WOMBLES - Middle East

BAE pays fines of £285m over arms deal corruption claims

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:09:50 +0000

from guardian, 5 February 2010: "The British arms firm BAE Systems has accepted guilt and agreed to pay penalties in the US and the UK totalling several hundred million pounds to settle all the long-running corruption allegations against it. Under the deal, announced simultaneously in London and Washington, BAE will pay $400m (£255m) in the US and £30m in the UK..." more

Israeli robots remaking the battlefield, deploying unmanned military vehicles by air, land and sea

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:50:26 +0000

from corporate media, 13 January 2010: "Israel is developing an army of robotic fighting machines that offers a window onto the potential future of warfare... In 10 to 15 years, one-third of Israel's military machines will be unmanned, predicts Giora Katz, vice president of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., one of Israel's leading weapons manufacturers..." more

Newswires: Blackwater, Aegis

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:43:09 +0000

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Newswires: Yemen

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:31:07 +0000

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Oil firms awarded Iraq contracts

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:11:06 +0000

from aljazeera, 11 December 2009: "Britain's Shell and Malaysian firm Petronas have been awarded a joint contract to exploit Iraq's giant Majnoon oil field, potentially worth $12bn. The announcement came shortly after international oil companies, including major Western firms, gathered on Friday amid tight security in Baghdad to compete for deals to exploit the country's natural resources..." more

A better way to kill? Human Terrain Systems, anthropologists and the war in Afghanistan

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:17:50 +0000

from counterpunch, 1 December 2009: "A core feature of the Obama administration's plans for victories in Iraq and Afghanistan has been an increased reliance on counterinsurgency, as Americans try to win the hearts and minds of peoples whose countries they've invaded. Some critics highlight similarities between Kennedy's and Obama's interest in counterinsurgency as a tool to conquer peoples who have historically been difficult, if not impossible, for outside colonial powers to dominate. President Obama's reliance on old Harvard hands to socially engineer conquest justifies many of these comparisons..." more

Iraq: New "colonial" era of oil exploitation begins

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:34:46 +0000

via priceofoil, updated 6 November 2009: "The British military may be gone, but the British oilmen are back. Today is the day that the oil men from BP take control of Iraq’s biggest oilfield: Rumaila. It is the first important oil deal since the 2003 invasion, and a long time since 1961 when Iraq passed Law 80 that wrestled back 99.5 per cent of the country’s oil reserves from the international companies like BP..." more

Istanbul IMF/World Bank summit, October 2009: "We are looking forward to seeing you at the bonfire of resistance"

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:16:39 +0000

from email, updated 28 July 2009: "Representatives and bureaucrats of multinational capitalist companies will be in Istanbul in 6 – 7 October for the annual meeting of the World Bank and the IMF (International Money Foundation) where they will make decisions to blacken billions of people’s lives... We would like to orginise some concerts, workshops, exhibitions, movie presentations, conversations and activities against the IMF and the World Bank between 1-8 October. Sheltering needs for those coming from other cities and other countries will be met..." more

Newswires: Smash EDO / Brighton

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:04:45 +0000

Updated daily: Latest articles from external newswires filtered for the keywords: EDO, Mayday, MBM, Brighton... more

Newswires: Gaza / Palestine / Israel

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:21:50 +0000

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Newswires: Iran

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:52:14 +0000

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Newswires: Iraq

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:57:41 +0000

Updated daily: Filtered articles from external newswires, keywords include: Iraq, Baghdad, Basra, Baquba, Fallujah, Sadr, Badr, SIIC, SCIRI, Mehdi... more

Smash EDO! Shut down the Brighton bomb makers! 18 January 2010

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:39:18 +0000

from email, 9 January 2010: "MEETING POINT - We will announce the meeting point for the demo closer to the time, please watch this space to find out details - Alternatively you can sign up to receive a text when the location is announced - email your phone number to smashedo@riseup.net or text your number to 07538093930

For three weeks in January 2009, the bombs rained down on Gaza. At the end of Israel's brutal bombing campaign and ground offensive over 1400 Palestinians had been murdered, including 314 children.

Here in Brighton EDO MBM/ITT manufacture some of the weapons components that devastated so many lives. All over the world thousands of people watched appalled at the carnage on the streets of Gaza. Thousands marched and raged at the destruction of peoples' homes and lives.

On January 18th 2010, the anniversary of the final day of Operation Cast Lead, we will come together to remember the people of Gaza. more

International Amed Camp / Mesopotamian Social Forum, September 2009

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:00:12 +0000

from email, 16 July 2009: "The international Camp and the Mesopotamian Social Forum (MSF) in Kurdistan will take place from the 25th till 30th of September 2009 in Diyarbakir/ Southeast Turkey. Despite the repression that predominantly members of the pro kurdish DTP are exposed to ever since the communal elections in March 2009, the Camp will take place as part of the Mesopotamian Social Forum..." more

Smash EDO update: stay (or get) involved!

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:04:12 +0000

from smash-edo, 29 May 2009: "Now when the dust has settled on the events of Mayday, it is important that we keep up the pressure on EDO/ITT. As always, noise demos are continuing outside the factory between 4 and 6 every Wednesday and there are a few other special demonstrations lined up throughout June and July..." more