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Information Clearing House Newsletter 30 May 2011: Twelve children killed in another US massacre in Afghanistan
30 May 2011 — Information Clearing House Remember An alternative view of Memorial Day Video Remember the Lies and Liars that Killed Them. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28210.htm Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 29 May 2011: Video: NATO accused over child deaths
29 May 2011 — williambowles.info Los Angeles Times Relatives mourn for Afghan children allegedly killed in a NATO airstrike in Helmand province. (EPA / May 29, 2011)By Laura King Los Angeles Times A new dispute over civilian deaths erupted Sunday when Afghan officials claimed an errant NATO airstrike … www.latimes.com/news/la-fgw-afghan-civilian-deaths-20110530,0,2353624.story Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 28 May 2011
28 May 2011 — williambowles.info NATO Targets Tripoli Facility Voice of America Photo: AP NATO says it targeted a vehicle storage area in a complex where leader Moammar Gadhafi sometimes lives. The French news agency (AFP) says white smoke could be seen rising from the blast site. Earlier Saturday, explosions from NATO airstrikes … www.voanews.com/english/news/Explosion-Rattles-Libyan-Capital-122767289.html Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 27 May 2011
27 May 2011 — williambowles.info NATO Allies Reject Libyan Cease-Fire Offer Wall Street Journal This capability would be at NATO’s disposal, though final decisions will be up to military commanders on their deployment, he said. The calls from the US and French presidents came a day after Libya’s government, under mounting pressure from a military… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: 28 May, 2011: “Just One Step From Sending In Ground Troops”: British Attack Helicopters Wield “Gruesome” Cluster Bomb Missiles
28 May 2-11 — Stop NATO “Just One Step From Sending In Ground Troops”: British Attack Helicopters Wield “Gruesome” Cluster Bomb Missiles African Leaders Demand NATO Stop Air Strikes Against Libya NATO’s Libyan Air War: 8,595 Sorties, 3,274 Strike Missions French Warplanes Forced To Land In Malta Pentagon Plan To Muscle Out China: New Scramble… Continue reading
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Pakistan in Pieces, Part 1: Imperial Eye on Pakistan by Andrew Gavin Marshall
As the purported assassination of Osama bin Laden has placed the focus on Pakistan, it is vital to assess the changing role of Pakistan in broad geostrategic terms, and in particular, of the changing American strategy toward Pakistan. Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 25 May 2011: Obama, Cameron predict success in Libya
25 May 2011 — williambowles.info WRAPUP 4-NATO ups strikes in Tripoli, sees no Iraq parallel Reuters By Matt Faloon and Joseph Logan LONDON/TRIPOLI, May 25 (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama warned Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday there would be ‘no let up’ in pressure on him to go, following a second successive night… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: May 24, 2011
24 May 2011 — Stop NATO “Thought It Was Day Of Judgment”: Heaviest NATO Bombing Of Tripoli Yet 67-Day Air War: Over 8,000 NATO Air Missions, Over 3,000 Combat Flights Attack Helicopter Deployment Brings NATO Closer To Libyan Ground War Washington To Host Libyan Rebel Office U.S. Drone Attacks In Pakistan: 32 Strikes, At Least… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 24 May 2011: France, NATO to deploy helicopters in Libya
24 May 2011 — williambowles.info NATO Says Blast Kills 4 Service Members in Afghanistan Fox News In a separate incident, NATO says four of its service members have been killed by an explosion in eastern Afghanistan. KABUL, Afghanistan – NATO says four of its service members have been killed in an explosion in eastern Afghanistan.… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: 23 May, 2011: NATO To Deploy Attack Helicopters For Libyan War
23 May 2011 — Stop NATO Libya: Nearly 8,000 NATO Air Missions, Over 3,000 Combat Flights NATO To Deploy Attack Helicopters For Libyan War U.S. Missiles In Europe Can Fuel New Arms Race: Russian Military Chief Four NATO Soldiers Killed In Eastern Afghanistan U.S. Drone Attack Kills At Least Four In Pakistan United Arab Emirates… Continue reading
