Wikileaks / Bradley Manning Newslinks 1 May 2013

1 May 2013 — williambowles.info

 

Pirate Party gains three seats in Iceland’s parliament

CBS News

Physically isolated near the Arctic Circle, it is one of the world’s most wired countries and has been a hub for the online secret-spilling group WikiLeaks. Jonsdottir has worked with WikiLeaks in the past. In 2011 the country announced it would crowd …

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57582088/pirate-party-gains-three-seats-in-icelands-parliament/

 

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Silencing the British People: The Legacy of Thatcherism and the Iraq War By Jason Langley

18 April 2013 — Global Research

It is often said that power corrupts, and that absolute power corrupts absolutely. If a person or a group of people has the power to do as they wish without fear of having to answer for their actions in any meaningful manner, would they feel obligated to listen to those who protest against their actions? Would they feel that those with less power than their own are worthy of being heard?

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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 17 March 2013:

17 March 2013 — VTJP

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International Middle East Media Center

EU Grants P.A €20.8 To Pay Salaries, Pensions
IMEMC – The European Union (EU) has granted the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank approximately €2.8 so that it can pay pensions and salaries to nearly 82.000 retired persons, and government employees, in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. …

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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 14 February 2013: Israeli government gives convicted murderer 1.3 million for illegal takeover of Palestinian land

14 February 2013 — VTJP

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International Middle East Media Center

HRW: “Israel Violated International Law During Gaza War”
IMEMC – Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that Israel’s airstrikes against the Gaza Strip in the most recent war on Gaza in November of last year violated International laws of war, as the Israeli army bombarded areas that had no “legitimate military targets”. …

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VTJP Palestine/Israel News & Articles 5 December 2012: Justice, Peace and the Israeli State

5 December 2012 — VTJP

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International Middle East Media Center

Indonesian Parliament Head Arrives In Gaza
IMEMC – Indonesian Parliament head, Ali Marzouki, arrived in the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Border Terminal on Wednesday heading a senior Indonesian delegation to observe the massive destruction caused by Israel during its recent war on Gaza, and to express solidarity with the Palestinian people. …

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ICH 13 November 2012: Video: Confirmed: CIA Was Holding “Prisoners” at Benghazi Annex

13 November 2012 — Information Clearing House


Netanyahu: Engineering Consent For An Attack On Gaza

Video

Netanyahu: We’ll take whatever action is necessary to put a stop to this. This is not merely our right, it’s also our duty, and it’s something that I think is understood by any fair-minded person in any fair-minded government in the world.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33016.htm

 

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Media Lens: Why Are We The Good Guys? By David Cromwell

18 September, 2012 — Media Lens

Reclaiming Your Mind From The Delusions of Propaganda By David Cromwell

One of the unspoken assumptions of the Western world is that ‘we’ are great defenders of human rights, a free press and the benefits of market economics. Mistakes might be made along the way, perhaps even tragic errors of judgement such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But the prevailing view is that ‘the West’ is essentially a force for good in the wider world. Why Are We The Good Guys? is a provocative challenge to this false ideology. The book digs beneath standard accounts of crucial issues such as foreign policy, climate change and the constant struggle between state-corporate power and genuine democracy.

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ColdType, September 2012: Herman / Solomon / Schecter et al

11 September 2012 http://coldtype.net

In the September issue of COLDTYPE MAGAZINE – download your free copy today

86 Pages: Our biggest issue so far. 

Cover story is The Internment of Marian PriceEamonn McCann’s tale of the strange affair of Marian Price, a gravely-ill former IRA bomber, who has been detained by the British government. The story says much about the state’s denial of legal and human rights to its citizens. 

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Wikileaks Newslinks 21 December 2011

21 December 2011 — williambowles.info

Witness in WikiLeaks case says Manning confessed to him
Los Angeles Times
Other prosecution witnesses testified that messages on Manning’s personal laptop computer indicated he could have communicated with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Mark Johnson, an Army forensic analyst, testified that Manning and a person he …
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-manning-hearing-20111221,0,3065361.story

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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 October, 2011: Peace process dead in the water

23 October 2011 — VTJP

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“Marrying Non-Jews Serves the Nazis”, Rabbi Tells Students
IMEMC – Israeli Ynet News reported that students of the Ohel Shem High School in Ramat Gan, stated that Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, who spoke at their school, told them that “marrying gentiles plays in the hands of the Nazis”. …

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War on Libya leaves Africa at a crossroads By J L Samboma

24 July 2011 — eBeefs

The Horn of Africa is today within the stranglehold of drought and famine. Libya, a significant player in the so-called African Union under any reckoning, is currently under sustained imperialist assault by the Western powers, a mass-murdering adventure led by the first black president of the United States of America.

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William Blum: Anti-Empire Report, Number 66 – Change (in rhetoric) we can believe in

3 February, 2009

I’ve said all along that whatever good changes might occur in regard to non-foreign policy issues, such as what’s already taken place concerning the environment and abortion, the Obama administration will not produce any significantly worthwhile change in US foreign policy; little done in this area will reduce the level of misery that the American Empire regularly brings down upon humanity. And to the extent that Barack Obama is willing to clearly reveal what he believes about anything controversial, he appears to believe in the empire.

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‘Green slime’ invades Iraq By William Bowles

26 September 2005 — InvestigatingImperialism

This month Geoff Hoon, the Defence Secretary, announced the establishment of a new regiment, the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR), to provide covert surveillance expertise for operations by the SAS and the Special Boat Service. Although he did not specify which experts he had in mind, the new regiment is largely based around the surveillance specialists of the 14th Intelligence Company, also known as “the Det” (Detachment), which has operated in Northern Ireland for many years. (The Times, April 2005)

This is Brigadier Gordon Kerr, identified as being involved in the deaths of at least fifteen Irish Republicans during his tenure as head of the FRU or the Force Reconnaissance Unit in Northern Ireland. Promoted from Lt. Colonel to Brigadier for his efforts, Kerr was given the job as military attaché in Beijing, largely to keep him out of the way of an investigation into the activities of the FRU in the assassination of human rights lawyer Pat Finucane and as many as fourteen other people.

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