Environmental campaigners angry as green laws labelled as red tape All of Britain’s 278 environment laws under review, including National Park, Clean Air and Climate Change Acts Share88 Allegra Stratton, political correspondent guardian.co.uk, Sunday 17 April 2011 21.14 BST Article history Green laws such as the Wildlife and Countryside Act, which protects vulnerable species [...]
Apart from a few lunatics who think that Israel can do what it likes to the Palestinians this is what happens in Australia if or when you decide to take a good look at what the Israelis are doing and decide to act on that. Backlash forces end to Israel boycott Josephine Tovey April 18, [...]
There is not a great deal to think about when you realise what is being done to Bradley Manning. No nation on the planet has ever been responsible for virtually all the major atrocities that have happened to the human race. No matter where you start the story is the same. With the aid of [...]
U.S., Allies Vow Libya Campaign Until Gaddafi’s Ouster The U.S., Britain and France are vowing to continue their military operation in Libya until Col. Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown. In a joint statement, the three said, “It is unthinkable that someone who has tried to massacre his own people can play a part in their future [...]
Scott Horton Interviews Gareth Porter Scott Horton, April 16, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for IPS News, discusses his article “Pakistan Moves to Curb More Aggressive US Drone Strikes, Spying;” the expansion of US drone strikes – initially limited to Al Qaeda and Pakistani [...]
Israeli prison raid footage released Television images shows troops using live ammunition in deadly operation at detention centre. Last Modified: 17 Apr 2011 14:51 Hundreds of Palestinian have died inside Israeli prisons and now an Israeli television channel has aired shocking footage of Israel’s so-called Control and Restraint unit, or Masada, attacking Palestinian prisoners. Israeli prison raid [...]
Libyan rebels claim control over Ajdabiya Anti-government fighters in strategic eastern town face attacks from Gaddafi’s forces as sandstorm halts Nato air raids. Last Modified: 17 Apr 2011 16:56 Email Print Share Send Feedback Rebel fighters in Libya say they have captured Ajdabiya, but government forces are reported to be pounding the eastern town as battles rage on for control of the north African [...]
THE ROVING EYE The sweet smell of counter-revolution By Pepe Escobar To follow Pepe’s articles on the Great Arab Revolt, please clickhere. United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is in Riyadh to talk to Saudi King Abdullah. The Associated Press told the world’s media they should discuss the “Arab upheaval”. Then there are all [...]
New breed of gagging order could send journalists to jail, MP claims Lib Dem MP John Hemmings fears reporters could face imprisonment simply for asking questions, creating a ‘recipe for hiding miscarriages of justice‘ Share82 Matthew Taylor guardian.co.uk, Sunday 17 April 2011 15.19 BST Article history The Magna Carta is being contravened by the [...]
Japan nuclear firm aims to end crisis within nine months Tepco reveals two-stage process to bring Fukushima plant under control but declines to say when evacuees can return home Share69 Justin McCurry in Tokyo guardian.co.uk, Sunday 17 April 2011 12.01 BST Article history Chair of Japan nuclear operator Tepco, Tsunehisa Katsumata, announces the ‘cold shutdown’ [...]
Sooner or later someone or some country will seriously have to address the flagrant abuse of the use of drone machines in the Middle East. This is the forerunner of the US being able to pursue war anywhere on the planet using push button technology from some central point in Washington or elsewhere in the [...]
There is an ongoing series of events in Bahrain that are very possibly being used to further the goals of states like Saudi Arabia. In Bahrain there is great repression of dissidents and deaths are following the torture of people taken into custody by the Bahrainian forces. On top of this the actions of the [...]
Ivory Coast Faces Clashes Amid Attempts to Disarm Gbagbo Militia April 16, 2011, 5:25 AM EDT MORE FROM BUSINESSWEEK Ivory Coast Government Can’t Confirm Ble Goude’s Arrest Burkina Faso’s President Returns to Capital After Mutiny Ivory Coast’s Government Lifts Cocoa Ban, Says Ports to Reopen Ghana Cocoa Buyers Boost Crop Purchases 51%, Board Says Ivory [...]
Netanyahu concerned new Egypt government will be anti-Israel Egyptian FM called Israel ‘the enemy’ in a statement that angered Israel in view of recent Egyptian requests for help in investments or in receiving more aid from the U.S. Congress. By Barak Ravid Three months into the Egyptian revolution, Israel is concerned that the new government’s policy [...]
Saleh stands defiant as desertions mountApril 16, 2011 01:05 AM (Last updated: April 16, 2011 01:05 AM)By Hammoud MounassarAgence France Press SANAA: President Ali Saleh Abdullah stood defiant as Yemen’s elected leader in a speech to his supporters Friday despite a growing list of desertions and mounting pressure on him to resign. “These popular masses [...]
Libya: MSF Evacuates Dozens of War Wounded from Misrata MSF Carries Out Second Medical Evacuation by Sea from Embattled City; Migrant Encampment Assessed ZARZIS, TUNISIA/GENEVA, April 16, 2011 – The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today completed a medical evacuation of almost 100 people by boat from Misrata, Libya to [...]
Britain needs to end its love affair with the world stage While we pull in our belts at home, our leaders get carried away abroad. It’s time we turned our backs on our imperial past Share131 Comments (240) Jackie Ashley guardian.co.uk, Sunday 10 April 2011 21.00 BST Article history There are three ways to respond [...]
What a Strange Way to Protect Civilians: Depleted Uranium and Libya by David Wilson, April 16, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum “We are there to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas” – William Hague “I was watching ABC News last night and, lo and behold, there was a DU impact. It burned and [...]
More shelling in rebel-held city in western Libyan Posted: Apr 16, 2011 11:04 PMUpdated: Apr 17, 2011 5:25 PM There is an article referred to at the antiwar.com site that deals with the rocket fire into Misrata happening at the moment. It seems that local residents are less then impressed with the efforts of Nato to support them. The [...]
Libya is all about logistics now Behind Obama, Cameron and Sarkozy’s statement on Libya lies desperation – and an ominous mission creep Share49 Comments (148) Abdel Bari Atwan guardian.co.uk, Friday 15 April 2011 20.00 BST Article history Friday’s joint statement on Libya by David Cameron, Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama is significant in several ways. [...]
