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Facing total economic meltdown at home US/UK, spear-heading NATO, have chosen the path of confrontation with the rest of the world, a path which will lead us to the brink of war with Russia and China

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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Nuke carrier leads US strike force into Syrian waters

Posted by seumasach on November 26, 2011

RT

25th November, 2011

Nuclear aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush has reportedly anchored off Syria. As an Arab League deadline to allow observers into the country passes with no response from Damascus, the possibility of intervention in Syria seems to be growing.

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BRICS warns against Syria intervention

Posted by seumasach on November 25, 2011

PressTV

25th November, 2011

Russia and China along with their three partners in the BRICS group of emerging economies have warned against foreign intervention in Syria without UN approval.

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Libya – TNC leadership all abroad

Posted by seumasach on November 25, 2011

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Reports say Russian providing Syria with advanced missile sytems

Posted by seumasach on November 25, 2011

Reports say Russian ships in Syrian waters delivered advanced anti-aircraft missile system and technicians

Madison Ruppert

Activist Post

25th November, 2011

 

The Russian warships that arrived in Syrian territorial waters in recent days were reportedly carrying technical advisors who will assist the Syrian government in setting up an array of the super-advanced S-300 missiles.

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Russia will target US missile defense sites if no deal – Medvedev

Posted by seumasach on November 24, 2011

RT

23rd November, 2011

Responding to Washington’s failure to bring Russia on board the European missile defense system, President Dmitry Medvedev announces sweeping plans to address what Moscow is calling a threat to national security.

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The horror of ‘liberated’ Libya as the rebels take brutal revenge

Posted by seumasach on November 24, 2011

Patrick Cockburn

Independent.ie

24th November, 2011

THE detention of 7,000 people in prisons and camps by the anti-Gaddafi forces is not surprising. The conflict in Libya was always much more of a civil war between Libyans than foreign governments pretended or the foreign media reported.

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CIA agents spying on Hezbollah and Iran nabbed at Pizza Hut

Posted by seumasach on November 23, 2011

Voltairenet

22nd November, 2011

Several dozen spies working for the CIA in Iran and Lebanon have been caught, ABC News said, citing U.S. officials with connections to the intelligence community.

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Mossad vs Assad? ‘CIA death squads behind Syria bloodbath’

Posted by seumasach on November 22, 2011

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New sanctions on Iran illegal: Russia

Posted by seumasach on November 22, 2011

PressTV

22nd November, 2011

Russia’s foreign ministry has denounced as “unacceptable and illegal” the new sanctions imposed by certain Western states on Iran’s banking system and energy sector.

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President says Turkey against foreign intervention in Syria

Posted by seumasach on November 21, 2011

Today’s Zaman

21st November, 2011

Turkish President Abdullah Gül has said his country does not favor foreign military intervention in Syria to end the ongoing crackdown in the neighboring country, indicating that a solution to the current stalemate should be found within Syria.

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