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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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Ten Years Of Media Lens – Some Questions And Answers
It has been a long, winding road from Southampton’s Giddy Bridge public house in 2001, where David Edwards first put to David Cromwell the possibility of starting some kind of media watch site. The idea seemed absolutely right, in fact blindingly obvious: why had we not thought of it before? Why had nobody else thought… Continue reading
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Operation in Libya – now live at Twitter — RT
A former Dutch officer has intercepted radio conversations between military pilots who are ensuring a no-fly zone over Libya, and posted the findings on his Twitter account. Continue reading
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Armed with Twitter, Clinton seeks new information war
While appearing before a congressional committee, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared the US is losing the global information war and requires extra funds to compete with others in a global propaganda war. Continue reading
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Libya: The Rest of the Story By Tony Cartalucci
Unbelievable revelations have been discovered regarding the unrest in Libya. The leader of Libya’s opposition group organizing the protests both inside and outside of Libya, is currently in Washington D.C. as he and his organization direct the upheaval and bedlam consuming the North African nation. Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks for 16 February, 2011
16 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Bradley Manning Being Touted A Patriot: Still In Solitary Confinement Daily News Pulse While WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange has been cast as a heroic champion of free speech, his ongoing expose of US foreign policy would not have been possible without the work of Private Bradley Manning. It was Manning… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Mostly Mainstream Newslinks for 15 February, 2011
15 February, 2011 — creative-i.info BHP offered to swap China info with US – Wikileaks Reuters Kloppers took personal credit for quashing that deal, according to Wikileaks, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. “Australia does not want to become an open … www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/15/wikileaks-bhpbilliton-idUSL3E7DE27I20110215 Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks for 15 February, 2011: Investigators Still Can’t Find Any Evidence To Link Assange & Manning
15 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Assange Opposed Quick Publication of Cables Out of Concern for Manning Wired News (blog) Davies met with Assange after reading Wired.com’s excerpts of chat logs between Bradley Manning and ex-hacker Adrian Lamo in which Manning allegedly … www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/02/assange-opposed-cables/ Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks for 10 February, 2011
10 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Complaints rise over ‘inhuman’ treatment of soldier suspected of aiding WikiLeaks Globe and Mail Private Bradley Manning, the young US soldier suspected – but not charged – with passing a trove of embarrassing and classifieds documents to WikiLeaks, … www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/complaints-rise-over-inhuman-treatment-of-soldier-suspected-of-aiding-wikileaks/article1901173/ Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks for 10 February, 2011
10 February, 2011 — creative-i.info WikiLeaks blasts defector ahead of book launch CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Berlin (CNN) — A former WikiLeaks staffer who left the organization to start a rival website “damaged” WikiLeaks infrastructure and … www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/02/10/germany.openleaks.wikileaks/ Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks for 30 January, 2011
30 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Is WikiLeaks leaking? Norwegian paper scoops Assange AFP OSLO — As if there isn’t enough intrigue around Wikileaks and its enigmatic founder, a Norwegian daily that laid hands on the same US classified documents … www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iun4mKBiY0IZhTr1FRQOxJi6RL3w?docId=CNG.86ad1b48f113d8d1b670823a5c2976ff.411 Continue reading
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Swedish rape warrant for Wikileaks’ Assange withdrawn
21 August, 2010 – BBC News Sweden has cancelled an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on accusations of rape and molestation. The Swedish Prosecution Authority website said the chief prosecutor had come to the decision that Mr Assange was not suspected of rape but did not give any further explanation. The warrant was… Continue reading
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BBC News – Wikileaks founder Julian Assange accused of rape
wedish authorities say they have issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, on accusations of rape and molestation. Wikileaks, criticised for leaking Afghan war documents, quoted him saying the charges were ‘without basis’. Continue reading
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Mind Your Tweets: The CIA Social Networking Surveillance System By Tom Burghardt
That social networking sites and applications such as Facebook, Twitter and their competitors can facilitate communication and information sharing amongst diverse groups and individuals is by now a cliché. It should come as no surprise then, that the secret state and the capitalist grifters whom they serve, have zeroed-in on the explosive growth of these… Continue reading
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The Counter-Revolution Will Not be Tweeted By George Ciccariello-Maher
Zelaya, a former centrist who has recently made leftward moves, raised the ire of the entrenched Honduran oligarchy by, among other things, joining the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), a radical counterpoint to U.S.-promoted free trade agreements. His overthrow has been followed by a press blackout, military curfew, and repression in the streets, as… Continue reading
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An Open Letter to the Anti-War Movement: How Should We React to the Events in Iran? by Phil Wilayto
In the West, we have been conditioned to think of President Ahmadinejad as a kind of crackpot dictator who is now the target of an angry and aroused citizenry. Mousavi supporters are projected as “the Iranian people,” while Ahmadinejad is seen as being supported by little more than the military, the Revolutionary Guards, and the… Continue reading
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Azmi Bishara, "Iran: The Game of Nations"
The West’s stated desire for dialogue with Tehran to persuade it to rein in its nuclear ambitions while simultaneously conspiring against Iran both inside the country and externally is part and parcel of the ‘game of nations’. The idea is to weaken Iran in negotiations. If the regime in Iran collapses in the process, no… Continue reading