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Bahraini activist imprisoned and tortured for reading poem at protest


Press TV
Sun, 12 Jun 2011 08:16 UTC
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A picture posted on the internet by a campaign seeking Qurmezi's freedom.
A Bahraini security court has issued a one-year jail sentence against a human rights activist and poetess for her participation in anti-regime protests.

Ayat al-Qurmezi was convicted by the Lower National Safety Court on Sunday for 'inciting hatred and participating in illegal gatherings,' Xinhua reported.

The 20-year-old is the first woman to face trial in the regime's violent crackdown against the peaceful public protests since February. The demonstrators have been calling for an end to the Al Khalifa family's over-40-year-old rule over the Persian Gulf Island.

The court has already sentenced several people to death over the protests.

On March 14, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates deployed troops in Bahrain at Manama's request to help crush the nationwide anti-government rallies.
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Pakistan blasts death toll at 70


Voice of Russia
Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:51 UTC
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© EPA
At least 70 people were killed and more than 100 injured in twin bomb blasts that hit a crowded market in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar overnight.

Police say those were suicide attacks. The first blast was quite small but as people gathered close to the site of the explosion, the second one, which was real big one, went off, reports say citing a local police official.

No extremist group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

However, earlier the Pakistani Taliban were promising to carry out attacks to take revenge on Osama bin Laden's killing.

About 4,500 Pakistanis have been killed in attacks since 2007.

Comment: No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but it must have been 'muslim terr'ists who dunnit coz they sed they wud' when their leader died for the third time on May 1st... right, truth and lies in the War on Terror!

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Russia sends plane to Yemen to evacuate its citizens


Voice of Russia
Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:49 UTC
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© Voice of Russia
The Russian Emergencies Ministry has sent a plane to Yemen to evacuate Russian citizens who wish to return home.

Earlier, Russia evacuated the families of its diplomats in Sanaa and was considering additional measures to ensure the safety of Russians in Yemen.

Tensions there escalated after President Ali Abdullah Saleh left for Saudi Arabia to receive medical treatment for the injuries he sustained in an attack on a mosque in Sanaa on June 3.

Vice President Abd Al Rab Mansur al-Hadi took over as temporary leader until Mr. Saleh's return, while the opposition seeks to dislodge him.
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Online Censorship 101: How YouTube censors videos for the US and UK governments


Brasscheck TV
Wed, 25 May 2011 07:28 UTC
In which we attempt to slip one past the "do no evil" evil doers

If you live in the UK, you are not supposed to see part of this video.

Does it contain pornography, graphic violence or slander?

Nope.

It contains a document of something that happened in a public place.

The UK government - bless its dark black space where a heart would normally be - asked it's good friend, the "do no evil" guys at Google not to let you see it (if you're access the Internet in the UK that is.)

What's all the fuss about?

Is the UK government afraid it will give its citizens ideas?

Hmmm....I guess we only partially succeeded. Notice how there are no ads on this page?

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MIB

Flashback Propaganda Alert! Bahrain Sees 'Hezbollah Plot' in Protest

Jay Solomon
Wall Street Journal
Mon, 25 Apr 2011 06:51 UTC
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© European Pressphoto AgencyKhalid bin Ahmed bin Mohamed al-Khalifa
In Report to U.N., Government Says Lebanese Militant Group Has Been Working to Overthrow Ruling Khalifa Family

Bahrain has accused the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah with seeking to overthrow the island-state's ruling family, in a report to the United Nations, escalating the growing cold war between Sunni Arab states and Shiite-dominated Iran.

The confidential report, sent to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week, alleges that Hezbollah has been training Bahraini opposition figures at camps in Lebanon and Iran. Bahrain's government also accuses Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other senior members of the Islamist Lebanese organization of directly plotting with Bahrain's largely Shiite opposition on how to challenge the ruling Khalifa family.

Iran, Hezbollah and Bahrain's opposition movement deny they have been cooperating in organizing the monthslong protests, which have largely been contained since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf countries dispatched troops to bolster the Khalifa regime.

Comment: Yes, they've largely been "contained" since Saudi and Bahrani troops, armed to the teeth by US and Israeli suppliers, mowed many of them down with machine-gun fire throughout March and April.
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Israel shoots dead 20 Syrian protestors at Golan Heights

John Lyons
The Australian
Sun, 12 Jun 2011 06:47 UTC
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© Getty ImagesDemonstrators flee from teargas and live ammunition fired from Israel across into Syria last week, killing at least 20 people.
Israel faces a new attempt to breach its border with Syria after weekend confrontations on the Golan Heights left several people dead and scores injured.

