Posted by seumasach on March 20, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
20th March, 2013
President Barack Obama’s Nauroz message addressed to Iran is of special interest for three reasons. First, he is leaving for Israel, which is first as US president. Second, following from the above, Obama’s message is overtly conciliatory.
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Posted by seumasach on March 17, 2013
16th March, 2013
Syria’s President Bashar Assad has pleaded for BRICS countries to mediate the on-going conflict in the country, according to a close adviser.
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Posted by seumasach on March 17, 2013
“The presidency and government moved urgently and sent a high-level delegation to the United Arab Emirates to demand the release of detainees accused of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood weeks ago, but has neglected to address the situation of Egyptians who have been assaulted in Libya,” the opposition group said.
16th March, 2013
Source tells Ahram Online that the embassy repeatedly requested protection from Egyptian authorities against recurrent attacks, in the face of a controversy about the death of a Christian Egyptian in Libya
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Posted by seumasach on March 16, 2013
France, Britain flout US objections on arms to Syrian rebels
16th March, 2013
Working through Jordan, Britain and France are determined to get arms shipments to the Syrian rebels fighting Bashar Assad – parting ways for the first time with the Obama administration’s objections to this course throughout Syria’s two-year civil war
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Posted by seumasach on March 16, 2013
lifting Syria arms embargo counterproductive: UN
16th March, 2013
The United Nations has criticized French President Francois Hollande for his proposal to lift an EU arms embargo on Syria, describing it as “counterproductive.”
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Posted by seumasach on March 15, 2013
Anglo-French plan to arm Syrian rebels meets wall of resistance at EU summit
15th March, 2013
The sudden Anglo-French move to overturn a European arms embargo on Syria in order to equip the rebels seeking to overthrow the Assad regime has run into a solid wall of resistance at an EU summit, with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, dismissing the policy U-turn and others warning of a regional conflagration from which Iran would emerge the winner.
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Posted by seumasach on March 14, 2013
8th March, 2013
The visit of four parliamentarians of the main opposition Republican People’s Party [CHP] to Damascus on Thursday and their meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad has once again exposed an important weakness of the ruling Justice and Development Party [AKP] government.
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Posted by seumasach on March 14, 2013
12th March, 2013
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu insists on flogging a dead horse. Having failed to persuade Washington during Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent visit to Turkey to supply arms to the Syrian opposition, he is now working on the EU to lift its arms embargo on Syria.
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Posted by seumasach on March 14, 2013
Russia warns UK against sending weapons to militants in Syria
14th March, 2013
Russia says arming foreign-backed militants fighting against the Syrian government is in violation of international law.
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Posted by seumasach on March 13, 2013
“The pipeline agreement underlines that the US is isolating itself in the battle over Iran. US sanctions laws on Iran are simply rules without a game-plan, and the sooner the US lawmakers come to this realization, the better.”
Kaveh Afrasiabi
13th March, 2013
NEW YORK – Although the United Nations has never imposed sanctions on Iran’s energy sector, the US government has opposed a decision by Pakistan to proceed with a much-delayed pipeline from Iran on the grounds that this would put Islamabad in “violation of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program”. [1] It seems the US has once again mistaken its own laws for that of the international community.
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Posted by seumasach on March 13, 2013
3rd March, 2013
For almost 2 years western media and governments have been leveling a flurry of accusations against the legal and legitimate head of the Syrian state, against his government and against Syria’s military. They try to pass the victim off as the culprit, as they did in Libya and in other free and independent countries. Indeed armed groups some more organized than others, some coming from abroad are spreading terror in Syria. It is therefore normal for the legitimate regime of Syria to send in the police and the military to fight the uprising. According to the most basic legal principles which are the only way to secure peace between nations, governments have the duty to protect the people from domestic and foreign attacks. Ensuring law and order is a government’s main duty. What would our governments do if part of the population took arms to overthrow them with the help of foreign mercenaries ? Wouldn’t they send in the police and the military ? Would they step down without batting an eyelid as they ask the legitimate Syrian government to do ?
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