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Stop NATO News: December 29, 2011
29 December 2011 — Stop NATO U.S.-Russian Missile Shield Disagreement Intensifies Russia Delivers New Missile Defense Systems To Belarus U.S. Interceptor Missile Plans Threat To China’s Nuclear Forces Purpose Of U.S. Return To Asia Strategy: Control Of ‘World Island’ India-Japan-U.S. Axis: Containment Of China Strategy Pakistan: Army Rejects Pentagon Report On Deadly NATO Attack NATO… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 28 December 2011: Israel’s army chief hails Gaza war as ‘excellent’
28 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Residents of Beit Shemesh Fight Back Against Religious Extremism and Gender Segregation IMEMC – Thousands of local residents gathered in the Israeli village of Beit Shemesh, protesting the radically changing demographic of their city by the ultra-Orthodox community. The group seem hell-bent on enforcing… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 28 December 2011: Israel's army chief hails Gaza war as 'excellent'
28 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Residents of Beit Shemesh Fight Back Against Religious Extremism and Gender Segregation IMEMC – Thousands of local residents gathered in the Israeli village of Beit Shemesh, protesting the radically changing demographic of their city by the ultra-Orthodox community. The group seem hell-bent on enforcing… Continue reading
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Syrian NGOs: A dual-use technology? — RT
Syrian NGOs have often been the sole source of information for the Western media when it comes to reporting alleged atrocities within the country. Why is it then that so many of these NGO are either funded or based entirely in the West? Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 December 2011: Open letter from Gaza: Three years after the massacre, justice or nothing!
27 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center One Killed, 3 Injured in Israeli Air Strike North of Gaza IMEMC – One Palestinian was killed and three others were injured as an Israeli air strike targeted on Tuesday evening a Palestinian vehicle near Abu-Sharkh Square in the city of Jabaliya, north of… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 27 December 2011: The Man Who Prevented World War III
27 December 2011 — williambowles.info Justifying War with Iran By Russ Baker A growing body of evidence points to a concerted campaign to prepare Americans and the world for war against Iran. This is not idle speculation. It fits a pattern that repeatedly preceded previous hostilities. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30084.htm Continue reading
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Video: ‘Confessional war the only way to divide Syrians’ — RT
Claims that armed extremists are fighting in Syria are backed by some foreign journalists working on the ground. Independent journalist Thierry Meyssan tells RT how efforts by some forces to turn the conflict into a full-scale civil war are failing. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 24-27 December 2011
27 December 2011 — williambowles.info 27 December 2011 Arab League monitors arrive to Syria Strategic Culture Foundation Today at 04:41 Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 26 December 2011: Israel city braces for thousands of protesters against exclusion of women
26 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Hamas Expresses Support For Syrian Regime IMEMC – Head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Khaled Mashal, stated that the Hamas movement supports the Syrian President, Bashar Assad, “as he supported the Palestinian resistance and the Palestinian people in every possible way”,… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 25 December 2011: Israel’s new house rules – deepening authoritarianism
25 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Boycott campaigners claim credit for denial of London contract to company invested in settlements IMEMC – A French transportation company, Veolia, that has been the target of a campaign by human rights groups around the world for its investment in Israeli settlements, has been… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 24 December 2011: Will Jerusalem cause a third Intifada?
24 December 2011 — VTJP News Ma’an News Mediator: Political detainees free by end of month 12/24/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Nablus billionaire and political independent Munib al-Masri said Saturday in the Gaza Strip that political prisoners both in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip would be released by the end of… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 December 2011: The undeniable Palestinian right to resist occupation
23 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Eshtayya: “Palestinian Lands Are For the Palestinians, Not For Settlements” IMEMC – Mohammad Eshtayya, member of the Central Committee of Fateh movement, headed by Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his government, must understand that the Palestinian lands… Continue reading
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The Arab Winter: Violence from a US-backed Egyptian military junta By Patrick Henningsen
Now that the Arab Spring has come and gone, one of the features of the new Arab Winter is watching how a US/UK-backed brutal Egyptian military dictatorship has become increasingly more violent towards its own pro-reform, unarmed citizens. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 22-23 December 2011
23 December 2011 — williambowles.info Maybe updated as the day wears on… 23 December 2011 Hamas denies Syrian report about Mashaal occupation magazine – articles Today at 23:59 Ma`an News Agency – ‘The website of Syria’s General Organization of Radio and TV on Tuesday quoted Mashaal expressing disappointment at al-Qaradawi urging the Syrian people to… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 22 December 2011: EI exclusive: UK charity with Mossad links secretly denounced anti-Zionist Jews to government
22 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Settlers Enter The Al Aqsa Mosque IMEMC – A group of Israeli settlers entered on Thursday that Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, under the protection of dozens of Israeli soldiers. The settlers were marking the “Hanukkah” Jewish feast; no clashes were reported.… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 22 December 2011: Are We Living in a Fool's Paradise?
22 December 2011 — Information Clearing House Pakistan Needs to Declare Its Independence By Yasmeen Ali Pakistan lies ravaged, with her economy destroyed, thanks to the country’s deep involvement in the “War on Terror.” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30055.htm Continue reading
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Tom Friedman Not Sucking It on Iraq War
I guess one great thing about being a Times columnist is that you not only get to write about the present–you can also re-write your own past. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 21-22 December 2011
22 December 2011 — williambowles.info 22 December 2011 Arab observers to head for Syria BBC News Today at 08:17 Arab League observers are set to arrive in Syria under a plan to end the violent crackdown on anti-government protests the UN says has claimed 5,000 lives. Continue reading
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Video: 'US trajectory on Syria ‘a self-generating path to war' — RT
Washington has once again slammed the Syrian regime, warning of new international measures unless it withdraws security forces from the streets. But a US-based political cartoonist says human rights are merely a cover for America’s real intentions. Continue reading
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Arab League calls on Syria: Opposition isn’t listening — RT
A primary team of Arab League peace monitors are expected to arrive in Syria on Thursday as the violent revolt against President Bashar al-Assad rages on. However, despite the move, the Syrian opposition is still clamoring for foreign intervention. Continue reading