Tuesday 31 July 2012


Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:26PM
Revelations by a Dutch journalist who was held captive by anti- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad armed groups in the country show the terrorists are not Syrian people as western governments claim, and are rather foreign elements.

Karim Gamal el-Deen, Press TV, Cairo
Under former president Hosni Mubarak's regime, Egypt dealt with the Gaza strip with much incompetence lending a very helpful hand to Israel in enforcing its land and sea siege on Gaza.

Fayez Khorshid, Press TV, Kabul
A failed strategy! These local militias were created by the U.S military here in Afghanistan to tackle the Taliban militants.

Munawar Zaman, Press TV, Indian-administered Kashmir
Kashmir was renowned to be the heaven on earth, a famous poet once said that if there is heaven anywhere on the earth, it’s here; but more than 2 decades of unrest have claimed lives of many people in the valley.

Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:13PM
MPs from the Iraqi Prime Minister’s State of Law Coalition are determined to interrogate the Kurdistan Region’s President, Massoud Barzani.

Hank Flynn, Press TV, New York
The Secretary-General headed downstairs from his office at the UN surrounded by security and spokespeople and waded into a group of eager reporters.

Interview with Political Analyst Kamel Wazne
The unelected Saudi royal family has actively been involved in fanning the unrest in Syria, arming and financing the armed gangs and terrorist groups in Syria and crying for the rights of people while blatantly abusing and ignoring Saudi and Bahraini people’s civil rights.

Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:42PM
A high ranking Iraqi official has slammed Kurdish authorities over an alleged secret arms deal that involves the buying of heavy munitions from a foreign country.

An interview with Professor Michael Chossudovsky, director of Center for Research on Globalization
The US voices outrage at the Syrian Army’s success in clearing Syria’s largest city of Aleppo of anti-Damascus armed groups.

Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:52PM
The head of the London Olympics Committee has defended an Olympics contract with Dow Chemicals, despite controversy surrounding the company.

Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:59PM
Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011 and many people, including large numbers of security forces, have been killed in the turmoil.

Interview with author and historian, Dr. Webster Griffin Tarpley
An analyst says UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon should be impeached for his move in ‘turning the world body into an instrument malleable in the hands of the Western military alliance (NATO) against independent 

Monday 30 July 2012


Nargess Moballeghi, Press TV, London
London has showcased the Best of British at the Olympics opening ceremony

Ramin Mazaheri, Press TV, Paris
The US has the Patriot Act, which permits almost unlimited surveillance of its citizens, and the European Union will soon have INDECT.

Abdulaziz Billow Ali, Press TV, Mogadishu
The Washington Post in a report published on the 25th July says that drone operations over Somalia pose danger to air traffic citing a U.N Monitoring group report. The report said that the unmanned aircraft violate a long-standing arms embargo against the war-torn country. A former Somali military general however cautions that the UAV attacks pose a far greater risk.

Shahana Butt, Press TV, Jammu
Far away from the borders of their home land hundreds of displaced rohaynga Muslim families are living under the plastic tents in the Jammu region of Indian administered Kashmir.

Fazila Mahomed, Press TV, Harare
Under the new Indigenization law, native Zimbabweans have the Right to become shareholders in foreign owned companies operating in Zimbabwe. Specifically, over 50 percent of all the businesses in the country will be eventually transferred to majority Zimbabweans with 51% shares being acquired by locals while the remaining 49% is left for foreigners.

Dale McEwan, Press TV, Arbil
Training Syrian Kurdish soldiers in the Kurdistan Region violates Iraq’s constitution and interferes in Syria’s affairs, said Iraqi MP Hussein al-Assadi. He is now demanding a probe after the Kurdistan Region’s President Massoud Barzani said Syrian Kurdish soldiers who defected from the Syrian army have received military training in the region. President Barzani said the training will help the soldiers protect their Kurdish areas in Syria.

Saman Kojouri, Press TV, Tehran
Stop the killings! Down with Israel and down with the US were the main slogans.

