Michel Collon reports from Libya where he shows the destruction left in the wake of NATO bombings, something the mainstream media refuses to cover.
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Submitted by Aletho News on Thu, 2011-07-21 03:16
Three Israeli Navy combat ships have surrounded the only vessel of the Freedom Flotilla trying to break the naval blockade of Gaza. Other ships from the humanitarian mission were detained earlier in Greece.
The French yacht Dignity al-Karama with sixteen activists, crew members and journalists onboard was stopped en route to the Gaza Strip. The ship had intended to reach its destination by Tuesday afternoon.
Israel demanded that the ship turn and sail to Israel's Ashdod port or to Egypt, a military spokesman said. According to sources on the boat, the military say marines will raid the ship if it attempts to proceed.
Submitted by Sullivan on Tue, 2011-07-19 22:20
The French Parliament is due to vote on extending the military campaign in Libya. It comes after recent remarks by its defence minister suggesting that the rebels should talk to Colonel Gaddafi. This has sparked rumours that one of the most active advocates of the NATO-led invasion, might be starting to back-pedal on the campaign. John Laughland - Director of the Institute of Democracy and Cooperation in Paris says France now realises it has to find a way out of Libya to avoid losing face.
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Submitted by Sullivan on Tue, 2011-07-12 21:16
The Dignité has 10 activists on board and is part of the 10-boat Freedom Flotilla that has tried to leave Greek waters for Gaza over the past week.
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Submitted by Sullivan on Sat, 2011-07-09 20:55
Checkpoint israélien à Paris / An Israeli checkpoint in Paris
Submitted by Sullivan on Sat, 2011-07-09 11:32
A perfect example of how the war in Libya is being falsely represented to the world.
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Submitted by Sullivan on Sat, 2011-07-09 11:11
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A photo from a creative protest in Paris earlier today.
Submitted by Sullivan on Tue, 2011-07-05 21:13
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The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) confirmed on Tuesday that the French ship "Dignity," which is part of Freedom Flotilla II, has in fact set sail to the besieged Gaza Strip while the rest of the flotilla ships remain trapped in Athens, banned from sailing.
Submitted by Sullivan on Tue, 2011-07-05 18:23
Perhaps another Stuxnet disaster?
Submitted by andie531 on Tue, 2011-07-05 18:02
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A consignment of radioactive tea from Japan was detained by customs officials in France. The cesium content exceeded the permitted norm twofold. Reportedly, the tea was en route from Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-06-19 21:36
Two French lawyers said they planned to initiate legal proceedings against French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday for crimes against humanity over the NATO-led military campaign in Libya.
Submitted by andie531 on Thu, 2011-06-02 04:29
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Mainstream American media turned its attention towards the International Monetary Fund this week, but coverage didn't concern the looming economic crisis. Instead, it is the sex scandal of IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn that has turned heads today. Is this news of an alleged rape a legitimate story or merely smoke and mirrors to obscure the real story? Former Reagan administration official Paul Craig Roberts shares his take on it.
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Submitted by Sullivan on Fri, 2011-05-20 08:49
Strauss-Kahn had enemies in high places, too, which is why this whole matter stinks to high-Heaven. First of all, Strauss-Kahn was the likely candidate of the French Socialist Party who would have faced Sarkozy in the upcoming presidential elections. The IMF chief clearly had a leg-up on Sarkozy who has been battered by a number of personal scandals and plunging approval ratings.
Submitted by Sullivan on Thu, 2011-05-19 10:12
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Strauss-Kahn was the first IMF director in my lifetime, if memory serves, who disavowed the traditional IMF policy of imposing on the poor and ordinary people the cost of bailing out Wall Street and the Western banks. Strauss-Kahn said that regulation had to be reimposed on the greed-driven, fraud-prone financial sector, which, unregulated, destroyed the lives of ordinary people. Strauss-Kahn listened to Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz, one of a handful of economists who has a social conscience.
Submitted by Crimes of Zion on Thu, 2011-05-19 08:35
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn feared that one of his political opponents would pay a woman more than $1million to say he raped her, it emerged today.
Submitted by Sullivan on Thu, 2011-05-19 07:42
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, arrived at a New York City courthouse early on Monday morning. He had been due to appear in court on Sunday but the hearing was postponed until Monday to allow forensic tests to be carried out. Police arrested the IMF chief early on Sunday on charges including attempted rape after a hotel maid said the 62-year-old sexually assaulted her when she came into his hotel suite.
Submitted by Sullivan on Mon, 2011-05-16 22:31
A top French politician nicknamed "the great seducer" was dragged off a flight at Kennedy Airport Saturday after he was accused of sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-05-15 09:44
British fashion designer John Galliano accused the Jewish lawyer defending him against an anti-Semitism charge of stealing more than 2.5 million pounds, it emerged today. Mr Galliano, 50, claims the money was illegally withdrawn from his bank account by Stephane Zerbib.
Submitted by andie531 on Sun, 2011-05-08 18:27
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"What I heard from President Sarkozy is that they must recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people," Netanyahu said outside the Elysee Palace in Paris.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-05-08 10:30
Maryland lawmakers and representatives of the French national railroad say they’ve reached a deal that would force a greater accounting of the railroad’s role in the Holocaust and allow its subsidiary to seek a lucrative MARC train contract.
Submitted by andie531 on Mon, 2011-03-28 17:45
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The Stop the War Coalition says the bombs and missiles that the US-led military alliance has dropped on several Libyan cities contain depleted uranium (DU).
Submitted by timewilltell on Sun, 2011-03-27 18:22
The UN says it's alarmed by the looming humanitarian crisis in Libya. Officials warn food supply lines have been disrupted and over three hundred thousand refugees have already fled the country. Nigel Farage, MEP and leader of the UK Independence Party, believes the whole military strategy in Libya has not been thought through.
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Submitted by Sullivan on Fri, 2011-03-25 19:10
Germany has pulled out of NATO operations in the Mediterranean due to the disagreement over the forces' mission in Libya.
Submitted by Sullivan on Wed, 2011-03-23 09:10
Le Figaro claimed that French police officials managed to keep secret a letter, which exposed Sarkozy's past participation in espionage activities for Mossad.
Submitted by andie531 on Sun, 2011-03-20 22:00
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Political expert Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya of the Center for Globalization Research tells RT that foreign powers have already launched a military campaign in Libya, mirroring events leading to the 2003 Iraq invasion.
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Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-03-06 17:23
A Google search tool known as “Autocomplete” has discovered that the French have a curious obsession about whether their politicians are Jewish.
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Submitted by andie531 on Tue, 2011-02-22 04:17
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Common Purpose and Cameron’s UK Lib Con government are collaborating behind closed doors with similar sinister units in the French Government, to develop further plans and techniques to change our natural behaviour.
"A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude." - - Aldous Huxley (forward to Brave New World)
Submitted by pandora on Tue, 2011-02-15 18:15
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Pressure is growing on Portugal from Germany, France and other euro zone countries to seek financial help from the EU and IMF to stop the bloc's debt crisis from spreading, a senior euro zone source said on Sunday.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-01-09 23:51
The Israeli troops operating at the military checkpoint of Qalandia, north of Jerusalem arrested nine French protestors and assaulted others at the checkpoint, Sunday at noon.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2010-12-26 22:31
"The truth holds certain rights over us....I carry it on precisely for my children, as well as for other peoples' children, for the Palestinians, for Europe, and, more generally, for a world rid of this New World Order. Whatever the hardships, I will never give in. The cops, judges and prisons will make no difference. The seed has been sown; it will germinate and, some day, it will grow."
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