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Information Clearing House Newsletter August 1, 2011: The President Surrenders
1 August 2011 — Information Clearing House Why the West is Committed to the Murderous Rebels in Libya By Patrick Cockburn William Hague chose to recognise the rebel leaders at the very moment some of them may have been shooting or torturing to death their chief military commander. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28709.htm Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks 28 July 2011
28 July 2011 — williambowles.info Yemen president won’t give up power by force: minister Reuters By Samia Nakhoul LONDON (Reuters) – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who escaped an attempt on his life by opponents, will only cede power through the ballot box and the country will descend into civil war if he is forced… Continue reading
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What WaPo Won't Tell You About CIA's Yemen Drone Base By Peter Hart
It obviously makes senses for any White House to want to keep its secret programs under wraps–particularly when there’s a chance that laws are being broken, or civilians are being killed. (Recall that the U.S. Navy launched a cruise missile loaded with cluster bombs into Yemen in 2009, reportedly killing 41 civilians.) It does not… Continue reading
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What WaPo Won’t Tell You About CIA’s Yemen Drone Base By Peter Hart
It obviously makes senses for any White House to want to keep its secret programs under wraps–particularly when there’s a chance that laws are being broken, or civilians are being killed. (Recall that the U.S. Navy launched a cruise missile loaded with cluster bombs into Yemen in 2009, reportedly killing 41 civilians.) It does not… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Video Update — Two More Eyewitness Libya Videos
Although US drones are flying in, and US bombs are falling from Libyan skies, the president insists that the US is not waging war in Libya. The facts however, say otherwise. This week’s Black Agenda Video update includes two members of US citizen fact finding delegations, the Bay Area’s Dedon Kamathi and Atlanta’s Lucy Grider… Continue reading
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Risk-Free And Above The Law: U.S. Globalizes Drone Warfare By Rick Rozoff
Last week the Washington Post, the New York Times and other major American newspapers reported that the U.S. launched its first unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) missile attack inside Somalia. Continue reading
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Risk-Free And Above The Law: U.S. Globalizes Drone Warfare By Rick Rozoff
Last week the Washington Post, the New York Times and other major American newspapers reported that the U.S. launched its first unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) missile attack inside Somalia. Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 23, 2011: NATO To Use “Any Means Necessary” To Wage Libyan War: Rasmussen
23 June 2011 — Stop NATO NATO To Use “Any Means Necessary” To Wage Libyan War: Rasmussen Libya: Bitter Truth About The Fighting Country Emanuel Uses Influential Friends To Land NATO, G-8 Summits In Chicago Emanuel Seeks Corporate Donors For Chicago NATO Summit U.S. Warship Enters Georgian Waters Russia Condemns Arrival Of U.S. Warship In… Continue reading
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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 9-11 June 2011
11 June 2011 — williambowles.info 11 June 2011 SCF: U.S. Is Intensifying a Secret Campaign of Yemen Airstrikes SCF: Yemen’s pro-, anti-gov’t protesters stage rallies as clashes continue 10 June 2011 Morning Star: US drones ‘hit anti-Saleh protesters’ in Yemen The Guardian: 2010: Flurry of leaked US embassy cables reveal foreign strategies Mathaba: Imperialism’s Role… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 21 February, 2011: News Updates For Sunday and Monday
21 February, 2011 — Information Clearing House The ghost of Tom Joad – Bruce Springsteen & Tom Morello – Watch / Listen www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzRbeHyIomk&feature=youtu.be With settlement resolution veto Obama Has Joined Likud By Gideon Levy This weekend, a new member enrolled in Likud – and not just in the ruling party, but in its most hawkish… Continue reading
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NATO denies plans to run special-ops in Pakistan — RT
The US-led coalition in Afghanistan has denied reports that it is pushing to extend its special operations into neighboring Pakistan. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 26 September, 2010: CIA used 'illegal, inaccurate code to target kill drones'
26 September, 2010 — ICH US To Continue Killing Own Citizens Overseas By Spencer S. Hsu The Obama administration urged a federal judge early Saturday to dismiss a lawsuit over its targeting of a U.S. citizen for killing overseas, saying that the case would reveal state secrets. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26455.htm Obama Argues His Assassination Program Is A… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 26 July 2010 (13/10)
26 July, 2010 — Statewatch Statewatch European Documentation Centre (SEMDOC): www.statewatch.org/semdoc/ Sitemap: www.statewatch.org/sitemap.htm 1. EU: FRONTEX-EU’s External Borders Agency: Management Board: Analysis and Assessment 2009 2. EU: European Commission: Overview of information management 3. EU: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA): Letter from Article 29 Working Party on data protection 4. UK: G20-IAN TOMLINSON’S DEATH 5. EU:… Continue reading
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US panel debates drone legality
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UVA’s) or drones are remote-controlled aircraft without people onboard, which can carry and utilize missiles. It is widely suspected that the US has used drones frequently to target al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and Pakistan, although Washington has never admitted nor denied it. But in alleged UVA attacks targeting the fighters,… Continue reading
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Decade Of The Drone: America’s Aerial Assassins By Rick Rozoff
2010 is the tenth and deadliest year in Washingtons use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for targeted assassinations and untargeted collateral damage. Originally designed for battlefield surveillance and reconnaissance, albeit often to call in lethal military strikes, drones have been employed by the U.S. since 2001 to identify and kill human targets. Continue reading
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Towards America’s Electronic, Troop-less Wars Future U.S Wars will involve Massive Use of Drones By Prof. Marc W. Herold
Future U.S wars in the Third World will involve massive use of drones to police the territory, employ local satrap forces (like those of Karzai’s Afghan Army) and once the territory has been pacified sufficiently, the deployment of Government Ready-to-Rule (GRR) kits. The drones provide the critical and the weak link: critical insofar as they… Continue reading
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US drone strikes may break international law: UN official
US drone strikes against suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be breaking international laws against summary executions, the UN’s top investigator of such crimes said Tuesday. Continue reading
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