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Information Clearing House Newsletter 10 February 2012: Greek police union wants to arrest EU/IMF officials
10 February 2012 — Information Clearing House Pakistan: ’11 militants killed’ near Afghanistan : Eleven Taliban militants were killed and 19 wounded in northwest Pakistan Friday during a crackdown by the Pakistani military near the border with Afghanistan, according to reports. http://bit.ly/wrtg88 Continue reading
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UNSTABLE GEOPOLITICAL CHESSBOARD: India Joins NATO, Gulf Cooperation Council Against Syria By M D Nalapat
Gamal Abdel Nasser in Egypt…made no secret of his distaste for the sheikhs and monarchs who ruled over several countries, all of whom had close geopolitical links with the countries that today lead the NATO military alliance. As a reaction, the Royal Houses began to patronize the religious groups opposed to Nasserism, support that reached… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 9 February 2012: British, Qatari Troops Waging Secret War in Syria?
9 February, 2012 — Information Clearing House Israel Kills Iran’s Nuclear Scientists, U.S. officials By Richard Engel and Robert Windrem Iranian nuclear scientists are being killed by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel‘s secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30478.htm Continue reading
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WikiLeaks Newslinks 8 February 2012
8 February 2012 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks, Assange and Democracy Green Left Weekly WikiLeaks, a free press publishing and media organisation, has revealed human rights abuses, war crimes and corruption in governments across the world. Yet the US Administration wants to close WikiLeaks down and prosecute its founder Julian Assange. http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/49821 Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: February 8, 2012: U.S. Officials Pour Into Bulgaria Amid Middle East War Rumors
8 February 2012 — Stop NATO U.S. Officials Pour Into Bulgaria Amid Middle East War Rumors 24 Ships, 3,600 International Troops In U.S. Amphibious Warfare Drill After Afghanistan, Canadian Military Trains For Arctic Warfare Baltic-Arctic Region: Baltic-Nordic Chiefs of Defense Meet U.S. Drone Strike Kills Ten In Northwestern Pakistan NATO Naval Group To Visit Tunisia… Continue reading
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Run-up to proxy war over Syria By M K Bhadrakumar
If a date needs to fixed marking the end of “post-Soviet era” in world politics, it might fall on February 4, 2012. Russia and China’s double veto of the Arab League resolution on Syria in the United Nations Security Council constitutes a watershed event. Continue reading
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The Empire Strikes Back By Munir Akram
Today, around its periphery, China can count only two friends — Pakistan and North Korea. Myanmar dropped out of China’s circle into the western camp two months ago. Pakistan is under intense pressure to align itself with US strategic priorities. Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 6-7 February 2012
7 February 2012 — williambowles.info 012 Anonymous members and protesters stand in cold for Assange Computer Business Review Members of the hacking group, Anonymous, and supporters of Julian Assange stood outside of the Supreme Court in London last week to protest against the extradition of the Wikileaks founder to Sweden. Thursday 2 February 2012 marked… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 1 February 2012: John Pilger: We Are All Suspects Now
1 February 2012 — Information Clearing House Day of Mass Action to Stop War on Iran012 NO war – NO sanctions – NO intervention – NO assassinations. http://bit.ly/zd95Tq Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 29 January 2012: America's war on drugs 'biggest mistake since slavery'
29 January 2011 — Information Clearing House New U.N. Draft Resolution Gives Syria 15 Days to Comply By Josh Rogin The draft resolution on Syria calls on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to his deputy and says additional measures would be taken if he doesn’t comply within 15 days. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30378.htm Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: January 25, 2012
