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The hypocrisy of politics

Blog, Middle East, USA

September 22, 2011

As Troy Davis sits on Death Row to be executed, within minutes, the US brazenly calls for sanctions against Syria for the Assad regime’s bloody crackdown on protesters. The US accuse Syria, Libya, Iran et al of murdering their own citizens, yet Troy Davis is condemned to death by the state. Over 3,200...

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The drone wars

Blog, Middle East, USA

September 22, 2011

The Obama administration are building secret drone bases in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula in a newly aggressive intitiative to conduct “counter terrorism” operations in places such as Yemen, Somalia and the likes. These barbaric strikes from the sky also kill numerous...

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Brutal execution in Ugarit, Syria

Blog, Middle East

September 9, 2011

Soldiers execute a man in broad daylight in the port city of Ugarit, near Latakia, Syria. The unknown man is lying in a pool of his own blood in front of a Syrian military tank. Surrounded by soldiers, he has obviously already been shot. A soldier continues shooting him until he runs out of bullets, …...

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Australian MP spreading the message of hate

Australia, Blog

September 8, 2011

South Australian Liberal Senator, Cory Bernardi, is Australia’s very own Geert Wilders. Not something to be proud of. Islamophobia is on the rise and people such as Wilders and Bernardi and flying the flag of hatred and racism. In documents obtained exclusively by MuslimVillage.com,  Bernardi clearly...

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Kim Jong-Il + Dmitry Medvedev =Trans-Korean Pipeline

Blog

September 8, 2011

Pepe Escobar on Kim Jong-Il’s new pipeline… “As much of the world – and news headlines – were transfixed by NATO’s “humanitarian” war in Libya, few noticed as a 69-year-old sporting a trademark Mao-style khaki jumpsuit and wearing sunglasses stepped out of a black...

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Syria is at it again…

Blog, Middle East

September 8, 2011

“Seven people killed in tank-backed raid a day after 2,000 people gathered for anti-regime protests, activists say.”...

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Syria… What are you doing?

Blog, Middle East

August 29, 2011

Thousands are missing and thousands are dead, as Syrians continue to struggle for freedom. The following videos show the Syrian military torturing and abusing civilians accused of demonstrating. This man was is being forced to say “There is no god but Bashar” (the president) and “There is...

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World Press Photo Exhibition

Blog, News

July 13, 2011

I went to see the World Press Photo Exhibition last night at the State Library of NSW in Sydney – an incredible display of very powerful images. They say a picture is worth a thousand words –  if the walls of that exhibition could speak they would be sobbing. Jodi Bieber’s portrait was...

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Human Rights Watch calls for Bush Administraion to be tried for torture

Blog, USA

July 13, 2011

Related links: Human Rights Watch Democracy Now!...

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Torture: Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al should be charged

Blog, Politics, USA

July 13, 2011

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has recently released a 107 page report, “Getting Away with Torture: The Bush Administration and Mistreatment of Detainees,” detailing the abuse of detainees under the former Bush administration. “Overwhelming evidence of torture by the Bush administration obliges...

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