July 2014
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One Palestinian Child has been Killed by Israel Every 3 Days for the Past 13 Years
Official statistics from the Ministry of Information in Ramallah have revealed that 1,518 Palestinian children were killed by Israel’s occupation forces from the outbreak of the second Intifada in September 2000 up to April 2013. That’s the equivalent of one Palestinian child killed by Israel every 3 days for almost 13 years. Continue reading
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Acquiescing to Big Biotech: Relentless Drive to Force GMO Crops into Britain By Colin Todhunter
A report just published by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee on food security in Britain supports Environment Secretary Owen Paterson’s plan to push ahead with growing genetically modified (GM) crops in England. However, it doesn’t mention which crops would actually be grown. Continue reading
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UK: Political Party Funding – Billionaires and Lobbyists at Lavish Party with David Cameron By Nick Mathiason, Melanie Newman, and Tom Warren
Today, the Bureau can reveal the billionaires, lobbyists and foreign interests who attended one of the most important private Conservative party fundraising events. Continue reading
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Highly Placed Media Racists By Steve Rendall
Nicholas Wade was a leading New York Times science writer for three decades. He left the paper weeks after the May publication of his book, A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History, a book many reviewers say is a full-throated defense of “scientific racism.” Wade’s views raise questions about his tenure at the Times,… Continue reading
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‘West seeks to knock out strategic enemies, divide & destroy Middle East’
There is nothing new in the Western policy towards Middle East and it’s clear that the winners are the State of Israel and its Western backers, and the losers are the people of the region, independent filmmaker Sukant Chandan told RT. Continue reading
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The Glyphosate Toxicity Studies You’re Not Allowed to See
On opposite sides of the globe, pesticide regulators are refusing to release to the public the key industry studies on glyphosate that underpin regulatory authorizations and safety limits set for the herbicide. Continue reading
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UK Parliament Meeting Brings ‘Dangers’ of Roundup into Public Focus
In what was one of the most comprehensive meetings ever held in Europe on Glyphosate and Roundup, experts from around the World gathered in London to share their expertise with the media, members of a number of UK political parties, NGO representatives and members of the general public. Continue reading
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UK Committee Tells Government to Push ‘Benefits’ of GM Crops
A report on Food Security published by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee today supports Environment Secretary Owen Paterson’s plan to push ahead with growing genetically modified (GM) crops in England, but is silent on the crops that would actually be grown Continue reading
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ISPs haul GCHQ into COURT over dragnet interwebs snooping By Kelly Fiveash
Britain’s eavesdropping nerve centre GCHQ has been accused of unlawfully accessing the private communications of potentially millions of people – and angry internet service providers are dragging the snooping agency to court. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 2-3 July 2014
3 July 2014 12:23:18 — williambowles.info Ukraine law enforcers resume shelling of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region (SCF) Destruction of orphanage in Ukraine’s Sloviansk breaches international humanitarian law (ITAR-TASS) Ukraine law enforcers resume shelling of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region (SCF) Continue reading
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Iraq News LInks 2-3 July 2014
3 July 2014 10:00:06 — williambowles.info Al-Qaeda Occupation: Life in Iraq Under the Rule of the ISIS Caliphate (Global Research) As Iraq Burns, US Plans $500 Million to Terrorists in Syria (Land Destroyer) As Hundreds of US Troops are Sent to Iraq, Fears of Mission Creep (Juan Cole) Continue reading
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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
The New Dark Age 