July 11, 2014
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[GazaFriends] Where shall I start? Gaza – Friday, July 11, Day 4 of the attack
Shall I start with the numbers which keep increasing and changing? 90 killed, mainly civilians. 600 injured. 140 demolished homes. Or should I start by mentioning all the different areas of the Gaza Strip that have been constantly hit, day and night. Nonstop. If it is only about numbers, then let me tell you all… Continue reading
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Ukraine: Kiev’s Ticking Time Bomb By Tony Cartalucci
11 July 2014 — Land Destroyer A DISPATCH FROM NSNBCTony Cartalucci (LD)After a brief ceasefire, Kiev has resumed the bombardment of populated centers in the eastern breakaway provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk, both bordering with neighboring Russia. Continue reading
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Gaza News Links 10-11 July 2014
11 July 2014 19:22:31 — williambowles.info Israel’s message to the Palestinians: Submit, leave or die (Mondoweiss) Israel-Gaza crisis: Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair says Hamas ‘won’t be destroyed’ (The Independent) Israel to ‘resist Gaza pressure’ (BBC) Continue reading
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“Save our Surgeries” call goes out on NHS birthday By Doctor Ron Singer
As the NHS turned 66 on Saturday, patients and health workers marched through the streets of East London in protest at the threatened closure of scores of GP surgeries. Continue reading
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Destroying the NHS: Time to get even with Stevens By John Lister
New NHS boss Simon Stevens has revealed his true privatising colours with this week’s announcement on personal health budgets – which would wreck NHS services and leave the field clear for big business. We have been waiting to see whether – and how – new NHS boss Simon Stevens would work round to furthering the… Continue reading
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Immigration in the Time of Imperialism By Gaither Stewart
The lids between deck and dark airless hold are bolted shut. The 45 lifeless bodies are neatly stacked in the hold one atop the other. Silence reigns down in the torrid darkness. The lifeless bodies are all young males. From Central Africa. No signs of mass panic among them. No blood anywhere. Continue reading
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U.S. law imposes itself on European territory By Jean-Claude Paye
European governments most hypocritically claim that the mandate given to the European Commission to negotiate a transatlantic trade and investment partnership agreement with Washington falls within European law. Actually as with previous agreements such as Swift, data related to air passengers, and to tax evasion, the Commission has been told to suspend the application of… Continue reading
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UK public sector workers hold one-day strike By Julie Hyland
Just prior to the day of action, Conservative Minister Matthew Hancock said that pay would be curbed for four years, until at least 2018 if his party returned to power in the 2015 general election. Pay restraint would have to remain in force until the government has “the books balanced”, he said. His admission deepened… Continue reading
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Pushing Ukraine to the Brink By Mike Whitney
What does a pipeline in Afghanistan have to do with the crisis in Ukraine? Everything. It reveals the commercial interests that drive US policy. Just as the War in Afghanistan was largely fought to facilitate the transfer of natural gas from Turkmenistan to the Arabian Sea, so too, Washington engineered the bloody coup in Kiev… Continue reading
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CNN: Palestinians Want to Die By David Swanson
In this video from Thursday on CNN, Jake Tapper interviews Diana Buttu, a former advisor to the PLO. After failing to persuade her of Israel’s complete innocence, he tells her that Hamas is instructing women and children to remain in their homes to die as Israel bombs them. She responds by expressing doubt that people… Continue reading
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PCHR 11 July 2014: Another Family Killed under Debris of Their Targeted House in Rafah
11 July 2014 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Ref: 80/2014 – Time: 07:00 GMT – Press Releases Israeli Offensive on Gaza Continues: 86 Palestinians Killed, of Whom 73 Are Civilians, Including 24 Children and 16 Women, and 614 Others Wounded, Mostly Civilians, Including 199 Children and 127 Women; Driver of Press Vehicle Killed; Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 10-11 July 2014
11 July 2014 15:48:36 — williambowles.info Maliki slams Erbil for hosting Islamic Emirate headquarters (Voltaire Net) Where was God in the Warsaw Ghetto? Or in Gaza? (Mondoweiss) Baghdad accuses Kurdish militia of seizing oil deposits in north Iraq (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
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Ukraine News LInks 10-11 July 2014
11 July 2014 15:45:31 — williambowles.info Over 15 suspects in civilians’ murders in eastern Ukraine — Investigative Committee (ITAR-TASS) New military hospital to open in Donetsk People’s Republic (ITAR-TASS) Look far right, and look right again (Open Democracy) Continue reading
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Media Lens: A Tale Of Two Titans – Jon Snow of C4 News And Jeremy Bowen of BBC News
On July 4, Independence Day in the United States, Channel 4 News broadcast a Jon Snow interview with Hillary Clinton, former US Secretary of State and presumed presidential candidate. For a self-proclaimed ‘pinko liberal’ like Snow, this was a glorious opportunity to ask hard-hitting questions about US foreign policy and Clinton’s own role in shoring… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 10 July 2014: Israel’s Operation Stone Age
11 July 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Gaza Mother Dies Shielding Her ChildrenIMEMC – Tuesday night, Suha Hamad, 25 years old, sacrificed her own life to save those of her four children. … Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 10 July 2014: U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Resolution Backing Israeli (Murder) in Gaza
10 July 2014 — Information Clearing House The True Gaza Back-story That The Israelis Aren’t Telling By Robert Fisk How come all those Palestinians – all 1.5 million – are crammed into Gaza in the first place? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39053.htm Continue reading
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Why ABC Thought Suffering Palestinians Were Israelis By Peter Hart
“We take you overseas now to the rockets raining down on Israel…. And here an Israeli family trying to salvage what they can, one woman standing speechless among the ruins.” One problem: Neither of those images is an “Israeli family.” Both photos are from the Gaza Strip, and capture the aftermath of Israeli attacks. Continue reading
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Ukraine: Press-Conference of Alexander Borodai and Igor Strelkov, July 10, 2014 By Gleb Bazov
10 July 2014 — Slavyangrad Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov(Note: Rough Translation; Subject to Change) Video: Press-Conference of Alexander Borodai and Igor Stelkov, Donetsk, July 10, 2014 Continue reading
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