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Video: Manning Conviction Serious Blow To Govt Whistleblowers
Michael Ratner: Bradley Manning’s conviction demonstrates Obama administration’s ‘War on Whistleblowers’ in full effect Continue reading
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ICH 30 July 2013: Egypt: Divide and Conquer?
30 July 2013 — Information Clearing House West War Crimes in Syria Exposed By Finian Cunningham Western government and media silence over the latest massacres in Syria is not just a matter of indifference or sloppy journalism. It is indicative of their complicity in the covert genocidal war on Syria. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35702.htm Continue reading
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Obama “Wins” the Korean War. Celebrating the Destructive Nature of US led Wars By Jack A. Smith
“Here, today,” Obama told a cheering crowd of elderly U.S. and South Korean veterans, “we can say with confidence that this war was no tie. Korea was a victory!” The Korean War, of course, was at best a stalemate for the U.S. It was decidedly not a victory, at least until President Obama, using the… Continue reading
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ICH 25 July 2013: Senate Bill Authorizes Sanctions on Russia or any Other Country Offering Snowden Asylum
25 July 2013 — Information Clearing House Al-Qaeda Unleashed Against Syria and Iraq with Acceptance of the West By Pepe Escobar Washington has already destroyed the social fabric of Iraq. Now it’s helping to destroy Syria’s. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35654.htm Continue reading
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Saudis’ Unprecedented Break with Washington over Egypt By F. William Engdahl
One of the least commented aspects of ousting Egypt’s Morsi is the defiant act of the Saudi Royal House in backing the ouster of the Brotherhood and supporting the military restoration. The Saudi move is unprecedented in its open defiance of White House declared backing for the Muslim Brotherhood. The implications of the split are… Continue reading
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ICH 17 July 2013: The Destruction of Barack Obama
17 July 2013 — Information Clearing House On Leaks and Pseudo-Reality The US’ Futile Search for ‘World Domination’ By Ramzy Baroud Global surveillance is merely an indication that President Barack Obama – as a representation of the US ruling class – was never sincere as he attempted to woo the world with an image of a more… Continue reading
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GR Week in Review1 July 2013: Criminalizing Free Speech and Spying to Crush Dissent
14 July 2013 — Global Research Illinois illegally seizes Bees Resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup; Kills remaining Queens Global Research News, May 24 , 2013 Continue reading
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ICH 12 July 2013: Edward Snowden: ‘I Have No Regrets’
12 July 2013 — Information Clearing House Noam Chomsky: The Arab World And The Supernatural Power of the United States Mohammed Attar Interviews Noam Chomsky America and Israel remain unwilling to bring down Assad regime. They may not like the regime, but it is nevertheless a regime that is well practised in accommodating their demands and any… Continue reading
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Defense begins case in trial of Bradley Manning By Thomas Gaist
The defense began its case this week, but it has been hamstrung in advance by military judge Colonel Denise Lind’s ruling that Manning’s political motives were irrelevant to case, which effectively denies the defendant any ability to mount a whistleblower defense. Continue reading
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America and the generals in Egypt moved against Morsi to prevent a popular revolution By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The Egyptian military’s removal of the Muslim Brotherhood government is seen as a military coup, or an acknowledgment of the people’s demands to remove Morsi, but it also could have been a move to pre-empt a civil war from taking place. Continue reading
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FAIR TV: Snowden & Hayden, Pro-Equality 'Bias,' Climate Coverage By Peter Hart
On FAIR TV this week: CBS covers the Edward Snowden and the NSA scandal by asking Bush-era NSA chief Michael Hayden for help. And NPR wonders if media coverage of marriage equality is too tilted in favor of… equality? Plus network TV doesn’t cover Obama’s climate speech–but the fake newscast at Comedy Central does. Continue reading
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The Protest Movement in Egypt: “Dictators” do not Dictate, They Obey Orders By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
While the Armed Forces have cracked down on the Muslim Brotherhood, the Coup d’Etat is ultimately intended to manipulate the protest movement and prevent the accession of a “real people’s government”. Continue reading
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America’s Plan B in Egypt: Bring Back the Old Regime By Mahdi Darius NAZEMROAYA
The road that has been taken in Egypt is a dangerous one. A military coup has taken place in Egypt while millions of Egyptians have cheered it on with little thought about what is replacing the Muslim Brotherhood and the ramifications it will have for their society. Many people in cheering crowds have treated the… Continue reading
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The Hero’s Reward and the Judgment of History By Andrew Levine
Governments abhor transparency, and governments lie. To keep them (comparatively) honest, an engaged and informed citizenry is indispensable. That requires media that are aggressive and probing, and that are not afraid to speak the truth. We have precious little of that in the United States today. Continue reading
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The Snowden Affair and the Destruction of Effective Democracy in Europe By Diana Johnstone
Certainly, the facts of NSA spying are significant. But many people suspected that something of the sort was going on. The refusal of France, Italy and Portugal to allow the private aircraft of the President of Bolivia to cross their airspace on the mere suspicion that Edward Snowden might be aboard is rather more astonishing. Continue reading
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Qatar: US Proxy in America’s Terror War in Syria By Phil Greaves
A recent report in the New York Times (NYT) claims, through trusted “sources”, that Qatar began weapons shipments to opposition militants in Syria at the same time they “increased” support for Al Qaeda linked militants fighting Colonel Gaddafi in Libya in 2011. Continue reading
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Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow
On Thursday, President Obama declared before the world that he would not permit any diplomatic “wheeling and dealing” over my case. Yet now it is being reported that after promising not to do so, the President ordered his Vice President to pressure the leaders of nations from which I have requested protection to deny my… Continue reading
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