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Yemen Newslinks 14 July 2011
14 July 2011 — williambowles.info US airstrike kills 3 Islamic militants in Yemen The Seattle Times Yemeni officials say a US warplane has attacked a police station overrun by Islamic militants in southern Yemen, killing three of the fighters. By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article. Yemeni officials say… Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 14 July 2011
14 July 2011 — williambowles.info Egypt Delays Vote, Fires Police Wall Street Journal By MATT BRADLEY Egypt’s revolutionaries are still able to mobilize large crowds to Cairo’s Tahrir Square, as seen Wednesday. CAIRO—Egypt’s interim government on Wednesday said it would delay parliamentary elections and fire police officers implicated … http://asia.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304911104576444211066923724.html Continue reading
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Syria News Roundup: The Beginning of the End of the Syrian Revolt? Syrians for BHL
Bernard Henri Levy? . . . He was one of the first to enter the shattered remains of Jenin on board a Zionist tank to express his admiration for the Israeli army’s excellent work in ethnic cleansing and genocide…This is the man who has taken the job of ‘liberating’ Syria. Continue reading
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Let them eat doughnuts: the US response to Bahrain's oppression By Mehdi Hasan
Syria was subjected to sanctions and Libya to air strikes; Bahrain, however, was rewarded with visits from the Pentagon’s two most senior officials – the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Mike Mullen, and the then defence secretary, Robert Gates Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 11 July 2011
11 July 2011 — williambowles.info Syria Draws Vocal Critics at Talks Wall Street Journal Syria’s government on Sunday opened a first meeting for talks with the opposition as most opposition figures boycotted the event and some of those attending unleashed criticisms of the regime unusual in a government-sponsored setting. … http://india.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304584404576437901903136370.html Continue reading
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Media Lens: BBC Bombast – Propaganda, Complaints And Black Holes of Silence
The newscaster – Huw Edwards, Fiona Bruce, perhaps Emily Maitlis or Nick Owen – looks directly into the camera with the requisite degree of gravitas. The message is clear: ‘You can trust us. We have no agenda. This is the BBC. This is The News.’ Continue reading
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Video: Franklin Lamb in Tripoli: Libyans ask “Why Now?”
A fresh report from Tripoli on the mood and situation on the ground. Franklin Lamb is a well known International lawyer who provides regular updates from the Arab world. Continue reading
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Video: Franklin Lamb in Tripoli: Libyans ask “Why Now?”
A fresh report from Tripoli on the mood and situation on the ground. Franklin Lamb is a well known International lawyer who provides regular updates from the Arab world. Continue reading
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PressTV – ‘Turkey executes US plots in Syria’
A political analyst says the recent unrest in Syria has been the result of wicked US and Israeli policies and the Turkish government executes such policies in the Arab nation. Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 8, 2011
8 July 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Enlists More Member States For Lengthening Libyan War Libyan War: The Rising Voice Of Reason How Many Wars Are Too Many? An African Solution Germany’s Tank Deal With Saudi Arabia Violates Final Taboo Senegal: Western Client Regime Deploys Army Against Protesters Shanghai Cooperation Organization Opposes U.S. Missile Shield… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 8, 2011
8 July 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Enlists More Member States For Lengthening Libyan War How Many Wars Are Too Many? An African Solution Germany’s Tank Deal With Saudi Arabia Violates Final Taboo Senegal: Western Client Regime Deploys Army Against Protesters Shanghai Cooperation Organization Opposes U.S. Missile Shield Plans Pakistan: 40th U.S. Drone Strike Of… Continue reading
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The Powers of Manipulation: Islam as a Geopolitical Tool to Control the Middle East By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
As Washington and its cohorts march towards the Eurasian Heartland, they have tried to manipulate Islam as a geo-political tool. They have created political and social chaos in the process. Along the way they have tried to redefine Islam and to subordinate it to the interests of global capital by ushering in a new generation of so-called Islamists,… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 3 July, 2011: US captain of Gaza ship held in ‘shocking conditions’
3 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 200 additional activists may join Freedom Flotilla IMEMC – Sunday July 03, 2011 – 14:15, A Jordanian union leader told Agence France Presse that a boat has been purchased for $800,000 in Greece to carry construction materials, medical supplies, and 200 additional passengers… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: July 2, 2011
2 July 2011 — Stop NATO Video And Text: Even If Gaddafi Is Killed, NATO To Take Over North Africa Clinton, Community Of Democracies And Invasions Of Sovereign Nations Prague/Arab Springs: Clinton Targets Syria, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia Russia Slams West For Striving To Topple Middle Eastern Governments $4 Trillion For U.S. Wars; Quarter Million Killed,… Continue reading
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Britain accused of collaborating with Israel over Salah arrest
Arab Israelis and Palestinians say arrest of Sheikh Raed Salah in London is ‘strange’ and ‘illegitimate’, and call for his release Continue reading
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Arresting Sheikh Raed Salah: An Israeli trap for Britain By Haneen Zoabi
In arresting Sheikh Raed Salah, the UK authorities support the persecution of Arab citizens of Israel Continue reading
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Black Caucus on Libya War: The Good, the Confused, and the Hopeless By Glen Ford
At this critical juncture in history, the Congressional Black Caucus is near useless to the cause of peace. The recent congressional vote on Libya shows that, in the CBC, “there are more Confused members than Good, and The Good are outnumbered four to one by The Hopeless.” Continue reading
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Libya’s Gaddafi: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea? (Part I) By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor
The international arrest warrant issued against Libya’s Muammar al-Gaddafi by the International Criminal Court (ICC) will add a new complexion to the Libyan crisis. The stalemate that the military option has caused isn’t going away soon nor will Gaddafi’s overthrow happen soon, given the dogged determination with which his forces are fighting despite the damaging… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 23-24 June 2011
24 June 2011 — williambowles.info 24 June 2011 More than 1500 refugees flee Syria in one day The Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — More than 1500 Syrian refugees streamed across the border to safe havens in Turkey in one day as Syria’s 3-month-old pro-democracy movement braced for another day of mass protests Friday. The refugees… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Three Little Words: WikiLeaks, Libya, Oil
‘Libya has some of the biggest and most proven oil reserves — 43.6 billion barrels — outside Saudi Arabia, and some of the best drilling prospects.’ So reported the Washington Post on June 11, in a rare mainstream article which, as we will see, revealed how WikiLeaks exposed the real motives behind the war on… Continue reading
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