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The War Against Libya By Cynthia McKinney
At a time when the American people have been asked to tighten their belts, teachers are receiving pink slips, the vital statistics of the American people reveal a health care crisis in the making, and the U.S. government is in serious threat of default, our President and Congress have decided that a new war, this… Continue reading
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Afghanistan: Victory in defeat By Eric Walberg
There are many parallels between Vietnam and Afghanistan. The recent American mayors’ resolution to “bring our war $$ home” and Obama’s announcement that troops are now being withdrawn are fresh reminders, but the story they tell is grim, says Eric Walberg Continue reading
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HAITI: THE NEXT ROUND by Robert Roth
On March 18th, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family returned home from a 7-year forced exile in South Africa – an exile brought about by the violent U.S.-orchestrated coup in 2004. Up until the last minute, the U.S. government tried to stop the return, with President Obama going so far as to place a last-minute… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 25, 2011
25 June 2011 — Stop NATO Top U.S. Admiral: NATO Goal Is To Kill Gaddafi, Put Troops On Ground Legal Acrobatics, Illegal War Bulgaria Could Host U.S.-NATO Interceptor Missile Elements NATO Coalition Warrior Interoperability Event Held In Poland For First Time Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 24-25 June 2011
25 June 2011 — williambowles.info 25 June 2011 SCF: 15 killed in NATO air raid in Brega: Libya TV Mathaba: The Libyan Crisis: Italy Humiliates NATO Global Research: 15 killed in NATO air raid in Brega: Libya TV williambowles.info: Graphic Video of Libyan Rebel Beheading Gadhaffi Soldier By Susan Lindauer SCF: House Votes Not to… Continue reading
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FAIR Media Advisory: Defining ‘Withdrawal’ From Afghanistan
Barack Obama’s June 22 announcement of a phased troop withdrawal from Afghanistan was often portrayed as a major step towards ending the war, with many outlets neglecting to accurately explain the pace of escalation that has happened under his watch. Continue reading
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Sarkozy’s Libyan War By Robert Harneis
The history of Khadafy’s relationship with the West, and the United States in particular, is the stuff of pulp fiction. In 1969 the CIA under the newly elected President Nixon helped him overthrow the British puppet King Idris in the newly oil rich kingdom. They picked the wrong guy. Continue reading
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NATO states divided over Libya
NATO’s admission of killing civilians in recent days may have made the headlines back home, but the expressions of regret have not been felt on the ground in Libya, unlike the western bombs and missiles which continue to fall, killing those the alliance says it is there to protect. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks for 19 June 2011
20 June 2011 — williambowles.info Gates vigorously backs Libya policy Politico Gates defends the president against critics who question the legality of the operation in Libya. | AP Photo Close By BYRON TAU & ANDY BARR | 6/19/11 12:41 PM EDT In two farewell interviews Sunday as Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates launched a robust… Continue reading
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Video: NATO Preparing Ground War in Libya By grtv
New, unconfirmed reports out late last week suggest that the US is preparing to deploy ground forces to Libya this fall in direct contradiction to all public assurances that the conflict was merely a “kinetic military action” and would not involve boots on the ground. Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks for 17 June 2011
17 June 2011 — williambowles.info News in Brief: Manning Supporter Silent Before Grand Jury, and More … truthout David House, a computer expert and Bradley Manning supporter, evoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer any questions beyond providing his name and address before a federal grand jury in Arlington, Virginia, yesterday, according to Bloomberg.… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 16 June 2011: Obama Financial Suporters Get Top Jobs
16 June, 2011 — Information Clearing House The Revolution Will Not Be Deactualized Oct. 6th: Will Tahrir Square Come to Washington? By Ted Rall Here in the United States, corrupt politicians and their corporate overlords have raped the wealthiest nation in the history of civilization, reducing one out of five Americans to unemployment as the… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks for 15 June Part 2
16 June 2011 — williambowles.info RT: No evidence that half of Libya is controlled by rebels – former governor Mathaba: NATO attacks ordinary Libyans at petrol pump Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 16, 2011
16 June 2011 — Stop NATO War Powers Act Does Not Apply To Libya: Obama African Leaders Demand Halt To NATO Bombing Of Libya Libyan War Marks NATO’s Expansion Southward: Russian Envoy SCO Versus NATO: Neutral Afghanistan Serves Regional Stability China, SCO Back Russia Against U.S.-NATO Global Missile Shield NATO Conducts Counterintelligence Exercises In Poland… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks for 16 June 2011
17 June 2011 — williambowles.info 17 June 2011 Morning Star: West blocks Libya peace resolution Morning Star: Politicians sue Obama over war Global Research: The War on Libya: Canada’s Parliament Endorses Military Escalation Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 15 June 2011: Charters Divide Blacks / McKinney in Libya / Lupe Fiasco and Obama
15 June 2011 — Black Agenda Report How the Corporate Right Divided Blacks from Teachers Unions and Each Other by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Charter school supporters are denouncing the NAACP for filing suit, along with the teachers union, against preferential – separate but unequal – treatment of charter schools in New York City.… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks for 15 June 2011: Cameron humiliates first sea lord over Libya in Commons
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info 10 US lawmakers sue Obama over Libya strikes CBS News President Barack Obama delivers his address on Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, March 28, 2011. (AP) WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of 10 lawmakers is suing President Barack Obama for taking military action against Libya without …… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks for 15 June 2011
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info Turkey Spurns Assistance as Syria’s Attack on Town Forces More to Flee Bloomberg “Maybe this stems from Syria’s special status and Turkey doesn’t want to involve the international community, but this is an international crisis.” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit the camps holding Syrian refugees on his country’s… Continue reading
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