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NATO Newslinks for 15 June 2011: South Africa condemns NATO attacks on Libya
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info Who Needs NATO? New York Times Americans have been grumbling about the failure of the European partners in NATO to pull their weight almost since the organization was founded in 1949. “Because we had our troops there, the Europeans had not done their share,” President Eisenhower … http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/opinion/16iht-edwheatcroft16.html Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks for 15 June 2011
15 June 2011 — williambowles.info Turkey Spurns Assistance as Syria’s Attack on Town Forces More to Flee Bloomberg “Maybe this stems from Syria’s special status and Turkey doesn’t want to involve the international community, but this is an international crisis.” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit the camps holding Syrian refugees on his country’s Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 14 June, 2011: Gaza: Young Palestinians Lead a Global Movement
14 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Attacks Political Prisoners In Qidar Prison, Four Injured IMEMC – Wednesday June 15, 2011 – 01:01, Israel soldiers attacked on Tuesday the Qidar Prison, and violently attacked Palestinian political prisoners before transferring more than half of them to the Ramon detention facility; at Continue reading
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The War in Libya: The African Union’s Mistake of Policy and Principle By Dr. Kwame Akonor
Africa’s handling of the Libyan crisis at the United Nations has been timorous and confusing, but it presents an opportunity as well as a challenge for the continental body on how it defines its future strategic interests. Continue reading
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The War in Libya: The African Union's Mistake of Policy and Principle By Dr. Kwame Akonor
Africa’s handling of the Libyan crisis at the United Nations has been timorous and confusing, but it presents an opportunity as well as a challenge for the continental body on how it defines its future strategic interests. Continue reading
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Video: Guilty as Charged
Lawrence Wilkerson Pt7: Before Powell’s UN presentation I wrote my resignation but didn’t submit it Continue reading
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NATO actions should be a wake-up call – political scientist — RT
Adrian Salbuchi, a Buenos Aires-based author and political researcher, says that the West is trying to turn the UN into an instrument to implement its own agenda, with Syria being the latest example. Continue reading
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Hidden Agenda in Syria
Tensions are peaking in Syria, government troops have stormed the rebel northern border town of Jisr Al-Shugour with tanks and military helicopters. The army has entered the city in order to “cleanse it” from rebellious armed groups, which killed at least 120 police officers last week. Continue reading
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NATO Newslinks 12 June 2011
12 June 2011 — williambowles.info Does Nato have a purpose any longer? The Guardian It is an irony of history that it should be a departing US defence secretary, Robert Gates, who should break a long taboo and pronounce Nato faces a “dim, if not dismal future”, as he did on Friday while delivering a Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 11 June, 2011: Settler ‘price tag’ pogroms against Palestinians go under the radar
11 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Livni “Netanyahu Is A Danger To Israel” IMEMC – Sunday June 12, 2011 – 03:43, Opposition head in Israel, leader of the Kadima Party, Tzipi Livni, stated that Israeli Prime Minister, head of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, is a danger to Israel as Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 11 June 2011
June 2011 — williambowles.info Qaddafi Forces, Libyan Rebels Battle at Key Oil Port Fox News AP AP June 10: A Libyan rebel fighter arrives at a hospital as others receive treatment in Misrata, Libya. MISRATA, Libya — A Libyan rebel spokesman said opposition forces were battling troops loyal to Muammar al-Qaddafi on Saturday in the Continue reading
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Pentagon Laments “Difficulties” in War Against Libya
At first promising a 2-day operation, NATO has been forced to continually extend its daily bombing operations that now includes much of the civilian infrastructure and frequent bombings of the house of the Qaddafi family, which thus far has resulted only in the murder of his youngest son, who has no connection to either business… Continue reading
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Vladimir Nesterov – US-Chinese Rivalry Over Africa Gaining Momentum
A China-Africa summit convened in Sharm el-Sheikh in November, 2009, the two highlights of the forum being Beijing’s pledge to extend $10b in loans to African countries in return for commodity deals and the signing of a host of impressive contracts in the sphere of infrastructure construction by Chinese companies. Continue reading
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The Lies behind the West's War on Libya By Jean-Paul Pougala
Africans should think about the real reasons why western countries are waging war on Libya, writes Jean-Paul Pougala, in an analysis that traces the country’s role in shaping the African Union and the development of the continent. Continue reading
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Stand up for Africa! Stand up for climate justice!
For Africa and its peoples in particular, governments meeting at this year’s United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Durban must end years of unacceptable vacillation, and meet their moral, historical and legal obligations and commitments for action on climate change, in accordance with the requirements of science and the principles of equity. 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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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 4-11 June 2011
11 June 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation UN – A Peril for World Health 11.06.2011 | 01:20 | Dmitriy SEDOV The possibility that the UN is used to promote the interests of the drug business cannot be ruled out… The Russian foreign ministry’s calls for an overhaul of the UN acquire a deeper meaning in Continue reading
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2010: Flurry of leaked US embassy cables reveal foreign strategies By David Leigh
At the start of a series of daily extracts from the US embassy cables – many designated ‘secret’ – the Guardian can disclose that Arab leaders are privately urging an air strike on Iran and that US officials have been instructed to spy on the UN leadership. Continue reading
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War as a “Humanitarian Endeavor”: NATO’s Libya ‘hope’ strategy is bombing By Gen. Lewis MacKenzie
In a bizarre development, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has said it will extend the campaign for 90 days, surely a first in the history of war when one side ‘extends the contract’ for a set period. Continue reading
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LIBYA – Behind the Phony ICC ‘Rape’ Charges: ARE NATO FORCES PREPARING A GROUND ATTACK? By Sara Flounders
Without presenting a shred of reliable evidence, NATO and International Criminal Court conspirators are charging the Libyan government with conspiracy to rape — not only rape as the ‘collateral damage’ of war, but rape as a political weapon. Continue reading
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