime change in Libya, the US establishment admits they maybe have “got it wrong.” Naturally, there were many of us who were demonized endlessly for speaking out against that war, and against all those politicians, analysts, and “activists” on the left and right, who championed the “humanitarianism” of waging war on Libya. We were attacked as “soft on dictators,” “conspiracy theorists,” and “anti-Americans.” And yet, today it is our voices that still proclaim loudly the immorality and illegality of that war. Thankfully, it seems the establishment is beginning to hear us.
Independent National Communard Council Created in Venezuela By Ewan Robertson
6 June 2014 — Venezuela Analysis
Activists from across Venezuela met last weekend to form the National Communard Council, which aims to coordinate the country’s commune movement and present its demands to the national government.
US military hacks the independent press
27 June 2014 — Voice of Russia
US army that operates from a secret base in Arizona, to start a war on independent media through hacking and blocking communications. Computer security teams cooperating with Veterans Today traced a pattern of attacks to Fort Huachuca, headquarters of the US Army Intelligence School, Press TV reports.
GMO: Republication of the Séralini study: Science speaks for itself
27 June 2014 — Sustainable Pulse
GMOSeralini.org welcomes the news of the republication of the chronic toxicity study on the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup and a commercialized genetically modified (GM) maize, Monsanto’s NK603, led by Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini. The republication restores the study to the peer-reviewed literature so that it can be consulted and built upon by other scientists.
The Chaos In Iraq Is By DESIGN
26 June 2014 — WashingtonsBlog
The Real History of the American Strategy for Iraq and the Middle East
Neoconservatives like Paul Wolfowitz planned regime change in Iraq more than 20 years ago … in 1991.
But the goal wasn’t just regime change (or oil). The goal was to break up the country, and to do away with the sovereignty of Iraq as a separate nation.
News of the World hacking trial ends: Scandal still poses threat to Britain’s ruling elite By Robert Stevens
27 June 2014 — WSWS
The trial of former News of the World (NotW) editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson and others connected with phone hacking has ended with Coulson, former head of communications of Prime Minister David Cameron, found guilty of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages. Brooks, the former head of billionaire oligarch Rupert Murdoch’s media-empire in Britain, was acquitted.
Recent report confirms: US depleted uranium weapons targeted civilian areas in Iraq war By Barry Mason
26 June 2014 — WSWS
“Laid to Waste”, a report by the Dutch Catholic NGO Pax Christi International, confirms that US forces in Iraq used depleted uranium (DU) weapons in civilian areas during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. More than a decade later, DU is still harming people’s health. The impact of the use of DU in 2003 added to that resulting from the Gulf War of 1991.
The fiasco of Kerry’s Middle East tour By Bill Van Auken
26 June 2014 — WSWS
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Brussels Tuesday following a hurried three-day tour of the Middle East. The trip was organized in response to the historic debacle for Washington represented by the disintegration of US-trained Iraqi security forces in the face of an offensive by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and a growing Sunni insurgency.
The New Dark Age 