Libya
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 578: DRC & SENEGAL: THE PEOPLE'S VOICE UNHEARD
23 March 2012 — Pambazuka The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 578: DRC & SENEGAL: THE PEOPLE’S VOICE UNHEARD
23 March 2012 — Pambazuka The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 22 March 2012: Sociopaths in US Governance
22 March 2012— Information Clearing House No Matter Who Does Them By War Criminals Watch People of conscience must insist on accountability for the actions of U.S. officials, no matter who is president. It is our obligation. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30888.htm Continue reading
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After Libya, NATO Intervention Threatens To Destabilize Entire Region By John Cherian
One year after the NATO intervention, Libya faces disintegration as the oil-rich eastern region seeks semi-autonomy Continue reading
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Kony 2012 and the promotion of “humanitarian” wars By Andre Damon
Kony 2012, the 30-minute propaganda video advocating US military intervention in Africa, has become something of a debacle for its creators and media supporters. Millions of people have read and viewed responses debunking the film’s assertions, and some of its early cheerleaders have felt obliged to backpedal and adopt a critical attitude toward it. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Constructing Consensus – The ‘Victims-And-Aggressor Meme’
Together, politics and media combine to provide an astonishingly consistent form of reality management controlling public perception of conflicts in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. Alastair Crooke, founder and director of Conflicts Forum,notes how the public is force-fed a ‘simplistic victims-and-aggressor meme, which demands only the toppling of the aggressor’. Continue reading
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Syria, Bahrain: A Tale of Two Uprisings… One Fabricated, The Other Forgotten by Finian Cunningham
The violent turmoil in Syria and Bahrain over the past year, taken together, provides a sharp comparative case study of the deception and hypocrisy of Western governments and the mainstream media. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 19 March 2012: Israel Intelligence Agrees Iran Is Not After N-bomb: Report
19 March 2012 — Information Clearing House Israel Intelligence Agrees Iran Is Not After N-bomb: Report By Press TV Several senior Israeli officials, who spoke to AP in recent days clearly, said Israel has come around to the US view that no final decision to build a bomb has been made by Iran. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30853.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 March 2012: In Memory of Rachel Corrie 2012
17 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Broke Into Detention Camps 6 Times Last WeekIMEMC – Palestinian Researcher specialized in detainees’ affair, Riyadh Al-Ashqar, stated that Israeli soldiers broke into prisons and detention centers six times last week, attacked and violated the rights of the Palestinian detainees, and wounded eleven. … Continue reading
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Humanitarian Intervention: “Right To Intervene,” Overthrow Governments By Ruan Zongze*
Since the 1990s, the West has introduced an array of ideas, such as “humanitarian intervention”, “human rights above sovereignty” and “exceptionalism”, in an attempt to provide a theoretical basis for interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. Responsibility to protect is merely the latest addition to this list. Continue reading
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Current crisis as a test for a multi polar world By Alexey Pilko
The crisis in Syria and the way it unfolded shows that the model of international relations that developed after the collapse of the bipolar system has changed in the last ten years. The idea of the unipolarity is still on the table, but it is becoming more and more blurred. The relations between governments, nation… Continue reading
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SYRIA: Testimonies from Homs Reveal Identity of Terrorists and Mercenaries involved in Atrocities By H. Sabbagh
The people of al-Nazhin, Karm al-Zaytoun, Ashira and Karm al-Loz neighborhoods of Homs related the horrors of the crimes and massacres committed by armed terrorist groups which wreaked havoc in the city. Continue reading
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Syria: The Western Deception Over Regime Change Unravels. NATO Prepares for All Out War By Finian Cunningham
The Western governments’ and mainstream media’s narrative of a one-sided humanitarian crisis in Syria is rapidly unwinding to reveal a self-serving deception to justify a re-run of Libya-style NATO conquest. In reality, it is the Western powers and their Israeli and Arab henchmen who are fuelling a humanitarian crisis and creating the conditions for all-out… Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: March 14, 2012: Western Demands For Syrian Regime Change Fuel Conflict: Russia
14 March 2012 — Stop NATO UN: Russia Calls For Probe Into NATO’s “Massive Bombings” In Libya Western Demands For Syrian Regime Change Fuel Conflict: Russia Caucasus, Central Asia: “Arab Spring” Brings Destabilization To Russia’s Borders U.S. Drone Strikes Kill At Least 16 In Pakistan No Missile Shield Deal Likely By NATO Summit: Russia CIA Chief, Continue reading
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Chinese Stance On The Syrian Situation
Currently, the Syrian uprising, which commenced on January 26, 2011 so far, has been the longest and the bloodiest. Despite denials, there are confirmations of Western meddling in the Syrian fiasco. Two senior US administration officials confirmed to The Cable that the Obama administration is moving to provide direct assistance to the internal opposition in… Continue reading
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Eisenhower Doctrine: 55 Years After
On March 9, 1957, the U.S. Congress passed a foreign policy bill aimed at bolstering America’s positions in the Middle East. The authors of the bill, which came to be known as the Eisenhower doctrine, were President Dwight Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. The doctrine envisaged U.S. economic and military aid to… 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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Syria: The Western Deception Over Regime Change Unravels. NATO Prepares for All Out War by Finian Cunningham
The Western governments’ and mainstream media’s narrative of a one-sided humanitarian crisis in Syria is rapidly unwinding to reveal a self-serving deception to justify a re-run of Libya-style NATO conquest. In reality, it is the Western powers and their Israeli and Arab henchmen who are fueling a humanitarian crisis and creating the conditions for all-out… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 