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GR Week in Review 29 December 2012 – 6 January 2013: America’s Death Squads and Dirty Tricks
6 January, 2013 — Global Research Bolivarianism in Venezuela. “With or without Chavez, it’s institutionalized”, Stephen Lendman, January 06, 2013 Continue reading
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All 27 UK Foreign Affairs lawyers: Iraq war unlawful. Obama, politicians, US media: no response By Carl Herman
All the lawyers in the UK’s Foreign Affairs Department concluded the US/UK invasion of Iraq was an unlawful War of Aggression. Their expert advice is the most qualified to make that legal determination; all 27 of them were in agreement. Continue reading
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UK Chilcot Inquiry: “The Iraq War Was Unlawful”. Unanimous Legal Opinion of Foreign Office Lawyers By Carl Herman
The UK Cameron government is blocking publication of their “official” report on Iraq war until perhaps 2014 or later, according to the UK’s most popular newspaper website. Continue reading
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UN Human Rights Report on Syria: Camouflage of US-NATO Sponsored Massacres By Stephen Lendman
UN Human Rights Council High Commissioner Navi Pillay long ago fell from grace. Like Ban Ki-moon, Kofi Annan, and Lakhdar Brahimi, she’s a reliable imperial partner. Her previous reports on Syria expressed one-sided anti-Assad sentiment. She part of the conspiracy to replace him with a pro-Western puppet. Continue reading
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US-NATO Sponsored “Free Syrian Army” is Falling Apart. Government Forces Have the Upper Hand By Thierry Meyssan
While the French press persists in announcing the “imminent fall” of Syria and the “flight of Bashar al-Assad,” the reality on the ground has turned around completely. Even though chaos is plaguing most of the territory, the “liberated zones” have melted like snow in the sun. Continue reading
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Will Syria Become Another “Failed State”? The Role of the United Nations By Carla Stea
The Libya now described in innumerable credible reports, is a failed state, now defenseless against the exploitation or plunder of its resources and people, as a result of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 as implemented by US-NATO. Confronted with the horrific consequences of Resolution 1973, adopted by a vote on which they abstained, Russia… Continue reading
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NATO models Syria plot after Hitler’s rape of Czechoslovakia By Webster G. Tarpley
It has been less widely noted that the 2011-2012 destabilization of Syria by NATO and the reactionary Persian Gulf monarchies has been closely following the script of Hitler’s onslaught against Czechoslovakia in the summer of 1938. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 31 December 2012: The Settlement That Broke the Two-State Solution
31 December 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel To Displace 1000 Palestinians Next WednesdayIMEMC – Head of the Wadi Al-Maleh area, in the northern plains of the occupied West Bank, Aref Daraghma, stated that the Israeli army intends to displace around 10000 Palestinian Bedouins in the area in order to conduct military Continue reading
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“Wiping Countries Off the Map”: Who’s Failing the “Failed States” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
“This is a [Pentagon] memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.” I said, “Is it classified?” He said, “Yes, sir.” I said, “Well, don’t show it to me.” (General Wesley Clark, Democracy Now, March… Continue reading
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“Wiping Countries Off the Map”: Who’s Failing the “Failed States” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
“This is a [Pentagon] memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.” I said, “Is it classified?” He said, “Yes, sir.” I said, “Well, don’t show it to me.” (General Wesley Clark, Democracy Now, March… Continue reading
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ICH 31 December 2012: 8 Parallels Between the U.S. and the Roman Empire – Happy New Year
31 December 2012 — Information Clearing House Syria Swings Between Hell and Dialogue By Ismail Salami Lakhdar Brahimi has predicted 100,000 people could be killed “in the next year as Syria moves toward Somalization and rule by warlords.” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33480.htm Continue reading
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ICH 29 December 2012: US Kills 12 Civilians and Destroys a Community
29 December 2012 — Information Clearing House US Kills 12 Civilians and Destroys a Community. By Letta Tayler A torched woman clutched her daughter in a lifeless embrace. Four severed heads littered the pavement. “The bodies were charred like coal. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33462.htm Continue reading
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Syria faces Humanitarian Catastrophe By Bill Van Auken
After two years of escalating civil war, the people of Syria confront a humanitarian catastrophe, with an estimated four million people—roughly 20 percent of the population—lacking adequate food and shelter. Hundreds of thousands have left for refugee camps in neighboring countries, and as many as three million are displaced within Syria itself. Continue reading
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The United Nations Syria “Peace Plan” is a Fraud By Tony Cartalucci
The UN has categorically failed to delineate between legitimate opposition inside of Syria, and bands of roving armed terrorists committing wide scale atrocities against the Syrian people – many of whom are not even from Syria, all of whom are heavily armed by the US, NATO, and its regional allies including Israel, Saudi Arabia, and… Continue reading
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Global split over telecom treaty By Kevin Reed
The 2012 World Conference on Information Technology (WCIT-12) in Dubai collapsed on Friday, December 14 after the United States delegation walked out and refused to sign the new International Telecommunications Union (ITU) treaty. Western allies including the UK, France, Germany, Australia and Canada joined the US. Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 28 December 2012: A Person Called Nobody
28 December 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterSecurity video of killing of Hebron circus student shows claim of ‘toy gun’ fraudulentIMEMC – An Israeli security video recently leaked to the media shows that a Palestinian teenager who was killed at a checkpoint on December 12th was actually walking away from soldiers when Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel: News and Articles 27 December 2012: How Israel’s supporters are attempting to shut down boycott debate in UK unions
27 December 2012 — VTJP News Ma’an News Palestinian critically wounded in Yatta clashes12/27/2012 – HEBRON (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man suffered a critical head injury on Wednesday in clashes with the Israeli army in Yatta in the southern West Bank. Mohammad Kamal Abu Qbaieta was hit in the head by a tear gas canister Continue reading
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ICH 27 December 2012: Russia Warns of ‘Bloody Chaos’ in Syria
27 December 2012 — Information Clearing House UN Envoy Calls for Interim Syria Government By Al Jazeera Lakhdar Brahimi urges “real change” in Damascus and for transitional leaders with full power until elections are held. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33453.htm Continue reading
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ICH 24 December 2012: The Greatest Gift For All
24 December 2012 — Information Clearing House The Rape of Syria By Pepe Escobar That is disaster capitalism in action, phase I; the terrain is already prepared for a profitable “reconstruction” of Syria once a pliable, pro-Western turbo-capitalism government is installed. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33425.htm Continue reading
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America’s Hype over WMD: Five Invasion Plots, Three Continents, Identical Lies By Felicity Arbuthnot
As the sabre rattling against Syria gets ever louder, the allegations ever wilder and double standards, stirring, plotting and terrorist financing (sorry: “aiding the legitimate opposition”) neon lit, it is instructive to look at the justifications presented by US Administrations for a few other murderous incursions in recent history. Continue reading
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