25 January 2012 — 012 Fifth Generation Warplanes And U.S. Global ‘Domain Dominance’ Ex-President: Saakashvili May Draw Georgia Into War With Iran U.S.-Japan Military Exercises Underscore New Strategy Guidance Focus Pakistan: Opposition Parties Stage Walk-Out In Senate Over U.S. Drone Strikes U.S., Czech Defense Chiefs Discuss ‘Unequivocal’ NATO Ties Defense Minister Wants Czech Troops In… Continue reading
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'US threat to nuke Iran is criminal' Professor Francis A. Boyle
Addressing the 18th conference on “Direct Democracy” in Feldkirch, Austria, on nuclear deterrence, Boyle added that the US government is threatening to attack Iran “under the completely bogus pretext” that it might have a nuclear weapon. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: January 3, 2012: U.S. Opened Pandora’s Box With Drones
3 January 2012 — Stop NATO German Warplanes Take Over NATO Baltic Patrol Canada Praises NATO Partner Qatar For Libyan, Syrian Roles U.S. Opened Pandora’s Box With Drones Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Pipeline Study Finished BRICS Should Have Bigger Say In World Economic Order Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: January 2, 2012
2 January 2012 — Stop NATO NATO Quint States To Sign Strategic Pacts With Afghanistan Pakistani Parliamentary Committee Deliberates On NATO Strike NATO Forces To Participate In First Drill In Israel Huntsville: From Missile City To Pentagon Of The South Russia To Modernize 60 MiG Interceptor Aircraft Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: December 31, 2011: West Blocking Kosovo Organ Trafficking Probe: Russian UN Envoy
31 December 2011 — Stop NATO Central Asia, Afghanistan: U.S. Seeks New Drone Bases U.S. Air Force Buys Fastest, Largest Hunter-Killer Drone U.S. Civilians Now Helping Decide Who To Kill With Military Drones Boeing Wins $3.5 Billion Bid For Long-Range Interceptor Missiles Pakistan Seizes 250 Containers With U.S., NATO Military Equipment Almost 3,000 NATO Fatalities:… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 24-31 December 2011: Pakistan / Iran / Malvinas / Syria / North Korea / UK / Venezuela
31 December 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation US Pakistan Relations at Their Nadir 31.12.2011 | 12:51 | Najmuddin A. SHAIKH (Pakistan) The 26th November attack by US gunships on Pakistani military posts at Salala, along the Pak-Afghan border in Mohmand tribal agency, killed 26 Pakistani soldiers and brought the relationship between the two “strategic partners”… Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 29-30 December 2011
30 December 2011 — williambowles.info 30 December 2011Crackpot Anti-Islam Activists, “Serial Fabricators” and the Tale of Iran and 9/11 by Gareth PorterDandelion Salad Today at 20:40by Gareth Porter Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at http://www.truth-out.org Dec. 29, 2011 Behind a mysterious December 22 Associated Press story about ‘finding of fact’ by a District judge in… Continue reading
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Softening Up Iran for the Final Attack By Wayne Madsen
In many ways, America’s and Israel’s much-anticipated war against Iran has already begun. It is not the type of war that was expected — an Israeli textbook style surprise and swift attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, followed by a sustained U.S. and NATO air campaign — but a covert war with quite an unexpected feature. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: December 29, 2011
29 December 2011 — Stop NATO U.S.-Russian Missile Shield Disagreement Intensifies Russia Delivers New Missile Defense Systems To Belarus U.S. Interceptor Missile Plans Threat To China’s Nuclear Forces Purpose Of U.S. Return To Asia Strategy: Control Of ‘World Island’ India-Japan-U.S. Axis: Containment Of China Strategy Pakistan: Army Rejects Pentagon Report On Deadly NATO Attack NATO… Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: December 28, 2011
28 December 2011 — Stop NATO Japan: NATO’s Gateway Into Asia-Pacific Region Interceptor Missiles, Stealth Warplanes: Boost To U.S.-Japan Alliance India-Japan-Australia: U.S. Forges Asian NATO ‘Reshape The International System’: India-Japan-U.S. Military Triad Australia Buys $950 Million Worth Of Military Planes From U.S. Philippines Deploys New U.S.-Provided Warship December: Sixteen NATO Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan By… Continue reading
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