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‘West must keep dirty fingers off Syria’

Posted by seumasach on March 17, 2012

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NATO’S Craven Coverup of Its Libyan Bombing

Posted by seumasach on March 17, 2012

Vijay Prashad

Counterpunch

15th March, 2012

Ten days into the uprising in Benghazi, Libya, the United Nations’ Human Rights Council established the International Commission of Inquiry on Libya. The purpose of the Commission was to “investigate all alleged violations of international human rights law in Libya.” The broad agenda was to establish the facts of the violations and crimes and to take such actions as to hold the identified perpetrators accountable. On June 15, the Commission presented its first report to the Council. This report was provisional, since the conflict was still ongoing and access to the country was minimal. The June report was no more conclusive than the work of the human rights non-governmental organizations (such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch). In some instances, the work of investigators for these NGOs (such as Donatella Rovera of Amnesty) was of higher quality than that of the Commission.

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Police arrest 15 anti-Wall street demonstrators

Posted by seumasach on March 17, 2012

PressTV

17th March, 2012

The police have arrested 15 anti-Wall Street protesters in the US city of St. Louis, Missouri.

St. Louis city officials said the police arrested the protesters at Compton Hill Reservoir Park on Friday.

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President Karzai casts doubts on US version of Afghan village massacre

Posted by seumasach on March 17, 2012

Guardian

17th March, 2012

The President of Afghanistan warned he was frustrated over western killings of civilians, as he accused the US of obstructing an Afghan investigation into the massacre of 16 civilians last Sunday.

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Greece develops cashless, Euro-free currency in tight economy

Posted by seumasach on March 16, 2012

Jon Henly

Guardian

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Syrie : défaite amère de l’Occident, mauvaise foi, foutaise et manipulations

Posted by seumasach on March 15, 2012

Allain Jules

15Th March, 2012

Puisque l’incroyable structure mythomane dite Observatoire syrien des droits de l’Homme (OSDH) n’arrive plus vraiment à donner les nouvelles du front qui n’existent plus vraiment en Syrie, à moins de parler des victoires de l’armée syrienne, la presse occidentale trouve des sujets aussi ridicules que pathétiques pour brandir la flamme de la haine contre la Syrie et la famille Assad.

Comme le dit le dicton, “à l’impossible nul n’est tenu”, mais, les Occidentaux, en Syrie, veulent le beurre, l’argent du beurre et la crémière. Ce que nos Gouvernements n’accordent pas aux citoyens désarmés, ils demandent au pouvoir syrien de l’accorder à des terroristes, des groupes armés et des extrémistes religieux sunnites qui promettent des pogromes aux chrétiens, aux chiites, aux alaouites, aux ismaélites etc. D’ailleurs, ils ont commencé hors des frontières syriennes en commettant un attentat dans une mosquée chiite belge.

Coincés et acculés dans leur exercice de propagande, tristes d’avoir prêché dans le désert de leur tête, les occidentaux commencent à s’en prendre à la famille Assad. Le frère, la femme ou la sœur, tout y passe. Ah, le dictateur Bachar ! Ah la dépensière Asma, épouse Bachar al-Assad la….sunnite !  Bref, un vide sidéral qui en dit long sur la panique qui s’empare de l’Occident désemparé et empêtré dans ses propres mensonges.

Les grands sabots, que dis-je, les ragots sont de sortis. Des drones seraient utilisés par Assad, son épouse fait des achats par Internet chez Harrod’s à Londres, les e-mails du couple ont été dévoilés et tutti quanti. Mais, faut-il dire ici que, si Assad a des drones, c’est qu’Israël les lui a vendu ? Pas envisageable n’est-ce pas ? Fabrication syrienne, donc ? Iranienne ? Les achats de l’Anglaise Asma Assad à Londres, ne représentent même pas 10 000 euros mais, il faut en parler. Quand aux e-mails, quel est l’intérêt d’un couple qui a des téléphones portable de recourir aux mails alors que les SMS sont plus pratiques ? De l’enfumage toujours, de l’enfumage encore.

Demain, lorsque les médias “mainstream” feront leur marché dans les méandres des poubelles, ils décèleront le menu des repas de la famille Assad. Pour information, vous ne serez pas surpris de découvrir un menu très gastronomique, avec comme apéritif, du sang, digestif, encore du sang. En entrée, de la moelle de bébé, en plat de résistance, de la chair humaine et en désert, du cœur humain. Oui, la défaite est amère. L’Occident ne peut que faire de la mauvaise foi,  jouer sur des manipulations mais, il sera impossible de cacher les rassemblements du jour, du vrai peuple, en Syrie. (vidéo)

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David Cameron: “Two states… united for freedom and enterprise”

Posted by seumasach on March 15, 2012

The White House Blog

14th March, 2012

“There are some countries whose alliance is a matter of convenience, but ours is a matter of conviction.  Two states… united for freedom and enterprise; working together, day in, day out, to defend those values and advance our shared interests.” Later emphasizing that: “the relationship between Britain and America is the strongest that it has ever been.  And I believe that’s because we’re working together as closely as at any point in our history.  And together, I’m confident that we can help secure the future of our nations and the world for generations to come.”

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Russia slams bid to manipulate UN Council on Syria

Posted by seumasach on March 14, 2012

Business Recorder

12th March, 2012

UNITED NATIONS:Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday slammed attempts to change Syria and Libya by “misleading” international opinion and “manipulating” the UN Security Council.

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Afghan tribal leaders: Afghan civilians’ massacre pre-planned

Posted by seumasach on March 14, 2012

PressTV

13th March, 2012

Afghan tribal leaders say the recent massacre of Afghan civilians by US troops has been pre-planned and not carried out by a lone soldier, Press TV reports.

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UK economy worse than in thirties

Posted by seumasach on March 13, 2012

The UK and its banks

1. We give them cheap money and lots of it.

2. We bail them out if inspite of this they become insolvent ignoring that they caused the insolvency.

3. Now the banks raise mortgage rates to ensure a profit

4. We add to it by guaranteeing loans so that they can make low risk profits.

This is one of the most one-sided deals in history is it not?

The UK’s economic weakness is now worse than in the 1930-34 Great Depression as we see stagflation continue

Shaun Richards

Mindful of Money

12th March, 2012

 

I wish today to examine the UK economy as recent data and information have as a minimum challenged the consensus that had built up about it as 2012 has opened. The consensus in the media has been that we have found some solid economic growth and that inflation will soon be in line with the Bank of England’s target of 2% for Consumer Price Inflation. Many articles have treated the latter as a certainty.

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Forget China. ‘Hard landing’ in US, Europe: strategist

Posted by seumasach on March 13, 2012

Developed markets are too dependent on consumption and credit, and may be running “the wrong model of growth,” said Gallo, who believes that China and India are on the right path even though they have a long way to catch up with the West.

“They have real income growth, we don’t,” Gallo said.

CNBC

13th March, 2012

Developed economies are still experiencing an economic “hard landing” after the credit crunch, despite data showing small increases in gross domestic product, and investors should worry more about the West than about China, which is managing its slowdown, a currency strategist told CNBC.com on Tuesday.

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