CIA
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Yemen Newslinks for 15 June 2011: CIA to send armed drones into Yemen
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info UN official calls for Syria probe…US preps for Yemen problems 9&10 News WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is getting ready in case the worst happens in Yemen. The US is building a secret CIA air base in the Persian Gulf region to target al-Qaida terrorists there in case anti-American… Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks 14 June 2011: CIA Plans Drone Strikes in Yemen
14 June 2011 — williambowles.info Yemen president health stable but suffers throat problem, prime minister very … Washington Post By AP, SANAA, Yemen — A senior Yemeni official in the Saudi capital says President Ali Abdullah Saleh has developed a problem with his throat but that his overall condition is stable. Saleh is being treated… Continue reading
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Pentagon Laments “Difficulties” in War Against Libya
At first promising a 2-day operation, NATO has been forced to continually extend its daily bombing operations that now includes much of the civilian infrastructure and frequent bombings of the house of the Qaddafi family, which thus far has resulted only in the murder of his youngest son, who has no connection to either business… Continue reading
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Apartheid, Sand Nigger Style: The Tunisian Model for a New Colonialism in Libya? By Nathaniel X. Turner
The Great White Fathers of Europe and the United States excel in lies, lies and damnable lies. ‘’Humanitarian intervention’ by Europeans in Africa is always a subterfuge for theft, mass murder, and sadism’ – Europe’s main export to the world. ‘This is a new scramble for the African Continent.’ Continue reading
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Human rights fact-finders show Libyan deaths, injuries not ‘propaganda’ By Deborah Dupre
In the CIA kick-started war on Libya, The New York Times report Monday by John F. Burns, calling Libyan civilian casualties “propaganda,” does not square with a series of WBAIX in-hospital interviews with civilian victim survivors of US/NATO intensifying bomb raids, both witnessed by a human rights fact-finding mission including Cynthia McKinney and former MPs… Continue reading
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"No Shred of Evidence", Iran Building Nukes, Ex Head of IAEA Says By Sherwood Ross
The former Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a new published report that he had not seen “a shred of evidence” that Iran was “building nuclear-weapons facilities and using enriched materials.” Continue reading
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Anti-Empire Report, Number 94 2 June 2011 By William Blum
The United States is an equal-opportunity bomber. The only qualifications for a country to become a target are: (A) It poses an obstacle — could be anything — to the desires of the American Empire; (B) It is virtually defenseless against aerial attack. Continue reading
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Disclosure and Deceit: Secrecy as the Manipulation of History, not its Concealment By Dr. T. P. Wilkinson
Julian Assange is quoted as saying that when he receives documents classified under the UK Official Secrets Act he responds in accordance with the letter of the law – since it is forbidden to withhold or destroy, his only option is to publish. The question remains for historians, investigators, and educated citizens: what is the… Continue reading
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The serious questions raised by the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair By David North and David Walsh
The arrest of French financier and politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn in New York City on sexual assault charges and his continued imprisonment is a disturbing event with far-reaching implications. Continue reading
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The Middle East Revolution: The Empire Strikes Back: Libya Attacked by the US and NATO By Asad Ismi
The Western attack on Libya is motivated mainly by the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions taking those countries out of Washington’s control. This created the need for a military base from which to contain those revolutions, which Libya is perfect for, since it borders both of these countries. Continue reading
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Those Libyan “Freedom Fighters”: The Fix is On By Kevin Carson
So the head of the opposition movement is on the CIA payroll, and the first order of business of the insurgent regime is to create a central bank that takes orders from international finance capital. Doesn’t look real good for ‘freedom’ in Libya, does it? Looks pretty damn good for the banksters, though. Continue reading
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Nailing Bin Laden: Was it a military or a media operation? Why now? By Danny Schechter
7 May 2011 — media channel The tip on bin Laden’s whereabouts came in back in 2010. You have to assume the house was under surveillance. If they thought they “bagged him” they would be watching closely and choosing the right time to deep six the target (I actually wrote this lead paragraph sentence before… Continue reading
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Obit: Osama bin Laden (1957–2011) By Eric Walberg
A devout Wahhabi, bin Laden rose to fame quickly following the occupation of Afghanistan by Soviet troops in 1979, when US president Jimmy Carter authorised massive funding of mujahideen in Afghanistan and Pakistan and president Ronald Reagan launched his war against the “evil empire”, the ailing Soviet Union, in 1981. Continue reading
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Bin Laden-U.S.Partnership: Pakistan in Context; ISI and U.S.Connection part 2
4 May 2011 — The Burbank Digest U.S. FINANCE CAPITAL PARTNERS SAUDI BIN LADEN GROUP http://www.answers.com/topic/saudi-binladin-group-1 On the web: http://www.sbg.com.sa Sheikh Mohammed bin Laden, founder Bakr bin Laden, chairman Saudi Binladin group offices, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Saudi Binladin (or Binladen) Group (SBG) is a multinational construction conglomerate and holding company for the assets… Continue reading
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Leave Syria to the Syrians By Charles Glass
This is not a good time to be running the Middle East desk at the State Department. If you happen to be him or her, take my advice: Do nothing. Especially in Syria. Let all the think tanks and lobbyists submit their recommendations. Ask the CIA for the usual analysis. Tell the Israelis, which you… Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report 2 May 2011 By William Blum: Everything you wanted to know about 'humanitarian intervention'
If you went into surgery to correct a knee problem and the surgeon mistakenly amputated your entire leg, what would you think if someone then remarked to you how nice it was that “you actually no longer have a knee problem, thank God.” … The people of Iraq no longer have a Saddam problem. Continue reading
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Media Lens: If At First You Don’t Succeed – Four Decades Of US-UK Attempts To Topple Gaddafi
Behind a wall of silence, the US and UK have been conducting over the last four decades a massive, largely secret war against Libya – often using Chad, the country lying on its southern border, as its base. The current attacks on Col. Gadafi’s troops and attempts to assassinate the Libyan leader with the US… Continue reading
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The Spook Who Sat By The Door Trailer
The Spook Who Sat By The Door TrailerFollow my videos on vodpod For those who don’t know or haven’t seen The Spook Who Sat By The Door it’s an important film that has unfortunately been relegated to cult status. The film is about a Black CIA agent who takes his CIA training and goes back… Continue reading
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