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"Before our very eyes"

The uprising against Brother Erdogan

by Thierry Meyssan

The uprising against Brother Erdogan

Beirut (Lebanon) | 10 June 2013
For Thierry Meyssan, the Turkish people are not protesting against Recip Tayyeb Erdogan’s autocratic style, but against his policies; in other words, against the Muslim Brotherhood, of which he is the mentor. What started on Taksim Square is not a color revolution over a new building project, but an uprising that has spread across the entire country; in short, it is a revolution that calls the "Arab Spring" into question.

Kennedy, the Lobby and the Bomb

by Laurent Guyénot

Kennedy, the Lobby and the Bomb

2 May 2013
Exactly fifty years ago a crucial episode took place in the history of “U.S. democracy”; an epic struggle whose outcome would influence the future of the entire world. Guyénot Laurent revisits those events and recalls what was at stake at that critical historical juncture.

Ruppersberger accuses Tsarnaev brothers of using toy car remote control

Ruppersberger accuses Tsarnaev brothers of using toy car remote control

26 April 2013
Tamerlane and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev used a toy remote control to detonate the Boston Marathon bombs, said Dutch Ruppersberger, top Democrat on the House Committee on Intelligence, after a closed meeting with three federal security officials.
According to claims attributed to Dzhokhar, the Tsarnaev brothers learned how to build a pressure-cooker bomb by reading Inspire, the online magazine reportedly linked to the Yemeni branch of Al Qaeda.
However, the minutes of the judiciary hearings (...)

Boston: bomb drills reported at Marathon finish line 2 hours before event

Boston: bomb drills reported at Marathon finish line 2 hours before event

25 April 2013
According to a tweet sent out by the Boston Globe, on 15 April 2013 at 12:53, officials announced an explosion opposite the library (at the Boston marathon finish line) as part of bomb squad training activities.
The attack occurred at 2:49 p.m., on the same site.

"Before our very eyes"

Syria in Boston

by Thierry Meyssan

Syria in Boston

Damascus (Syria) | 25 April 2013
What has Syria got to do with the Boston bombing? Nothing at first glance, yet this event - and the clamor it has sparked - provides the key explanation for the Kerry-Lavrov plan deadlock. If nothing is happening in Syria, it is because Washington and Moscow have run into unforeseen difficulties, including the Chechen imbroglio.

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Kennedy, the Lobby and the Bomb

The uprising against Brother Erdogan
"Before our very eyes"

Syria in Boston
"Before our very eyes"

Boston: bomb drills reported at Marathon finish line 2 hours before event

Ruppersberger accuses Tsarnaev brothers of using toy car remote control