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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

Russia’s Lavrov condemns West’s position on Syria

Posted by seumasach on November 21, 2011

Today’s Zaman

21st November, 2011

Russia’s foreign minister has described the stance of Western nations on how to stop violence in Syria as “a political provocation.”

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Israeli DM: ‘Time Has Come’ to Move Against Iran

Posted by seumasach on November 21, 2011

Jason Ditz

Antiwar.com

In an interview on CNN today, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak met a question about Israel’s repeated threats to attack Iran with scorn, saying it was not “a subject for public discussion.”

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War clouds amassing over Iran

Posted by seumasach on November 21, 2011

Wayne Madsen

Voltairenet

18th November, 2011

Israel’s all-powerful lobby in Washington, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), an organization composed of Israeli collaborators, infiltrators, and outright traitors to the United States, is steamrolling through the House of Representatives H.R. 1905 [1], which would prohibit the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, members of the U.S. Foreign Service, or any special envoy from engaging in any sort of diplomatic contact, official or unofficial, with any member or agent of the government of Iran. Only when the President informs the requisite committees may he proceed with engaging on diplomatic contact with Iran. Israel has de facto control over the foreign affairs committees of Congress, so any White House notification of the need to contact Iranian officials would be instantly transmitted to Binyamin Netanyahu’s office in Jerusalem and Israel would then circumvent any U.S.-Iranian contact. AIPAC, with its resolution, is further making the United States a vassal of the Jewish state.

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Russia warns NATO on its readiness for nuclear WW3

Posted by seumasach on November 20, 2011

Zimbabwe Metro

18th November, 2011

Russian General Nikolai Makarov said NATO’s eastward expansionmeant the risk of Russia being dragged into conflicts had ‘risen sharply’. GeneralMakarov is the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia , the highest military post of the Russian armed forces.

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Russia sends warships to Syrian waters

Posted by seumasach on November 20, 2011

PressTV

19th November, 2011

Russia is sending its warships to Syrian waters in a move aimed at preventing any foreign attacks against Syrian territories.

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Russia: IAEA Iran report unprofessional

Posted by seumasach on November 20, 2011

PressTV

20th November, 2011

Russia has criticized the release of the latest IAEA report by the UN nuclear chief as unprofessional and premature, lauding Iran’s efforts to ease concerns over its nuclear program.

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Libya U.N. envoy says Qatar arming Islamists

Posted by seumasach on November 18, 2011

Orlando Sentinel

18th November, 2011

TANGIER, Morocco (Reuters) – Libya’s United Nationsenvoy Mohammed Abdel Rahman Shalgam accusedQatar on Friday of providing weapons and money to Libyan Islamists and told the fellow Arab state to stop meddling in Tripoli’s domestic affairs.

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Russia: Foreigners working against Syria

Posted by seumasach on November 18, 2011

PressTV

18th November, 2011

Russia says ‘some foreign countries’ are trying to exacerbate the situation in Syria to make pretext for their interference in the Middle Eastern country’s internal affairs.

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Germany opposes military action against Iran

Posted by seumasach on November 17, 2011

Fars News Agency

17th November, 2011

Germany Repeats Strong Opposition to US, Israeli Rhetoric against Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Germany’s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Economics Minister Phillip Rosler dismissed the US and Israeli war rhetoric against Iran, saying their country is strongly opposed to any military action against the Islamic Republic, as a major regional country.

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Tarpley-Report from Syria

Posted by seumasach on November 17, 2011

Tarpley.net

15th November, 2011

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Libyan humanitarian activist versus NATO

Posted by seumasach on November 14, 2011

Voltairenet

13th November, 2011

Setting a momentous precedent, 34-year old Khaled K. El-Hamedi filed a lawsuit against NATO after his entire family was killed in a bombing raid on 20 June 2011 at 2:30 a.m. While in Libya, Voltaire Network’s Thierry Meyssan reported on the “The Sorman massacre“, denouncing NATO’s strategy of deliberately targeting the family members of Libyan leaders, aided by undercover agents who marked the targets for the strikes. Khaled K. El-Hamedi brings us his personal testimony of the barbarism that destroyed his loved ones, his life and his entire country.

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