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Information Clearing House Newsletter July 15, 2011: The Truth Behind the U.S./NATO War on Libya
15 July 2011 — Information Clearing House Outrageous Nato and “Rebels” Co-ordinate Attacks By Associated Press “It proves Nato is not interested in democracy, protecting civilians or peace,” added Mr Ibrahim. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28584.htm Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 15 July 2011
15 July 2011 — williambowles.info NATO disputes Libyan claim of coordinated push on al-Brega CNN International Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — The Libyan government is claiming that NATO and anti-government rebels were carrying out a coordinated air, sea and land attack on the strategic town of al-Brega, but the alliance sloughed off the assertion. … http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/07/15/libya.gadhafi/ Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter July 14, 2011: US Attack Kills 50 People In Yemen
July 14, 2011 — Information Clearing House 300 Somali Children Left for Dead in Drought By MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED Andrew Wander, a spokesman for Save the Children, said his agency provides care to more than 300 unaccompanied children who were found on roadsides after their parents died or abandoned them. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28573.htm Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 14, 2011
14 July 2011 — Stop NATO U.S., NATO Triple Size Of Afghan Air Base Near Iranian Border Afghanistan: Dozens Of Western Troops Injured By Huge Blast Afghanistan: Six NATO Soldiers Killed, French Death Toll At 69 U.S. Building New Detention Centers Across Afghanistan Moldovan Defense Minister To Visit NATO Headquarters Kosovo: NATO’s 12-Year-Old Archetypal ‘Success… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter July 13, 2011: Putin Slams US
July 13, 2011 — Information Clearing House It’s Raining Trillions Why The US Won’t Leave Afghanistan By Pepe Escobar The notion that the US government would spend $10 billion a month just to chase a few “al-Qaeda types” in the Hindu Kush is nonsense. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28565.htm Continue reading
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The True Costs of America's Wars By Jack A. Smith
During his speech on Afghanistan June 22, President Obama revealed that “Over the last decade, we have spent a trillion dollars on war.” He knew this was a deceptive understatement, as did everyone who keeps close watch on the Bush-Obama wars all these years. Continue reading
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The True Costs of America’s Wars By Jack A. Smith
During his speech on Afghanistan June 22, President Obama revealed that “Over the last decade, we have spent a trillion dollars on war.” He knew this was a deceptive understatement, as did everyone who keeps close watch on the Bush-Obama wars all these years. Continue reading
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Risk-Free And Above The Law: U.S. Globalizes Drone Warfare By Rick Rozoff
Last week the Washington Post, the New York Times and other major American newspapers reported that the U.S. launched its first unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) missile attack inside Somalia. Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 13, 2011
13 July 2011 — Stop NATO 117-Day War: France Extends Libyan Military Mission Poll: 68% Of Israelis Back NATO Membership, 60% NATO Troops In Palestine Georgia: Base To Be Used For Training NATO Militaries Afghanistan: NATO Air Strike Kills Four Civilians In Kunar Province Latvia: French NATO Jet Scrambled On Intercept Mission Commentary: End U.S.… Continue reading
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Ahmad Karzai: From dishwasher to drug kingpin BY Eric Walberg
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s younger half-brother, Ahmad Wali Karzai, was killed in Kandahar on 12 July during a gathering in his house, according to Kandahar’s Canadian Governor Tooryali Wesa. He was shot in the head and chest with a AK-47 fired by Sardar Mohammad, a former bodyguard to another Karzai brother Qayyoum. Continue reading
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Multi-Billion-Dollar Terrorists and the Disappearing Middle Class By James Petras
During Obama’s Presidency, Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment has been frozen, resulting in a net decrease of over 8 percent, which is exactly the amount spent chasing just 5 dozen ‘Al Qaeda terrorists’ in the mountains bordering Pakistan. Continue reading
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Exclusive: Julian Assange of WikiLeaks and Philosopher Slavoj Žižek in Conversation With Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: “In one of his first public events since being held under house arrest, WikiLeaks Editor-In-Chief Julian Assange appeared in London Saturday for a conversation with Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek, moderated by Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman. They discussed the impact of WikiLeaks on world politics, the release of the Iraq and Afghanistan… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 7 July, 2011: It's Time to Get Outraged
7 July, 2011 – Information Clearing House Libya and War Powers By Ted Rall The people of Libya, like those of Afghanistan and Iraq and Pakistan and Yemen and so on, are suffering privation and mutilation and death at the hands of NATO, which is nothing more than an American sock puppet. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28506.htm Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 6 July 2011: GOP & Dems = Evil / Teachers Shoot Selves / Africa Stands Up
6 July 2011 — Black Agenda Report Black Agenda Report – News, commentary and analysis from the black left Freedom Rider: The Evil of Two Lessers by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley “Not only is Obama keeping the country in a perpetual state of war,” but he abandons core Democratic programs “at the… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 6 July, 2011: People are Awakening: The Revolution Has Begun
6 July 2011 — Information Clearing House Palestinian People Power By Alan Hart Marching to the borders of pre-1967 Israel is what the Palestinians should now do, and not only the Palestinians of the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip prison camp. They should be joined by Palestinian refugees from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and… Continue reading
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Updates on Libya war/Stop NATO news: July 6, 2011
6 July 2011 — Stop NATO NATO’s Air War In Libya: Over 14,000 Air Missions, 5,285 Strike Sorties France, Germany, Poland Establish EU Battle Group Russia Concerned Over NATO Intrusion In Arctic: Admiral NATO Uses Azerbaijan For Afghan War Nexus, Caspian Energy Strategy Azerbaijani Cargo Plane Crashes In Afghanistan ‘Occupied Territories’: Polish General Takes Over… Continue reading
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Updates on Libya war/Stop NATO News: July 5, 2011
5 July 2011 — Stop NATO Russia, NATO Clash Over Libya Campaign NATO’s Libyan Air War: 13,873 Missions, 5,229 Combat Sorties 28th Australian Soldier Killed In Afghanistan Afghan War: NATO Yearly Death Toll Rises To 280 ‘Mini-Surge’ Of U.S. Special Forces To Hit Afghanistan NATO Needed To ‘Democratize’ Ukraine: Speaker Continue reading
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Moscow: ‘Weapons drops break resolution’ By Tom Mellen
Moscow urged Western states to stop delivering weaponry to belligerents in Libya today – warning that Nato’s cavalier attitude to international law was undermining efforts to resolve cold war-era differences Continue reading
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Moscow: 'Weapons drops break resolution' By Tom Mellen
Moscow urged Western states to stop delivering weaponry to belligerents in Libya today – warning that Nato’s cavalier attitude to international law was undermining efforts to resolve cold war-era differences Continue reading
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