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style="font-family:  Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

font-size: 10px; color: #B91111; font-weight:

bold;">by Thierry Meyssan&nbsp;| 22 July

2009&nbsp;</span><span class="texte2"

style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,

sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #5C5C5C;

text-decoration: none;"><p>Whereas the corporate

media in  NATO countries have sanctified the

Kean-Hamilton report of the government-appointed 

commission on the attacks of September 11, 2001, 

French comedian Jean-Marie Bigard’s mockery of

this preposterous tale is a resounding box-office

success.    It is no longer possible to sustain

the government’s account of those events without

provoking hilarity.</p></span>

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game in the Red Sea </span><br><a

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hairs</b></a><br>

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style="font-family:  Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

font-size: 10px; color: #B91111; font-weight:

bold;">by Manlio Dinucci&nbsp;| 22 July

2009&nbsp;</span><span class="texte2"

style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,

sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #5C5C5C;

text-decoration: none;"><p>After vehemently

denying that it had authorized the use of the Suez

Canal to the Israeli Navy, the Egyptian government

acknowledged the evidence.  It invoked the

application of the 1880 Convention of

Constantinople which allows for the transit of

military vessels provided it does not pose a

threat to the host country; however, it failed to

mention the more recent and relevant defense

agreements between Israel and Egypt.  But how many

are aware that as a nuclear power <i>de facto</i>

associated with NATO, Israel can henceforth deploy

its missiles anywhere in all five

oceans?</p></span>

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style="font-family:  Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

font-size: 10px; color: #B91111; font-weight:

bold;">by Salim Lamrani&nbsp;| 21 July

2009&nbsp;</span><span class="texte2"

style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,

sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #5C5C5C;

text-decoration: none;"><p>A hidden camera report,

which was given widespread coverage by western

television networks, shows the Melia Cohíba Hotel

management in Havana prohibiting internet acces to

Cuban nationals and reserving it for the exclusive

use of its customers.  This report was exploited

by Reporters Without Borders in their campaign

against political censorship by the Castro regime.

 However, there is only one problem: this clearly

concocted scene is contradicted by other documents

quoted by the same  pseudo-NGO.</p></span>

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sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #909090;

font-weight: bold; text-decoration:

none;">Extending a hand to the

Africans</span><br><a

href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article161138.html"

class="titre2" style="font-family: Arial,

Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; color:

#000000; text-align: left; text-decoration:

none"><b>Barack Obama’s three misdeeds in

Africa</b></a><br>

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style="font-family:  Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

font-size: 10px; color: #B91111; font-weight:

bold;">by Luc Mukendi, Damien Millet, Jean Victor

Lemvo, Emilie Tamadaho Atchaca, Solange Koné,

Victor Nzuzi, Sophie Perchellet, Aminata Barry

Touré, Ibrahim Yacouba, Éric Toussaint&nbsp;| 20

July 2009&nbsp;</span><span class="texte2"

style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,

sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #5C5C5C;

text-decoration: none;"><p>Obama&#8217;s revamping

of the Unites States&#8217; image is still in full

swing.  In a speech delivered in Accra before the

Ghanaian parliament, he reached out to Africans

and vowed to help them defeat under-development. 

As previously in Cairo and Moscow, Obama&#8217;s

rhetoric charmed the western media - at last

relieved to have a winsome &#8217;emperor&#8217;

to report on - but was strongly rebuked by those

for whom his message was intended.  Leading

members of the <a

href='http://www.cadtm.org/spip.php?rubrique2'

class='spip_out'>Committee for the Abolition of

Third World Debt</a> 

(CADTM) analyse Obama&#8217;s paternalistic

discourse.</p></span>

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sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #909090;

font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Will

burning of books be next?</span><br><a

href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article161124.html"

class="titre2" style="font-family: Arial,

Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; color:

#000000; text-align: left; text-decoration:

none"><b>Censorship in the Internet age

</b></a><br>

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width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br><a

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style="font-family:  Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

font-size: 10px; color: #B91111; font-weight:

bold;">18 July 2009&nbsp;</span><span

class="texte2" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,

Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color:

#5C5C5C; text-decoration: none;"><p>On June 23rd,

Defense Secretary Robert Gates created a new

military command dedicated to cyber security,

reflecting Obama&#8217;s plans to centralize and

elevate computer security as a major

national-security issue, and exacerbating <a

href='http://www.voltairenet.org/article160630.html'

class='spip_out'>concerns</a> about military

control of civilian computer systems.  <a

href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency'

class='spip_out'>NSA</a> Director, Lt. Gen. Keith

Alexander, has been designated to take on the

additional role as commander of the Cyber Command

with the rank of a four-star general.  This new

structure is gearing up to start operations in

October 2009.  Meanwhile, this article describes

how government censorship of internet is already

being tested in Australia, and might be an omen of

things coming to our shores soon.</p></span>

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sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #909090;

font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Who

murdered Arafat?</span><br><a

href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article161087.html"

class="titre2" style="font-family: Arial,

Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; color:

#000000; text-align: left; text-decoration:

none"><b>Did Abbas, Dahlan conspire to murder

Arafat?</b></a><br>

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width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br><a

href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article161087.html"><img

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style="font-family:  Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

font-size: 10px; color: #B91111; font-weight:

bold;">by Khalid Amayreh&nbsp;| 16 July

2009&nbsp;</span><span class="texte2"

style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,

sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #5C5C5C;

text-decoration: none;"><p>In an impromptu news

conference in the Jordanian capital, Amman, on 12

July, Fatah Secretary-General Farouk Kaddumi

revealed that Palestinian Authority (PA) leader

Mahmoud Abbas and former Gaza strong man Muhammed

Dahlan conspired to murder Yasser Arafat in

connivance with Israel and the Central

Intelligence Agency (CIA).  This revelation

constitutes further evidence that divisions within

the Palestinian camp have been and continue to be

fueled by Israel and its U.S. allies.  The

ultimate aim is to discredit Hamas, undercut its

popular support and hijack the Palestinian

resistance.</p></span>

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