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Facing total economic meltdown at home US/UK, spear-heading NATO, have chosen the path of confrontation with the rest of the world, a path which will lead us to the brink of war with Russia and China

What you don’t know about the Bilderberg-Group

Posted by seumasach on May 10, 2011

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

9th May, 2011

The idea that the Bilderberg Group is behind the creation of a mysterious future World Government has been spreading for years. Having had access to the archives of this very secret club, Thierry Meyssan shows that this belief leads in a false direction, serving to mask the true identity and function of the Group. In reality, the Bilderberg Group is a creation of NATO. It aims to influence key leaders on a global scale and, through them, to manipulate public opinion to get it to embrace the ideas and actions of the Northern Atlantic Alliance.

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US pushes Osama onto Afghan chessboard

Posted by seumasach on May 10, 2011

Gareth Porter

Asia Times

10th May, 2011

WASHINGTON – United States President Barack Obama and top administration officials have taken advantage of the killing of Osama bin Laden to establish a new narrative suggesting the event will pave the way for negotiations with the Taliban for peace in Afghanistan.

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Russia and China challenge NATO

Posted by seumasach on May 10, 2011

M.K.Bhadrakumar

Asia Times

10th May, 2011

Consultations by Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Moscow at the weekend were expected to prepare the ground for the visit by President Hu Jintao to Russia next month. In the event, however, they assumed a character of immense significance to international security.

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Empire or solvency?

Posted by seumasach on May 9, 2011

Justin Raimondo

Antiwar.com

5th May, 2011

You know something is up when Republicans start taking the lead in questioning our decade-long war in Afghanistan, and, indeed, something is up: a propitious confluence of circumstances and events, the most dramatic of which is the assassination of Osama bin Laden by US Special Forces. In hearings held the other day, Senator Richard Lugar (R-Indiana) said he thinks the Afghan occupation is no longer justified:

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Attacks on Libya condemned

Posted by seumasach on May 9, 2011

Milli Gazette

8th May, 2011

New Delhi: NATO attacks led by America and France on Libya have been widely condemned here in India. On March 22, Lok Sabha members, cutting across party lines, unanimously condemned the US-led coalition air strikes on Libya. MPs from all parties, BJP, BSP, CPI, Muslim League, BJD, Trinamul Congress, N.C, CPIM, NDA observed that NATO has no right to devastate any country. What is happening in Libya is an internal matter of that country and no external power should interfere in it, the MPs unanimously said. However, they expressed their support to democratic forces struggling against the authoritarian regimes. “We are against any military intervention to enforce regime change,” they observed.

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The phony anti-war movement

Posted by seumasach on May 8, 2011

Glen Ford

ICH

7th May, 2011

“Once Obama was safely in the White House, the anti-war movement was all but dismantled, having served its partisan political purpose.”

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Gaddafi gold-for-oil, dollar-doom plans behind Libya ‘mission’?

Posted by seumasach on May 7, 2011

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Putin says ‘dumbfounded’ over NATO operation in Libya

Posted by seumasach on April 29, 2011

Deccan Herald

28th April, 2011

In reply to a dish journalist, Putin, who is currently on a visit in Stockholm, said “this happens despite human rights and humanity concerns which the civilised world is believed to advocate,” apparently referring to reports about NATO planes bombing civilian objects in Libya, RIA Novosti reported.

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Putin: Who gave NATO right to kill Gaddafi?

Posted by seumasach on April 26, 2011

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Lies about the war on Libya

Posted by seumasach on April 26, 2011

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

20th April, 2011

While Thierry Meyssan supports the Libyan insurrection against the Muammar Gaddafi regime, he doesn’t approve of Resolution 1973 and is opposed to the war. In previous articles, he pointed to the imperialist objectives behind this operation. In this essay, he exposes the main lies of Atlanticist propaganda.

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Confiscating Libya’s sovereign wealth funds

Posted by seumasach on April 25, 2011

Manlio Dinucci

Global Research

24th April, 2011

The objective of the war against Libya is not just its oil reserves (now estimated at 60 billion barrels), which are the greatest in Africa and whose extraction costs are among the lowest in the world, nor the natural gas reserves of which are estimated at about 1,500 billion cubic meters. In the crosshairs of “willing” of the operation “Unified Protector” there are sovereign wealth funds, capital that the Libyan state has invested abroad.

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