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Archive for November, 2011

Russia must not “give up” Syria

Posted by seumasach on November 29, 2011

RT

28th November, 2011

An officially-declared information war is currently being waged against Syria. An overwhelming majority of European television stations are portraying the events in Damascus as the cruel oppression of peaceful demonstrators by the Syrian army. In all reports, the key words have been “civilian deaths”, for which the West blames the Syrian authorities. The Arab League, having forgotten all principles of Arab solidarity, is ready to impose sanctions on Damascus. They are demonstrative in nature and do not seriously undermine the financial interests of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. But with its actions, the Arab League has clearly shown that it stands on the side of the opposition.

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US carrier strike force enters Syrian waters. Russian carrier en route

Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2011

Debka

26th November, 2011

The Syrian crisis assumed a big power dimension this week with the build-up of rival United States and Russia naval air carrier armadas in Syrian waters, DEBKAfile’s military sources report.

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AIWAA – Against Imperialist Wars in Africa and Asia

Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2011

AIWAA

This is a British organisation which has taken a stand against British imperialism (click on link to view website)

ITNT is in complete accord with the following statement of aims( see AIWAA website “What We Stand For”) :

Against Imperialist Wars in Africa and Asia (AIWAA) is an independent, anti-imperialist, anti-sectarian, ad-hoc group that aims to address the root issues that have justified Western interventions historically and continue to do so in the present.

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Syria and Libya NGOs weapons parallels – Moeen Raoof

Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2011

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US told to vacate Shamsi base; Nato supplies stopped

Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2011

Dawn

27th November, 2011

ISLAMABAD: Furious over the pre-dawn Nato attacks on border posts, the government on Saturday reacted sharply by indefinitely closing down supply routes used by western forces in Afghanistan and once again asking the United States to vacate an airbase previously used for drone operations. The government also said it would carry out a thorough review of its cooperation with the US and Nato.

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France training rebels to fight Syria

Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2011

PressTV

26th November, 2011

According to Milliyet, as cited by IRNA, France has sent its military training forces to Turkey and Lebanon to coach the so-called Free Syrian Army — a group of defectors operating out of Turkey and Lebanon — in an effort to wage war against Syria’s military.

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We’ll hit NATO shield in Turkey if threatened: Iran

Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2011

Yahoo

27th November, 2011
Iran will target NATO’s missile shield in neighbouring Turkey if it is threatened by military action, the commander of the aerospace division of the Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday.

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Libya’s New Regime May Attack Syria

Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2011

Jason ditz

Antiwar.com

25th November, 2011

According to officials familiar with the situation, a meeting between Libya’s new regime, the NATO-backed National Transitional Council (NTC) and members of the Syrian National Council (SNC) ended with a request for the NTC to send arms to the opposition, and potentially to get involved even more.

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Une Europe allemande?

Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2011

Derrière les plans d’austérité, le modèle allemand triomphe. Berlin assoit son leadership au fil de la crise et préside à l’intégration de l’Europe.

Fabrice Delaye et Myret Zaki

Bilan

16th November, 2011

L’Allemagne est en train de réaliser, avec la crise de l’euro, ce qu’elle n’a pas pu faire avec deux guerres.» Provocatrice et un brin excessive, cette remarque lancée récemment par un grand banquier rappelle que la pression des marchés aboutit, en définitive, à plus d’intégration de la zone euro, sous leadership allemand. Sous la contrainte de l’euro, l’unification du continent autour d’un Euroland, excluant les Britanniques, apparaît comme la seule voie possible pour éviter un éclatement de la monnaie unique. Pour Michael Hüther, directeur de l’Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft de Cologne, «les politiciens européens ont compris le besoin de cette discipline. Le cas est similaire à celui des années 1980, quand la plupart des pays ont réalisé qu’ils ne pouvaient pas résoudre leurs problèmes par des dévaluations systématiques vis-à-vis du mark.» La solution est passée alors par plus d’Europe. «Au lieu de la finlandisation annoncée, on a vu un président socialiste français relancer, aux côtés de l’Allemagne, la construction européenne, du marché unique à Maastricht», rappelle Franck Biancheri, directeur du Laboratoire européen d’anticipation politique (LEAP).

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Aoun: Syrian protesters only want overthrow, not reform

Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2011

Daily Star

27th November, 2011

BEIRUT: The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Michel Aoun, said Syrian protesters’ initial calls for reform in the country were always a cover for their desire to overthrow President Bashar Assad’s government.

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Pakistan closes key NATO supply route to Afghanistan after alliance’s airstrike

Posted by seumasach on November 26, 2011

RiaNovosti

26th November, 2011

Islamabad authorities said on Saturday they were closing one of NATO’s key supply routes to Afghanistan after the alliance’s airstrike in Pakistan, which killed 25 people, Pakistani TV channels said.

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