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The Ongoing Restructuring of the Greater Middle East by C. J. Hopkins
So, according to the corporate media, and to President Literally Hitler, himself, while America was sleeping last Friday morning, the U.S. Air Force was just minutes away from bombing the bejesus out of some desolate outposts somewhere in the Iranian desert and launching another catastrophic military blunder in the Middle East. Continue reading
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More than 3000 Google employees want company to drop Pentagon ‘war’ drone program
More than 3,000 Google employees have signed an open letter to management, published in the New York Times. Drone gizmo 2. Citing the company motto, “Don’t be evil” the letter urges the company to pull out of a Pentagon program that uses artificial to aid with video imagery which could improve the targeting of drone… Continue reading
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Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging drone assassinations of US citizens By Tom Carter
On Friday, federal Judge Rosemary M. Collyer entered an order dismissing a civil rights case that challenged the Obama administration’s “targeted killing” program. Judge Collyer ruled that there is no legal remedy for the extrajudicial killings of US citizens, endorsing a battery of totalitarian pseudo-legal doctrines advanced by the Obama administration. Continue reading
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Amnesty Intl. Tries to Explains Why It Won’t Oppose All Drone Murders By David Swanson
Shah [of Amnesty Intl] explained that AI cannot oppose all drone strikes in an illegal war, because Amnesty International has never opposed a war, because doing so would make it look biased, and A.I. wants to appear to be an unbiased enforcer of the law. But, of course, an illegal war is a violation of… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 3 November 2013
3 November 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterPeace Now: “Israel Issues New Tenders For 1889 New Settlement Units”IMEMC – Israeli Peace Now Movement issued a press release denouncing a new Israeli decision of the Israeli Government of Benjamin Netanyahu, to build additional 1889 units for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, and Continue reading
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New Kind of War Is Being Legalized By David Swanson
There’s a dark side to the flurry of reports and testimony on drones, helpful as they are in many ways. When we read that Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch oppose drone strikes that violate international law, some of us may be inclined to interpret that as a declaration that, in fact, drone strikes violate… Continue reading
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Old game, new obsession, new enemy. Now it’s China By John Pilger
Countries are “pieces on a chessboard upon which is being played out a great game for the domination of the world,” wrote Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, in 1898. Nothing has changed. The shopping mall massacre in Nairobi was a bloody façade behind which a full-scale invasion of Africa and a war in Asia are… Continue reading
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Old game, new obsession, new enemy. Now it’s China By John Pilger
Countries are “pieces on a chessboard upon which is being played out a great game for the domination of the world,” wrote Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, in 1898. Nothing has changed. The shopping mall massacre in Nairobi was a bloody façade behind which a full-scale invasion of Africa and a war in Asia are… Continue reading
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Historic U.K. Trial. Anti-drones Protesters Praised by Judge. Illegality of Drone Warfare Upheld By Chris Cole
As many of you will have seen reported in the media the Waddington Six trial took place yesterday. All six spoke about the dangers of drone warfare and how the use of drones by British forces breaches international law. District Judge John Stoddert listened carefully to everything that was said, but stated that he felt… Continue reading
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When It Comes to State Violence, Too Much Is Never Enough By Jim Naureckas
Obama does “hesitate to use force”–is that his problem? Since 2009, US drone strikes have killed more than 2000 people in Pakistan, including 240 civilians, 62 of them children. Since Obama took office, they’ve killed more than 400 in Yemen; drone deaths in Somalia are harder to quantify. Continue reading
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French Colonial Dreams Linger as Raison d’être in Syria By Andrew McKillop
Under pressure to conform to Obama and Cameron’s democratic route to authoriszation of military forces, French leader Francois Hollande has since backed down from his previously hawkish stance, saying he will wait for a parliamentary vote before committing France to an attack on Syria. So why the imperial overtures from France to begin with? Continue reading
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Space Alert! Autumn 2013
Our latest edition of our Global Network newsletter, Space Alert, is now finished and is at the printers. There is extensive reporting in this issue about anti-drone campaigning all over the world. Continue reading
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ICH 13 August 2013: Humanity Is Drowning In Washington’s Criminality
13 August 2013 — Information Clearing House The Dead Afghan’s Tale: How Afghanistan’s Poorest Bear the Brunt of the War By Mujib Mashal Abdul Basit has seen what no 7-year-old should see. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35840.htm Continue reading
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Media Advisory: Defining Drone Deaths in Yemen
The United States has reportedly carried out nine drone attacks in the last few weeks in Yemen, generating headlines about the targeting and killing of suspected Al-Qaeda militants in the impoverished country. But how can media know for sure who is being killed? Continue reading
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Who Dies in Yemen Drone Strikes? By Rebecca Hellmich
A headline is sometimes worth a thousand words, and this was definitely the case after a deadly drone strike occurred in Yemen last week Continue reading
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ICH 28 July 2013: 80 Percent Of U.S. Adults Face Near-Poverty, Unemployment: Survey
28 July 2013 — Information Clearing House Eyewitness in Egypt ‘Most Were Shot In The Face – Only One In The Back’ By Robert Fisk A massacre? Most certainly. And these were only a few of the dead. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35678.htm Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 26 July 2013 (12/13) UK News
25 July 2013 — http://www.statewatch.org/ – e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. UK: The IPCC has today published their annual statistics on deaths during or following police contact 2. UK: Independent Police Complaints Commission report (IPPC): Metropolitan Police Service handling of complaints alleging race discrimination Continue reading
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RAF drone attacks ‘break rights law’ By Paddy McGuffin
Top lawyers concluded today that British drone attacks on Afghanistan are almost certainly illegal. Continue reading
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Iowa City moves to ban drones, traffic cameras and license plate readers
The residents of Iowa City, Iowa have moved to ban drones, red-light cameras and license plate readers in what is likely the most thorough action taken by a town yet against modern surveillance technologies. Continue reading
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