Posted by seumasach on June 11, 2013
So this whole affair serves as a cue for Obama to “review” the Patriot Act which correlates with his apparent sidelining of Homeland Security
US lawmakers call for review of Patriot Act after NSA surveillance revelations
10th June, 2013
The White House has said it would consider congressional calls to review the Patriot Act after conceding that revelations over the scale of US surveillance activity had sparked “an appropriate debate”.
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Posted by seumasach on June 11, 2013
Obama under pressure as senator denounces ‘act of treason’
11th June, 2013
The Obama administration offered no indication on Monday about what it intended to do about Snowden. The White House did however say he had sparked an “appropriate debate” and hinted it might welcome revision of the Patriot Act, legislation introduced in 2001 which it claims gives legal authority for the programmes carried out by the National Security Agency.
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Posted by seumasach on June 11, 2013
Thierry Meyssan
10th 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.
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Posted by seumasach on June 9, 2013
7th June, 2013
The United Nations’ drone investigator says he expects a “significant reduction” in the controversial strikes by the US in the next 18 months.
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Posted by seumasach on June 8, 2013
Obama, the US “bystander president”, must be doing something right since he is rubbing the neo-cons up the wrong way big time. Here is an outpouring of sour grapes from seasoned and out-of-season neo-con Charles Krauthammer
Charles Krauthammer
7th June, 2013
On Wednesday, Qusair fell to the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. Qusair is a strategic town that connects Damascus with Assad’s Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean, with its ports and Russian naval base. It’s a major strategic shift. Assad’s forces can now advance on rebel-dominated areas in central and northern Syria, including Aleppo.
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Posted by seumasach on June 5, 2013
US discloses Israel’s top-secret military base outraging Tel-Aviv
4th June, 2013
The US government has inadvertently revealed the details of a top-secret Israeli missile base in published bid requests, leaving military officials in Tel-Aviv in the state of shock.
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Posted by seumasach on June 4, 2013
Congress may supposedly block plans to close Guantanamo
3rd June, 2013
On Monday the Chairman of the U.S. Congress’ Armed Services Committee Howard McKeon introduced a bill that would attempt to prevent any plans by President Barack Obama to close the illegal U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. He also suggests banning the transfer of prisoners abroad.
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Posted by seumasach on May 22, 2013
“Last year, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and CIA Director David Petraeus presented the White House with a plan to arm some elements of the Syrian opposition that was supported by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey. The White House rejected the Clinton-Petraeus plan.”
Obama successfully marginalised the above but now faces a Congress intent on taking over the war-mongering baton
Senate Moves Toward Arming the Syrian Rebels
22nd May, 2013
So far the Obama administration has pledged only nonlethal and humanitarian aid, but the Senate Foreign Relations Committee wants to go much further—approving a bill Tuesday to arm the rebels.
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Posted by seumasach on May 19, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
18th May, 2013
The Turkish prime minister Recep Erdogan’s visit to Washington on Thursday was expected to put pressure on the Obama administration to take a tougher stance against the Syrian regime. Erdogan was quoted as seeking the imposition of a US-led ‘no-fly-zone’ in Syria and increased arms supplies to the rebel fighters. In the event, however, Obama stood his ground and insisted there is no “magic formula” to resolve the crisis. Of course, he couched the rebuff in extravagant diplomatic niceties during the joint press conference in the White House, but it was a rebuff nonetheless.
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Posted by seumasach on May 15, 2013
Shamus Cooke
13th May, 2013
The tempo of events in Syria has accelerated in recent weeks. The government forces have scored significant battlefield victories over the rebels, and this has provoked a mixture of war provocations and peace offers from the U.S. and its anti-Assad allies.
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Posted by seumasach on May 11, 2013
We’ve now seen the Syrian national army enjoying some significant success in the last few weeks in taking back rebel-held areas of the country. I think this has produced panic, actually, in Washington, London and Paris, which is why David Cameron has been so keen to fly to Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin.”
Well, at least panic in London and Paris, to say nothing of Doha and Riyadh.Yes, this is prudent of Cameron to jump onboard the peace process already initiated by Obama and Putin- better late than never. For appearances he continues to stress “that there was “no secret” that the two sides still had “differing views on how best to handle this situation.”” However, the “Assad must go” mantra which we have heard ad infititum over the last two years is being dropped and governance in Syria is being seen as the prerogative of the Syrian people rather than Washington, Paris and London. It’s good to see the West embracing democracy for a change- Hilary must be turning in her political grave.
Russia, UK both interested in ending Syrian violence – Putin
19th May, 2013
Despite having a different approach to Syria, Russia and UK share an interest in preserving the country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, Vladimir Putin said after talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron in Sochi.
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