2 July 2014 — National Security Archive
Shah “Agreed,” Declassified Cable Says
Document Casts Doubt over Accuracy of US Reports from Tehran — and Adds to Debate over Responsibility for the Coup
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Day: July 2, 2014
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 FordDon’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 the Mother of All Monarchist Corruption in the Arab Sunni heartland, the Saudi royal family.” It also signals the collapse of U.S. strategy in the region. Continue reading
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)
Media Lens: Some Deaths Really Matter – The Disproportionate Coverage of Israeli And Palestinian Killings
2 July 2014 — Media Lens
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.
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’
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A European Police Force for European ‘Civil Unrest?’ By Andrei Akulov
30 June 2014 — — Strategic Culture Foundation
On June 27 Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova signed association agreements with the EU. The move was presented as a decisive turn for democracy and human rights. But some issues related to the decision had been purposefully kept under the radar screen. Media assured the grassroots were not adequately provided information about some crucially important aspects of the step to be taken by their respective governments that have chosen the so-called European choice. So one day the people of those states may wake up to find themselves facing raw awakening they have never expected. True, the economic transition period from associated status to membership is not going to be a bed of roses. And there is a specific feature here – if there is any social discontent you’d better conceal it and keep mum …or else!
The era of American drone supremacy is fading – but the threat of drone multipolarity is real – and potentially endless
30 June 2014 — Drone Warfare
So writes Edward Luce in the FT. He points out that there is no treaty governing the use of military drones as for the use of nuclear weapons.
We summarise with added links to Rand Corporation and Stimson Centre.
The ISIL or DAISH Caliphate in Iraq and Syria is a US Project By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
1 July 2014 — Global Research
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.
The Engineered Destruction and Political Fragmentation of Iraq. Towards the Creation of a US Sponsored Islamist Caliphate By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
1 July 2014 — Global Research
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham: An instrument of the Western Military Alliance
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 intelligence. (M.Ch. July 1, 2014)
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.
VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 1 July 2014
1 July 2014 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Israeli settlers attack civilians in Hebron; 9-year old hit by Israeli settler car in Bethlehem
IMEMC – 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. …
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