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Iran Newslinks 25-28 December 2011
28 December 2011 — williambowles.info 28 December 2011 Iran signs fuel deal with Afghanistan: Iran to export oil to Afghanistan GlobalResearch.ca Today at 13:04 For more details, please click on the link to read the article. Continue reading
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Syrian NGOs: A dual-use technology? — RT
Syrian NGOs have often been the sole source of information for the Western media when it comes to reporting alleged atrocities within the country. Why is it then that so many of these NGO are either funded or based entirely in the West? Continue reading
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Spinning the News from “Reliable” NGO Sources: London-based “Syrian Observatory” Consorting Directly With British Government By Tony Cartalucci
The coverage by the corporate-owned Western media exclusively relies on “activists inside and outside the country,” the London-based “Syrian Human Rights Monitoring Centre” which apparently has no web presence, the Damascus Center for Human Rights which boasts memberships with the National Endowment for Democracy and Tides Foundation-funded International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the… Continue reading
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3 Years After Operation Cast Lead Justice has been Comprehensively Denied; PCHR Release 23 Narratives Documenting the Experience of Victims
Today marks the third anniversary of the commencement of Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s 27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009 offensive on the Gaza Strip. 27 December also marks the anniversary of the single bloodiest day in the history of the occupation; on this day three years ago 334 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces,… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 24-27 December 2011
27 December 2011 — williambowles.info 27 December 2011 Arab League monitors arrive to Syria Strategic Culture Foundation Today at 04:41 Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 24 December 2011: Will Jerusalem cause a third Intifada?
24 December 2011 — VTJP News Ma’an News Mediator: Political detainees free by end of month 12/24/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Nablus billionaire and political independent Munib al-Masri said Saturday in the Gaza Strip that political prisoners both in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip would be released by the end of Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 December 2011: The undeniable Palestinian right to resist occupation
23 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Eshtayya: “Palestinian Lands Are For the Palestinians, Not For Settlements” IMEMC – Mohammad Eshtayya, member of the Central Committee of Fateh movement, headed by Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his government, must understand that the Palestinian lands Continue reading
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'US call for Iran war classic deception'
A Harvard professor of international affairs says the warmongering calls for a military strike on Iran follow a classic model of deception that involves fabricating a threat and downplaying the repercussions of an attack. Continue reading
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Syrian opposition death toll claim: Thousands dead, zero verifiable sources — RT
The Syrian opposition says 5,000 have been killed during a nine-month crackdown, with more than 250 civilians killed in two last days alone, calling for UN protection from ‘acts of genocide.’ But researchers say the information is tough to verify. Continue reading
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Somalia Newslinks 22 December 2011: Britain’s new year resolution: intervene in Somalia
22 December 2011 — williambowles.info Britain’s new year resolution: intervene in Somalia The Independent Britain plans to deepen its involvement in Somalia – a land that has become a byword for instability and violence – in the new year. David Cameron describes Somalia as “a failed state that directly threatens British interests” and will convene Continue reading
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Somalia Newslinks 20 December 2011
20 December 2011 — williambowles.info US Considers Combating Somali Militants’ Twitter Use New York Times NAIROBI, Kenya The United States government is increasingly concerned about the Twitter account of the Shabab militant group of Somalia, with American officials saying Monday that they were looking closely at the militants’ use of Twitter and the … http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/world/africa/us-considers-combating-shabab-militants-twitter-use.html Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 21-22 December 2011
22 December 2011 — williambowles.info 22 December 2011 Arab observers to head for Syria BBC News Today at 08:17 Arab League observers are set to arrive in Syria under a plan to end the violent crackdown on anti-government protests the UN says has claimed 5,000 lives. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 21 December 2011: A Better World's In Birth (Maybe)
21 December 2011 — Information Clearing House Engineering Consent For Attack On Iran Iran Could Get Nuclear Bomb Within a Year By Haaretz Panetta said, “There are no options off the table,” and added that a nuclear Iran is “unacceptable”. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30041.htm Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 15-21 December 2011: US and Client States Used Weapons of Mass Destruction on Libya
21 December 2011 — williambowles.info 21 December 2011 US and Client States Used Weapons of Mass Destruction on Libya Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Today at 08:43 Each of these may have carried 3.41 kilograms of depleted uranium. Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 19-20 December 2011
19 December 2011 — williambowless.info 19 December 2011 US: Iran a year away from nukes, strike ‘not off the table’ Russiatoday.ru Today at 17:36 Washington is not ruling out a military operation against Tehran if it gets wind of an Iranian nuke program, declared US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. The US believes Iran could develop Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 18-19 December 2011
19 December 2011 — williambowles.info 19 December 2011 Syria official in Cairo expected to sign Arab deal The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Syria’s deputy foreign minister has arrived in Cairo and is expected to sign an agreement allowing Arab observers into the country. The Arab League has given Syria until Wednesday to sign the Continue reading
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British Media Propaganda Aims at Triggering NATO Military Intervention against Syria By Tony Cartalucci
With the UN’s recent “human rights” report falling flat, for lack of evidence and being compiled by Karen Koning AbuZayd, a director of the US Washington-based corporate think-tank, Middle East Policy Council, that includes Exxon men, CIA agents, US military and government representatives, and even the president of the US-Qatar Business Council, the corporate-media has… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 16 December 2011: Soldiers: “West Bank Problem Is Jews, Not Palestinians”
16 December 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinian Killed By Army Fire In Central Gaza IMEMC – Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Saturday at dawn, a Palestinian man in Al Boreij Refugee camp, in central Gaza, medical sources reported. … Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘A Death Sentence For Africa’
The UN climate summit in Durban, South Africa, ended with one of those marathon all-night cliffhanger negotiations that the media love so much. The outcome was a commitment to talk about a legally-binding deal to cut carbon emissions – by both developed and developing countries – that would be agreed by 2015 and come into… Continue reading