Kamran Yousaf, Press TV, Islamabad
The future of longstanding Palestinian dispute is being discussed here in the Pakistani capital Islamabad.

Shahana Butt, Press TV, Jammu
As the issue of Myanmar Muslims exodus started to spread, there still are many stories that are unheard.

Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:3PM

Ross Frasier, Press TV, Anaheim
Protesters outraged over police brutality in Anaheim in the state of California are taking their anger straight to the source. They’re gathering in front of the Anaheim Police Department.

An interview with Ralph Schoenman, author and political commentator, from Berkeley
The US has agreed to give Israel another USD 70 million in military assistance, adding to the USD 3 billion the United States had already pledged to provide this year.

An interview with Mark Dankof, a political commentator and broadcaster fromThe Ugly Truth Podcast
Zionist-affiliated arms dealers, oil consortiums and bankers seek to overthrow the Syrian government in order to pave the way for an American and Israeli military attack against Iran, says an analyst.

Interview with Dr. Webster Griffin Tarpley, author and historian
The British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that the United Kingdom promises to increase its support for the armed gangs fighting the Syrian government.

Sat Jul 28, 2012 4:6PM
A political activist notes that numerous corporations linked to having caused disasters or increased woes on the population are admitted as Olympic sponsors.

An interview with Massoud Shadjareh, head of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, from London
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says Myanmar’s security forces are instigating violence in the country, calling for an investigation into the persecution of Muslims in the South Asian state.

Interview with Abdul Alim Musa, Imam of Washington’s Masjid al-Islam
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay says security forces are instigating violence in Myanmar, calling for an investigation into the persecution of Muslims in the country.

Interview with Franklin Lamb, international lawyer, Beirut.
Israeli media is reporting that the US and Israel have shared attack plans for Iran, expecting the P5+1 talks to fail, but this report has been fabricated says insiders.

Interview with James Jennings, the president of Conscience International from Atlanta.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says Myanmar’s security forces are instigating gross violence and calls for investigation into the mass persecution.

Interview with Mohammad Marandi, professor at the University of Tehran
US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon has informed Israel of Washington's ‘contingency plans’ for a possible attack on Iran, should the negotiations between Tehran and the P5+1 fail, an Israeli paper says.

Interview with Bahraini Political Analyst, Jaffar al-Hasabi
The tiny Persian Gulf island of Bahrain has been the scene of anti-government protests for over a year, experiencing a brutal crackdown by the Saudi-backed al-Khalifa monarchy.

Interview with Ibrahim Mousawi, political analyst, Beirut.
Bahrainis will continue their revolution against the repressive regime of Al Khalifa despite the incessant crackdown on peaceful demonstrations.

By Gordon Duff
The primary issue to most Americans, currently at least, is “guns.” Only a week ago, 12 were murdered by a brilliant young graduate student. This was Aurora, Colorado. Today the killer says he remembers nothing and has no idea why he is in jail. He looks like a zombie.

By Stephen Lendman
The region's fate hangs in the balance. Perhaps much more. The potential ugly reality is chilling.

By Danny Schechter
Some years ago, I meet a major in the American intelligence, a member of the “Red Cell Unit.”

Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:38PM
A report published on Sunday in Ha’aretz reveals that US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon has presented Washington's contingency plans for a possible attack on Iran to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once the nuclear negotiations reach an impasse.

Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:36AM
The Olympic Games, particularly the 2012 London Summer Olympiad, are a celebration not of amateur sports and universal human competition but of corporate greed, international conformity to the “new world order,” and global oligarchs and elites.

Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:0AM
Moves this week by the United States to position specialized massive “penetrator” bombs for an attack on Iran clearly demonstrate a total lack of grasp by key players of the risks involved and the chain of events that will inexorably follow.