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War in Iraq: worst moment in UK history – British MP — RT
‘With 179 British lives lost and ten billion pounds spent, there will be no celebrations, no parades or marches or flags out to mark the end of the war. And all we seem to have achieved is we have replaced one rotten government with another rotten government,’ stated Flynn. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: 17 May, 2011
17 May 2011 — Stop NATO Updates on Libyan war: May 17, 2011 Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts NATO Helicopter Attack Wounds Two Pakistani Soldiers U.S. Drone Strikes Kill 238 Pakistani Civilians So Far This Year Two NATO Oil Tankers Destroyed In Pakistan Afghanistan: NATO Loses Two More Soldiers Interceptor Missiles In… Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: 10 May, 2011
10 May, 2011 — Stop NATO Updates on Libyan war: May 10 Afghan War: NATO Ready For Next 100 AWACS Missions Romania Loses Another Soldier In NATO’s Afghan War Afghanistan: Over 165 NATO Soldiers Killed So Far This Year Afghan Insurgents Launch Large-Scale Assault In Eastern Province Pakistan: U.S. Drone Attack Kills Five, Wounds Seven… Continue reading
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The Sheikh who shook two Superpowers By Satya Sagar
Long after he is gone, in the mythology of the Western world, Osama Bin Laden will always remain the fanatical architect of 9/11, the evil man who brought down the World Trade Center, a long standing symbol of US power. On the Arab and other streets of the Third World he will pass into fable… Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: May 5, 2011: Perfectly Acceptable For U.S. And NATO To Kill Children
5 May 2011 — Stop NATO Updates on Libyan war: May 5 Perfectly Acceptable For U.S. And NATO To Kill Children Jamie Shea: NATO Partnerships Needed To Maintain West’s 500-Year World Dominance Where Does NATO’s “Boundary” Lie? Report: NATO Enforces Naval Blockade Against Eritrea Seychelles: NATO Steps Up Military Operations In Indian Ocean Serbia Could… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 4 May, 2011: US Knew Where Osama Was Since 2005 – The story behind the story
4 May 2011 — Information Clearing House Cross and Double Cross With Gitmo Files US Knew Where Osama Was Since 2005 By Israel Shamir Now we’ll give you the story behind the story: who crossed and double crossed whom, which information was redacted and how did it lead to OBL? www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28030.htm Continue reading
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Obit: Osama bin Laden (1957–2011) By Eric Walberg
A devout Wahhabi, bin Laden rose to fame quickly following the occupation of Afghanistan by Soviet troops in 1979, when US president Jimmy Carter authorised massive funding of mujahideen in Afghanistan and Pakistan and president Ronald Reagan launched his war against the “evil empire”, the ailing Soviet Union, in 1981. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: 3 May, 2011
3 May 2011 — Stop NATO Updates on Libyan war: May 3, 2011 NATO Headquarters: Military Chiefs Of 54 States Meet On Libyan, Afghan Wars NATO Expansion Architect Asmus Dies U.S. To Base Interceptor Missiles, Troops In Romania U.S. To Base Interceptor Missiles Across Black Sea From Russia Next-Generation Satellite To Advance U.S. Star Wars… Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: May 2, 2011
2 May 2011 — Stop NATO Updates on Libyan war: May 2, 2011 140,000 NATO Troops To Stay In Afghanistan Despite Bin Laden’s Death Azerbaijan: NATO Holds Cyber And National Security Conference Bahrain Builds Gulf Cooperation Council Military Base Against Iran United Arab Emirates Spearheads Gulf Cooperation Council Military Satellite System Parade Of Nations: NATO… Continue reading
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Osama bin Laden’s Second Death By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
If today were April 1 and not May 2, we could dismiss as an April fool’s joke this morning’s headline that Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight in Pakistan and quickly buried at sea. As it is, we must take it as more evidence that the US government has unlimited belief in the… Continue reading