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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
Posted by seumasach on February 25, 2011
Tom Engelhart
Asia Times
26th February, 2011
This is a global moment unlike any in memory, perhaps in history. Yes, comparisons can be made to the wave of people power that swept Eastern Europe as the Soviet Union collapsed in 1989-91. For those with longer memories, perhaps 1968 might come to mind, that abortive moment when, in the United States, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Brazil and elsewhere, including Eastern Europe, masses of people mysteriously inspired by each other took to the streets of global cities to proclaim that change was on the way.
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Posted by seumasach on February 25, 2011
Al-Ahram
25th February, 2011
Hundred of thousands of protesters are in Tahrir Square demanding the dismantling of the regime and the former ruling National Democratic Party.
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Posted by seumasach on February 24, 2011
Euronews
24th February, 2011
After 10 days of protests in Libya there are few signs of the regime restoring control, even in the capital Tripoli.
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Posted by seumasach on February 23, 2011
Kaveh Afrasiabi
Asia Times
24th February
“The Americans try hard to not be the target of these huge popular uprisings, but will fail because people have realized that the policies of Americans and their cronies are the causes of humiliation and division among nations. As a result, the key to resolving people’s problems rests on ending America’s arrangement in the region.”
– Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei
On Monday, with two Iranian warships about to sail through the Suez Canal – much to the chagrin of Israel which viewed the move “with utmost gravity'” – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed a group of foreign dignitaries from the Muslim world and confidently spoke of the dawn of a new era in the Middle East, reflecting a “new Islamic awakening”.
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Posted by seumasach on February 23, 2011
PressTV
23rd February, 2011
Chair of the European Parliament’s Iran delegation Barbara Lochbihler has called for the expansion of ties with Iran and cooperation with Iran’s Parliament (Majlis).
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Posted by seumasach on February 22, 2011
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Asia Times
23rd February, 2011
The Barack Obama administration’s choice of Marc Grossman as successor to the late Richard Holbrooke, former special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is significant for three reasons. If Grossman’s diplomatic career spanned Pakistan and the Afghan mujahideen at a time when Pakistan was a “frontline” state for the United States, his two stints in Turkey in a bygone era, including as ambassador, make him an “expert” on the strange workings of a political democracy run by the country’s military.
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Posted by seumasach on February 22, 2011
Pepe Escober
Asia Times
2011
You know the fat lady is about to sing when a dictator unleashes hell from above over his own unarmed, civilian compatriots, and bombs parts of his capital city. That’s a bridge too far even by the unspeakable standards of Western-backed dictators in the Arab world.
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Posted by seumasach on February 22, 2011
British PM David Cameron attacked for Egypt visit with defence sales team in tow
Belfast Telegraph
22nd February, 2011
David Cameron faced charges of hypocrisy last night after he arrived for a tour of the Gulf with some senior figures from the defence industry.
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Posted by seumasach on February 21, 2011
Today’s Zaman
21st February, 2011
Two Iranian navy vessels were approaching Egypt’s Suez Canal on Sunday before making the first passage through the waterway since Iran’s 1979 revolution and Israel said it took “a grave view” of Tehran’s move.
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Posted by seumasach on February 21, 2011
PressTV
21st February, 2011
Historically they say whenever the British make sure that they are incapable of winning a war, they resort to tricks and try to buy the other side of a conflict to end misery.
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Posted by seumasach on February 20, 2011
Haaretz
20th February, 2011
A year and a half ago, an Israel Navy submarine crossed the Suez Canal on its way from Haifa to the Red Sea, where it conducted an exercise, and back. The unusual voyage reflected the growing strategic cooperation between Israel and Egypt, which aimed a menacing message at Iran. The submarine’s crossing of the waterway demonstrated how quickly Israel could deploy its deterrent near Iran’s shores, with the tacit support of Egypt.
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