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NATO’s Secret Ground War in Libya By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
From the outset, the conflict in North Africa was intended to lead into an all out NATO war. The Pentagon and NATO are not only arming the Transitional Council in violation of international law, they also had forces on the ground from the start. Continue reading
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Syria and US Imperialism By Sara Flounders
A social explosion is shaking the Arab world. U.S. imperialism and all the old regimes tied to it in the region are trying desperately to manage and contain this still unfolding mass upheaval into channels that do not threaten imperialist domination of the region. Continue reading
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Martelly – Haiti's second great disaster By Greg Grandin
Haiti’s new president is a friend of coup-plotters, fascists, and armed right-wing groups in his country and abroad. Continue reading
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Al-Jazeera: An Island of Pro-Empire Intrigue by Sukant Chandan
How did Al-Jazeera, once dubbed the ‘terror network’ by some and whose staff were martyred by US bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan, end up becoming the media war propagandist for yet another Western war against a small state of the Global South, Libya? We will not know the full details for some time; perhaps some… Continue reading
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Al Jazeera: Two Sides of Libya’s Conflict
Al Jazeera: Libya’s conflict has two sides, and two stories. And everything depends on who you believe. Continue reading
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Black Africans Live in Fear in “Free Libya” By Yoshie Furuhashi
Al Jazeera reports that Black African workers now live in fear in the rebel-held territories in Libya. Some of them have been attacked by mobs, others have been imprisoned, and some of their homes and workshops have been torched. “Many African workers say they felt safer under the Gaddafi regime,” says Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland,… Continue reading
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Is Tripoli being set up for a civil war to justify U.S. and NATO military intervention in oil-rich Libya? By Mahdi Darius Nazemroay
There is no question that Colonel Muammar Al-Gaddafi (Al-Qaddafi) is a dictator. He has been the dictator and so-called “qaid” of Libya for about 42 years. Yet, it appears that tensions are being ratcheted up and the flames of revolt are being fanned inside Libya. This includes earlier statements by the British Foreign Secretary William… Continue reading
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Al Jazeera Promotes Libya’s “Crown Prince” Who Calls for Military Intervention in Libya by Yoshie Furuhashi
Al Jazeera’s coverage of the Arab Revolt began to deteriorate when revolutionary sparks started to fly in the direction of the Gulf states, which would eventually ignite an unprecedented (and very politically promising1) uprising in Bahrain Continue reading
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Bahrain: The Third Day of Wrath by Al Jazeera and Euronews
16 February, 2011 — MRZine “They renamed it [Manama’s central square] Tahrir Square after the one in Cairo. They’ve started setting up tents, and vans are bringing supplies of food and water.” — Ahmed Hazim The Euronews video at the top and the Al Jazeera videos below it were released on 16 February 2011. Cf. Continue reading
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Video from Egypt
29 January, 2011 Live feed from Al Jazeera http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?&width=450&height=325&flashID=myExperience747084146001&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&playerID=751182905001&playerKey=AQ%7E%7E%2CAAAAmtVJIFk%7E%2CTVGOQ5ZTwJYW4Aj2VxnKEXntSbmcf9ZQ&isVid=true&isUI=true&dynamicStreaming=true&%40videoPlayer=747084146001&autoStart= 1st collector for Video from Egypt Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks for 25 January, 2011
25 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Bradley Manning-WikiLeaks Connection Not Found: Military Investigators Huffington Post US military investigators have been unable to find a direct link between jailed Army PFC Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks, reports NBC News. … www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/24/bradley-manningwikileaks-_n_813445.html Continue reading
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The Palestine Papers Pt3
Al Jazeera obtained more than 1,600 internal documents from a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations Continue reading
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The Palestine Papers Pt2
Al Jazeera obtained more than 1,600 internal documents from a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, Pt.2 Continue reading
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The Palestine Papers Pt 1
Al Jazeera obtained more than 1,600 internal documents from a decade of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations Continue reading
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Wikileaks: What the Palestine papers tell us – video
Guardian associate editor Seumas Milne and Middle East editor, Ian Black, discuss the leak of secret notes from years of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Continue reading
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Empire – Hollywood: The Pentagon calls the shots
Al Jazeera: Is it a case of art imitating life, or a sinister force using art to influence life and death? Continue reading
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Israel attacks Gaza aid fleet – Middle East – Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera’s report on board the Mavi Marmara before communications were cut Continue reading
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All the (un)usual suspects. What is RT.com up to? By William Bowles
Full page ads in the London Independent? Though the word ‘Russia’ is nowhere to be seen, instead it’s RT.com, what we used to know as Russia Today. But RT.com is a far cry from its crude beginnings four years ago as a mouthpiece for the Russian state. The question is, what kind of animal is… Continue reading
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Media Lens 18 May, 2009: Beholden To The Big Powers: Israel, Gaza And The UN
For the corporate media, then, there is no need for forensic analysis of this latest cynical sidelining of the UN, a body set up to promote world peace after all. There has been no rottweiler unearthing of this UN capitulation which, once again, effectively covers up major atrocities committed by Israel with heavy backing from… Continue reading
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Afghans fear shortage in humanitarian aid – 25 Nov 2008
The Afghan government has warned foreign donors of a “huge humanitarian crisis” if they don’t respond rapidly to growing food shortages.Al Jazeera’s David Chater reports from the west of Afghanistan. http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.1796408 more about “Afghans fear shortage in humanitarian…“, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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