March 2012
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British Lord forced to resign after "Israel will... →
arabstateofmind:
A British Lord has been forced to resign from her party after saying that Israel would not last forever if it continued to oppress the Palestinians.
Jenny Tonge, a former MP for the Liberal Democrats, which is the junior partner in the British government, made the comments in a speech at a British university.
“Beware Israel,” she said. “Israel is not going to be there for...
Why the US Wants Regime Change in Syria →
warriorsrise:
The People of Syria Support Assad
According to John R Bradley, author of After the Arab Revolution and the only analyst to predict the Egyptian revolution, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are also providing arms and funding to the Free Syrian Army. In an interview withRussia Today, Bradley supports the prevailing view of Assad as a ruthless despot. However he also points out that Syria’s...
February 2012
92 posts
“I’ll be honest with you. I know a whole more about what freedom isn’t, than...”
– Assata Shakur (on Freedom) (via oshaka)
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I wonder if those who support Western Powers...
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Venezuela Will Keep Syria Fuel Exports, Deepen... →
Venezuela said it will continue to ship fuel to Syria as Europe extends sanctions on the nation for using military force to quell civilian dissent against President Bashar al-Assad’s government.
“We’ve sent Syria two cargoes of diesel and shipments will continue as they are needed,” Venezuela’s Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez told reporters during a signing ceremony with Chinese officials in Caracas...
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“Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.”
– Lebanese Proverb
Thousands of Western mercenaries invade Syria. →
anti-propaganda:
‘The US,UK and Israel are sending their mercenaries across to their next target.
Over 10,000 Libyans are reportedly being trained in a closed-off zone in Jordan, before being snuck into Syria to fight for the opposition. These men are allegedly paid around US$1,000 a month, funded by Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Jordan-based AlBawaba news website says most of the gunmen who...
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"And if it's love, it's elephant juice. You know...
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Syrian president casts ballot in landmark... →
It is estimated that nearly 65 percent of the electorate have participated in the polls, which opened at 07:00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) on Sunday. Around 14,600,000 people over the age of 18 are eligible to vote in the plebiscite held at 14,185 polling stations across the country.
Assad, who proposed the referendum earlier in the month, his wife, Asma, and some top Syrian officials, including...
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I respect those who challenges my beliefs, it...
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Never give up on humanity, no matter how ignorant...
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Sectarianism may bury your vision but don't let it...
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Koran burning: Taliban calls for revenge as Obama... →
The Taliban is urging Afghans to attack Western military bases in revenge for the recent burning of copies of the Koran. President Barack Obama has officially apologized for the incident as more people die in anti-American violence.
In a statement published on Thursday the Taliban called on Afghans to “target the military bases of invader forces, their military convoys and their invader...
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Syria's Uprising in Context →
Since the beginning of the unrest in Syria, “the government has said that while some protesters have legitimate grievances, the uprising is driven by militant Islamists with foreign backing.” [1] This hardly squares with the view of Western state officials and media commentators who say that an authoritarian regime is killing its people and violently suppressing a largely peaceful movement for...
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GEOPOLITICAL DESTABILIZATION AND REGIONAL WAR: The... →
Between the chaos and artillery fire unfolding in Homs and Damascus, the current siege against the Ba’athist State of Bashar al-Assad parallels events of nearly a century ago. In efforts to maintain its protectorate, the French government employed the use of foreign soldiers to smother those seeking to abolish the French mandated, Fédération Syrienne. While former Prime Minister Faris al-Khoury...
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Iran stops oil sales to British and French firms →
“Exporting crude to British and French companies has been stopped … we will sell our oil to new customers,” spokesman Alireza Nikzad was quoted as saying by the Ministry of Petroleum website.
The European Union in January decided to stop importing crude from Iran from July 1 over its disputed nuclear program, which the West says is aimed at building bombs. Iran denies this.
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AGENT OF CHANGE: The manufacture of Tariq Ali's... →
theagentofchange:
Tariq Ali has made a number of incorrect and unjustifiable statements in his recent interview on Russia Today regarding Syria. Ali is a much-celebrated icon of the British left; he is a talented orator and writer, and often says quite good things. Therefore his comments are particularly…
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“A star’s place is in Hollywood; the revolutionary’s place is in the...”
– Huey Newton
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When darkness lurks, I sit in my mental palace...
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Iran sent pink drone to Obama →
After tough sanctions imposed by the United States and the West, Iran has given into the demands of President Obama, well some demands.
Iran is returning the RQ-170 drone that was hacked back in December of last year.
There are some differences though: it’s pink, it’s about one eightieth the original size and being marketed as a toy in Iran.
According to some reports the toys have...
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“Leave no brother or sister behind the enemy line of poverty.”
– Harriet Tubman
“If we are unclear about identity, we will be unclear about everything else”
– Kimani Nehusi
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Tibetan acts of self-immolation rise amid the... →
On the roof of the world, Chinese paramilitaries are trying to snuff out Tibetan resistance to Beijing’s rule with spiked batons, semi-automatic weapons and fire extinguishers.
Every 20 metres along the main road of Aba, the remote town on the Tibetan plateau in that is at the heart of the current wave of protests, police officers and communist officials wearing red armbands look out for...
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Rest in Paradise Whitney Houston.
