Libya
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Bad results of humanitarian intervention practice
Republican Senator John McCain this week called for air strikes against Damascus. According to AFP, he said that it is necessary to disable the Syrian air defense system, at least in some parts of the country, to “establish and defend safe havens in Syria”. McCain makes no attempt to conceal the purpose of these “safe… Continue reading
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Russia Accuses Libya Of Training Syrian Rebels
UNITED NATIONS: Russia on Wednesday accused Libya of training Syrian rebels who are fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad, saying that “this is completely unacceptable.” 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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NATO behaving like a law unto itself By M. D. Nalapat*
The impunity with which NATO personnel have killed and injured civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya has resulted in a sense among its personnel that they are “superior” to the people of these countries, all three of which are outside the charmed circle of those countries NATO considers “civilized” Continue reading
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Stratfor leaks: NATO commandos in illegal special ops in Syria
The information comes from a hacked email from leading private US intelligence agency Stratfor, whose correspondence has been released by Wikileaks since February 27. The email appears to be written from the address of Reva Bhalla (bhalla@stratfor.com), the company’s director of analysis, for internal use, and details a confidential Pentagon meeting in December. The consultation… 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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Information Clearing House Newsletter 3 March 2012: Annihilation Hovers over Palestine, Not Israel
3 March 2012 — Information Clearing House Annihilation Hovers over Palestine, Not Israel By Imtiaz Muqbil As the threat of Iran‘s nuclear potential is hyped in Tel Aviv and Washington, it is the people in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem who are in real danger. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30704.htm Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 3 March 2012
3 March 2012 — williambowles.info Freed of Gadhafi, Libya’s instability only deepens The Associated Press BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — A large map of Libya hangs on the wall in the home of Idris al-Rahel, with a line down the middle dividing the country in half. Al-Rahel, a former army officer, leads a movement to declare semiautonomy in… Continue reading
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Syria And Beyond: Most Serious East-West Confrontation Since End Of Cold War By Vladimir Radyuhin
The veto Russia slapped jointly with China on two United Nations Security Council resolutions that sought the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad marked the most serious East-West confrontation since the end of the Cold War. Continue reading
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Top NATO Military Commander Mulls Partnerships With India, Brazil
A top Pentagon commander has told U.S. legislators that the possibilities of NATO partnership with India and Brazil are “worth exploring”, as the two nations have great capabilities. This is the first time possibly that a top Pentagon commander is making such a statement on a partnership between NATO and India. The Pentagon official was… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 28 February 2012: US Has Secret Charges Against Assange: Hacked Emails
28 February 2012 — Information Clearing House Blown Away: How the US Fanned the Flames in Afghanistan By Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse Is it all over but the (anti-American) shouting — and the killing? Are the exits finally coming into view? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30669.htm Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: February 28, 2012: China And Russia Slam West Over Syria
28 February 2012 — Stop NATO News China And Russia Slam West Over Syria Libya “Close To Disintegration: Prime Minister Turkey: U.S. Military Running NATO Interceptor Missile Site Israeli Arms Shipments To Azerbaijan: Against Iran Or Armenia? NATO’s Special Operations Network “Steadily Growing” Mediterranean: Canadian Warship Participates In NATO Anti-Submarine Warfare Drills U.S. Guided Missile Destroyer… Continue reading
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Information Clearing house Newsletter 24 February 2012: U.S. Knows Iran Not Building Nuclear Bomb
24 February, 2014 — Information Clearing House U.S. Does NOT Not Believe Iran is Trying to Build Nuclear Bomb By Ken Dilanian Iran continues to enrich uranium at low levels, U.S. officials say they have not seen evidence that has caused them to significantly revise that judgment. Senior U.S. officials say Israel does not… Continue reading
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Syria: Rogue Elements Rampant By Felicity Arbuthnot
For anyone who has forgotten the details, the (1990-1991) Iraq model went like this: vast US government employed PR agency, Hill and Knowlton (“we create value by shaping conversations: we start them, we amplify them, we change them. We can connect seamlessly with all of your audiences…”) produced a fifteen year old girl called “Nayirah”,… Continue reading
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“Friends of Syria” plan war, regime change at Washington’s behest
The “Friends of Syria” are a gang of political criminals, gathered in Tunisia to plan the latest in a series of destabilization campaigns that have all ended in colonial wars of aggression. Continue reading
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Confronting the New Imperialism…Post Cold-War Africa By Xavier Renou
We have now seen what happened in Côte d’Ivoire and Libya during this past year, in both instances to allow non-African countries, ostensibly mandated by the UN Security Council, and regardless of African opinion, to remove the sitting governments by force and thus effect regime change, in the interest of the Western powers. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: February 22, 2012
22 February 2012 — 012 Saakashvili: U.S.-Trained Georgian Army To Get New Combat Vehicles After Obama-Saakashvili Meeting, Pentagon Official To Visit Georgia Over 100 Killed In Southern Libya Clashes U.S. Troops Fire At Afghan Protesters World Chess Head Fears Syria Will Be Third World War Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 21 February 2012: Crisis with Iran? The Real Story Versus the Cover Story
21 February 2012 — Information Clearing House Israel to Release Khader Adnan Palestinian Prisoner Ends 66-day Hunger Strike By Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem The agreement was reached less than an hour before the supreme court hearing was scheduled to begin. It had been brought forward by 48 hours amid fears that Adnan might die… Continue reading
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NATO’s Double Game In Libya Under UN Cover Revealed By Akhtar Jamal
Islamabad: A Canadian newspaper has revealed an account of NATO’s double-game in Libya and disclosed how the NATO countries collaborated with each other to topple the Libyan regime and secretly supplied most sophisticated weapons and drones to Libyan rebels. Continue reading
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