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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 November 9, 2008
“Obviously, how we approach and deal with a country like Iran is not something that we should, you know, simply do in a knee-jerk fashion.” said Obama, reacting in knee-jerk fashion
“Obama, speaking at his first press conference since winning Tuesday’s presidential election, also said the Islamic Republic must stop supporting “terrorist organizations.”
I would suggest that it is Anglo-america which has to stop supporting terrorist organisations.
Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons ‘unacceptable’: Obama
iraq-war.ru
CHICAGO (AFP) — US President-elect Barack Obama said on Friday that Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons was “unacceptable” and he would “respond appropriately” to a congratulatory letter from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Posted by seumasach on November 7, 2008
Justin Raimundo
7th November, 2008
Antiwar.com
When I hear talk of a “honeymoon” for the President-elect – to last as long assix months, by some accounts – I think: “Fine. You lay off, and I’ll do the same.” But oh no, it doesn’t work that way. Obama has already started in on us, and he hasn’t even taken the oath of office yet. I’m talking about his appointments, starting withRahm Emanuel as his chief of staff.
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Posted by seumasach on November 7, 2008
Mercopress
7th November, 2008
Argentina sharply criticised on Thursday Britain’s approval of a new constitution for the disputed Falkland Islands, saying it had lodged a formal complaint with London for which is had summoned UK’s Chargé d’Affairs in Buenos Aires.
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Posted by seumasach on November 6, 2008
The wedding bombers are back! Here’s an early dilemma for Obama: to bomb or not to bomb weddings?
IHT
6th November, 2008
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Five weddings and many funerals
Tensions between American forces and the Afghan government over civilian casualties from coalition airstrikes spiked again on Wednesday with a report by Afghan officials that a missile from a United States aircraft killed 40 civilians and wounded 28 others at a wedding party in the southern province of Kandahar.
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Posted by seumasach on November 6, 2008
Russia Today
6th November, 2008
A growing number of European politicians are voicing fears over the U.S. deployment of a missile shield all across the continent. More than 50 British MPs have called for a public debate into an issue which many fear could result in a new global arms race.
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Posted by smeddum on November 5, 2008
A Mandate to End the War
Not a mandate for more wars
Antiwar.com
Nov 5 2008
Let’s be clear about the nature and meaning of the mandate we’re going to be hearing so much about: President-elect Barack Obama has a clear mandate to end the Iraq war as expeditiously as possible. His campaign was energized by and differentiated from Hillary Clinton’s by his emphasis on correcting that horrific mistake. Hillary equivocated, refused to recant her vote for war, and coyly suggested that we might withdraw only as far as Kurdistan. Obama, on the other hand, pledged to get us out in a year, albeit adding weasel words about “residual” forces guarding our bigger-than-the-Vatican ambassadorial compound. He gained his initial momentum by grabbing on to this issue and holding on for dear life, as the Clintons self-destructed and the economy did, too. Obama arrived at this moment not only on the strength of his pledge to end the present war, but also the implicit promise to refrain from involving us in any further hostilities. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on November 1, 2008
Daily Times
1st November, 2008
ISLAMABAD: British Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw on Friday opposed repeated United States incursions into Pakistan’s territory, and urged Washington to respect the sovereignty and integrity of its vital allies.
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Posted by seumasach on November 1, 2008
Antiwar.com
31st October, 2008
US General Henry Obering is “very concerned” this week as Polish lawmakers still haven’t ratified August’s deal to host a US interceptor missile base in Northern Poland. The base, ostensibly aimed at preventing Iranian missile strikes but being built well outside of the range of Iran’s missile arsenal, will not see its first interceptor missile “in the ground in Poland until 2012″ according to the General. Even then, the base’s full complement of 10 missiles won’t be online until 2013 or 2014 even if Poland ratifies the deal by year’s end.
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Posted by seumasach on October 31, 2008
October 31, 2008 (LPAC)–The London-based Brutish imperial financial cartel has renewed a revolt in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of its overall strategy to eliminate nation-states in Africa. Goma, a provincial capital in eastern Congo, has been surrounded by anti-government rebels, who have announced that their goal is to sabotage a large cooperative Congo-China agreement, which will greatly benefit Congo, unless the deal is sabotaged. In the last few days alone, thousands of civilians fled Goma, after seeing UN peacekeepers moving out their civilian personnel as the rebels advanced. Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda’s troops are well-trained and well-armed. They employ hit-and-run tactics, and use the population as a shield. Nkunda has long been receiving support via Rwanda, according to reports.
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Posted by seumasach on October 30, 2008
Gareth Porter
Asia Times
31st October, 2008
The threat by the George W Bush administration last week to withdraw all economic and military support from the Iraqi government if it does not accept the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) has raised the stakes in the political-diplomatic struggle over the issue.
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Posted by seumasach on October 29, 2008
28th October, 2008
(John Laughland for RIA Novosti) – Every evening at 5pm a group of demonstrators meets on Republic Square in central Belgrade to protest “against the occupation of Kosovo” by the European Union.
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