By Ramzy Baroud
Northern Mali promises to be the graveyard of scores of innocent people if African countries don’t collectively challenge Western influence in the region

Saturday 28 July 2012


Fayez Khorshid, Press TV, Kandahar
One can easily realize how grim the security situation is in Afghanistan once you step inside Kandahar main hospital.

Nico Prins, Press TV, Jakarta
The violence in Myanmar that is affecting Muslims in the country is becoming an issue of growing concern for Indonesians.

Mohammed al-Attab, Press TV, Sana'a
Yemeni revolutionaries from all walks of life gathered Friday in protest against the current regime calling for the down fall of the coalition government as it has not fulfilled the revolution’s goals.

Interview with Benjamin Zawacki, Amnesty International, Bangkok.
The Rohingyas are a people without rights, persecuted and even massacred. Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi is silent as has been the international community.

Interview with Omar Nashabe, editor at al-Akhbar daily
The Syrian crisis has had an impact not only on Syria itself but also on the neighboring countries such as Lebanon and Iraq.

An interview with Patrick Seale, Middle East expert, from Cannes
The United States favors the presence of al-Qaeda militants and other Sunni extremists in Syria to help the country’s armed groups overthrow the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

Interview with Ali al-Ahmed, director of IGA
Saudi security forces have opened fire on anti-regime demonstrations in the eastern city of Qatif, injuring several protesters.

Stephen Lendman
Western media misreport what's happening in Syria and why. Propaganda substitutes for truth and full disclosure.

By Rodney Shakespeare
There is a sinister development. It is reported that Saudi Arabia - a feudal and unstable state - is trying to buy nuclear weapons from Pakistan. It is almost certain that the Saudis paid for Pakistan’s nuclear bomb thirty years ago. Now it’s payback time.

Hassan Beheshtipour
Speculations are rife as the curtains dropped on the latest round of deputy-level talks between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers on Tuesday. But among the certainties, as testified by the ongoing negotiations, is that the Western concoction of the “pressure-talks dual-track policy” against Iran has been woefully fruitless.

Friday 27 July 2012


Nel Burden, Press TV, al-Quds
An emergency meeting was called in Ramallah Hospital where ministers and human rights organizations discussed strategies and action to support the Palestinian prisoners held in detention by Israel, particularly when they are critically ill.

Mazen Naim, Press TV, Gaza
Palestinians in Gaza have been living under hard conditions since Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza in 2007.

Nargess Moballeghi, Press TV, London
When former SAS soldier Ben Griffin refused to return to the Iraq war in 2005, he became a prominent and vocal anti-war campaigner. Work which he continues today.

Mohamad Ali, Press TV, Damascus
Various Western media outlets have affirmed that foreign fighters have joined the armed groups in Syria. The CNN said on its internet website that foreign fighters among them Turks and Libyans have entered Syria through unofficial crossings from Turkey and currently fighting with armed men. Experts say this admission was made because western media cannot further deny the truth anymore.

Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:21PM
The Holy Month of Ramadan is one of the pillars of Islam during which the Muslim nation all over the world obeys God’s commandment by fasting.

Fri Jul 27, 2012 3:48AM
Starting their rally from the Russian Church in down-town Sofia - they were wearing banner such as “Russia - guardian of peace”, “Veto to the aggression”, “No to terrorism”, “Hands off Syria”.

Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:55AM
NATO has failed in trying to topple the Syrian government despite going “to the bottom of the barrel” of the al-Qaeda militants at its disposal and exerting every effort it possibly could, says an analyst.

Wed Jul 25, 2012 5:3PM
Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011 and many people, including large numbers of security forces, have been killed in the turmoil.

Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:2PM
The infrastructure of Syria is facing dangerous levels and the fighting between the Syrian army and the armed groups is spreading to other cities as well.

Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:31AM
A newly published report has revealed that a minority of “super-rich elite” from across the world have hidden more than USD 21 trillion in tax havens.

Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:25AM
A new report says the officers of New York Police Department have violated the rights of Occupy Wall Street protesters by using excessive force and unjustified arrests during different demonstrations.