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Hariri Investigators Seen Reversing to Underground-Bomb Theory
A U.N. mission investigating ex-Premier Hariri’s assassination in Beirut may conclude that his motorcade was devastated Feb. 14 by a massive underground bomb rather than an above the ground terrorist bombing operation, Hariri’s Al Mustaqbal newspaper said on Tuesday. Continue reading
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The crime against humanity that is the state of Israel. Is there no end? by William Bowles
Every day I get flooded with news, appeals, analysis and background on the crime against humanity that is the state of Israel, but as far as the West is concerned, the daily atrocities being committed against the people of Palestine are non-events. Were such crimes being committed by virtually any country other than Israel, the… Continue reading
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Who was Rafik Hariri, and who was behind his assassination? By Mohamed Hassan
If the regime in Syria is weakened, capitulates or is overthrown, it will be a defeat for the Arab nationalist movement. Hezbollah will be weakened or will disappear and that will support the emergence of a bourgeois comprador Palestinian leadership [which has already happened in the wake of the death of Arafat], ready to collaborate… Continue reading
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Was Israel and/or America Involved in the Killing of Rafik Harriri by Sam Hamod, Ph.D.
We must do as they do in other criminal cases, look at who had the most to gain from the assassination of Prime Minister Harriri. The Lebanese had a lot to lose, as did the Syrians (he was close to Bashir Al Assad, the leader of Syria), as did the other Arab countries in the… Continue reading
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Who is Behind the Bomb that killed Rafik Harari? By Fouad F. Kahale
We all know by now that nearly a month ago, heavy road construction works were conducted by the Beirut Municipality at the exact location of the blast (Ground Zero). Quite a coincidence! Road works executed day & night in the middle of a harsh winter season and during a deluge of continuous rain??? Continue reading
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Israel is Prime Suspect in Lebanon Assassination by Mehdi Shakiba’i
The terrorist operation committed last evening (Monday (14 February)) in Beirut that resulted in the assassination of Rafiq Baha al-Din al-Hariri, the former prime minister of Lebanon and the architect of that country’s new economy, put another twist in the blind knot of the situation in the Middle East. Those who planned, guided and executed… Continue reading
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Who killed Rafiq al-Hariri? by Christian Henderson
Commentators said Syria would most likely be blamed for the killing and as a result feel the repercussions hardest. But many of them wondered what Damascus stood to profit from having a hand in al-Hariri’s death. Continue reading
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Did the U.S and Israel Kill Rafik al-Hariri? by Kurt Nimmo
Isn’t it odd that a Palestinian, Ahmed Tayseer Abu Adas, would claim responsibility for killing former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri? Not if certain governments want to make it look like Palestinians—and millions of Arabs in general—are crazed Muslim fanatics. Continue reading
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Guilt or Guilty? By William Bowles
Without doubt, the Israeli propaganda machine has been a resounding ‘success’ in that it has been able to instil in many of us such feelings of guilt about the Holocaust that few dare even mention the word Jew without surrounding it with a plethora of qualifications lest anyone think that it contains even a hint… Continue reading
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Rumbling in the Ruling Ranks By William Bowles
Much play has been made over the statement by 52 former UK diplomats accusing the government of an “illegal” occupation of Iraq and of doing a volte face over Israeli occupation of Palestine. But before the anti-war posse get all worked up over it, it’s wise to check their statement a little more carefully before… Continue reading
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How much the value of a (Palestinian) life By William Bowles
In a ten-day period, there were over 70 individual violent actions against Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Forces resulting in deaths and woundings of innocent civilians, destruction of property, confiscations and deportations. Where was the coverage in the Western Media? Continue reading
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Surprise-Surprise By William Bowles
Not surprisingly, this week the Blair government has announced the second highest ‘terrorism alert’ since 9/11 as a prelude to the visit by Bush the smaller. And like all the ‘terrorist alerts’ its vagueness verging on the mystical, allows the security state to cast its net very wide indeed. So much so that visitors to… Continue reading
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The Media’s Double Standard By William Bowles
I’ve often referred to the strategy that is the core of the ‘new’ imperialist agenda, the so-called ‘double standard’ articulated by Robert Cooper, now Blair’s pro-consul in Afghanistan. And although cloaked in ‘post-modernist’ phraseology, effectively, it’s a rollback to an earlier, imperialist epoch, a time when the Western world went unchallenged, aside from the occasional… Continue reading
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Snared on the Web By William Bowles
The latest attack on freedom of speech might not bother non-Americans but the State Department’s move to add Websites to its list of “Blocked Persons, Specially Designated Nationals, Specially Designated Terrorists, Specially Designated Global Terrorists, Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers” should. Continue reading
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With friends like these… By William Bowles
Did Israel try to trigger WWIII with the attack on the USS Liberty in 1967? Continue reading
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Israel’s Proxy War By William Bowles
Israel’s attack on Syria this past weekend revives an aspect of the Cold War period that most thought a thing of the past, namely utilising a third party to do your fighting for you – war by proxy – a tactic used so effectively by the US in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Afghanistan, Angola and elsewhere… Continue reading
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Two into one won’t go By William Bowles
The whys and wherefores of the massive con job that the rulers of Israel have done on the people of this planet will no doubt be the subject of innumerable books at some time in the future. A future that’s not afraid to speak out on the issue of Israeli racism and imperialism and the… Continue reading
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The lights are on but is anyone home? By William Bowles
Bush the smaller made his pitch to the nation over the weekend to “save civilisation” from terrorism and told us that the “frontline” was now Iraq. So Saddam disappears not only literally but also figuratively to be replaced by the generic ‘threat’ that has been the real core of the propaganda since 9/11. And in… Continue reading
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Virus of violence unleashed on the world By William Bowles
Everyday I scan the news heads from the various sources I receive (I can never keep up with it all obviously) and it’s clear that the US has unleashed a virus of violence on the planet. Just a short selection from the last few days paints the picture: Continue reading
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Divide and Rule By William Bowles
All too predictably, the debate on the US/Israeli relationship has unleashed all too familiar themes. On the one hand, there are those who roll out the ‘Zionist conspiracy’ rubbish about how Jews control the world banking system, the media etc. On the other, the predictable slurs which come from those who cry ‘anti-Semite’ at anyone… Continue reading