Protesters who tried yesterday to break through the border were preparing for their third attempt in three weeks.

Syrian state television claimed 20 protesters were killed and the Israel Defence Forces said the figure was more likely to be 10.

It said thousands were making their way towards the border and many were sleeping at the site in preparation for another attempt tonight.

Clashes also occurred yesterday for several hours between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian protesters between Jerusalem and Ramallah.
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Wolf

Snakes in Suits: Anthony Weiner to take leave from Congress after pedophilic tendencies exposed

James Orr
The Guardian
Sun, 12 Jun 2011 06:41 UTC
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© David Karp/APAnthony Weiner faces the media near his home in the Queens borough of New York following his admission of lewd behaviour online.
Embattled Democrat Anthony Weiner announced he has requested a leave of absence from Congress following growing pressure from senior party members to resign after admitting he sent sexually suggestive images of himself to several women.

A spokeswoman for the 46-year-old New York congressman made the disclosure in a statement shortly after Democratic leaders demanded Weiner quit, adding that he would be receiving "professional treatment" at an undisclosed location. The House Democrat leader, Nancy Pelosi, said Weiner had "the love of his family, the confidence of his constituents and the recognition that he needs help". Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, described the incident as a sordid affair that had become "an unacceptable distraction".

Weiner's spokeswoman, Risa Heller, revealed that the congressman had departed "to seek professional treatment to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person". She added: "In light of that, he will request a short leave of absence from the House of Representatives so that he can get evaluated and map out a course of treatment to make himself well."
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Bilderberg Members Confronted by Protesters in Switzerland

redrik09
YouTube
Sat, 11 Jun 2011 06:35 UTC
Members of the global elite gathered in St Moritz, Switzerland this weekend to discuss upcoming agenda items for turning our planet into a global police state. Somewhat bizarrely, they decided to take a walk which led them through a group of around 200 protestors who had gathered outside the gates to voice their frustrations at these psychopaths in power:

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Bilderberg: The Uberpowerful Global Elite Meet Behind Closed Doors in St. Moritz

Anne Fournier
Time
Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00 UTC
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© Miro Kuzmanovic / ReutersHotel Suvretta in St. Moritz, the site of the Bilderberg annual meeting, according to local media, June 9, 2011
This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global-news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was originally published in Le Temps.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn will not be stepping out of a limousine this year. That much is sure about this year's Bilderberg conference, which the former IMF chief, awaiting trial for his alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid in New York City, is said to have attended several times in the past. But little else is known about this secretly organized, unofficial meeting of some 100 powerful figures, slated to take place June 9 to 12 in a luxury hotel in the Grison station. Indeed, not even the dates of the gathering are confirmed.

The canton is to ensure the tranquility of its guests with the help of the federal security service. Two of its ministers will take part in some of the discussions. But the canton is not commenting on the measures in place or the cost of the operation.

The Bilderberg group is one of the world's most famous clubs. It gathers bankers, politicians, industrialists, media movers and shakers, scholars and billionaires in a different location each year, usually in Europe. All the attendees share one condition of membership: discretion.
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MIB

Flashback Arms flowing to Syrian agitators from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon


World Tribune
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:29 UTC
Syrian opposition sources said tribes in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon have been relaying weapons in an effort to oust President Bashar Assad. They said the weapons were sent to avenge the killing by Syrian security forces of tribal members over the last month.

"One of Assad's biggest mistakes is that his security forces have been killing members of powerful tribes with a presence in neighboring countries as well," an opposition source said.

The weapons smuggling to the Syrian rebels began in March when Assad forces shot and killed members of tribes in Dera near the Jordanian border. Some of the tribes in Dera have links with supporters in Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, Middle East Newsline reported.

On April 19, a son of a powerful tribal chief, Saleh Al Fadous, was killed by Assad forces in the northern city of Homs. Fadous is a member of the Fawareh tribe with allies in Iraq and Jordan, including Duleimeh and Bani Hassan.

Comment: These "Syrian opposition sources" wouldn't happen to be the same London-based Syrian opposition group which the Washington Post says has received $6 million from the US State Department in recent years, would they?

As for the "tribes" running guns from Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan... let's remember that Iraq is a US military garrison, Lebanon is a hive of Israeli spies and Jordan is a loyal ally to Israeli/US interests, which explains why the protests there have hardly been mentioned by mainstream media.

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