Middle East
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Syria Newslinks 13-14 December 2011
14 December 2011 — williambowles.info 14 December 2011Syria military convoy ‘ambushed’ BBC News Today at 15:47 Army defectors open fire on a military convoy in central Syria, killing eight soldiers, in retaliation for a deadly attack on civilians, activists say. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 5 December 2011
5 December 2011 — williambowles.info Ibrahim al-Amin, “Syria: A Revolution Against Resistance?” MRZine.org Today at 16:48 The foreign powers intervening in Syria to bring down President Bashar Assad want to speed things up. This has compelled oppositionists to show their hand, stripping them of yet more cards. . . . On Friday, the Syrian National Continue reading
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Video: Iranian quest for casus belli — RT
A string of attacks on Iran, from assassinations of key nuclear and military personnel to attempts to alienate it internationally, ring the bell. Is the West hunting for a pretext for a new war in the Middle East? Continue reading
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Israel’s grand hypocrisy By Jonathan Cook
As protests raged again across the Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, offered his assessment of the Arab Spring last week. It was, he said, an “Islamic, anti-western, anti-liberal, anti-Israeli, undemocratic wave”, adding that Israel’s Arab neighbours were “moving not forwards, but backwards” Continue reading
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Mahdi Darius NAZEMROYA – Iran and the Strategic Encirclement of Syria and Lebanon
The encirclement of Syria and Lebanon has long been in the works. Since 2001, Washington and NATO have started the process of cordoning off Lebanon and Syria.The permanent NATO presence in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Syrian Accountability Act are part of this initiative. It appears that this roadmap is based on a 1996 Israeli… Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 1-2 December 2011
2 December 2011 — williambowles.info 2 December 2011The media war turns against Iran Morning Star Today at 17:11 Now that Libya has been checked off the list, the West is setting its sights on its next target Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks 2 December 2011
2 December 2011 — williambowles.info Syria, Egypt and Middle East unrest – live updates The Guardian 12.25pm GMT / 7.25am EST: Egyptian state TV is saying the results of the first round of elections will be released at 8pm local time (6pm GMT, 1pm EST). Meanwhile, numbers at the march to honour those killed since Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 2 December 2011
2 December 2011 — williambowles.info Maybe updated as the day wears on… 2 December 2011 Done deal: Russia supplies cruise missiles to Syria Russiatoday.ru Today at 10:59 Fulfilling a contract signed in 2007, Russia has supplied Bastion coastal missile systems with Yakhont cruise missiles to Syria under a contract signed in 2007, a diplomatic source Continue reading
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Preparing the Chessboard for the “Clash of Civilizations”: Divide, Conquer and Rule the “New Middle East” By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The name “Arab Spring” is a catch phrase concocted in distant offices in Washington, London, Paris, and Brussels by individuals and groups who, other than having some superficial knowledge of the region, know very little about the Arabs. What is unfolding amongst the Arab peoples is naturally a mixed package. Insurgency is part of this… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 13-18 November 2011
19 November 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation The AIPAC Caucus in the United Nations 18.11.2011 | 09:25 | Wayne MADSEN (USA) Recent votes in the United Nations and United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) provide evidence that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and its affiliates not only own and operate most Continue reading
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Video: Interview In Conversation with Norman Finkelstein
In an exclusive and revealing video interview, internationally-renowned scholar and author Norman Finkelstein talks to Ceasefire editor-in-chief Hicham Yezza about life, politics and peace in the Middle East. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 19-20 November 2011
20 November 2011 — williambowles.info 20 November 2011 The “Free Syria Army”: Placard-Waving Protesters are actually Machine Gun-Wielding Terrorists GlobalResearch.ca Tomorrow at 04:56 For more details, please click on the link to read the article. Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: November 20, 2011
20 November 2011 — Stop NATO Ethiopian Troops Invade Somalia Syria: Western Military Attack Will Destabilize Entire Middle East Kazakhstan Warns Against Repeating NATO Libyan War In Syria Turkish Activists Protest NATO Missile System United Arab Emirates To Be Provided First Advanced Missile Interceptors Outside U.S. Georgia: U.S. To Install New Radar Systems, Upgrade Navy Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks, 16 November 2011: Q: Should Palestinians be able to ride Israeli buses? A: No, it’s a Jewish state
16 November 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas: “We Seek Peace, We Want A Balanced U.S. Role” IMEMC – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated during a speech on the 7th anniversary of the death of President Yasser Arafat, and the 23rd anniversary of declaring independence, that the Palestinian Authority does not Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 8-10 November 2011
10 November 2011 — williambowles.info 10 November 2011 Bout likens his trial to Kafka’s works in diary Russiatoday.ruToday at 10:05 Russian businessman Viktor Bout has likened the way the US court handled his case with Kafka’s book The Process and also with the all-out attack on Libya. Continue reading
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The Negev’s Hot Wind Blowing By Jonathan Cook
The al-Turis are determined to stay on their ancestral lands to maintain their traditional pastoral way of life; Israel wants the land for a forestation program, to beautify the Negev and attract more Jews to settle there. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 October, 2011: Erdogan: Israel a nuclear threat to the Middle East
5 October 2011 , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Quartet To Meet Next Sunday to Discuss Peace Process IMEMC – Wednesday October 05, 2011 – 14:28, The U.S State Department confirmed that representatives of the International Quartet will meet next Sunday in Brussels to discuss the frozen Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Continue reading
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Libya and the Big Lie: Using Human Rights Organizations to Launch Wars By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
False claims about African mercenary armies in Libya and about jet attacks on civilians were also used in a broad media campaign against Libya. These two claims have been sidelined and have become more and more murky. The massacre claims, however, were used in a legal, diplomatic, and military framework to justify NATO’s war on… Continue reading
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