Posted by seumasach on November 3, 2013
1st November, 2013
Pressure on Obama from Putin as part of the ‘price tag’ for Russia’s role with bailing out the American president with the chemical weapons ‘redline’ which became a canard is one reason. Another reason is that the White House believes that it needs to communicate to Damascus that prospects for better relations and even some cooperation are not completely destroyed as a result of the 32 month crisis still raging in the Syrian Arab Republic.
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Posted by seumasach on November 3, 2013
Obama administration presses Senate to hold off on new round of Iran sanctions
31st October, 2012
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden and senior Obama administration officials convinced a number of senators on Thursday to hold off on another round of Iran sanctions as Western powers test Tehran’s willingness to scale back its nuclear aims.
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Posted by seumasach on October 31, 2013
The role of the US bases remains unclear. I would expect the SCO to play a major role in stabilising Afghanistan but perhaps there is an as yet undeclared US-Russian agreement here.
M.K.Bhadrakumar
30th October, 2013
There has been swift follow-up on the talks in Washington on September 23 between President Barack Obama and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif regarding the urgency of kickstarting the peace talks with the Taliban. The meeting in London earlier today hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron brought together Sharif and the Afghan President Hamid Karzai, which is leading to a breakthrough.
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Posted by seumasach on October 29, 2013
Bandar beat down – Chief Saudi cleric says fighting in Syria wrong
Michael Collins
29th October, 2013
“This is all wrong, it’s not obligatory [to fight the Syrian government]. These are feuding factions and one should not go there. I do not advise one to go there.” Grand Mufti Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabia
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Posted by seumasach on October 16, 2013
16th October, 2013
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) — The United States is trying to persuade a key Syrian opposition group to drop its refusal to join planned peace talks, saying its participation is essential, a US official said yesterday.
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Posted by seumasach on October 13, 2013
Cailean Bochanan
13th October, 2013
Writing recently in the Guardian John Pilger couldn’t have been more dismissive of US peace overtures to Syria and Iran:
“John Kerry’s farce and Barack Obama’s pirouettes are temporary. Russia’s peace deal over chemical weapons will, in time, be treated with the contempt that all militarists reserve for diplomacy. With al-Qaida now among its allies, and US-armed coupmasters secure in Cairo, the US intends to crush the last independent states in the Middle East: Syria first, then Iran.”
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Posted by seumasach on October 9, 2013
Jim Lobe
9th October, 2013
WASHINGTON – Last week began with a blistering denunciation by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Iranian duplicity and ended with diminished prospects for Israel to take direct action to address Iran’s nuclear capabilities .”The Israelis find themselves in a far worse position now than they have been for several years,” concluded Elliott Abrams, a leading neo-conservative who served as George W Bush’s main Middle East adviser, in Foreign Affairs.
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Posted by seumasach on October 7, 2013
Thierry Meyssan
7th October, 2013
Although the French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, loudly praised himself for the vote on Resolution 2118 concerning chemical weapons in Syria, this text marks both the victory of Russia and that of President Bashar al -Assad. The vote carries within itself two consequences that permanently ruin the Franco-British claims on the country.
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Posted by seumasach on October 5, 2013
4th October, 2013
The so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) is on the verge of collapse due to its deteriorating internal rifts, and the situation in Syria is further shifting in favor of the government, a political analyst tells Press TV.
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Posted by seumasach on October 4, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
4th October, 2013
The high drama of the US-Iran thaw and the diplomatic wrangle over Syria’s chemical weapons cannot hide the ground reality that the nature of the war in Syria is dramatically changing. Moscow grasps this and it may have prompted President Vladimir Putin’s remark earlier in the week that things are moving in the right direction.
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Posted by seumasach on September 25, 2013
Thierry Meyssan
20th September, 2013
While Washington and Paris announced – without a mandate from the Security Council – that they were preparing to attack a sovereign state and member of the United Nations, Moscow chose first of all to open a diplomatic dialogue, and then to address the people of the United States directly. This unprecedented approach is the best way to avoid rising tension. So what were the Russian President’s arguments?
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