As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave her speech at George Washington University yesterday condemning governments that arrest protestors and do not allow free expression, 71-year-old Ray McGovern was grabbed from the audience in plain view of her by police and an unidentified official in plain clothes, brutalized and left bleeding in jail. She never paused speaking. When Secretary Clinton began her speech, Mr. McGovern remained standing silently in the audience and turned his back. Mr. McGovern, a veteran Army officer who also worked as a C.I.A. analyst for 27 years, was wearing a Veterans for Peace t-shirt.
Archive for February, 2011
At Clinton Speech: Veteran bloodied, bruised and arrested for standing silently
Posted by seumasach on February 20, 2011
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China opposes Israel’s settlements construction in occupied Palestinian territory: envoy
Posted by smeddum on February 19, 2011
February 19, 2011
people’s daily
Chinese Ambassador to the UN Li Baodong addresses the Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Feb. 18, 2011. China resolutely opposes the construction of settlements by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory and supports the legitimate demands of the Palestinian people, Li Baodong said here Friday after voting on a UN draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement activities. (Xinhua/Shen Hong) Read the rest of this entry »
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Egypt allows Iranian ships to cross Suez
Posted by seumasach on February 19, 2011
19th February, 2011
“Egypt agreed to allow two Iranian warships to transit the Suez Canal,” the news agency reported Friday.
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Britain’s sly approach to arms sales
Posted by seumasach on February 19, 2011
19th February, 2011
British Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt has recently said London is to annul more than 50 arms sale licenses for Bahrain and Libya and is considering more such actions for other regimes in the wider region over their crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations.
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The Battle of Bahrain
Posted by seumasach on February 19, 2011
Justin Raimondo
18th February, 2011
Of the new revolutionary eruptions, post-Egypt, perhaps the most problematic for Washington is the upsurge in Bahrain, where a Sunni king has long ruled over his predominantly Shi’ite subjects. King Hamad is a corrupt tyrant whose disregard for basic human rights was underscored by the actions of his security forces in storming a protest encampment in the capital city’s main square, murdering 5 protesters in a surprise assault in the dead of night, and wounding over 200. There are indications that at least some of the assailants were Saudis. Bahrain, a small island kingdom in the Persian Gulf, is connected to Saudi Arabia by a causeway.
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Its official, cell phone radiation is deadly
Posted by seumasach on February 19, 2011
3rd February, 2011
New Delhi, Feb 3: There have been numerous rhetoric doing the rounds on the ill-effects of mobile radiation for a while. The results are out and they are not pleasing at all. It has been found that radiation from mobile towers pose grave health risks including memory loss, lack of concentration and digestive disturbances. The fact was revealed by an Inter-ministerial committee formed by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to study the hazards posed by mobile phones.
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Mobile radiation is dangerous
Posted by seumasach on February 19, 2011
Dr.R.K.Behera
February, 2011
The speculative fears of mobile phones being a danger to health in the long run, seem to be coming true.
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Cenk Uygur, Matt Taibbi, Why isn’t Wall Street in jail?
Posted by seumasach on February 18, 2011
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Washington’s Valentine’s Day faux pas in the Middle East
Posted by seumasach on February 18, 2011
Sharmine Narwani (Huffington Post)
16th February, 2011
Valentine’s Day, and not a whole lot of love in the Middle East, as clashes between government forces and protestors broke out in Bahrain, Iran and Yemen.
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Israeli FM threatens war with Iran over Suez warship claim
Posted by seumasach on February 18, 2011
Jason Ditz
16th February, 2011
Financial markets the world over are in turmoil and Brent North Sea Crude has reached a new short-term high today after Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman accused Iran of planning to send two warships through the Suez Canal later this evening and suggested this could provoke an Israeli attack on the nation.
The plans hadn’t been widely publicized until today, and Iran’s state media is so far mum on the allegation, but Lieberman insisted that two Iranian warships would pass through the canal later this evening on their way to Syria. The ships are reportedly planning to remain docked in Syria for one year.
Which is unusual, but not entirely shocking since Iran and Syria are allies. Lieberman,whose threats came in an email statement, insisted that the plan to send the ships proved that the Iranian government’s “insolence” is growing.
Though the threat appeared to be taken all too seriously in financial circles, it should be pointed out that Lieberman tends to make idle threats and his influence on Israeli foreign policy appears to be extremely minimal. Likewise, it doesn’t seem the two warships could even theoretically pose an offensive threat to Israel, though they might well be offered as defensive backup if, as is often threatened, Israel starts new wars in the region
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NATO bases in Turkey not to be used against other countries: president
Posted by seumasach on February 18, 2011
17th February, 2011
Visiting Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Ankara will not allow the military bases of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Turkey to be used for military purposes against other countries, Iran’s English language Press TV reported Wednesday.
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