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Notice regarding the shooting of Franklin Lamb in Libya
The Palestine Civil Rights Campaign-Lebanon confirms reports that FranklinLamb was shot at approximately 11:45 a.m. on Sunday August 21 in Tripoli,Libya outside of the Corinthia Hotel where he has been staying. Continue reading
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FRANKLIN LAMB: TRIPOLI ON THE CUSP
Truth be told, some foreign observers, and certainly this one, having been based in Tripoli the past nearly eight weeks, have not taken very seriously occasional media predictions that Tripoli might soon be invaded by ‘NATO rebels’ and certainly not by NATO country forces putting their boots on the ground. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter July 15, 2011: The Truth Behind the U.S./NATO War on Libya
15 July 2011 — Information Clearing House Outrageous Nato and “Rebels” Co-ordinate Attacks By Associated Press “It proves Nato is not interested in democracy, protecting civilians or peace,” added Mr Ibrahim. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28584.htm Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 13 July 2011: WikiLeaks’ Founder Julian Assange in U.K. Court for Extradition Appeal
13 July 2011 — williambowles.info Assange Presses Appeal to Head Off Extradition Wall Street Journal By JEANNE WHALEN LONDON—WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange unveiled a narrower set of legal arguments in a UK court on Tuesday as he continued his fight to avoid extradition to Sweden to face a sexual-assault investigation. Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated … http://europe.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303812104576441462672745124.html Continue reading
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Press Release: News Corp’s Hack Shows a Double Standard
The explosive allegations about widespread illegal voicemail hacking by British tabloids owned by Rupert Murdoch are getting very little coverage on Murdoch’s Fox News Channel (TVNewser, 7/12/11). But Fox’s top host took a very different view when a Republican politician’s email account was hacked, calling for the prosecution of the website that published the emails. Continue reading
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9/11 and the Orwellian Redefinition of "Conspiracy Theory" By Paul Craig Roberts
A “conspiracy theory” no longer means an event explained by a conspiracy. Instead, it now means any explanation, or even a fact, that is out of step with the government’s explanation and that of its media pimps. Continue reading
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Low-End High Design and the Butterfly Effect By Greg Lindsay
In 2004, MediaTek sold 3 million of its chips [3]; six years later, its sales had soared to 500 million, more than a third of the worldwide market. Nearly half of those went to shanzhai. The sudden ability to design, manufacture, and ship millions of dirt-cheap handsets in total secrecy led to an explosion in… Continue reading
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Lie To Me By Joel S. Hirschhorn
Here is what Americans should learn: All elected Democrats and Republicans have succeeded because they are excellent liars and, therefore, not one of them can ever be trusted to be telling the truth Continue reading
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U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors By JAMES GLANZ and JOHN MARKOFF
The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments that seek to silence them by censoring or shutting down telecommunications networks. Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 6, 2011: China: U.S. Waging Global Internet War
6 June 2011 — Stop NATO NATO’s Air War Against Libya: 9,917 Air Missions, 3,752 Combat Flights Libya: Bishop Decries NATO Bombing Of Church, Warns Of Partition U.S. Drone Missile Strikes Kill 20 In Pakistan Pakistan: Two NATO Tankers Destroyed NATO Launches Multinational Exercises In Southern Ukraine China: U.S. Waging Global Internet War Anti-Russian Trans-Caspian… Continue reading
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Video: What is the Internet hiding from you? By Eli Pariser
The internet is increasingly becoming an echo chamber in which websites tailor information according to the preferences they detect in each viewer. When some users search the word “Egypt,” they may get the latest news about the revolution, others might only see search results about Egyptian vacations. Continue reading
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New on Strategic Culture Foundation 27 May 2011
27 May 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation The Visegrad Bloc 27.05.2011 | 17:00 | Vladislav GULEVICH (Ukraine) The countries of the Visegrad Group (Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic) on the 12th of May announced their intention to create a new military bloc, which by the year 2016 might turn into a full-fledged organization,… Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks for 29 January, 2011
29 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Watch events live http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ Continue reading
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Corporations decide what Americans see on TV — RT
28 January, 2011 — Corporations decide what Americans see on TV — RT http://rt.com/s/swf/player.swf?file=http://rt.com/files/usa/news/usa-corporate-media-tv/1.28.11-4pm-nastia-pkg.flv&image=http://rt.com/files/usa/news/usa-corporate-media-tv/usa-corporate-media-tv-murdoch.n.jpg&skin=http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/changeset/643/skins/beelden?old_path=%2F&provider=http&abouttext=Russia%20Today&aboutlink=http://rt.com&autostart=false Several huge corporations own major networks and newspapers in the U.S. How much of the content do they control? Everyone seems to know that the hand that feeds is the hand in charge. ‘He who pays the piper gets to call… Continue reading
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Egypt severs internet and cellular networks
Appropos Marshall’s piece (below), it’s interesting to note that early this morning, the Egyptian regime shut down the internet and the cellular networks including Vodaphone, whose HQ was attacked and burnt down for shutting its network down. See: Egypt Leaves The Internet By James Cowie28 January, 2011 Renesys.com and, Egypt: Interview With Blogger Hossam el-Hamalawy… Continue reading
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Egypt shuts down the internet on eve of protest as the world community gathers
Issandr El-Amrani reports that the internet has been shut down in Egypt as of 1 in the morning before the big demo. And not long after a horrifying AP video went up of a man being shot (above), and of shotgun shells in the streets. Where is Obama? Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks for 28 January, 2011
28 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Violent clashes erupt during protests in Egypt CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — Police fired tear gas into crowds as violent clashes between authorities and anti-government protesters erupted … edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/28/egypt.protests/ Continue reading
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WikiLeaks founder to make another try to win bail — RT
On Tuesday, the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court could be the scene of the final extradition hearing for Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Originally, when the case came before a prosecutor in Sweden, she threw it out. It was subsequently picked up by another prosecutor, who decided to take the case into court. Continue reading
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A conspiracy to silence? By William Bowles
10 December, 2010 ‘Wikileaks has not been charged with a single US crime…and here the country’s financial institutions are taking action on behalf of our state department to extinguish this whistleblower’s website.’ — Jeff Paterson, Project Director of Courage to Resist, ‘KKK OK but not WikiLeaks for some payment processors‘ “What is emerging from all… Continue reading
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Amazon take down of Wikileaks – Is the free internet dead?
8 December, 2010 — The Real News Network Amazon take down of Wikileaks – Is the free internet dead? Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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