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The BBC and Iraq Ten Years On By David McQueen
The tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq was marked in Baghdad with a wave of deadly bombings that killed at least sixty people and injured over two hundred. In Britain the anniversary brought on a wave of retrospectives and handwringing recollections by the likes of the BBC’s John Simpson. Simpson and other media pundits… Continue reading
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NATO Triggers Destruction, Insecurity and Poverty. It Must be Abolished! By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya and Silvia Cattori
In 400 dense, fascinating and worrying pages it makes us realize the extent of the threat that NATO poses to world peace and to the future of many nations. It also makes us aware of the urgency involved in obtaining the dissolution of this dangerous organization. Continue reading
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From Korean into English, North Korea’s “State of War” Statement may have been the Result of Faulty Translation
Recent media reports that North Korea had declared a “state of war” with South Korea might have been based on a mistranslation, Russian media reported on Saturday. Continue reading
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How Obama Chose War Over Peace in Syria By Shamus Cooke
President Obama will have no talk of peace. He has chosen war since the very start and he’s sticking to it. A recent New York Times article revealed that President Obama has been lying through his teeth about the level of U.S. involvement in the Syrian conflict since the beginning. Continue reading
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Syrian Conflict: The Price of Defying the West and Obstructing a US-Israeli Attack on Iran By Tony Cartalucci
Israel had attempted to execute verbatim, the strategies prescribed in the Brookings Institution’s “Which Path to Persia?” report, where Israel was to lure Syria away from Iran ahead of a US-Israeli strike and subsequent war with Tehran. Syria obviously did not fall into the trap, and as a result, has been plunged into a destructive,… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 24 March 2013: Dismantling the myth of peace in Obama’s discourse
24 March 2013 — VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles News International Middle East Media Center Army Evicts Palestinian Protest VillageIMEMC – Sunday at dawn March 24, 2013; dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Ahfad Younis Palestinian protest village, installed by nonviolent activists five days ago, and removed it after detaining several activists. … Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 21 March 2013: Obama the tourist seeks Israel Lobby approval
21 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Obama reiterates calls for two-state solution in RamallahIMEMC – On his second day of the first presidential visit to Palestine U.S. President Barack Obama met with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. Although Obama condemned the rocket attacks that hit Sderot, yet, he insisted that Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 17 March 2013:
17 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center EU Grants P.A €20.8 To Pay Salaries, PensionsIMEMC – The European Union (EU) has granted the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank approximately €2.8 so that it can pay pensions and salaries to nearly 82.000 retired persons, and government employees, in the West Bank and the Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 14 March 2013
14 March 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Settler Woman, Her Children, Injured In The West BankIMEMC – Israeli Ynet News reported Thursday that a settler woman and her 3-year-old toddler have been injured after a number of Palestinians hurled stones at settlers vehicles driving on Route 5 that connects Tel Aviv with the Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Nobel Peace Prize Nomination 2013 By Birgitta Jónsdóttir
February 1st 2013 the entire parliamentary group of The Movement in the Icelandic Parliament, the Pirates of the EU; representatives from the Swedish Pirate Party, the former Secretary of State in Tunisia for Sport & Youth nominated Private Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize. Continue reading
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Obama’s Agenda: Direct Military Intervention and the Relentless Destruction of Syria as a Nation State By Shamus Cooke
The destruction of Syrian society will continue, indeed, increase. Although there are plenty of non-military options the Obama administration could pursue, he’s instead choosing the bloodiest course possible. Millions of Syrians have had their lives destroyed, and now millions more can look forward to a similar fate. Continue reading
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Palestinians Disqualify U.S. as Peace Broker By Nicola Nasser
The “unbreakable alliance,” which will be confirmed by the upcoming visit of President Barak Obama to Israel , will disqualify the United States as an honest broker of peace in the Arab – Israeli conflict in Palestine , a Palestinian veteran peace negotiator says. Continue reading
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Video: Du Bois, Garvey and Pan Africanism
Part 3: On the 145th anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois’s birth, Anthony Monteiro discusses the opposing views on Pan Africanism of Du Bois and Marcus Garvey Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 20 February 2013: Official: Israel destroys electricity grid in Nablus
20 February 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinian Injured, Two Kidnapped, Near JeninIMEMC – Wednesday evening, February 20; Israel soldiers invaded the town of Borqeen, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and clashed with local youths wounding one and kidnapping two others; dozens have been treated for the effects of Continue reading
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ICH 16 February 2013: The Great Wealth Robbery
16 February 2013 — Information Clearing House What The Syrian Death Tolls Really Tell Us By Sharmine Narwani The latest UN-sponsored figure of 60,000 should not be reported as fact. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33980.htm Continue reading
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15 February 2003: Reconsidering the March that Failed By Ian Sinclair, Alex Doherty
Ten years on from the largest public demonstration in British history NLP’s Alex Doherty spoke to Ian Sinclair, author of the new book The march that shook Blair: An oral history of 15 February 2003. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 10 February 2013
10 February 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Surround Azzoun TownIMEMC – Israeli soldiers surrounded, on Saturday at night, Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank district of Qalqilia, and fired dozens of gas bombs at local residents. … Continue reading
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Mali: African solution to an African Problem
Omoyele Sowore of SaharaTV interviews Prof. Horace Campbell on the crisis in Mali Continue reading
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The Crisis in Mali: A Historical Perspective on the Tuareg People By Devon DB
The situation in quite complicated and involves not only France, but also the US and partially Canada and links to the interests of these Western powers with not just Mali, but with the African continent as a whole. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 