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Stop Nato Updates on Libyan war: 7 April 2011
7 April 2011 — Stop NATO Libyan War Prepared For Months In Advance, Prelude To Larger War Report: NATO Air Strike Hits Major Libyan Oil Field Libyan War: Canada Adds Troops, Increases Bombing Raids NATO Steps Up Air Attacks; U.S., Italy Discuss Arming Libyan Rebels Turkey’s Role In Libyan War, NATO Missile Shield Linked: EU Continue reading
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Stop Nato Updates on Libyan war: 7 April 2011
7 April 2011 — Stop NATO Libyan War Prepared For Months In Advance, Prelude To Larger War Report: NATO Air Strike Hits Major Libyan Oil Field Libyan War: Canada Adds Troops, Increases Bombing Raids NATO Steps Up Air Attacks; U.S., Italy Discuss Arming Libyan Rebels Turkey’s Role In Libyan War, NATO Missile Shield Linked: EU Continue reading
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Syria mostly mainstream newslinks 6 April 2011
6 April 2011 — creative-i.info Mathaba News: Are Defense Base Rights the End-Game in Syria? SCF: Syrian president meets Kurdish leaders SCF: Turkey’s Geopolitics and the US ‘Greater Middle East Initiative’ SCF: Israel reiterates concern over Russian missile supply deal with Syria Continue reading
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Defusing another UN timebomb By Eric Walberg
Turkey’s decision to take the lead in the NATO mission against Libya is a bold example of its determination to play the leading role in the region – and within NATO itself, says Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Egypt/Turkey-Israel: ‘A clean break’ By Eric Walberg
While Egypt’s revolution was very much about domestic matters — bread and butter, corruption, repression — its most immediate effects have been international. Not for a long time has Egypt loomed so large in the region, to both friend and foe. At least 13 of the 22 Arab League countries are now affected: Algeria, Bahrain,… Continue reading
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Turkey and Russia: Cleaning up the mess in the Middle East By Eric Walberg
The neocon plan to transform the Middle East and Central Asia into a pliant client of the US empire and its only-democracy-in-the-Middle-East is now facing a very different playing field. Not only are the wars against the Palestinians, Afghans and Iraqis floundering, but they have set in motion unforeseen moves by all the regional players. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 4 August, 2010: Church to Burn Copies of Koran to Mark 9/11
4 August, 2010 — Information Clearing House Obama Warned Israel May Bomb Iran By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity We write to alert you to the likelihood that Israel will attack Iran as early as this month. This would likely lead to a wider war. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26077.htm Israel-Lebanon Tensions Flare After Skirmish Leaves Four Dead By Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 3 August, 2010: Let Them Eat Wedding Cake
3 August, 2010 — Information Clearing House Pakistan No Obedient Ally By Eric Margolis WikiLeaks data shows how volatile nation is forced to act against own self interests. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26070.htm The CIA & The ISI: More In Common Than We Think? By Nida Khan Drones Kill 12 Children Playing Outside’ – ‘A Family Buries 15’ – Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 July, 2010: The myth of Israeli morality
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The Other Fateful Triangle: Israel, Iran and Turkey By Sungur Savran
The thunderous events set in motion by Israel’s storming of the Mavi Marmara, the lead ship in the peace flotilla challenging the blockade of Gaza, have thrown important light on the overall situation in the Middle East. Turkey has emerged as the major protagonist among the forces that support the Palestinian cause. This is extremely… Continue reading
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VIDEO extravaganza: Highlights of Erdogan speech, Roger Waters song for Gaza, Reading Mark Regev’s Mind! By Mary Rizzo
Three videos to savour. The first, highlights of the landmark speech of Erdogan following the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Massacre, with musical accompaniment. The last, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters sings We Shall Overcome for the people of Palestine. If you loved “The Wall”, this is its natural continuation. Waters was born to do this and we… Continue reading
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Images of Victims after the Israeli Attack on the Turkish Gaza Aid Ship, Published for the First Time
The videos below show images of the passengers on the Turkish Gaza aid ship Mavi Marmara immediately after the Israeli attack, published for the first time by TV Net today. Continue reading
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Israel, Nazi propaganda chief Göebbels would have been proud of you By William Bowles
As the true nature of the massacre on the Mavi Marmara becomes apparent now that witnesses can speak out, so too is the scale of the pre-planned propaganda blitz conducted by the Israelis, a blitz that was launched in tandem with the armed attack. Continue reading
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Israel killed more than 9, threw wounded into sea, witnesses say
Activists say some people who were initially on the flotilla are missing. They are also telling stories of horror, carnage and pure barbarism at the hands of Israeli officials. In a shocking account, Humanitarian Aid Foundation (?HH) President Bülent Y?ld?r?m, who returned on Thursday, said a photographer, whose first name was Cevdet, was shot in… Continue reading
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Gaza returnees share horror stories from Israel
Gaza returnees share horror stories from Israel – Activists who were on the flotilla bringing aid supplies to Gaza that was attacked on Monday continued to recount the horror of the attack and its aftermath on Thursday. Many of them speak of a wounded Turkish citizen being shot in the head by an Israeli soldier. Continue reading
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Craig Murray, “The Legal Position on the Israeli Attack”
A word on the legal position, which is very plain. To attack a foreign flagged vessel in international waters is illegal. It is not piracy, as the Israeli vessels carried a military commission. It is rather an act of illegal warfare. Continue reading
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Russia-US-Iran: Nuclear juggling By Eric Walberg
The Iranian government is “surprised” Russia signed on to a US proposal for a tighter embargo to punish the Islamic republic for its nuclear programme, Special Ambassador Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi told reporters in Moscow last week. Indeed, Iran’s sensational last-minute agreement to a proposal by Turkey and Brazil – virtually identical to one proposed seven… Continue reading
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