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Colonel Mahoney, in Porton Down, with the flawed data

Posted by seumasach on March 1, 2011

7/7 Inquests

13th February, 2011

“There are known knowns; there are things we know we know.
We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.”

 

We know there may exist unknown unknowns but, in the instances of the 7 July Inquests, should unknown unknowns form the basis of an open, just and transparent inquest process?

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7/7 Inquest: Was someone afraid to reveal the causes of deaths?

Posted by seumasach on February 27, 2011

Terror on the Tube

26th February, 2011

It is quite startling to realise that a special room had been set up to receive the dead of the July 7thbombings in a temporary morgue built on army land, the contract for which (see [1] below) arrived on the contractor’s desk on July 6th, the day before the massacres.

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Libyan protesters celebrate in Benghazi, carnage in capital

Posted by seumasach on February 22, 2011

Today’s Zaman

22nd February, 2011

Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country’s second largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripoli’s main square for the first time. Dozens of people were reported killed.

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GEAB report on significance of Egyptian revolution

Posted by seumasach on February 20, 2011

Global systemic crisis / World geopolitical breakup – End of 2011: Fall of the “Petro-dollar wall” and a major monetary-oil shock for the United States

LEAP 2020

16th February, 2011

With this issue our team is celebrating two important anniversaries in anticipation terms. Exactly five years ago, in February 2006, the GEAB N°2 suddenly encountered worldwide success by announcing the next “Triggering of a major global crisis” characterized especially by “The end of the West as we have known it since 1945”. And exactly two years ago, in February 2009, in theGEAB N°32, LEAP/E2020 anticipated the start of global geopolitical dislocation phase by the end of that same year. In both cases, it is important to note that the undeniable interest aroused by these anticipations at international level, measurable particularly by millions of people reading the related public announcements, has been matched only by mainstream media silence over these same analyses and the fierce opposition (on the internet) of the vast majority of economic, financial or geopolitical experts and specialists.

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The West is deluding itself over the extent of China’s growth

Posted by seumasach on February 20, 2011

Another good article by Halligan, one of the few British commentators who is up with the game

Liam Halligan

Telegraph

19th February, 2011

There seems no end to the steady stream of highly significant economic and political developments these days. We live in incredible times.

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At Clinton Speech: Veteran bloodied, bruised and arrested for standing silently

Posted by seumasach on February 20, 2011

Justice Online

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.

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Britain’s sly approach to arms sales

Posted by seumasach on February 19, 2011

PressTV

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

Antiwar.com

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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Millions call for civilian rule in Egypt

Posted by seumasach on February 18, 2011

PressTV

18th February, 2011

Millions of Egyptian demonstrators are holding a rally in the capital, Cairo, to demand the military hand over power to a civilian government.

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Constitutional patriotism – completing Egypt’s revolution

Posted by seumasach on February 18, 2011

Tamer Bahgat & Khalid El-Sherif

Al-Ahram

17th February, 2011

“Her length is a month’s journey, and width is ten months. Her sky is clear, her Nile is sweet and her land is most fertile. Her women are unique wonders, and her men are toys. A piper will bring the people together, and a stick will separate them. They belong to him who conquers and controls.”

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Lethal crackdown in Bahrain is “Made in the US”

Posted by seumasach on February 18, 2011

WSWS

18th February, 2011

A savage attack by police on peaceful demonstrators, many of them sleeping, in the center of Bahrain’s capital Manama early Thursday morning (approximately 3:30 a.m.) left at least six and perhaps more dead, dozens wounded and 60 missing. After firing tear gas in large quantities, hundreds of police waded into the crowd, swinging clubs and firing pellets from shotguns.

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