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Video: US, Saudis and Russia Vie for Influence in Post-Assad Syria
Hamid Dabashi: Russian position more reasoned but share US interest in maintaining Syrian military dictatorship without Assad Continue reading
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Right to remain silent: US quiet on Libyan human rights — RT
Libya’s post-Gaddafi world is showing a lurch towards radical Islam, with strict Sharia law and Al-Qaeda flags in evidence there. But are the US and NATO truly concerned about it? Continue reading
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Right to remain silent: US quiet on Libyan human rights — RT
Libya’s post-Gaddafi world is showing a lurch towards radical Islam, with strict Sharia law and Al-Qaeda flags in evidence there. But are the US and NATO truly concerned about it? Continue reading
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FBI Account of "Terror Plot" Suggests Sting Operation
While the administration of Barack Obama vows to hold the Iranian government ‘accountable’ for the alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington, the legal document describing evidence in the case provides multiple indications that it was mainly the result of an FBI ‘sting’ operation. Continue reading
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The imperialist rape of Libya By John Pilger
The Observer, which has yet to apologise for its catastrophic promotion of Iraq’s non-existent weapons of mass destruction, is in thrall to the ‘honourable intervention’ of Sarkozy and Cameron and their ‘humanitarian and emotional’ motives. Continue reading
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Replay: Why is Qatar so Active in Libya?
TRNN REPLAY Adam Hanieh: Qatar and the Gulf Cooperation Council want to control the outcome of the popular Arab uprisings Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 17, 2011
17 August 2011 — Stop NATO Lockheed, MEADS Unveil European Interceptor Missile Battle Manager South Korea Builds Supersonic Cruise Missiles To Strike Aircraft Carriers South Korea To Deploy Powerful Anti-Submarine Missiles On Aegis Class Destroyers Warfighting Capabilities: U.S. Applies Afghan, Iraqi Combat Experience In Massive South Korean War Games Raytheon, Rafael Market U.S.-Compatible Israeli Missile… Continue reading
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The Israel Lobby’s Power Comes From the American Ruling Class
“Prince Walid bin Talal bin Abdelaziz Al-Saud, the second biggest shareholder in News Corporation after Murdoch, recently gave an interview, on his yacht, to the BBC flagship programme Newsnight. The Saudi prince declared himself “a good friend” of Rupert Murdoch and his son James Murdoch Continue reading
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Let them eat doughnuts: the US response to Bahrain's oppression By Mehdi Hasan
Syria was subjected to sanctions and Libya to air strikes; Bahrain, however, was rewarded with visits from the Pentagon’s two most senior officials – the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Mike Mullen, and the then defence secretary, Robert Gates Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 8, 2011
8 July 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Enlists More Member States For Lengthening Libyan War Libyan War: The Rising Voice Of Reason How Many Wars Are Too Many? An African Solution Germany’s Tank Deal With Saudi Arabia Violates Final Taboo Senegal: Western Client Regime Deploys Army Against Protesters Shanghai Cooperation Organization Opposes U.S. Missile Shield… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 8, 2011
8 July 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Enlists More Member States For Lengthening Libyan War How Many Wars Are Too Many? An African Solution Germany’s Tank Deal With Saudi Arabia Violates Final Taboo Senegal: Western Client Regime Deploys Army Against Protesters Shanghai Cooperation Organization Opposes U.S. Missile Shield Plans Pakistan: 40th U.S. Drone Strike Of… Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks for 16-17 June 2011
16 June 2011 — williambowles.info 17 June Yemeni government says Saleh to return from Saudi Arabia soonReutersAnti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration to demand the ouster of Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz June 16, 2011. SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, taken to Saudi Arabia for… 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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M.K.Bhadrakumar (India) – Caveats in the Yemeni narrative
The Arab Spring has finally become beastly, marching stealthily and devouring a third dictator in the Middle East when it all but seemed that the region was lapsing back to its bad old ways of autocratic rule. Continue reading
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Bahrain Newslinks 6 June 2011
6 June 2011 — williambowles.info Bahraini medics were called on to treat dozens of wounded protesters in the … CNN Bahrain, where the United States Navy’s Fifth Fleet anchors, is a small, predominantly Shiite country governed by a Sunni royal family. Since the beginning of the turmoil in Bahrain, about 30 people have been killed,… Continue reading
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Video: Unemployment and Resistance in Saudi Arabia
Saudi authorities have tracked down and arrested bloggers and people who have protested on Facebook. Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks 5 June 2011: Yemen may become threat to UK security, says Hague
5 June 2011 — williambowles.info Timeline: Saleh’s 33-year rule in Yemen Reuters (Reuters) – Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh, wounded in an attack on his presidential palace on Friday, has flown to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment. Below is a timeline of Saleh’s 33-year rule. July 1978 – Saleh takes power in then-North Yemen …… Continue reading
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Video: Israel and US Strategic Interests
Lawrence Wilkerson: Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are far more important than Israel to US strategic interests from view of US military Continue reading
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