July 2, 2014
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Iran 1953: US Envoy to Baghdad Suggested to Fleeing Shah He Not Acknowledge Foreign Role in Coup
Washington, D.C., July 2, 2014 — On August 16, 1953, the same day the Shah of Iran fled to Baghdad after a failed attempt to oust Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq, the agitated monarch spoke candidly about his unsettling experience to the U.S. ambassador to Iraq. In a highly classified cable to Washington, the ambassador reported:… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for July 2, 2014: Superpower and the Caliphate, Why Elections Matter, Blame SCOTUS on Democrats
2 July 2014 — Black Agenda Report The Superpower and the Caliphate by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Don’t believe the hype that the CIA is behind ISIS’s declaration of an Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. “The Caliphate threatens, not only its immediate adversaries, but the potentates of the Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 1-2 July 2014
2 July 2014 18:33:21 — williambowles.info War That World Forgot: 80 Days Of Military Onslaught In Ukraine (Stop NATO) Russian PM blames Poroshenko for deaths in Ukraine (ITAR-TASS) Failure to isolate Russia main result of OSCE PA session — Russian official (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
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Media Lens: Some Deaths Really Matter – The Disproportionate Coverage of Israeli And Palestinian Killings
Israeli deaths matter much more than Palestinian deaths. This has long been a distinguishing feature of Western news media reporting on the Middle East. The recent blanket coverage afforded to the brutal killing of three Israeli teenagers highlights this immutable fact. Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 1-2 July 2014
2 July 2014 20:44:30 — williambowles.info Iraq Cash Cow–Part II (Veterans Today) Syrian Rebels Set to Receive $500 Million in US Funds Admit to Press they work Jointly with Al-Qaeda (Levant Report) ‘There is no force that could stop ripping Iraq to shreds’ Continue reading
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A European Police Force for European ‘Civil Unrest?’ By Andrei Akulov
The European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) is a multinational initiative of six EU Member States – France, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Romania and Spain – established in 2006 by treaty with the aim to strengthen international crisis management capacities and contribute to the development of the Common Security and Defense Policy. Continue reading
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The era of American drone supremacy is fading – but the threat of drone multipolarity is real – and potentially endless
For almost ten years the Central Intelligence Agency has been able to strike targets with impunity. At the moment, Barack Obama orders drone assassinations without having to admit it, or explain himself to anyone. Hundreds of militants have been killed in Pakistan, Yemen, and elsewhere. But hundreds more civilians, perhaps thousands, have also been accidentally… Continue reading
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The ISIL or DAISH Caliphate in Iraq and Syria is a US Project By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
Press TV has conducted an interview with Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, author and geopolitical analyst from Montreal, about heavy clashes underway among foreign-backed insurgents in Syria and about the US government’s role in supporting them on June 30, 2014. Continue reading
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The Engineered Destruction and Political Fragmentation of Iraq. Towards the Creation of a US Sponsored Islamist Caliphate By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
First published by GR on June 14, 2014. Update July 1, 2014: The creation of the US sponsored Islamist Caliphate has been announced. The Islamic State of Iraq and Al Cham (ISIS) has been replaced by the Islamic State (IS). The Islamic State is not an independent political entity. It is a construct of US… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 1 July 2014: West Should Stop Turning World Into ‘Global Barracks’
1 July 2014 — Information Clearing House Three Israeli Settlers And The The Searing Hypocrisy of the West By Susan Abulhawa Palestinian children are assaulted or murdered every day and barely do their lives register in western press. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article38965.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 1 July 2014
1 July 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli settlers attack civilians in Hebron; 9-year old hit by Israeli settler car in BethlehemIMEMC – On Monday night, a Palestinian identified as Sajed Sultan, 19, was seriously wounded in the head when Israeli settlers marched through the city of Hebron demanding vengeance. … Continue reading