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NATO Newslinks 6 June 2011: Pakistan: Masses to block Nato supplies: JI chief
6 June 2011 — williambowles.info 2 Are Killed in Sixth NATO Copter Crash Since Late April in Afghanistan New York Times By RAY RIVERA KABUL, Afghanistan — Two NATO service members died Sunday when their helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan. It was the latest in a string of crashes in recent weeks that were being Continue reading
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Western Libya Portrait is not What is being Painted by Mainstream Media By Wayne Madsen
Western media reports continue to indicate that Libyan rebels trying to oust Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi from power, backed by daily NATO air strikes, are gaining ground in western Libya but during a six-hour drive from the Tunisian border to Tripoli, the Libyan capital, this reporter saw no signs of Libyan rebel successes in western… Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 28 May 2011
28 May 2011 — williambowles.info NATO Targets Tripoli Facility Voice of America Photo: AP NATO says it targeted a vehicle storage area in a complex where leader Moammar Gadhafi sometimes lives. The French news agency (AFP) says white smoke could be seen rising from the blast site. Earlier Saturday, explosions from NATO airstrikes … www.voanews.com/english/news/Explosion-Rattles-Libyan-Capital-122767289.html Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter May 27, 2011: Nato Rejects Libya Truce Offer
May 27, 2011 — Information Clearing House The New Face Of War “We don’t need no stinkin’ badges” By Conn Hallinan The assassination of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden did more than knock off America’s Public Enemy Number One, it formalized a new kind of warfare, where sovereignty is irrelevant, armies tangential, and decisions are Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 25 May 2011: Obama, Cameron predict success in Libya
25 May 2011 — williambowles.info WRAPUP 4-NATO ups strikes in Tripoli, sees no Iraq parallel Reuters By Matt Faloon and Joseph Logan LONDON/TRIPOLI, May 25 (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama warned Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday there would be ‘no let up’ in pressure on him to go, following a second successive night Continue reading
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NATO airstrikes kill 19 civilians in Tripoli – Libyan TV
NATO airstrikes on Libyan capital, Tripoli, killed at least 19 civilians over the past 24 hours, the Libyan state television reported. Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war 20 May 2011: Libya: Under Western Military, Media Siege
20 May 2011 Stop NATO Russia Condemns NATO Strikes, Urges Peacekeeping Force In Libya NATO Warplanes Attack Libyan Ships In Three Ports NATO Bombs Eight Libyan Naval Vessels Libya: Under Western Military, Media Siege NATO Targets Libyan Telecommunications: $1.2 Billion In Damages Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 17-18 May 2011: WikiLeaks Reveals US Wanted to Keep Russia out of Libyan Oil
18 May 2011 — williambowles.info 18 May 2011 Mathaba: WikiLeaks Reveals US Wanted to Keep Russia out of Libyan Oil Socialist Worker: Left to die in the Mediterranean Mathaba: Imperialist bombardment, assault on Libya continues Mathaba: Mass media begin to stop the great lie about Libya and Gaddafi Mathaba: The real reasons for NATO’s attacks Continue reading
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‘Protecting’ Libyans with a silent killer
1st collector for ‘Protecting’ Libyans with a silent killerFollow my videos on vodpod Libyan rebels could be seen climbing on a tank to celebrate one of the coalition’s latest successful strikes, unaware of the silent killer they may have been breathing in. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 9 April, 2011: Israel and the Arab revolutions
9 April, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Eighteen Palestinians Killed By Israeli Shells Since Thursday IMEMC – Saturday April 09, 2011 – 23:04, The Israeli Air Force bombarded on Saturday evening the Al Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, killing one member of the Salah Ed Deen Brigades. Eighteen Palestinians were Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 8 April, 2011: Goldstone has paved the path for a second Gaza war
8 April, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Ten Palestinians Killed In Gaza Since Thursday IMEMC – Friday April 08, 2011 – 14:38, Medical Sources in Gaza stated that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli shells since Thursday arrived to ten. A woman and her daughter were the latest casualty until Continue reading
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Libya: The Empire strikes back By William Bowles
Let’s be clear, this is not about Khadafi whatever you think of the ‘Green Revolution’, it’s about the attempt by the US/EU to intercede directly and militarily into the situation in the Middle East / North Africa, most probably through the use of NATO. Continue reading
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The Egyptian Working Class Enters the Arena with Full Force By Hossam el-Hamalawy
The Cairo Public Transportation workers, who started a strike today in six garages — Nasr Station, Fateh Station, Ter’a Station, Amiriya Station, Mezzalat Station, Sawwah Station — have issued a statement with a list of demands, calling for overthrowing Mubarak. No public buses will roam Cairo tomorrow, except those buses that will bring the drivers… Continue reading
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Roots of the Egyptian Revolutionary Moment
Ezzeldin: Egyptian uprising is the product of years of worker’s strikes and student protests – now inspired by the Tunisian people Continue reading
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French lessons
THE FRENCH revolt against austerity has transformed politics in France–and it has the potential to do the same across Europe and beyond. The relentless international drive to force down working-class living standards has run smack into a united and determined working class with one of the most militant traditions in the world. Continue reading
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Cine-Tract: No to Retirement Reform
Cine-Tract: No to Retirement Reform. No to the retirement reform, yes to better work sharing Continue reading
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Engdahl on France: Cutting pensions instead of military spendings?
Frederick William Engdahl, an American writer and journalist based in Germany, questions the reform saying it could be aimed at protecting tiny elite in France. Continue reading
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The Revolt Shaking France
This revolt is the latest in a wave of struggles that have rocked France over more than a decade, dating back to a wave of public-sector strikes in 1995 that stopped a conservative government from imposing changes to the pension system. Continue reading
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Thank God for France By Mike Whitney
Thank God for France. While American liberals tremble at the idea of sending an angry e mail to congress for fear that their name will appear on the State Department’s list of terrorists, French workers are on the front lines choking on tear gas and fending off billyclubs in hand-to-hand combat with Sarkozy’s Gendarmerie. That’s… Continue reading
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