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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 7-13 July 2013: Snowden / Syria / Turkey-Israel / Egypt US-EU /Asia
13 July 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation The Pursuit of Edward Snowden 13.07.2013 | 00:00 | Wayne MADSEN Latin America responded to the Morales plane incident by rallying to Snowden’s side. Offers of asylum came from Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Bolivia and Brazilian legislators called for Brazil to reverse its original denial of asylum and grant it Continue reading
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Lord Ramsbotham attacks ‘perverse’ decision not to prosecute G4S over Mubenga death By Clare Sambrook
JULY 2012: Ramsbotham, former chief inspector of prisons, condemns original CPS decision not to prosecute. Peers describe UK Border Agency culture of disbelief, its abuse of torture victims, denial of legal representation, dawn raids on pregnant mothers, the perils of outsourcing, ‘loutish and aggressive’ behaviour, and that’s not all . . . Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 29 June – 6 July 2013: Egypt / Russia / Israel / Global Elite / Brazil / Qatar / Spies
6 July 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation The Gas Summit in Moscow: What Has Been Left Unsaid? 06.07.2013 | 00:00 | Igor TOMBERG …The leaders of 13 states – Algeria, Bolivia, Venezuela, Egypt, Iran, Qatar, Libya, Nigeria, United Arab Emirates, Trinidad and Tobago, Equatorial Guinea, Oman and Russia, which together control more than 70 percent of Continue reading
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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Will Not Capitulate (I) By Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR
The narrative we hear is far too simplistic. It goes something like this: an elected government turned out to be not only inept but arrogant and crudely insensitive toward the imperative need of inclusive democracy; a stagnant economy; rising prices; fuel shortages; power cuts – discontent is boiling over. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 16-22 June 2013: Iran / Syria / Turkey / Obama’s Nukes / Glass-Steagall? / Colombia-Venezuela / Israel / Georgia
22 June 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation The East is a Delicate Matter: Iran Goes against All Predictions 22.06.2013 | 00:00 | Dmitry MININ Admittedly, nobody in the world, not even Iran, was able to predict the victory in the presidential elections, a victory even more decisive since Hassan Rouhani, the «reformers’ protégé», had not even Continue reading
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A tipping point in Syrian conflict BY Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR
The western powers have succeeded in destroying yet another citadel of the Muslim Middle East, which could be even more tragic than the destruction of Iraq. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 9-15 June 2013: Golan / Syria / Energy / Africa / NSA / Finance / Afghanistan-Pakistan / US-China / Turkey / Venezuela
15 June 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation UNDOF in Pinch, Russia Lends Helping Hand15.06.2013 | 00:00 | Andrei AKULOV The peacekeeping story is a proof Russia plays by the rules. The country has no reputation of international law abuser and can be trusted… What is important – Russia has good relations with Israel, Syria and a Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 2-8 June 2013: Iran / Gold / Afghanistan-Pakistan / India-Nukes / Brics / Finland / Russia
8 June 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Hydropolitics Propel Balkanization 08.06.2013 | 00:00 | Wayne MADSEN Wherever there are reports of melting glaciers and a future of diminished water resources, there is an increasing Balkanization of nation-states. Those who manipulate world events for maximum profit understand that it is much easier to control water resources if Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 26 May – 1 June 2013: War on Terror / Afghanistan-Pakistan / Syria-EU-US / Boston
1 June 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Pentagon Increases Authority Over Use of Force in CONUS 01.06.2013 | 00:00 | Andrei AKULOV Worried about the legality of the armed drone program and some covert missions in places not covered by the text of the 2001 measure, US Senators are mulling over the prospects for either a Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 19-25 May 2013: Syria / Yugoslavia / Balkans / Bahrain / EU Caucasus-CIA / Afghanistan
25 MAy 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation US Makes Syria an ‘Offer it Can’t Refuse’ – again 25.05.2013 | 07:45 | Finian CUNNINGHAM In Mafia terms, it’s called «making an offer that can’t be refused». The «offer» is not one of free choice between options that may benefit the object party. In reality, it is about Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 12-18 May 2013: Syria / Venezuela-US / Libya / Gold / Pakistan
18 May 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Can There be Rapprochement in Syria? (II) 18.05.2013 | 12:04 | Najmuddin A. SHAIKH New routes for supplying the Syrian opposition with arms have now been opened through Jordan. Qatar is said to have expended $3 billion for providing arms to the opposition and assistance to the Syrian refugees. Continue reading
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Radioactive: Abe Government Preparing for the Depopulation of Japan By Wayne Madsen
Informed Japanese sources have told WMR that Japan’s right-wing Liberal Democratic Party government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is laying plans for the forced depopulation of most of the Japanese archipelago due to the deadly radiation emanating from the crippled Fukushima Daichi nuclear reactors. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 5-11 May 2013: Syria / Fukushima / Boston Bombing / Israel- Syria / Gold
11 May 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Kerry Takes up Syria in Moscow: Start of Bumpy Road or Attempt to Inveigle into Foul Play? 11.05.2013 | 00:00 | Dmitry MININ …The Assad’s government remains stable enough; Russia, China and other states are staunch preventing an outside intervention. But by endorsing the Russian initiative Washington pursues its Continue reading
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Video: Psychopathy in Politics and Finance By Stefan Verstappen and James Corbett
As more and more studies demonstrating the corrosive effect of psychopathy on government, finance, and business emerge, researchers have begun to explore how our society itself has been molded in the psychopaths’ image. Continue reading
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New at SCF 29 April – 4 May 2013: Terrorism / Germany / Latin America / EU / CIA / Boston Bombing
4 May 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation A Finnish Haven for Terrorists 03.05.2013 | 08:34 | Vladislav GULEVICH The extremist Internet site «Kavkaz-Center», which is once again being talked about in connection with the terrorist attacks in Boston, used to operate out of Sweden and at one time was located in Estonia and Lithuania, but has Continue reading
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New at SCF 20-27 April 2013: Gold / Korea / Chechnya / EU / Caucasus / Afghanistan / Serbia /Pakistan / Tsarnaev
26 April 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Gold: Back to Money World (II) 27.04.2013 | 00:00 | Valentin KATASONOV There are two interpretations of the reasons behind the military intervention against Libya – the defense of human rights and the desire to grab the Gaddafi’s oil. Both are wrong. The real reason is the fact, that Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 14-20 April 2013: Middle East / Boston / Russia-USA / Romania-oil / Kosovo / Europe / Syria
20 April 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Mediterranean: Winds of Change (I) 20.04.2013 | 11:54 | Andrei AKULOV …The recent discoveries of enormous oil and gas reserves in the little-explored Mediterranean Sea between Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Syria and Lebanon suggest that the region could become literally a «new Persian Gulf». But there is a reverse Continue reading
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The Orwellian Paradigm: Killing You for Your Own Safety By Faisal Moghul
Almost thirty years ago, cultural critic Neil Postman argued in Amusing Ourselves to Death that television’s gradual replacement of the printing press has created a dumbed-down culture driven by mindless entertainment. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 7-13 April 2013: Korea / Israel / Central Asia / Venezuela / Heroin / Mali
12 April 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Is Central Asia Ripe for Regime Change? (III) 13.04.2013 | 10:33 | Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR Continue reading
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