Putin/Obama Talks ACTIVISTS & HEROES, ANNOTATED NEWS, IMPERIALISM, RUSSIA Comments Off Jun 212012 by Stephen Lendman Since reelected in March, Putin and Obama met for the first time on Monday at the Los Cabos, Mexico G20 meeting. Discussions focused on major geopolitical and economic issues. Differences on Syria remain unresolved. At a joint press conference, Putin said: “We held talks about international problems including the Syrian crisis.” “(W)e will continue our contacts on all issues.” Obama responded: “We have agreed on the necessity of reaching a halt for violence in Syria and the need for running a political process to avoid a civil war.” Continue reading » Did you like this? Share it:
GOING ROGUE: NATO’s War Crimes in Libya ANNOTATED NEWS, ASSHOLES, BASTARDS & CRIMINALS, BATTLE OF COMMUNICATIONS, CLASS STRUGGLE, IMPERIALISM Comments Off Jun 212012 by Susan Lindauer, former US Asset covering Libya at the United NationsThank you, Susan Lindauer It’s a story CNN won’t report. Late at night there’s a pounding on the door in Misurata. Armed soldiers force young Libyan women out of their beds at gun-point. Hustling the women and teenagers into trucks, the soldiers rush the women to gang bang parties for NATO rebels—or else rape them in front of their husbands or fathers. When NATO rebels finish their rape sport, the soldiers cut the women’s throats. Rapes are now ongoing acts of war in rebel-held cities, like an organized military strategy, according to refugees. Joanna Moriarty, who’s part of a global fact-finding delegation visiting Tripoli this week, also reports that NATO rebels have gone house to house through Misurata, asking families if they support NATO. If the families say no, they are killed on the spot. If families say they want to stay out of the fighting, NATO rebels take a different approach to scare other families. The doors of “neutral homes” are welded shut, Moriarty says, trapping families inside. In Libyan homes, windows are typically barred. So when the doors to a family compound get welded shut, Libyans are entombed in their own houses, where NATO forces can be sure large families will slowly starve to death. Continue reading » Did you like this? Share it:
Google calls increasing requests to remove political content ‘alarming’ ANNOTATED NEWS, ANTIWAR, BATTLE OF COMMUNICATIONS, GOVERNMENT CRIMES Comments Off Jun 212012 By Agence France-Presse Google CEO Larry Page. Political commentary remains a prime target as governments increase the number of requests for Google to remove material from the reach of Internet users. The Internet giant on Sunday released its fifth semi-annual Transparency Report providing insights into requests by countries around the world to “take down” content from search results or Google venues such as YouTube. “Just like every other time before, we’ve been asked to take down political speech,” Google senior policy analyst Dorothy Chou said. “It’s alarming not only because free expression is at risk, but because some of these requests come from countries you might not suspect — Western democracies not typically associated with censorship.” Continue reading » Did you like this? Share it:
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