Tehran has disbanded a CIA-backed network designed to orchestrate a ‘Velvet Revolution’ in the country, says a senior Iranian official.
Archive for January, 2009
Iran thwarts CIA-backed regime change plot
Posted by seumasach on January 14, 2009
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Falling Pound Not Aiding UK Exports
Posted by seumasach on January 14, 2009
The popular lie that the falling pound is increasing UK exports is now exposed before anyone who might actually have believed it.
The UK trade deficit unexpectedly widened to a record in November as the global economic slump hurt demand for British products abroad.
13th January, 2009
The goods-trade gap was £8.3bn, compared with £7.6bn in October, the Office for National Statistics said today. Economists predicted £7.5bn, according to a Bloomberg News survey.
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Yes, hate – Gideon Levy
Posted by seumasach on January 14, 2009
14th January, 2009
My settler colleague, Israel Harel, his community’s champion at rolling his eyes, playing innocent and speaking with a honeyed tongue, is once again grieving and playing the victim. In a column published here last week (“Have we become Sodom?” October 23), he complained that the reason for what he termed destructive criticism of the settlers is hatred. And indeed, Mr. Harel, this time, you’re right: Large segments of Israeli society do indeed hate. But this is not baseless hatred, not hatred for the sake of hatred, to use your words. It is hatred for your enterprise. You have earned this hatred honestly – the only honest thing about your enterprise.
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Gazans seek new places to bury the dead
Posted by seumasach on January 14, 2009
13th January, 2009
One family buried a slain son over his grandfather. Another bundled up the tiny bodies of three young cousins and lowered them into the grave of a long-dead aunt. A man was laid to rest with his brother.
More than two weeks into the Israeli offensive that has killed more than 940 Palestinians, Gazans are struggling to find places to bury their dead. Cemeteries throughout Gaza City that were closed for new burials have now reopened.
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Kuwaiti MPs Says Abbas ‘Not Welcome’ at Eco Summit
Posted by seumasach on January 13, 2009
13/01/2009 A group of 21 Kuwaiti MPs said on Tuesday that former Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose term expired on January 9, was “not welcome” at a planned Arab economic summit next week in Kuwait City, criticizing his response to the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip.
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‘Hamas fighters kill 12 Israeli soldiers’
Posted by seumasach on January 13, 2009
13th January, 2009
Hamas says its fighters have killed at least 12 Israeli soldiers during fierce clashes near the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya.
The Hamas-run al-Aqsa TV channel reported that the soldiers were killed during fierce gun battles which have been underway in Beit Lahiya since early Tuesday morning.
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On the 18th Day, “The Invincible Army” Still Faces Fierce Resistance
Posted by seumasach on January 13, 2009
13/01/2009 On the 18th day of “Operation Cast Lead”, the “Invincible army” seems to be sinking more and more in the Gaza quagmire after the Palestinian resistance has confronted it in one of the fiercest battles since the beginning of the ground offensive.
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Cross-party fury of MPs at Israel
Posted by seumasach on January 13, 2009
13th January, 2009
BRITISH MPs yesterday lined up to give their strongest condemnation yet of Israel’s actions in Gaza, branding Ehud Olmert’s government “mass murderers” and calling for the country to face sanctions.
David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, faced cross-party demands for Israel’s ambassador to be expelled from London and for Britain to recall its representative from Tel Aviv. Read the rest of this entry »
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Break Britain’s links with Israel
Posted by seumasach on January 13, 2009
Israel has rained terror down on the people of Gaza – and yet world leaders respond with nothing more than soft words and no action.
The horrific number of people killed in Gaza is now approaching 1,000, including many women and children. Israel has deliberately shelled houses full of refugees, murdering whole families at a time.
If any other country had behaved like Israel, its leaders would be outcasts from the international community.
Its ambassadors would be thrown out. Military and economic aid would be stopped.
But instead the world turns a blind eye, issuing only token calls for a ceasefire and ruling out even the mildest of sanctions against Israel.
The approach of Britain’s foreign minister, David Miliband, has been typical of the so-called “international community”.
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Gaza now Israeli weapons testing lab?
Posted by alfied on January 13, 2009
Israel has turned Gaza into a research laboratory to test out its new “extremely nasty” weapons on Palestinians, a medical expert says. Read the rest of this entry »
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Saudi Arabia Finances Israel’s Offensive.
Posted by seumasach on January 12, 2009
L’attaque israélienne contre Gaza, est une option préparée de longue date. La décision de l’activer a été prise en réponse aux nominations de l’administration Obama. Les changements stratégiques à Washington sont défavorables aux visées expansionnistes de Tel-Aviv. Israël a donc cherché à forcer la main de la nouvelle présidence états-unienne en la plaçant devant le fait accompli. Mais pour organiser son opération militaire, Israël a dû s’appuyer sur de nouveaux partenaires militaires, l’Arabie saoudite et l’Égype, qui constituent désormais un paradoxal axe sioniste musulman. Riyad finance les opérations, révèle Thierry Meyssan, tandis que Le Caire organise des paramilitaires.
[The Israeli attack on Gaza has been prepared long in advance. The decision to activate it was taken in response to the nominations for office of the new Obama administration. Washington’s strategic shifts are unfavourable to Tel-Aviv’s expansionist agenda. Israel has tried to force the hand of the incoming presidentby presenting him with a fait-accompli. But, in order to organise this operation , Israel has had to rely on new military partners, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, who now constitute a paradoxal Arab Zionist axis. Riyad finances the war whilst, reveals Meyssan, Cairo organises the paramilitaries]
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