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2011/03/272011/03/27

Five Principles of War Propaganda: Libya in Play

The five principles driving war propaganda are in play in Libya By Duncan Cameron rabble.ca March 22, 2011 EXTRACT: The blog empirestrikesblack cites Belgian investigative journalist Michel Collon who has outlined five principles driving war propaganda: 1. Obscure one’s economic interests; 2. Appear humanitarian in work and motivations; 3. Obscure history; 4. Demonize the enemy; …

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2011/03/202011/03/20

Russian TV: West is Lying About Libya…

Provocatively entitled “The Fight for Reality” Russian Television (a very effective counterpart to Voice of America) is on the air in a very pro-Gaddafi series that accuses Western media of lying and hyping the situation with blatant mis-information. In other news, one of Gaddafi’s sons is saying that Libya financed the election of the “clown” …

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2011/03/09

Crowd-Sourcing Comes of Age on Libya

Volunteers Behind Libya Crisis Map: A True Story Patrick Meier, iRevolutiion, 8 March 2011 My colleague Clay Shirky called it “Cognitive Surplus” in his recent book. Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams refer to it as “MacroWikinomics” in theirs. What is cognitive surplus? The trillion hours of free time enjoyed by the world’s educated population every …

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2011/03/042011/03/04

Libya Internet Flatlines–Spurs Autonomous Internet

Libya Internet is down again, according to Google tool March 4, 2011 | 10:22 am Los Angeles Times Libya has shut off the Internet again, according to a Google monitoring tool. As of about 8 a.m. PST Thursday (or 6 p.m. in Tripoli, Libya’s capital), the nation’s Internet traffic began to flatline, and has been at zero …

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2011/03/042011/03/04

Crisis Mapping Libya: This Is No Haiti…

Crisis Mapping Libya: This is No Haiti Patrick Meier March 4, 2011 at 8:14 am We activated the Standby Volunteer Task Force (SBTF) on March 1st and quickly launched a Crisis Map of Libya to support humanitarian preparedness opera-tions. This is the largest deployment of the Task Force since it was formed at the 2010 International …

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2011/02/102011/02/10

NIGHTWATCH on Egypt…and Libya

Egypt: Protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo, are asking citizens to take part in demonstrations on 11 February, for the “Day of Confrontation,” Al Arabiya reported. One news service reported tens of millions of text messages about the event. According to a report in the Indian Express, “organizers” want a “big push” on Friday that could …

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2010/10/272010/10/27

NIGHTWATCH Extract: US, Venezuela, Libya…

Venezuela- US: For the record. The Caracas government seized two factories owned by U.S.-based glass maker Owens Illinois, because it caused “environmental damage and exploited workers,” Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on 25 October. Today Venezuelan soldiers took possession of the factories. Venezuela-Middle East: President Chavez said his government and Libya are creating a $1 …

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