Tag: middle east

February 3, 2014 0

Thailand: Sham Elections Unravel in Humiliation

By News Desk

In Bangkok Post’s article, " Lowest voter turnout in Samut Sakhon ," it reports:  The Northeast region recorded the biggest overall turnout with 56.14 per cent, followed by the North with 54.03 per cent, the South with 44.88 per cent and Central region with 42.38 percent. The Bangkok Post would compare these turnouts with 2011, where a 74% turnout was recorded, and stated that the overall voter turnout this year was 45%

February 1, 2014 0

Thailand: Vote Thaksin or Die

By News Desk

Thailand: Vote Thaksin or Die On eve of sham elections, regime openly threatens all who oppose it – literally with death.  February 1, 2014  ( ATN ) – The regime has once again unleashed its black-clad terrorists against protesters during their " Occupy Bangkok" campaign  – this time  at Lak Si intersection  near government complex , Bangkok, Thailand – this  after a 72 hour warning by the regime  for protesters to leave their encampments at the complex. Regime gunmen could be seen wearing face masks and concealing weapons as they carried out their assault on the protesters. The regime’s "red shirt" enforcers have been specifically ordered not to wear red, to further confuse both the Thai and international public ahead of a planned campaign of expanded terrorism against its opponents.    As the violence begins – readers must recall the many overt threats made by the regime and its "red shirt" supporters over the past several weeks.

January 28, 2014 0

Thailand: US Sides With Increasingly Violent, Desperate Regime

By News Desk

The US State Department’s statement read: The United States is deeply troubled by efforts to block polls and otherwise prevent voting in Thailand, and by the most recent acts of political violence. While we do not take sides in the political dispute and strongly support freedom of expression and the right to peaceful protest, preventing citizens from voting violates their universal rights and is inconsistent with democratic values

January 23, 2014 0

The Secret War in Libya

By News Desk

Links The Secret War in Libya January 23, 2014 ( Eric Draitser – Stop Imperialism ) -  The battles currently raging in the South of Libya are no mere tribal clashes.  Instead, they represent a possible burgeoning alliance between black Libyan ethnic groups and pro-Gaddafi forces intent upon liberating their country of a neocolonial NATO-installed government.