Middle East
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Video: Unemployment and Resistance in Saudi Arabia
Saudi authorities have tracked down and arrested bloggers and people who have protested on Facebook. Continue reading
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Bahrain Newslinks 5 June 2011: Continuing Bahraini State Terror
5 June 2011 — williambowles.info Bahrain decision a costly mistake for F1: Mosley Times of India LONDON: Former motor racing chief Max Mosley added his voice on Sunday to those opposed to Formula One racing in Bahrain this season, warning that the sport would pay a heavy price for the decision. The sport’s governing body, Continue reading
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The Secret Wars of the Saudi-Israeli Alliance By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
Tel Aviv, Washington and NATO are taking advantage of the upheavals in the Arab World. Not only are they fighting against the legitimate aspirations of the Arab people, they are manipulating the Arab geo-political landscape as part of their strategy to control Eurasia. Continue reading
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The Anglo-American Military Axis: West Backs Holy Alliance For Control Of Arab World And Persian Gulf By Rick Rozoff
The standard-bearers of Anglo-American imperialism in the current epoch, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron, met in London on May 25 to discuss the world’s two ongoing wars of aggression, those in Afghanistan and Libya, both under the command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization dominated by Washington and London. Continue reading
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Video: Israel and US Strategic Interests
Lawrence Wilkerson: Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are far more important than Israel to US strategic interests from view of US military Continue reading
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Gulf State Gendarmes: West Backs Holy Alliance For Control Of Arab World And Persian Gulf
The standard-bearers of Anglo-American imperialism in the current epoch, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron, met in London on May 25 to discuss the world’s two ongoing wars of aggression, those in Afghanistan and Libya, both under the command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization dominated by Washington and London. Continue reading
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Obama, hands off our spring By Soumaya Ghannoushi
The first wave of Arab revolutions is entering its second phase: dismantling the structures of political despotism, and embarking on the arduous journey towards genuine change and democratisation. The US, at first confused by the loss of key allies, is now determined to dictate the course and outcome of this ongoing revolution. Continue reading
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Obama Claims To Reset The Imperial Clock By Glen Ford
Since when does the leader of an empire voluntarily “reset” to become a non-interfering power? Never. President Obama’s speech, last week, was mainly geared to maintaining U.S. supremacy in the Mideast and North Africa following the shock of the Arab Reawakening. Continue reading
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Nabeel Rajab: Bahrain situation beyond explanation + Protesters sentenced to death
An emergency appeals court in Bahrain has upheld the death sentences of two men accused of running over two police officers during anti-government protests Continue reading
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Bahrain mostly mainstream newslinks 5 May 2011: Bahrain renews emergency law as repression persists
5 May 2011 — williambowles.info BAHRAIN: Medical staff face prosecution, alleged torture after aiding anti … Los Angeles Times Nearly 50 doctors, nurses and other medical staff have been detained in Bahrain in connection with treating anti-government protesters, human-rights officials said Wednesday. Those detained included 24 doctors and 23 nurses and paramedics, according to … Continue reading
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Disinformation about Syria in Western Media By Joshua Landis
A number of news reports by AFP, the Guardian, and other news agencies and outlets are suggesting that Syrian security forces were responsible for shooting nine Syrian soldiers, who were killed in Banyas on Sunday. Some versions insist that they were shot for refusing orders to shoot at demonstrators. Considerable evidence suggests that this is… Continue reading
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Mel Rothenberg, “Mid-East Upheaval: What the Empire Sees”
However, despite the valiant and necessary efforts of the anti-war forces to mobilize against the increasing military intervention by the US and its imperial allies, our effect will be limited until we have an adequate understanding of the fundamental forces now in play in the Mid-East. Much of our current slogans and agitation are recycled… Continue reading
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People & Power – Yemen: A tale of two protests
People & Power – Yemen: A tale of two protestsFollow my videos on vodpod As demonstrations advance across Yemen, People&Power follows activist Tawakkol Karman. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Yemen’s Useful Tyranny – The Forgotten History of Britain’s ‘Dirty War’: Part 2
Using declassified government files, historian Mark Curtis has exposed Britain’s ‘dirty war’ in Yemen in the 1960s, which he describes as one of the ‘least known aspects of recent British history’. The war lasted almost a decade under both Tory and Labour governments, and cost around 200,000 lives. Continue reading
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After Libya, “Syria next piece on geopolitical chessboard” — RT
The Libyan crisis may repeat itself in Syria, believes independent journalist James Corbett, who joined RT to discuss the latest developments in the Middle Eastern country. Continue reading
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Syria: Banias Refinery Workers March for Syria and Bashar
Could it be that Syrian refinery workers thought it wise to warn imperialists not to descend on Syria to liberate their oil and jobs from them in the name of liberating them from Bashar? Continue reading
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Media Lens: Yemen’s Useful Tyranny – The Forgotten History of Britain’s ‘Dirty War’: Part 1
All revolutions are not equal. While Libya is deemed worthy of the West’s ‘humanitarian intervention’ – express delivery by B-2 bomber, F-15 fighter and cruise missile – protesters elsewhere have been denied such Western largesse. In response to the atrocities in Yemen, for example, Obama has sent mere words. The reason, as one astute commentator… Continue reading
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Syria: Who Backs Bashar? (videos)
Bashar al-Assad, unlike other Arab heads of state, appears to have masses of supporters, who took to the streets on 26 March 2011, as shown in the videos below. Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks for 23 March 2011
23 March 2011 — creative-i.info BBC: Yemen imposes state of emergency MRZine: Libya and Yemen — Study in Contrast By Prabir Purkayastha The Independent: Defiant Yemen President warns ‘mutinous’ military of long, bloody civil war The Independent: Yemen’s leader says he will step down Morning Star: Refusal to resign angers protesters Democracy Now: Jeremy Scahill: Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks for 21 March 2011: Slaughter in Yemen, 50 demonstrators shot dead
21 March 2011 — creative-i.info The Independent: Yemeni general backs opposition Morning Star: Army officers defect to opposition The Independent: Tanks deploy in Yemen as senior army commanders defect Dissident Voice: Imperial War on Libya Dissident Voice: Arab Deaths and U.S. Hypocrisy Dissident Voice: Empire’s New “Democratic” Plan for the Middle East Dissident Voice: Response Continue reading
The New Dark Age 