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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 4 January 2012: IDF Undercover Forces Kidnap A 6-Year-Old Child In Jerusalem
4 January 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli Official: “Islamic Jihad Military Power Stronger Than Hamas” IMEMC – A senior Israeli Military Intelligence official stated Wednesday that Israeli intelligence gathered about the Hamas and the Islamic Jihad Movements in Gaza indicated that the two groups managed to upgrade their military capabilities,… Continue reading
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Imperial Military Adventurism: Tensions Rise as U.S. Imposes 'Nuclear Option' on Iran's Economy by Tom Burghardt
Reacting to American threats to crater their economy, Iran’s first vice president Mohammad-Reza Rahimi said last week that the Islamic Republic would retaliate by blocking all oil shipments through the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: December 30, 2011: U.S. Aircraft Carrier Crosses Strait Of Hormuz Toward Iran
30 December 2011 — Stop NATO U.S. Aircraft Carrier Crosses Strait Of Hormuz Toward Iran 154 Warplanes: U.S. Signs $29 Billion Deal With Saudis For F-15s United Arab Emirates: First Overseas Deployment Of Advanced U.S. Interceptors Russia: Main Goal Of U.S., NATO In Libya Was To Murder Gaddafi Afghan Soldier Slays Two NATO Counterparts Georgia… Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: December 27, 2011
27 December 2011 — Stop NATO U.S. Buildup In Central Asia To Counter Russia, China Royal Canadian Air Force Mulls Major Arctic Base Expansion Georgia Defense Delegation Returns From Consultations In U.S. Raytheon Wins MDA Contract For Standard Missile Interceptors Azerbaijan-Turkey Pipeline Supplants Russia In Southeast Europe Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 27 December 2011: The Man Who Prevented World War III
27 December 2011 — williambowles.info Justifying War with Iran By Russ Baker A growing body of evidence points to a concerted campaign to prepare Americans and the world for war against Iran. This is not idle speculation. It fits a pattern that repeatedly preceded previous hostilities. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30084.htm Continue reading
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Strategic Culture Foundation 18-24 December 2011
24 December 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation Russia-EU Energy Ties Under Threat 24.12.2011 | 00:00 | Natalia MEDEN The 20th World Petroleum Congress which convened in Doha, Qatar, in December, 2011, became the scene of a continuing dispute between Russian energy minister Serguey Shmatko and European Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger as at the moment… Continue reading
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BREAKING NEWS: European Union Protests Israeli Policies in the Occupied West Bank
European Union Ambassador to Israel, Andrew Standley, submitted a formal protest to the Israeli Foreign Ministry over plans to displace Bedouin, and demolition of Palestinian homes in the E1 area near the West Bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim, reported Haaretz on Friday. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 22 December 2011
Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EU: ECJ: Judgment: France’s appeal against the judgment of the General Court removing the PMOI the EU 2. UK: POLICE OFFICER ON JURY: ECHR: Police officer’s presence on jury made trial unfair 3. EU: EURO CRISIS: Statewatch Analysis: Draft Agreement on Reinforced Economic Union (REU Treaty) by Steve Peers… Continue reading
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Did the UK just leave the EU? Bilderberg decided six months ago that she’s in forever By Richard Cottrell
Cameron’s mission to the EU summit was simply to stand as the odd man out before the thunderclap that creates seamless European economic union, which he will then be powerless, along with the ruling party, to prevent. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: December 19, 2011
19 December 2011 — Stop NATO Black Sea: New Flash Point For U.S./NATO Versus Russia Conflicts Romania: U.S. Marines Plan Six-Month Mission In Eastern Europe Romania: Pentagon Military Outpost On The Black Sea Romania Again Offers Troops For Global NATO, EU Missions U.S. Senate Bill Adds Arms For Georgia Afghan Provincial Council Closes To Protest… Continue reading
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Euro Crisis: Britain’s Financial Arsonist Returns to the Scene of the Crime By Finian Cunningham
The spectacle of bankrupt David Cameron swaggering over to Europe to ask equally bankrupt European governments for more deregulatory concessions for the City of London is about as stupefying as an arsonist returning to the scene of the crime – and asking for more gasoline. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 11-17 December 2011
17 December 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation European Union: From economic crisis to constitutional disaster17.12.2011 | 11:50 | Hannes HOFBAUER (Austria) The Brussels summit of December 2011 intended to solve a huge fiscal and budget (and in reality an economic) problem in the Euro-zone. It let to a political split within the EU-27 and risks… Continue reading
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Europe’s Transition From Social Democracy to Oligarchy By Michael Hudson
The easiest way to understand Europe’s financial crisis is to look at the solutions being proposed to resolve it. They are a banker’s dream, a grab bag of giveaways that few voters would be likely to approve in a democratic referendum. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: December 14, 2011
14 December 2011 — Stop NATO U.S. Interceptor Missile System Aimed Against Russia, China: Security Official U.S., NATO Forces Surround Syria On Eve Of Invasion? German General: 15,000 NATO Troops In Afghanistan Past 2014 U.S. Loses Drones In Middle East, Off East Africa Coast NATO State Diplomats In Firing Exercise At Georgian Military Center U.S.,… Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: December 6, 2011
6 December 2011 — Stop NATO Creation Of CELAC Marks Trend Toward Multipolar Global Governance Germany: NATO Military Committee Inspects Missile Shield Command Russia To Take Further Actions In Response To U.S. Missiles Bonn: NATO To Pursue Permanent Partnership With Afghanistan NATO Warplanes Kill Eight Afghan Civilians, 20,000 Protest Continue reading
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War on Iran has already begun By Seumas Milne
They don’t give up. After a decade of blood-drenched failure in Afghanistan and Iraq, violent destabilisation of Pakistan and Yemen, the devastation of Lebanon and slaughter in Libya, you might hope the US and its friends had had their fill of invasion and intervention in the Muslim world. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 3-4 December 2011
4 December 2011 — williambowles.info 4 December 2011‘Sanctions against Syria won’t bear fruit’ Russiatoday.ru Today at 06:47 The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for military intervention in Syria to bring down the ruling regime as sanctions continue to be piled on Damascus. But political activist Franklin Lamb has doubts on… Continue reading
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Israel’s grand hypocrisy By Jonathan Cook
As protests raged again across the Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, offered his assessment of the Arab Spring last week. It was, he said, an “Islamic, anti-western, anti-liberal, anti-Israeli, undemocratic wave”, adding that Israel’s Arab neighbours were “moving not forwards, but backwards” Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 1-2 December 2011
2 December 2011 — williambowles.info 2 December 2011The media war turns against Iran Morning Star Today at 17:11 Now that Libya has been checked off the list, the West is setting its sights on its next target Continue reading
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