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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: June 15, 2011
15 July 2011 — Stop NATO NATO’s Air War In Libya: 15,193 Sorties, 5,721 Strike Missions Venezuela Condemns NATO’s Military Aggression Against Libya Britain Deploys Warship For NATO Libyan Operations China, Russia Refuse To Attend Libya Contact Group Meeting In Turkey Clinton In Turkey: U.S. Missile System In Turkey – Or Caucasus? Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 14 July 2011
14 July 2011 — williambowles.info Turkey Urges Support for ‘Road Map’ to End Libyan Conflict Fox News AP ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey will seek support for a “road map” to help end the Libyan crisis when countries backing NATO’s military mission gather in Istanbul to increase the pressure on Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi. US Secretary Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 13 July 2011
13 July 2011 — williambowles.info Activist: Bomb hits gas pipeline in eastern Syria The Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A human rights activist says a bomb has damaged a natural gas pipeline in eastern Syria. It’s the first attack on the country’s oil industry amid a monthslong uprising against the regime. Rami Abdul-Rahman from the Continue reading
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PressTV – ‘Turkey executes US plots in Syria’
A political analyst says the recent unrest in Syria has been the result of wicked US and Israeli policies and the Turkish government executes such policies in the Arab nation. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 7 July, 2011: Israel Prepares To Stop “Welcome To Palestine” Activists
7 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center UN Rapporteur Slams UN Report Backing Israeli Raid On Flotilla IMEMC – Friday July 08, 2011 – 03:52, Olivier De Schutter, Special United Nations Rapporteur on the Right to Food, voiced strong criticism of a highly anticipated UN report that is said to Continue reading
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The Powers of Manipulation: Islam as a Geopolitical Tool to Control the Middle East By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
As Washington and its cohorts march towards the Eurasian Heartland, they have tried to manipulate Islam as a geo-political tool. They have created political and social chaos in the process. Along the way they have tried to redefine Islam and to subordinate it to the interests of global capital by ushering in a new generation of so-called Islamists,… Continue reading
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Sabotage of M.V. Saoirse in Turkey ‘an act of international terrorism’
The Irish-owned ship, the MV Saoirse, that was meant to take part in Freedom Flotilla 2 has been sabotaged in a dangerous manner in the Turkish coastal town of Göcek, where it had been at berth for the past few weeks. Visual evidence of the undership sabotage, which was carried out by divers, will be… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 26 June, 2011: What’s Really Going On at the Israeli Institute for Biological Research? Exposing Israel’s Most Dangerous Secret
26 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Protesters dismantle section of wall in Bil’in village; 7 injured by Israeli troops IMEMC – Saturday June 25, 2011 – 02:42, Protesters in Bil’in village continued dismantling a section of the Israeli Wall that the Israeli army began removing earlier this week, in accordance Continue reading
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BDS update: Fighting apartheid on land and sea By Eric Walberg
As the second Freedom Flotilla packs its humanitarian aid and prepares to brave the wrath of the Israeli navy, boycott divestment and sanctions (BDS) activities continue on the homefront, notes Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 23-24 June 2011
24 June 2011 — williambowles.info 24 June 2011 More than 1500 refugees flee Syria in one day The Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — More than 1500 Syrian refugees streamed across the border to safe havens in Turkey in one day as Syria’s 3-month-old pro-democracy movement braced for another day of mass protests Friday. The refugees Continue reading
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Turkish Actions Designed To Trigger NATO Confrontation With Syria? By Rick Rozoff
Last week a feature by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton excoriating the political leadership of Syria appeared in the London-based Arabic-language daily Asharq Al-Awsat. Saudi-supported and printed in twelve locations, it is considered to be among the most influential newspapers in the Arab world. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 18 June, 2011: Israel’s war against Palestinian children continues
18 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Egypt negotiates for release of Israeli soldier captured five years ago IMEMC – Sunday June 19, 2011 – 03:27, An Egyptian official told Israeli reporters Saturday that there are active negotiations taking place with Palestinian resistance groups for the potential release of the Palestinians’ 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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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 12 June, 2011: I’m either an illegal citizen of one state, or an inferior citizen in another
12 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Troops Kidnap Three International Activists Near Hebron IMEMC – Sunday June 12, 2011 – 09:20, Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Saturday afternoon three international peace activists participating in the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and settlements in Beit Ummar town, near the Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 11, 2011: NATO Air Strike Kills Algerian Family In Libya
11 June 2011 — Stop NATO NATO’s Air War In Libya: 10,570 Air Missions, 3,999 Strike Sorties NATO Air Strike Kills Algerian Family In Libya Libya Claims To Have Shot Down Three NATO Helicopters Unrest In Arab World Heightens Turkey’s NATO Role Kyrgyzstan: NATO Central Asian Office Ratified NATO Headquarters: Cooperation With Azerbaijan Discussed 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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Turkey’s Not-So-Subtle Shift on Syria By M K Bhadrakumar
The conclave at Antalya was entitled “Change in Syria”. Ankara would go ballistic if a neighboring country did to it such a thing. The conclave at Antalya didn’t happen accidentally, either. It was well planned. Turkish authorities allowed it to go ahead but with one caveat: no Kurdish political parties would be invited. The Syrian… Continue reading
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Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 6, 2011: China: U.S. Waging Global Internet War
6 June 2011 — Stop NATO NATO’s Air War Against Libya: 9,917 Air Missions, 3,752 Combat Flights Libya: Bishop Decries NATO Bombing Of Church, Warns Of Partition U.S. Drone Missile Strikes Kill 20 In Pakistan Pakistan: Two NATO Tankers Destroyed NATO Launches Multinational Exercises In Southern Ukraine China: U.S. Waging Global Internet War Anti-Russian Trans-Caspian Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO News: May 27, 2011: Britain Deploys Helicopter Gunships To “Turn The Screw” On Libya
27 May 2011 Stop Nato Day 70 Of Libyan War: 8,444 NATO Air Missions, 3,229 Combat Flights Non-Aligned Movement Conference: Cuba Condemns NATO Attacks Against Libya As International Crime Britain Deploys Helicopter Gunships To “Turn The Screw” On Libya U.S. Seeks $4 Billion Interceptor Missile Deal With Turkey Former NATO Ambassador Named State Department Spokeswoman Continue reading
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Democratic Syria could destabilize region – political analyst — RT
‘One of the big causes of discontent in Syria is precisely the transfer of the state assets into private hands – private hands of people associated with the government. That’s what we see happen across the whole of the former communist world and Syria, in this sense, is a bit like a former communist country,’ Continue reading
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