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https://www.facebook.com/login.php?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2F461619557192964%2F http://clearingthefogradio.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *ARE MAINSTREAM MEDIA SPREADING LIES ABOUT THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT? * ** *Mainstream media are bombarding the public with a story about how poison gas has been released in Syria with a large number of casualties, and are attributing it to rebel sources who say the Syrian government is responsible. * *International observers ask why the Syrian government would do such a thing when it has the upper hand and appears to be winning against the rebels. * */Russia Today/ claims "Reports by 'biased regional media' about alleged chemical weapons use near Damascus might be 'a provocation planned in advance,' says Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Aleksandr Lukashevich <http://rt.com/news/russia-syria-chemical-attack-801/>. * *"It draws attention to the fact that biased regional media have immediately, as if on command, begun an aggressive information attack, laying all the responsibility on the government," Lukashevich said in a statement on Wednesday. The Russian Foreign Ministry, citing its sources, said that a homemade rocket carrying unidentified chemical substances had been launched from an area controlled by the opposition. "A homemade rocket with a poisonous substance that has not been identified yet -- one similar to the rocket used by terrorists on March 19 in Khan al-Assal - was fired early on August 21 [at Damascus suburbs] from a position occupied by the insurgents," Lukashevich said. * *One recalls when such reports last filled the airwaves by corporate media, a UN official stated that the chemical weapons had been used by rebel forces-- not the government.* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *EMPIRE UNRAVELING OVER EGYPT? * ** *Reports are everywhere that General Mubarak will be released from prison <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/hosni-mubarak-release_n_3789676.html>. Mubarak is close to the generals currently running the Egyptian government, and a friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton <http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/01/secretary-clinton-in-2009-i-really-consider-president-and-mrs-mubarak-to-be-friends-of-my-family/>. * *Jim Lobe has a magnificent piece <http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/washingtons-worries-grow-over-saudi-ties/> this morning taking us inside the support for the coup government in Egypt by regional dictatorships supported by the USA, including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait. * *This piece hints that the influence of the Empire is waning, which may be why we see so many acts of desperation coming from our government, invading so many countries and prosecuting so many whistleblowers.* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *INTIMIDATING WHISTLEBLOWERS AND JOURNALISTS * ** *Glenn Greenwald says the US and UK are "sending a message <http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/21/sending-message-miranda-gchq-nsa>," by attacking those who point out criminal abuses of the law concerning the surveillance of citizens. The intent is clearly to intimidate those who tell the truth about government lawbreaking. * *Don't look to Congress for help, they have no idea what's going on. Republican Senator Corker is asking that Members of Congress be informed <http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/318159-corker-calls-for-new-round-of-briefings-on-nsa-surveillance-> so that they don't have to learn what's happening from newspaper headlines.* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Had Bradley Manning been sentenced to one more day in prison, we would have been upset, at /LUV News/. He has been in prison for years and tortured, and that is punishment enough. If he completes the sentence he got of 35 years he will be 60 years old. All of this is because we have a criminal government led by fascists who hide from the light, and Manning shined a light on them, the reason they went after him and made him a political prisoner. ** **Manning's lawyers are going to ask President Obama for a pardon <http://rt.com/usa/bradley-manning-obama-pardon-805/>. While agreeing that the strategy should be attempted, it is difficult to believe Obama will go against everything he's represented in prosecuting a record number of whistleblowers while expanding the surveillance state. ** **"Manning's treatment has been intended to send a signal to people of conscience in the U.S. government who might seek to bring wrongdoing to light," Julian Assange said in a statement. "The Obama administration is demonstrating that there is no place in its system for people of conscience and principle." Headline from HuffPost <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/daniel-ellsberg-bradley-manning_n_3793199.html> this morning: "Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers Whistleblower, Sees Bradley Manning's Conviction As The Beginning Of Police State." ** **Had we a system of justice based on justice Presidents Bush and Obama would be doing life sentences and both of them know it, which is why they go berserk when anyone points out their crimes. I think of Obama scanning over his Tuesday kill list, believing himself to be some kind of god, above any law. Thankfully they have the cowardly sycophants of the mainstream media, posing as "journalists," to cover for them obediently in return for a paycheck and a pat on the head. ** **I am an old man, and don't know how much longer I will be around, but I am concerned about Manning being lost in the darkness as the National Security State intends. I would propose a "Political Prisoner Day" replace Independence Day, and all who love freedom celebrate that rather than glorify a rotting empire about which the founding fathers would have been repulsed. The day would honor Manning, and all other political prisoners in our world's largest prison system, and keep their memory alive, while educating the public ****around their mainstream media ****about what is happening --Jack Balkwill** *CCR Condemns Manning Sentence, Whistleblower Should Have Never Been Prosecuted* <http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/ccr-condemns-manning-sentence%2C-whistleblower-should-have-never-been-prosecuted> *by the Center for Constitutional Rights* */The following is a press release issued by the Center for Constitutional Rights in response to today's sentencing of Bradley Manning./* *We are outraged that a whistleblower and a patriot has been sentenced on a conviction under the Espionage Act. The government has stretched this archaic and discredited law to send an unmistakable warning to potential whistleblowers and journalists willing to publish their information. We can only hope that Manning's courage will continue to inspire others who witness state crimes to speak up.* *This show trial was a frontal assault on the First Amendment, from the way the prosecution twisted Manning's actions to blur the distinction between whistleblowing and spying to the government's tireless efforts to obstruct media coverage of the proceedings. It is a travesty of justice that Manning, who helped bring to light the criminality of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, is being punished while the alleged perpetrators of the crimes he exposed are not even investigated. Every aspect of this case sets a dangerous precedent for future prosecutions of whistleblowers -- who play an essential role in democratic government by telling us the truth about government wrongdoing -- and we fear for the future of our country in the wake of this case.* *We must channel our outrage and continue building political pressure for Manning's freedom. President Obama should pardon Bradley Manning, and if he refuses, a presidential pardon must be an election issue in 2016. * *LINK <http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/ccr-condemns-manning-sentence%2C-whistleblower-should-have-never-been-prosecuted> * ** /*The Center for Constitutional Rights non-profit legal advocacy organization based in New York City dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. * / ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *To join the Liberty Underground news service go here: http://luvnews.info/Join.htm* ** *You may also join our talk group athttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertyundergroundtalk/ <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertyundergroundtalk/>if you would like to participate * **or join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/461619557192964/ * email: [email protected]* ** *Tell your friends about /LUV News/ because some people just don't get it* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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