Syria
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Yemen Newslinks for 15 June 2011: CIA to send armed drones into Yemen
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info UN official calls for Syria probe…US preps for Yemen problems 9&10 News WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is getting ready in case the worst happens in Yemen. The US is building a secret CIA air base in the Persian Gulf region to target al-Qaida terrorists there in case anti-American… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks for 15 June 2011
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info Turkey Spurns Assistance as Syria’s Attack on Town Forces More to Flee Bloomberg “Maybe this stems from Syria’s special status and Turkey doesn’t want to involve the international community, but this is an international crisis.” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit the camps holding Syrian refugees on his country’s… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks for 14 June 2011
14 June 2011 — williambowles.info LIVE: Canada backs Libyan opposition, as MPs debate mission CBC.ca By Laura Payton, CBC News Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird delivers a speech during the debate on the mission in Libya in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 14 June, 2011: Gaza: Young Palestinians Lead a Global Movement
14 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Attacks Political Prisoners In Qidar Prison, Four Injured IMEMC – Wednesday June 15, 2011 – 01:01, Israel soldiers attacked on Tuesday the Qidar Prison, and violently attacked Palestinian political prisoners before transferring more than half of them to the Ramon detention facility; at… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 13 June, 2011: Israel’s Threats: Will Gaza Flotilla Be Safe?
13 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center After Running Out Of Anesthesia, All Surgeries In Gaza Put On Hold IMEMC – Tuesday June 14, 2011 – 03:06, Dr. Atef Al Kahloot, head of the Medical Services in the Gaza Strip, reported Monday that all surgeries in hospitals across the coastal region… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 13 June, 2011: The Financial Road to Serfdom
13 June, 2011 — Information Clearing House Libyan Resource Nationalism Why the NATO Powers are Trying to Assassinate Moammar Gaddafi By Brian Becker Wikileaks-released State Department cables from November 2007 and afterwards show the real reason for the mounting U.S. hostility to the Libyan government prior to the current civil war. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28323.htm Continue reading
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Syria On The Boil, U.S. Warship In The Black Sea By M K Bhadrakumar
-Without doubt, the US is stepping up pressure on Russia’s Black Sea fleet. The US’s provocation is taking place against the backdrop of the turmoil in Syria. Russia is stubbornly blocking US attempts to drum up a case for Libya-style intervention in Syria. Moscow understands that a major reason for the US to push for… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 13, 2011
13 June 2011 — Stop NATO Pentagon Chief Praises NATO’s Arab Monarch Allies For Libyan War Aid U.S., NATO Hold Proliferation Security Initiative Drills In Mediterranean Libya: NATO Conducts 10,822 Sorties, 4,102 Strike Missions German Foreign Minister In Benghazi Syria On The Boil, U.S. Warship In The Black Sea Poland: Permanent U.S. Air Base, NATO… Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks for 13 June 2011
13 June 2011 — williambowles.info Yemen’s opposition ‘in power transfer talks’ Aljazeera.net Opposition sources in Yemen say that they are in talks with Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the vice president, to discuss a transfer of power within a transitional period. The sources said they are worried that President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s son and … http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/06/201161391749979150.html Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 12 June 2011
12 June 2011 — williambowles.info Fighting Continues in Libya, Creeps Toward Capital Voice of America Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi have hammered rebels in the west with heavy weapons, as separate fighting creeps toward the capital, Tripoli. Reporters at the frontline near the rebel-held western town of Zintan say government forces … http:… Continue reading
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NATO actions should be a wake-up call – political scientist — RT
Adrian Salbuchi, a Buenos Aires-based author and political researcher, says that the West is trying to turn the UN into an instrument to implement its own agenda, with Syria being the latest example. Continue reading
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Hidden Agenda in Syria
Tensions are peaking in Syria, government troops have stormed the rebel northern border town of Jisr Al-Shugour with tanks and military helicopters. The army has entered the city in order to “cleanse it” from rebellious armed groups, which killed at least 120 police officers last week. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 12 June, 2011: Hidden Agenda in Syria
12 June, 2011 — Information Clearing House Gold, Oil, Africa and Why the West Wants Gadhafi Dead By Brian E. Muhammad Muammar Gadhafi’s decision to pursue gold standard and reject dollars for oil payments may have sealed his fate. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28308.htm Continue reading
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U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors By JAMES GLANZ and JOHN MARKOFF
The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments that seek to silence them by censoring or shutting down telecommunications networks. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 11 June, 2011: Settler ‘price tag’ pogroms against Palestinians go under the radar
11 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Livni “Netanyahu Is A Danger To Israel” IMEMC – Sunday June 12, 2011 – 03:43, Opposition head in Israel, leader of the Kadima Party, Tzipi Livni, stated that Israeli Prime Minister, head of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, is a danger to Israel as… Continue reading
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Empire Games – but who writes the rules? By William Bowles
The Western left’s abdication, nay abandonment of principles that go to the heart of the socialist liberation project has been long in the making, centuries even and made all the more obvious by the left’s take on events in Libya and now Syria. Critiques of the ‘humanitarian, socialist interventionists’ came thick and thin but for… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 10 June, 2011: Israel closes sole Gaza crossing for goods and aid
10 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Breaks Into Al Aqsa Mosque Yards, Fires Gas Bombs At Worshipers IMEMC – Friday June 10, 2011 – 21:32, The Al Aqsa Foundation for Wadf and Heritage stated Friday that Israeli soldiers broke into the yards of the Al Aqsa Mosque, in occupied… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 9 June, 2011: Uncivilized Relations: Israel Confronts its Neighbours
9 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Raids West Bank Towns Overnight IMEMC – Thursday June 09, 2011 – 17:14, Maan news agency is reporting that five Palestinian men, including minors, were abducted over night during raids on West Bank towns and villages by the Israeli military. Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 9, 2011
9 June 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Defense Chiefs Endorse Extension Of Libyan War To End Of September Pentagon Chief Pressures More NATO Allies For Libyan War Support 83-Day Air War: 10,290 NATO Sorties, Almost 4,000 Combat Flights Namibia: Call For Marches, Other Actions Against NATO’s Atrocities In Libya NATO Escalates Bombardment Of Tripoli Obama’s… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 8 June, 2011: Israeli forces ransack Nablus offices of the Change and Reform Bloc
8 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Wine Bottles Smashed In Al-Aqsa Compound IMEMC – Wednesday June 08, 2011 – 17:56, Local sources report that a number of Jewish settlers broke into the al-Aqsa compound and began drinking wine and smashing bottles on the floor. Continue reading
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