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Video: Palestinian Activist Says Obama Speech “Irrelevant”
Omar Barghouti: The US continues to oppose Palestinian basic rights, Arabs will make their own democracy Continue reading
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Pirates of the Mediterranean By William Bowles
In a very real (and I hazard a guess, legal) sense the BBC is complicit (as is the rest of the MSM) in the committing of war crimes not only by accepting the idea that force is the only means of resolving conflict, but also by actively promoting this view in its ‘news’ coverage. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 19-20 May 2011
20 May 2011 — williambowles.info 20 May 2011 Amnesty UK: Obama speech: USA must `learn from mistakes of past` in Middle East and North Africa BBC: Libyan troops ‘shot photographer’ alleges family BBC: VIDEO: Footage of air strikes on Libyan warships SCF: Will NATO Forces Under the UN Flag Take the Jamahiriya’s Place in Libya… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 May, 2011: Obama Not Expected To Make Significant Announcement On Peace Process
19 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Obama To Announce Us Aid Plan For Democratizing Arab States IMEMC – Thursday May 19, 2011 – 15:30, Rumours continue to circulate regarding the content of US President Obama’s speech on his administration’s foreign policy in the Middle East, later today. Maan news agency… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 19 May, 2011: Ron Paul: We'll Occupy Pakistan, Too
19 May, 2011 — Information Clearing House Ron Paul: We’ll Occupy Pakistan, Too By JUANA SUMMERS The helicopters that landed in Abbottabad won’t be the last to put American troops on the ground in Pakistan, says Rep. Ron Paul. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28130.htm Continue reading
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Media Lens: You Cannot Kill An Ideology With A Gun
The media rush to glorify Obama the ‘warrior president’ is symptomatic of a Western society that has come to view war as entirely normal. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 18 May, 2011: Amnesty International Calls For Investigation Into Nakba Killings
18 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Prison Protest Expands IMEMC – Wednesday May 18, 2011 – 18:33, Protests against conditions in Israeli jails have continued recently, with two additional institutions joining the hunger-strikers’ action. Continue reading
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The "Make Me Do It" Myth, Obama's Offensive, Black Moms Jailed — BA Report for May 18, 2011
18 May 2011 — Black Agenda Report This week in Black Agenda Report Harry Belafonte Explodes the Presidential “Make Me Do It” Myth A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Does President Obama really want us to “make him do it,” to organize and agitate and create the conditions that… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 May, 2011: Israel’s Nightmare: Nonviolent Palestinians
17 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Local Palestinian Elections Due To Be Delayed IMEMC – Tuesday May 17, 2011 – 15:00, The Palestinian Authority has stated it will delay local elections due to be held in July. The elections are now due to be held on the 22nd of October… Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: 10 May, 2011
10 May, 2011 — Stop NATO Updates on Libyan war: May 10 Afghan War: NATO Ready For Next 100 AWACS Missions Romania Loses Another Soldier In NATO’s Afghan War Afghanistan: Over 165 NATO Soldiers Killed So Far This Year Afghan Insurgents Launch Large-Scale Assault In Eastern Province Pakistan: U.S. Drone Attack Kills Five, Wounds Seven… Continue reading
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The Assassination of Osama Bin Laden By Fidel Castro
Having assassinated him and plunging his corpse into the bottom of the sea are an expression of fear and insecurity which turn him into a far more dangerous person. Continue reading
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Family Values and One Last Act of Magic By Dan Hind
Osama bin Laden had once been a central figure in America’s political narrative. By the beginning of the year he was in danger of disappearing altogether from the public mind. His death has given new salience to the notion of a War on Terror just as it has invigorated the Obama presidency. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 30 April – 5 May 2011
7 May 2011 — Strategic Cutlture Foundation America again needs Osama 06.05.2011 | 00:00 | Leonid IVASHOV Osama bin Laden conscientiously accomplished the task set and, once September 11th 2001 was over, earned peace and quiet that he was promised by his US bosses. But 10 years went by, and the masters of America decided… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 7 May 2011: Obama Murdered bin Laden for a Fistful of Votes
7 May 2011 — Information Clearing House Obama Murdered bin Laden for a Fistful of Votes By Haim Baram Obama is allowing American conservatives and their allies everywhere (including “our” prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu ) to preach in favor of official terror as the only way to stop liberation movements the world over. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28034.htm Continue reading
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Killing Gaddafi’s Grandbabies By Glen Ford
When the U.S. and Europeans needed a way to get on the ‘right’ side of the Arab Awakening – and thereby crush it – they chose to re-demonize Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi as the evil from which the Euro-Americans would rescue North Africa. ‘Gaddafi was perfect, having long existed in cartoon form for western consumption.’ Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 4 May 2011: Obama Killing Spree / Brazil in Haiti / Obama Needs Birthers
4 May 2011 — BAR – News, commentary and analysis from the black left Osama, Obama and Bush: Apt Comparisons, Missed Opportunities by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Illustration by Leon Kuhn. More of his work at http://www.leonkuhn.org.uk/ This weekend the White House announced the extrajudicial killing of Osama Bin Laden, and the secret disposal… Continue reading
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Martelly – Haiti's second great disaster By Greg Grandin
Haiti’s new president is a friend of coup-plotters, fascists, and armed right-wing groups in his country and abroad. Continue reading
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Communiqué by Elias Davidsson on Osama bin Laden’s murder
According to mass media, Osama bin Laden was murdered yesterday, on May 1st, 2011. He was murdered with “other family members”, whose identity is still unknown. The President of the United States of America took credit for this act of murder. Murder is prohibited in every jurisdiction. It is regarded as a criminal act both… Continue reading
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M.K. Bhadrakumar (India) – The intriguing death of Osama bin Laden
Think of the irony of it. Osama bin Laden was finally tracked down not in the lawless wilds of Afghanistan but in the teeming Pakistani city of Abbottabad, which is hardly 50 kilometers away as the crow flies from the headquarters of the military establishment in Rawalpindi. Continue reading
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