Bahrain
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Syria, Bahrain: A Tale of Two Uprisings… One Fabricated, The Other Forgotten by Finian Cunningham
The violent turmoil in Syria and Bahrain over the past year, taken together, provides a sharp comparative case study of the deception and hypocrisy of Western governments and the mainstream media. Continue reading
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Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 10
The Western imperial powers seem intent on regime change in Iran. It has been said that, “the road to Tehran is through Damascus,” and such sentiments have been expressed by the King of Saudi Arabia, a ruthless tyrant who represses his own and neighboring populations (such as in Bahrain), and who calls for Syria to… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 20 February 2012: Acts of Love
20 February 2012 — Information Clearing House Syrian Uprising Will Fail But Leave Lasting Divisions By Michael Jansen For several months now money and arms have been flowing semi-clandestinely to local militias and the “Free Syrian Army”, composed of army deserters. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30595.htm Continue reading
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Video: Bahrain crackdown: Tactics & weapons imported from UK — RT
Pictures of a crackdown by heavily armed police on protesters in Bahrain appear to be similar to many others during the Arab Spring. This time the weapons, as well as the tactics, have been imported from the UK. Continue reading
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Bahrain Newslinks 14-15 February 2012
15 February 2012 — williambowles.info 012 US-Backed Regime Replays State of Emergency to Crush Pro-Democracy Movement by Finian CunninghamDandelion Salad Today at 07:12 by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia 14 February 2012 Bahrain’s first anniversary of its pro-democracy protests has been met with massive police and army violence, with many civilians injured from Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 14 February 2012: Take Action to Oppose Ever-Greater Amounts of Military Aid to Israel
14 February 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center UN Envoy Tours Palestinian Territories To Assess Settler Violence IMEMC – After a recent increase in Israeli settler attacks against Palestinian civilians, property and holy sites, the UN envoy Richard Falk arrived in the West Bank this weekend to begin an eleven-day tour of Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 14 February 2012: Chomsky : 'Losing' the World – Paul Craig Roberts – Is Western Democracy Real
13 February 2012 — Information Clearing House Israel and Proxy Terrorism By Robert Wright Should Israel be classified as a state sponsor of terrorism? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30532.htm Continue reading
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Bahrain Newslinks 10-14 February 2012
14 February 2012 — williambowles.info VIDEO: Protests on Bahrain anniversary BBC News Today at 13:30 Police try to prevent people marking the anniversary of pro-democracy protests in Bahrain’s capital, after a second day of clashes in outlying villages. Continue reading
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Imperialist hands off the Syrian revolution
The veto by Russia and China of a chapter 6 resolution at the United Nations calling for Syrian President Bashar Assad to stand down has produced a loud ghashing of teeth by Hillary Clinton, William Hague and all kinds of other luminaries of the West. Continue reading
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Bahrain: Crushing Pro-Democracy Protests. American and British Police Chiefs Step Up State Repression By Finian Cunningham
Two former police chiefs from the US and Britain have brought discernible Western “expertise” to the Bahraini force only weeks following their appointments – a surge in repression and state terrorism. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Targeting Syria – The ‘Bad News’ For The Guardian
Afghanistan and Iraq may still be in flames. A bloodbath may continue to flow from Nato’s ‘humanitarian intervention’ in Libya. No matter, mainstream journalists are appalled that a double Russian and Chinese veto at the UN has thwarted Western efforts to do more good in Syria. Continue reading
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Libya Occupied by the NATO Invaders By Iftekhar A Khan
-Qaddafi was held in higher esteem than, say, the Khalifa of Bahrain and its hated prime minister of forty years. The genuine public uprising, mainly by Bahrain’s seventy percent Shiites, was ruthlessly crushed while the rebellion in Libya was not only encouraged but actively supported by Nato air power. 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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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 29, 2011
29 June 2011 — Stop NATO Afghanistan: NATO Loses Three Drones In As Many Days Two NATO Soldiers Killed In Southern Afghanistan Next U.S./NATO Afghan War Commander: 100,000 Foreign Troops To Stay NATO Chief, North Atlantic Council To Visit Georgia Germany: Fighter Jets Scream Overhead As NATO Rehearses Next War Saudi Troops To Stay In Continue reading
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Syria/Libya versus Bahrain: A BBC factoid By William Bowles
The BBC which makes much of its ‘objective’ and ‘balanced’ news coverage, when challenged by the facts of its biased coverage of events in the Middle East and elsewhere, cites examples of where it has given voice to all sides of the issue. This is debatable, but let’s assume that the BBC does present all… Continue reading
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Bahrain Newslinks 21 June 2011
21 June 2011 — williambowles.info Trial resumes for Bahraini doctors accused of aiding protesters CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — The trial resumed Monday of dozens of Bahraini doctors and nurses accused of working to undermine the Arab country’s government during mass protests earlier this year, with seven additional witnesses taking the stand. Continue reading
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