Syria
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Syria: Obama Threatens U.S. Military Intervention By Sara Flounders
President Barack Obama on Aug. 18 demanded that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down, saying that the Syrian leader’s days are numbered. The governments of Britain, France and Germany joined in this demand. This statement is a blatant imperialist interference in Syria’s internal affairs. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 17-19 August 2011
19 August 2011 — williambowles.info Why the WikiLeaks cable about Syrian regime is spot on The Guardian In the Wikileaks cable the regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is described as ‘nasty’ and ‘abrasive’ by US diplomats. Photograph: SANA / HO/EPA Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s apparently disingenuous statement to the UN secretary general, … http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/18/syria-wikileaks-cable-assad-regime Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 August, 2011: Ongoing Escalation Against Gaza, 7 Killed, Dozens Injured
19 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Gaza; 15 Palestinians Killed Due To Israeli Bombardment In 24 Hours IMEMC – Saturday August 20, 2011 – 03:20, As Israel continued the bombardment of the Gaza Strip since Thursday, Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported that the number of slain residents arrived… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 19 August, 2011: Four years in prison for Facebook message
19 August 2011 — Information Clearing House Debt Crisis in West is Just a ‘Prelude to War’ By K. Selim The American dream no longer exists. The U.S. establishment, Democratic or Republican, is not prepared to cash in its last major comparative advantage – military supremacy. Continue http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28874.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 18 August, 2011: Video survey: Racism rampant among Israeli youth
18 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Bombards Rafah Killing Six Palestinians; Child Killed In Gaza City IMEMC – Thursday August 18, 2011 – 20:51, Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday evening that six Palestinians, including a senior resistance leader, and a child, were killed… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 19, 2011
19 August 2011 — Stop NATO FAIR: NATO Air Strikes, Libyan Deaths And Media Silence U.S. NATO Quad Partners Demand Regime Change In Syria Israeli Missile Chief Briefs U.S. Space/Interceptor Missile Conference War Training In Eastern Europe: U.S. National Guard ‘Partners’ With 65 Nations U.S. Army Plans $1 Billion 100 Unmanned Helicopter Fleet Canada Restores… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 18 August, 2011: Debt Crisis is Just a 'Prelude to War'
18 August, 2011 — Information Clearing House Shadow Warriors: Movin’ On Up By Conn Hallinan The U.S. is embarking on a military sea change that will replace massive deployments, like Iraq and Afghanistan, with stealthy night raids, secret assassinations, and death-dealing drones. Its implications for civilian control of foreign policy promises to be profound. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28877.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 August, 2011: Israel to Recruit 70 Countries to Vote against Recognizing Palestine, Says Israeli Official
17 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestine UN Observer: “Settlements Jeopardize Peace Efforts” IMEMC – Thursday August 18, 2011 – 02:19, Palestinian Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, stated Wednesday that Israel’s insistence on constructing and expanding its illegal settlements in the occupied territories jeopardize all efforts… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 17 August, 2011: Did Tenet Hide Key 9/11 Info?
17 August 2011 — Information Clearing House Donors Help Keep Palestinians In Cages By Charlotte Silver “Israel besieges us, puts us in cantons – in cages – and the international community is feeding us in these cages. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28858.htm Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter August 16, 2011: Riots Will Rage in 2012
16 August 2011 — Information Clearing House Libyan Forces Liberate Misratah Clearing up the latest media rubbish on Libya By Lizzie Phelan While the journalists suffering from cabin fever in Tripoli’s Rixos hotel, publish their dreams that imperialism’s lackies (the rebels/rats) have taken Zawiya, Ghuriyan and Sorman, they are ignoring a decisive moment in the… Continue reading
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Global Research: “Humanitarian” Wars Without Borders: Selected Articles
“There are at present four distinct war theaters: Afghanistan-Pakistan, Iraq, Palestine and Libya. An attack on Syria would lead to the integration of these separate war theaters, eventually leading towards a broader Middle East-Central Asian war, engulfing an entire region from North Africa and the Mediterranean to Afghanistan and Pakistan.” Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter August 15, 2011: "I Shot Down Navy Seals' Chinook"
15 August 2011 — Information Clearing House Fact or Propaganda? I’m So Proud. I Shot Down Navy Seals’ Chinook By Miles Amoore A Taliban fighter who helped inflict the allies’ worst loss of life tells The Sunday Times in Kabul how he avenged the death of Bin Laden. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28840.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 14 August, 2011: All Israeli kindergarteners are required to sing the national anthem— except for ‘Arab sector’ children
14 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli forces abduct three children in East Jerusalem IMEMC – Sunday August 14, 2011 – 21:10, According to local sources, Israeli forces invaded the neighborhood of Silwan, in east Jerusalem, on Sunday morning and abducted two young children and a teenager, taking them… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 13 August, 2011: Palestinians in no hurry to join housing protests
13 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 81 US lawmakers in Israel on ‘tour’ sponsored by Zionist lobbying group IMEMC – Saturday August 13, 2011 – 21:55, One-fifth of the US Congress is currently in Israel on a free trip sponsored by the American Israel Educational Foundation, an affiliate of… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 15, 2011
15 August 2011 Stop NATO Gaddafi Calls On Libyans To Take Up Arms Against NATO Libyan War: U.S. Global Hawk Drone ‘Reaches Critical Milestone’ Iran Blasts NATO’s Meddling In Region As ‘Big Mistake’ Israel Plants New Mines, Deploys More Troops Along Syrian Border NATO’s Arm, The Neo-Ottomans State Department: U.S. Shifts Geostrategic, Military Focus From… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 14, 2011
14 August 2011 — Stop NATO Turkey May Join NATO Action Against Syria Egypt Launches Large-Scale Military Operation In North Sinai New U.S. AFRICOM Services Battalion Joins Marine, Special Warfare Units Pentagon Prepares For Prospective War With China Arctic: Canada Flexes Its Military Muscle, Puts Russia On Alert Fall Of The Last Superpower In A… Continue reading
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The Future of Arab Revolts: Interview with Samir Amin By Hassane Zerrouky
The way Egyptian scholar and researcher Samir Amin sees it, nothing will be the same as before in the Arab world: protest movements will challenge both the internal social order of Arab countries and their places in the regional and global political chessboard. Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 13, 2011
13 August 2011 — Stop NATO Africa Must Challenge Military Occupation Of World By One Superpower Military Land, Sea, Ground Robots: U.S. Hosts 6,000 Experts From 30 Nations Turkey, U.S. Preparing For War With Syria? NATO: U.S. Commando Raids In Afghanistan Almost Tripled Since 2009 Afghan War: NATO 2011 Death Toll Approaches 400 CSTO: Former… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 12 August, 2011: US Mideast policy: Well on its way to total irrelevance
12 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center USAID Threatens To Stop Funding Projects In Gaza IMEMC – Saturday August 13, 2011 – 04:59, A source at the US Department of State stated that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) would stop funding all projects in the Gaza Strip… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter August 12, 2011: Life In An Age Of Looting
12 August 2011 — Information Clearing House Take The Pledge “I pledge that if any U.S. troops, contractors, or mercenaries remain in Afghanistan on Thursday, October 6, 2011, as that occupation goes into its 11th year, I will commit to being in Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., with others on that day or the days… Continue reading
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