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Cameron insults our intelligence over Syria… and gets a slap from Putin By Finian CUNNINGHAM
They say a picture paints a thousand words. The photograph of British Prime Minister David Cameron and Russian President Vladimir Putin in London recently certainly does. When the two leaders gave a press conference at the weekend in Downing Street ahead to the G8 summit, Cameron had the excruciating look of a desperate man. Putin,… Continue reading
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Video: Netanyahu Says it’s Anti-Semitism to Accuse Israel of War Crimes or Violating Human Rights
Shir Hever: At the Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism, the Israeli military and political leadership’s attacks on critics reflects Israel’s isolation and the strength of the boycott campaign Continue reading
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Video: Netanyahu Says it's Anti-Semitism to Accuse Israel of War Crimes or Violating Human Rights
Shir Hever: At the Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism, the Israeli military and political leadership’s attacks on critics reflects Israel’s isolation and the strength of the boycott campaign Continue reading
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Syria: the Opposition Is in Retreat By Petr Lvov
With financial assistance from Qatar and Saudi Arabia drying up and the flow of weapons from Turkey and Lebanon slowing, what had to happen now has: The rebels have begun retreating in panic under the Syrian Army’s onslaught. This is occurring against the backdrop of bad things happening for the rebels: Continue reading
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Interview Given by President al-Assad to Lebanese Al-Manar TV
DAMASCUS, (SANA)-President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to al-Manar TV broadcasted on Thursday Continue reading
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Assassinated? Man Linked to Tsarnaev Boston Suspects “Shot Six Times”, Killed during FBI Interrogation. Photos.
Ibragim Todashev, who was killed by the FBI during a questioning, was shot six times, once in the crown of his head, photos shown at a press conference in Moscow reveal. His father suspects it could have been a kill shot. Continue reading
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Behind Syria peace talks proposal, US prepares regional war By Bill Van Auken
While ostensibly touring the Middle East to discuss a joint US-Russian proposal for peace talks between the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad and Western-backed “rebels,” Secretary of State John Kerry met with US allies to prepare for region-wide war. Continue reading
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Britain conspiring to kill any hopes of breakthrough in future Syria talks
British Foreign Secretary William Hague, whose country has a long hand in interfering in other countries’ internal affairs, is seeking to kill any hope of possible talks between Syrians even before they start. Continue reading
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Videos: Battle for strategic Qusair: Syrian army, Hezbollah fight rebels for supply corridor
Earlier Monday, Syrian state news agency SANA reported that the army had “restored security and stability to most Qusair neighborhoods” and was “chasing the remnants of the terrorists in the northern district.” Continue reading
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Death is Preferable to Life at Obama’s Guantanamo By Marjorie Cohn
More than 100 of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo are starving themselves to death. Twenty-three of them are being force-fed. “They strap you to a chair, tie up your wrists, your legs, your forehead and tightly around the waist,” Fayiz Al-Kandari told his lawyer, Lt. Col. Barry Wingard. Al-Kandari, a Kuwaiti held at Guantanamo for… Continue reading
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ICH 8 May 2013: A Look Into Your Future
8 May 2013 — Information Clearing House The West and its Allies Cynically Bleed Syria to Weaken Iran By Seumas Milne If western politicians were really interested in saving lives, they would use their leverage to negotiate a settlement. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34872.htm Continue reading
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Boston Terror Narrative Starts Falling Apart
We have no idea whether or not the Chechen brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were the Boston terrorists. But several parts of the official narrative are already falling apart. Continue reading
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Maduro Wins Venezuelan Presidential Election with 50.66 Percent of the Vote [updated] By Chris Calson
Nicolas Maduro has won the Venezuelan presidential election with 50.66 percent of the vote against 49.07 percent for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski. Maduro gave a victory speech immediately after, while Capriles initially refused to recognize the results. Continue reading
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Wikileaks: The Public Library of US Diplomacy: “PlusD” (and the Kissinger Cables)
On Monday April 8, 2013, WikiLeaks launched the Public Library of US Diplomacy, or PlusD, “the world’s largest searchable collection of United States confidential, or formerly confidential, diplomatic communications”. Continue reading
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The Stop the War Coalition, The Socialist Workers Party and Iraq By Ian Sinclair
STWC has been the leading organisation in the UK anti-war movement since its establishment in 2001. In particular, it was the most significant member of the tripartite coalition that led the movement against the Iraq War – the other members of which were the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).… Continue reading
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Somalia Newslinks 13 January 2013: France's failed commando raid
13 January 2013 — williambowles.info France fails to free intelligence agent held in Somalia; Paris sends more … Washington Post PARIS — As France reinforced its intervention forces in Mali with additional aircraft and soldiers, French commandos launched a failed raid on the other side of Africa in a vain attempt to rescue an intelligence officer held Continue reading
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Honeybee Problem Nearing A ‘Critical Point’ By Claire Thompson
13 January, 2012 — Grist.org Colony Collapse Disorder is a myth, neurotoxic pesticide causes bee deaths Continue reading
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