July 2014
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‘It defies belief’: Snowden condemns UK’s new surveillance bill
Snowden found the duress with which the UK government processed the Data Retention and Investigation Powers Bill to be remarkable, comparing it to the Bush administration’s introduction of the Protect America Act in 2007. The Protect America Act was issued after the New York Times exposed a “warrantless wire-tapping programme” that was both illegal and… Continue reading
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On TTIP and the NHS, they are trying to bamboozle us By John Hilary
The TTIP trade treaty talks re-open in Brussels this week. We should not be reassured by the convenient ‘leak’ of a private letter between key TTIP advocates claiming the treaty poses no threat to the NHS. Continue reading
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Take our ‘treatment’ or we’ll stop your benefits, Tories threaten mentally ill By Louise McCudden
Proposals to strip benefits from depressed people who ‘refuse’ treatment are unethical, ignore root causes, and are likely to force people into inappropriate treatment or penury. Continue reading
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Israel is deliberately targeting civilians in Gaza By Rania Khalek
The UN says 77 percent of Palestinians killed in Israel’s relentless bombing campaign on the besieged Gaza Strip have been civilians. With over 150 killed, including an alarming number of women and children, and the death toll in Gaza rising by the hour, Israeli officials insist they are doing all they can to avoid civilian… Continue reading
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Igor Strelkov Speaks – Two Interviews, July 12 and 13, 2014 By Gleb Bazov
14 July 2014— No Limit to Our Anger (c) V. M. Molotov Preamble: The following two interviews were given by Igor Strelkov on July 12 and 13, 2014, respectively. The first interview (July 12, 2014) is currently being translated and will be made available as soon as possible. The second interview (July 13, 2014) is… Continue reading
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PCHR_e 14 July 2014: Ongoing Israeli Offensive on Gaza: 162 Palestinians Killed, of Whom 137 Are Civilians, Including 34 Children and 28 Women, and 1,058 Others Wounded, Mostly Civilians, Including 332 Children and 212 Women
Israeli occupation forces have continued their brutal and immoral offensive on the Gaza Strip for the 7th consecutive day, and have continued the policy of collective punishment in disregard for the international law and humanitarian law, which ensure protection for civilians in times of war, and in violation of the principles of necessity, proportionality and… Continue reading
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Video: An Afghan Freedom Fighter in Donbass: a Poem of Love and Courage, July 13, 2014
Video: Interview with an Afghan Militiamen of the Donetsk People’s Republic, July 13, 2014 Continue reading
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WikiLeaks: Israel aimed to keep Gaza economy on brink of collapse
Israel told U.S. officials in 2008 it would keep Gaza’s economy “on the brink of collapse” while avoiding a humanitarian crisis, according to U.S. diplomatic cables published by a Norwegian daily on Wednesday. Continue reading
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“Justified Vengeance”, The Pretext for Bombing Gaza: Was the Netanyahu Government behind the Killings of the Three Israeli Teenagers? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
‘Operation Protective Edge (OPE) directed against Gaza is reminiscent of the infamous 2001 Dagan Plan entitled “Operation Justified Vengeance” in which the deaths of innocent Israeli civilians had been envisaged and foreseen by IDF military planners. Continue reading
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Dear PLO… By Stuart Littlewood
As I write, the Israelis have slaughtered 160 Palestinians in their latest mad-dog military adventure, the vast majority being civilians including 35 children. 934 others have been wounded, including 280 children. And still the mighty international community shuffles and mumbles. Continue reading
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Ukraine’s Démarche Against Refugees – To Be Interned, Split and Forcibly Utilized as Soldiers By Gleb Bazov
This newest pearl of the Ukrainian national-fascist, Nazi government flies directly in the face of the very foundations of the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, as well as the applicable customary international law. Instead, I may ask Barbara Harrell-Bond, the recipient of the Order of the British Empire and a world-renowned expert in… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 13 July 2014: List of the 183 Palestinians, Including Whole Families, Killed Since Tuesday
13 July 2014 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Eleven Legislators, Many Residents, Kidnapped In West BankIMEMC – Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at dawn, different Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped 11 legislators, and several other Palestinians. … Continue reading
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The CIA spying scandal and the disintegration of American democracy By Tom Carter
Last Thursday, the US Department of Justice quietly announced that it would not launch a criminal investigation following the revelation in March that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had spied on the staff of the Senate Intelligence Committee. News of this decision—which concerns one of the most significant constitutional breaches in modern American history—was barely… Continue reading
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Iraq News LInks 13-14 July 2014
14 July 2014 10:26:15 — williambowles.info Iraq Shia militia ‘murdered prisoners’ for fear they would join Islamic State (Telegraph) Indian Shias on Mission Iraq: Over 6000 seek visas for war-torn country (IDRW.org) Before Unleashing Gaza-Like Airstrikes on Iraq, Congress Must Vote (Huffington Post) Continue reading
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ISIS role in destruction of Iraq by transnational elite
In an orgy of disorientation by the entire transnational elite, mainly based in the G7 countries, the real significance of the events in Iraq is buried under tons of untrue claims, or half-truths. Continue reading
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Strelkov and Militia Briefings, July 13, 2014 – Lugansk Situation Report Strelkov and Militia Briefings, July 13, 2014 – Lugansk Situation Report By Gleb Bazov
13 July 2014 — No Limit to Our Anger (c) V. M. Molotov Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov Note: This Is a Partial Briefing; Additions to Follow July 13, 2014 – LPR Militia Briefing for Second Half of July 13, 2014 Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 13 July 2014
13 July 2014 — Information Clearing House Israel’s Real Purpose in Gaza Attack? To Kill Arabs By Gideon Levy Death to Arabs, accompanied by the cheering of the masses. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39082.htm Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 12-13 July 2014
13 July 2014 22:27:47 — williambowles.info Ukraine Turf Wars, Kolomoisky vs. Poroshenko (SCF) 90-Day War: Ukrainian Junta Launches Armored Assault On Cities (Stop NATO) Ukraine Shells Russia, Kills Civilian (Stop NATO) Continue reading
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Iraq News Links 12-13 July 2014
13 July 2014 22:16:14 — williambowles.info Security forces continue battles with insurgent groups in Iraq (SCF) NEO – Ahmad Chalabi: Return of the Bad Penny (Veternas Today) Al Qaeda-Linked Syria Group Enjoying USAID? You’ve Got to See This to Believe It (Global Research) Continue reading
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