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Britain’s Security Service: More Questions about MI5’s Relations with Woolwich Killers By Julie Hyland
Questions continue to pile up over the security services’ familiarity and contact with the two killers of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, southeast London. Continue reading
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Setting the Stage for War: US Troops Deployed to Jordan, Preparations to Invade Syria? By Alex Lantier
In testimony before the US Senate Armed Forces Committee on Wednesday, top US defense officials announced that they are deploying 200 troops of the 1st Armored Division to Jordan. They will establish headquarters near the Syrian-Jordanian border and plan for a rapid build-up, involving 20,000 or more US troops, awaiting orders from the White House… Continue reading
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Isolating the DPRK: US Threatens War With North Korea, Demands China to Cut Off Support By Alex Lantier
Over the weekend, US officials continued to threaten North Korea with war, demanding that China cut off its support to the regime in Pyongyang. Continue reading
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Reports of atrocities emerge as France escalates Mali war By Ernst Wolff
Only thirteen days after starting a war in Mali, France is massively escalating its troop presence there, even as reports emerge of escalating ethnic killings by French-backed Malian troops. Continue reading
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New Scramble for Africa: Imperialism Plans “Decades of War” By Bill Van Auken
The French intervention in Mali, followed by the bloody siege in Algeria, represents a turning point in what has emerged as a new imperialist scramble for Africa. With these events, following on the heels of the US-NATO war for regime-change in Libya and the Washington-backed sectarian civil war in Syria, mankind is witnessing a convulsive… Continue reading
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Amnesty International Details Torture and Murder in Libya By Patrick Martin
A report from Amnesty International details widespread torture in the prisons and makeshift detention facilities in Libya, under the auspices of the regime established by the US-NATO war that overthrew and murdered Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. In at least 12 cases, prisoners were tortured to death, the group found. Continue reading
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Arab League Mission To Syria Becomes Focus Of Demands For Military Intervention By Chris Marsden
The visit by Arab League observers to Homs, Hama, Idlib, Deraa , the Damascus suburb of Douma and other conflict zones has become the focus of concerted demands for the Western powers to intervene militarily into the ongoing civil war in Syria. Continue reading
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