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The Brutal Murder of Vittorio Arrigoni is Still Shrouded in Mystery By Nicola LoFoco
Three months have passed since April 15, 2011, that damned day when Vittorio Arrigoni’s life was ripped away from us at the hands of Islamic fundamentalists. The truth surrounding his disappearance and the reasons of who and why anyone would have wanted his death are still to be unveiled. Continue reading
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Rights group accuses Libyan rebels of abuse
Libyan rebel forces have been responsible for looting, arson and the abuse of civilians in their push toward Tripoli, Human Rights Watch alleged on Wednesday. Continue reading
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Former IDF Gen Rothschild gets red carpet treatment while Sheikh Raed Salah gets prison cell By Dr Hanan Chehata
With what is appalling timing, given the arrest of Sheikh Raed Salah a week ago on the order of the Home Secretary Theresa May, a certain Maj-Gen (ret) Danny Rothschild spoke in London on Jul 4 at the Royal United Services Institute in Whitehall; he followed this on Jul 5 with a speech in parliament… Continue reading
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Replay: Libya rape claims ‘hysteria’ – investigator
A UN human rights investigator has cast doubts over claims by the chief ICC prosecutor of evidence that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had ordered mass rapes. Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks 29-30 June 2011
30 June 2011 — williambowles.info Yemeni VP unsure about Saleh’s return. CNN Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) — The Yemeni government has lost control over five provinces, and security in the country is deteriorating, the nation’s acting president told CNN in an exclusive interview Wednesday. In his first interview with a Western TV network … http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/06/29/yemen.vice.president/ Continue reading
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Patrick Cockburn: Don’t believe everything you see and read about Gaddafi
Ever since the Libyan uprising started on 15 February, the foreign media have regurgitated stories of atrocities carried out by Gaddafi’s forces. It is now becoming clear that reputable human rights organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have been unable to find evidence for the worst of these. Continue reading
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Afghan Drawdown, Libyan Murder By Craig Murray
Could anyone watch Jeremy Bowen’s piece on BBC News last night, which showed a grieving father hugging the wrapped bodies of two tiny children killed in a NATO bombing? The fact the tiny childrens’ grandfather was a Gadaffi minister seemed to Jeremy Bowen a possible justification – he posed a dichotomy that by killing these… Continue reading
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Bahrain Newslinks 21 June 2011
21 June 2011 — williambowles.info Trial resumes for Bahraini doctors accused of aiding protesters CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — The trial resumed Monday of dozens of Bahraini doctors and nurses accused of working to undermine the Arab country’s government during mass protests earlier this year, with seven additional witnesses taking the stand. Continue reading
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Jews for Justice for Palestinians Weekly newsletter 20 June 2011
20 June 2011 — Jews for Justice for Palestinians The state of Jews June 18th, 2011 From its origin as ‘Jew-state’ through various twists of meaning, the current ‘Jewish state’ which Palestinians must recognise has more in common with Pakistan than the USA or any European state of all its citizens. Uri Avnery traces the Continue reading
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Bahrain Newslinks 12 June 2011: US defense sales to Bahrain rose before crackdown
12 June 2011 — williambowles.info Bahrain opposition holds rally calling for more political rights Sacramento Bee CAIRO, Egypt — Bahrain’s opposition on Saturday held on to its demand for an elected government that represents the will of the people, as the government announced details of a national dialogue scheduled for next month. … http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/11/3693793/bahrain-opposition-holds-rally.html Continue reading
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Bahrain Newslinks 9 June 2011
9 June 2011 — williambowles.info Bahrain official blasts Ecclestone “hypocrisy” pitpass.com A number of prominent people in Bahrain have criticised Bernie Ecclestone’s u-turn on the country’s 2011 Grand Prix, describing the latest decision as “shameful”. Although the announcement that Bahrain will not now host a race this year has yet to be …www.pitpass.com/43852-Bahrain-official-blasts-Ecclestone-hypocrisy Continue reading
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Bahrain Newslinks 8 June 2011
8 June 2011 — williambowles.info US presses crown prince to ease Bahrain crackdown Los Angeles Times Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bahrain’s crown prince, Salman bin Hamad Khalifa, speak with reporters at the State Department. (Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images / June 7, 2011) By Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times President Obama pressed Continue reading
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Human rights fact-finders show Libyan deaths, injuries not ‘propaganda’ By Deborah Dupre
In the CIA kick-started war on Libya, The New York Times report Monday by John F. Burns, calling Libyan civilian casualties “propaganda,” does not square with a series of WBAIX in-hospital interviews with civilian victim survivors of US/NATO intensifying bomb raids, both witnessed by a human rights fact-finding mission including Cynthia McKinney and former MPs… Continue reading
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PressTV – ‘US dropped cluster bombs on Misratah’
A Human rights investigation in Libya has found that it was the US and its Western allies who cluster bombed the troubled city of Misratah back in April. Continue reading
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Evictions ramp up for Haitian quake victims By Jacqueline Charles
Police and security agents wielding machetes and knives stormed the squalid encampment north of downtown Port-au-Prince shortly after daybreak recently, tearing through the makeshift tents as unsuspecting campers fled for cover or yelled in protest. “This is the work of animals,’’ resident Guerin Pierre said, standing amid donated plastic sheeting, plywood and clothing strewn across… Continue reading
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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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TO GAZA WITH LOVE – THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
The U.S. Boat to Gaza Campaign is collecting thousands of personal letters to the people of Gaza from people like you in the U.S., in an act of friendship and solidarity. These letters will be carried as our cargo on the U.S. Boat to Gaza when it sets sail in June 2011 in the next… Continue reading
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