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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 December 2011: UNRWA: Israel’s displacement of Palestinians ‘doubles’
5 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 9 Palestinians Arrested Across the West Bank IMEMC – The Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) are reporting, Monday, the detention of nine Palestinians across the West Bank by the Israeli military. … Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 5 December 2011
5 December 2011 — williambowles.info Ibrahim al-Amin, “Syria: A Revolution Against Resistance?” MRZine.org Today at 16:48 The foreign powers intervening in Syria to bring down President Bashar Assad want to speed things up. This has compelled oppositionists to show their hand, stripping them of yet more cards. . . . On Friday, the Syrian National… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 3-4 December 2011
4 December 2011 — williambowles.info 4 December 2011‘Sanctions against Syria won’t bear fruit’ Russiatoday.ru Today at 06:47 The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for military intervention in Syria to bring down the ruling regime as sanctions continue to be piled on Damascus. But political activist Franklin Lamb has doubts on… Continue reading
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Israel’s grand hypocrisy By Jonathan Cook
As protests raged again across the Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, offered his assessment of the Arab Spring last week. It was, he said, an “Islamic, anti-western, anti-liberal, anti-Israeli, undemocratic wave”, adding that Israel’s Arab neighbours were “moving not forwards, but backwards” Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 26 November – 2 December 2011
3 December 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation Iran and the Strategic Encirclement of Syria and Lebanon02.12.2011 | 10:26 | Mahdi Darius NAZEMROAYA (Canada) The encirclement of Syria and Lebanon has long been in the works. Since 2001, Washington and NATO have started the process of cordoning off Lebanon and Syria… While Washington is engaged in… Continue reading
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Mahdi Darius NAZEMROYA – Iran and the Strategic Encirclement of Syria and Lebanon
The encirclement of Syria and Lebanon has long been in the works. Since 2001, Washington and NATO have started the process of cordoning off Lebanon and Syria.The permanent NATO presence in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Syrian Accountability Act are part of this initiative. It appears that this roadmap is based on a 1996 Israeli… Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 2 December 2011
2 December 2011 — williambowles.info Syria, Egypt and Middle East unrest – live updates The Guardian 12.25pm GMT / 7.25am EST: Egyptian state TV is saying the results of the first round of elections will be released at 8pm local time (6pm GMT, 1pm EST). Meanwhile, numbers at the march to honour those killed since… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 2 December 2011
2 December 2011 — williambowles.info Maybe updated as the day wears on… 2 December 2011 Done deal: Russia supplies cruise missiles to Syria Russiatoday.ru Today at 10:59 Fulfilling a contract signed in 2007, Russia has supplied Bastion coastal missile systems with Yakhont cruise missiles to Syria under a contract signed in 2007, a diplomatic source… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 1 December 2011: Barak says no Iran strike ‘for the moment’
1 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Attack Detainees In Nafha Prison IMEMC – Israeli soldiers attacked on Thursday several detainees held in the Nafha detention camp, in the Negev Desert. In a letter sent to Husam Society, the detainees said that they have been without electricity since more than… Continue reading
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Global Research Week in Review: Headlines of the Week 1 December 2011
1 December 2011 — Global Research Libya and “The Arab Spring”: Neoliberalism, “Regime Change” and NATO’s “Humanitarian Wars” ONLINE INTERACTIVE READER – by Michel Chossudovsky, Finian Cunningham, Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya – 2011-12-10 Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 1 December 2011
1 December 2011 — williambowles.info Maybe updated as the day wears on… Secret Meeting. War on Syria: Head of Syrian National Council meets leader of NATO sponsored “Free Syrian Army” GlobalResearch.ca Tomorrow at 04:55 For more details, please click on the link to read the article. Continue reading
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Africa Lies Naked to Euro-American Military Offensive By Glen Ford
As the U.S. and its NATO allies move southward to further consolidate their grip on Africa, following the seizure of Libya and its vast oil fields, most of the continent’s leadership seems to welcome re-absorption into empire. ‘Africa is the most vulnerable region in America’s warpath, a continent ripe for the plucking due to the… Continue reading
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When will Pakistan’s spring arrive? By Eric Walberg
US friendly fire knows no bounds. The deaths of Pakistan soldiers and civilians is just the tip of the iceberg, which will only disappear in the heat of a national uprising, says Eric Walberg Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 30 November 2011: Boycott Israel campaign grows among UK unions, despite Zionist backlash
30 November 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas- Livni Met In Amman IMEMC – The Israeli Radio reported that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, held a meeting in Amman on Wednesday with Israeli opposition leader of the Kadima Party, Tzipi Livni. … Continue reading
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Video: Why Syria Matters: Interview with Aijaz Ahmad By Prabir Purkayastha
Syria is the last remaining representative of Arab nationalism as it used to be understood historically. It still calls itself socialist. Even though it has implemented a great deal of neoliberal reform, the state sector is still dominant. It bans, literally bans, religion from politics. It will not recognize the existence of religious political parties.… Continue reading
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SYRIA: The Orwellian “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) used to Justify “Regime Change” and All Out War By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The Arab League coupled with a proxy group called the Syrian National Council (SNC) that is the creation of a tactical alliance between the Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, Washington, NATO, Israel, and the Persian Gulf’s petro-monarchs is being used within the framework of false pretences of humanitarianism for a plan to oust President… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 29-30 November 2011
30 November 2011 — williambowles.info Maybe updated as the day wears on… 30 November 2011SYRIA: The Orwellian “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) used to Justify “Regime Change” and All Out War GlobalResearch.ca Today at 16:22 False pretences of humanitarianism are being used with a twisted legal regime in a plan for regime change against Syria. Continue reading
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Preparing the Chessboard for the “Clash of Civilizations”: Divide, Conquer and Rule the “New Middle East” By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The name “Arab Spring” is a catch phrase concocted in distant offices in Washington, London, Paris, and Brussels by individuals and groups who, other than having some superficial knowledge of the region, know very little about the Arabs. What is unfolding amongst the Arab peoples is naturally a mixed package. Insurgency is part of this… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 28-29 November 2011
29 November 2011 — williambowles.info 29 November 2011 BREAKING: Military Confrontation between Washington and Moscow? Russian Warships head for Syria GlobalResearch.ca Tomorrow at 04:22 For more details, please click on the link to read the article. Continue reading
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