Iran
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Economic Warfare & Strangling Sanctions: Punishing Iran for its “Defiance” of the United States
The West seeks ‘regime change,’ and we hear a never-ending proliferation of proclamations from Western leaders about respecting democratic rights and freedom for Iranians, in lambasting the Iranian government for its human rights record, portraying it as a state sponsor of terrorism, and, of course, that Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons with a… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 8 March 2012: Can Russia Save the Day?
8 March 2012 — Information Clearing House US ‘Offered Israel New Arms To Delay Iran Attack’ By AFP The US administration offered to supply Israel with advanced bunker-busting bombs and long-range refuelling planes. In return, Israel would agree to put off a possible attack on Iran till 2013, after the US elections in November. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30759.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 8 March 2012: Despite Her Deteriorating Condition, Ash-Shalabi Continues Her Hunger-strike
8 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Cameraman Sentenced To 18 Months, 5000 NIS FiveIMEMC – The Ofer Israeli Military Court sentenced on Thursday Palestinian cameraman, from Bil’in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, to eighteen months imprisonment and 5000 New Israeli Shekels fine. … Continue reading
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GR Week in Review 8 March 2012: Missionaries of Empire, Hillary’s War Crimes and Nuclear Propaganda Debunked
8 March, 2012 — Global Research URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29666 012 012-03-25 Continue reading
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Syria: Straining credulity? By Alastair Crooke
The UN Secretary General was reported on March 3 saying that he had received “grisly reports” that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people in Homs after retaking control of the Baba Amr district from insurgents. Did he really believe this; or was he just “saying it”? Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 7 March 2012: In photos: Hebron village lives in settlement shadows
7 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas Agrees To Head Interim GovernmentIMEMC – The Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) announced Wednesday that president Mahmoud Abbas agreed to be the head of the upcoming interim Palestinian government for a few months, until new elections are prepared and held. … Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 7 March 2012: Obama’s Kill Doctrine
7 March 2012 — Information Clearing House Imperial Rage for War By Stephen Lendman “A new chapter is being written in the history of nations. Never before has a small country dictated to a superpower” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30740.htm Continue reading
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Role of mass media in Syrian conflict By Yekaterina Kudashkina
What we are seeing is very much a push on the side of the opposition to push for this mass humanitarian crisis which would then justify intervention and which basically obliterate any resistance from Russia or China, or other countries. So, for example on the Guardian newspapers and on Channel 4 in Britain and most… Continue reading
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The Battle for the Moral High Ground By Reuven Kaminer
The US and Israel are threatening Iran with aggression. With no basis in international law, and in complete violation of the principles of national sovereignty and basing themselves on a flagrant disregard for the truth of the matter, the US and Israel are pushing the region into dangerous, mounting tension. Continue reading
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Syria: China Blocked New War, Global Bloodshed, Western Middle East Takeover
Sovereignty, independence and noninterference in internal affairs are the legal basis by which small and medium-sized countries survive within contemporary international relations. Ignoring that, the world will fall into turmoil, beleaguered by endless bloodshed and conflict. Continue reading
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Fall of Syrian Government, Prelude to an Attack on Iran. British and Qatari troops preparing military incursion through Turkey By Global Research News
A collapse of the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could provide enough chaos to shield a U.S. or Israeli attack on Iran. Otherwise, Syria would provide early warning. (David Fulghum, Syria Key To Iranian Defenses Against West, March 6, 2012) Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 6 March 2012: Israeli settlement waste ‘poisoning Palestinians’
6 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Military Court Extends Administrative Detention Order Against PLC MemberIMEMC – The Israeli “Ofer” Military Court ruled, Monday, for extending the Administrative Detention order, for the second time, against elected Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member, Mohammad Abu Teir, for additional six months. … Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 6 March 2012: Stratfor Leaks: NATO Commandos in Illegal Special Ops in Syria
6 March 2012 — Information Clearing House 13 French Army Officers Captured in Syria By Lauren Williams Around 13 French officers are being held by Syrian authorities in Syria, sources have confirmed to The Daily Star. Sources said the group is being held in a field hospital in the city. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30722.htm Continue reading
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Media Lens: Bombing Osirak, Burying UN Resolution 487 – An Exchange With The BBC’s Jonathan Marcus
On June 7, 1981, eight Israeli aircraft bombed the Iraqi Osirak nuclear reactor ten miles southeast of Baghdad. Ten Iraqis and one French civilian were killed. In response to the attack, UN Security Council Resolution 487 was passed 15-0, on June 19, 1981, with no-one opposing and no-one abstaining – not even the United States. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 March 2012: Report: “Army Kidnaps Palestinians For Training Purposes”
5 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center WAFA: Israeli Forces Commit 25 Violations Against Journalists in February IMEMC – The Palestinian News and Information Agency, WAFA, issued a report on Monday documenting the violations committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian journalists during February 2012. … Continue reading
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The October Surprise File December 22, 1988
[The following time line of 1980 Reagan Campaign Deal With Iran was mailed to me along with a packet of newspaper clippings that support the “October Surprise” theory that I had previously posted. Reading all the clippings (from everything from the Huntsville Times to the San Francisco Examiner) makes me feel better about the mainstream… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 5 March 2012: Putin Not Part of NWO, Labelled Evil by Elites
5 March 2012 — Information Clearing House Wikileaks Bin Laden’s Body Taken To US: Stratfor By The Journal Secret emails sent by American based intelligence company Stratfor, give rise to growing speculation the US military did not dispose of Osama Bin Laden’s body at sea. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30718.htm Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report 5 March 2012 By William Blum: Bradley Manning as patsy
It’s unfortunate and disturbing that Bradley Manning’s attorneys have chosen to consistently base his legal defense upon the premise that personal problems and shortcomings are what motivated the young man to turn over hundreds of thousands of classified government files to Wikileaks. They should not be presenting him that way any more than Bradley should… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks Newslinks 4 March 2012
4 March 2012 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks expose: Corporate giants caught spying Green Left Weekly By Ash Pemberton The release of secret emails from private intelligence company Stratfor by WikiLeaks has opened the door on the world of spying-for-profit. More than 5 million emails between Stratfor employees were stolen by hacker group Anonymous in …… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 3 March 2012
3 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Accepts Appeal Against New Settlement Plan In HebronIMEMC – The Israeli Higher Planning Council, running under the Military leadership in the occupied West Bank, accepted an appeal against a construction plan for a new Israeli settlement, south of the southern West Bank city of… Continue reading
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