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Monday, 20 June 2011 07:51

Brain failure and heart failure more like. Nato said that it would target anyone who harmed civilians in Libya and so, yet again, it must now bomb itself.

‘Nato has admitted “a weapons systems failure” may have led to civilian casualties in Sunday morning’s air strike in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

The alliance said the intended target was a missile site, but “it appears that one weapon” did not hit it. The Libyan government earlier said Nato had bombed a residential area, killing nine civilians, including two babies.’

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Monday, 20 June 2011 08:09

‘Amid ongoing deadly unrest in Syria, NATO plans to turn its airbase in Turkey into a stronghold for the US-led military alliance’s ground forces.

The alliance would transfer its ground forces from a military base in the city of Heidelberg in southwestern Germany and another outpost in Spain to the Izmir Air Station in western Turkey, Journal of Turkish Weekly reported earlier in the month. The base, NATO’s oldest stronghold in Turkey, currently accommodates 400 operational and technical forces.’

Read more: Turkey to Host NATO Ground Forces

Monday, 20 June 2011 09:03

‘A “star wars” inspired defence shield that will alert the US to the launch of ballistic missiles is expected to be operational from a North Yorkshire airbase before the end of the year.

The Space Based Infrared System is seen as the successor to Ronald Reagan’s unrealised “star wars” programme, which would have detected Soviet missiles and shot them down using lasers.

The new system, which has cost more than $10bn, has taken almost two decades to build and has been subject to numerous delays and cost overruns. The imminent completion of the project at the RAF Menwith Hill base near Harrogate has revived fears that space is in danger of becoming militarised, with Britain in the vanguard.’

Read more: ‘Son of Star Wars’ Base in Yorkshire Finally Ready to Open

Sunday, 19 June 2011 05:16

‘In a press conference in Kabul on Saturday, Karzai complained that the weapons used by US-led forces are polluting Afghanistan.

Karzai also called for an end to unilateral military operations in his country, adding that foreign forces should conduct their activities under Afghan law and stop killing civilians in their operations.

Kabul has been condemning attacks on Afghans, with Karzai saying the foreign forces should stop looking for Taliban militants among civilians. The Afghan president further stated that the United States and other foreign governments are currently engaged in talks with Taliban militants.’

Read more: ‘Kabul Probes Use of Chemical Weapons’

Sunday, 19 June 2011 05:19

‘The mayors gathered on Friday in Baltimore for their annual US Conference of Mayors meeting, and discussed a resolution for a speedy end to the US military spending abroad arguing the domestic need for those funds should be prioritized, AP reported.

The conference is an official non-partisan organization for 1,200 cities with a population exceeding 30,000. The mayors also drew attention to the human costs of the wars.’

Read more: US Mayors Call on Congress to End Wars

Sunday, 19 June 2011 05:22

“People should have no illusions … (the government) and creditors will sit together to skin the Greek people alive,” the Greek Communist party secretary Aleka Papariga said, the Associated Press reported.

Since last year, Greece has been the scene of near-daily street protests against the government’s austerity measures, which have targeted salaries and pensions.’

Read more: Greeks Renew Anti-Government Protests

Sunday, 19 June 2011 06:03

‘Even as the Obama administration prepares to launch a full ground war in Libya while expanding its drone attacks inside Yemen and Pakistan, US warships are being moved towards the Mediterrenean coast of Syria, precisely in line with forecasts that the Bilderberg Group intended to launch a massive new war in the Middle East, with Syria being its prime target.’

Read more: US-NATO are Planning a Ground War in Libya, Military Intervention in Syria

Sunday, 19 June 2011 09:26

‘Out of either desperation, or immeasurable hubris, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has just attempted to rewrite the last 3 months of history, contradicting her own department’s statements made during the onset of the Syrian unrest.

Within the pages of the London-based, Saudi-funded Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Hillary Clinton joined Barack Obama, Nicholas Sarkozy, and David Cameron in the bizarre trend of Western leaders writing newspaper editorials in an attempt to reinforce the ever-changing, ever-contradicting official narrative. Clinton’s article titled, “There is no going back in Syria,” oafishly parrots month-old corporate-funded think-tank talking points with the addition of hamfisted reversals on the US State Department’s own narratives.’

Read more: Clinton on Syria: Astounding Lies, Zero Legitimacy

Sunday, 19 June 2011 09:38

‘The US is engaged in talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said, in the first high-level confirmation of US involvement.

Mr Karzai said that “foreign military and especially the US itself” were involved in peace talks with the group. Hours later, suicide bombers attacked a Kabul police station, killing nine.

Earlier this month, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said there could be political talks with the Taliban by the end of this year.’

Read more: Afghanistan’s Karzai: US in Peace Talks with Taliban

Yes, it is time to move on to Pakistan

Monday, 20 June 2011 06:58 ‘The British army is facing a mass exodus after hundreds of its brightest officers and soldiers applied for voluntary redundancy, media reports said. Almost one thousands of the next generation of military chiefs applied for voluntary redundancy despite the army asking for only 500 volunteers, British media reported. The troops, who have unveiled their intention to leave the job, including 52 colonels, have cited record low morale and the pending defence cuts as the reason behind their motives, according to the reports.’ Read more: British Army Braces for Mass Exodus