July 16, 2014
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Gaza News Links 15-16 July 2014
16 July 2014 20:49:14 — williambowles.info Israel declares ‘humanitarian truce’ (BBC) Each one is a world (Mondoweiss) Only 14% of Americans Sympathize with Palestinians. 73% of Republicans – and 44% of Democrats – Sympathize With Israel (WashingtonsBlog) Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for July 16, 2014: Central American Child Refugees, Toward Free Higher Education, US-Israeli War Crimes
16 July 2014 — Black Agenda Report What Corporate Media and Corporate Latino Politicians Won’t Tell You About Central American Child Refugees by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Why can’t Latino politicians and corporate media call the current wave of Central American children refugees, when that’s what they plainly are? What’s the role of Continue reading
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Igor Strelkov on the Field of Battles: Giving Orders and Interviews
[I don’t know how accurate these situation reports from the Eastern Ukraine are, but they make interesting reading. I wonder also, how much is down to the translation as they come across more like prose than journalism? But most surprising of all is the fact that the ‘rebels’, ‘separatists’, or ‘federalists’, take your pick, might… Continue reading
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DRIP filter: Controversial data retention bill forced through parliament
British MPs are pressing ahead with implementing a controversial bill requiring phone and internet companies to retain their customer’s data for up to a year granting security services unprecedented access to it. The bill would also force non-UK companies like Yahoo and Facebook to hold information on web activities if their users are based in… Continue reading
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We all already own the NHS – the latest ‘mutual’ spin is about taking it out of our hands By Caroline Molloy
Here we go again. Turning the NHS into a ‘staff-owned’ mutual or ‘social enterprise’ has been re-launched more times than Liam Fox’s career, generally to a resounding wave of indifference or hostility from NHS staff who are generally less interested in being ‘social entrepreneurs’ than in getting on with doctoring and nursing. Continue reading
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Stop distracting us with the ‘health tourism’ sideshow By Kailash Chand
Hunt commissioned research from two firms, Prederi and Creative Research, to come up with the £500m a year figure – but the companies themselves admitted this research was “based on incomplete data, sometimes of varying quality, and a large number of assumptions”. Actual ‘deliberate’ health tourism was estimated by Prederi to cost between £20 and… Continue reading
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“Iron Dome is a Bluff”, Says Israeli Defense Expert Moti Shefer By Chris Carlson
Prize winning Israeli defense and aerospace engineering expert Dr. Moti Shefer stated, during a recent interview with Radio 103, that the infamous Israeli “Iron Dome” security system was one of the biggest bluffs that he’d ever seen. Continue reading
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PCHR_e 16 July 2014: On the 9th Day of the Offensive on the Gaza Strip, Israeli Warplanes Escalate Attacks on Houses, Especially Those of Political Leaders
16 July 2014 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Press ReleasesRef: 87/2014Date: 16 July 2014Time: 07:00 GMT On the 9th Day of the Offensive on the Gaza Strip, Israeli Warplanes Escalate Attacks on Houses, Especially Those of Political Leaders Continue reading
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Igor Strelkov and Militia Briefings, July 14-16, 2014 By Gleb Bazov
Over the past two weeks (starting with the 1st of July) LPR [Lugansk People’s Republic] militiamen inflicted substantial losses on the enemy, eliminating over 800 men, with 4 militiamen killed. In addition, over 50 armoured vehicles were destroyed (just over the last twenty-four hour period, 3 tanks and 1 APC were destroyed in the area… Continue reading
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George Galloway defends British capitalism in Scottish referendum campaign By Jordan Shilton
In opposing independence, Galloway is attempting to secure support from broad sections of the working class who are hostile to the separatist agenda of the Scottish National Party and its supporters in the fake left. Several hundred people attended his speaking appearances at various locations as part of his ongoing “Just Say Naw” tour. Continue reading
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French anti-terrorism law tramples fundamental democratic rights By Kumaran Ira
On Wednesday July 9, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve presented the bill at a ministerial cabinet meeting. It is to be discussed in the parliament at the end of this month. The bill would allow the Interior Ministry to impose travel bans on individuals, including minors, to keep them from traveling to Syria or other countries… Continue reading
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Rival militias are battling for control of Libya’s international airport, which is closed after rocket fire destroyed most of the planes on the ground By Newpower
Heavy fighting between rival militias in Libya has prompted the United Nations to withdraw its staff from the country, and the government to consider calling for foreign peacekeepers to quell the deadly clashes. Continue reading
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Igor Strelkov and Militia Briefings, July 15-16, 2014 By Gleb BazovIgor Strelkov and Militia Briefings, July 15-16, 2014 By Gleb Bazov
Enormous columns of retreating Ukie forces are retreating across the dam in the area of Kozhevnya (south of Dmitrievka). They are attempting to escape the “cauldron.” There are tanks, SAU-Nonas, refueling trucks, transport columns – all mixed-up. This is bad. But, I hope, not all of them will have the chance to escape.?? Note: Kozhevnya… Continue reading
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Iraq News LInks 15-16 July 2014
16 July 2014 11:55:57 — williambowles.info Morocco: Morocco Braces for Islamic State Threat (allafrica.com) Iraq conflict: Military unable to retake Tikrit after renewed offensive (CBC) BRICS: A New and Much Different Future Not Only for the Latin America But Also for Other Developing Nations (4th Media) Continue reading
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Gaza Friends: Israel Attacks Gaza Hospital
Last night, Israel’s army fired five warning missiles at El-Wafa geriatric hospital in Gaza City, Gaza. International volunteers now staying in the hospital in solidarity, have said they, “can hear missiles falling close by”. The volunteers are citizens of USA, Spain, Sweden, Venezuela, France, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. The first barrage of missiles hit… Continue reading
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Everything You Don’t Need to Know About Israel/Gaza By Jim Naureckas
ABC News (7/15/15) put a piece on its website headlined “Everything You Need to Know About the Israel/Gaza Conflict.” What’s interesting about it is all the things they think you don’t need to know. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 15-16 July 2014
16 July 2014 10:54:55 — williambowles.info Ukraine to Carry out Reforms to Adapt to EU Legislation – Poroshenko (SCF) Foreign Contractors Fight Against Militia in Eastern Ukraine – Self-Defense Forces Leader (SCF) Faced with the US-led Western Freeze-Out, BRICS Bank Is a Coup for Russia (4th Media) Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 15 July 2014: How British Spies Seek to Control the Internet
15 July 2014 — Information Clearing House Gaza: Hamas Rejects Tony Blair’s Cease-fire Scam By Moon Of Alabama This cease-fire agreement was actually written by the war-criminal and Zionist Tony Blair. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39104.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 15 July 2014: Barbarism Unleashed: Israel's Attack on Civilized Norms
15 July 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center List of the 203 Palestinians, Including Whole Families, Killed Since Tuesday July 8thIMEMC – The following is a list of the 203 Palestinians killed by Israeli air bombardment since Tuesday, July 8th. This list is being updated regularly. … Continue reading
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