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John Kerry’s murky game

Posted by seumasach on March 12, 2013

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

10th March, 2013

 

The implementation of the peace plan for Syria negotiated between Russians and Americans is running at a standstill. First there was the delay in the confirmation of the new U.S. security team by the Senate. Then, inconsistent if not contradictory statements by the new Secretary of State, John Kerry.

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Lavrov briefs BBC

Posted by seumasach on March 12, 2013

Head of Syrian Opposition Coalition Mouaz Al Khatib lying to the public

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Captive Ukrainian journalist escapes Syrian rebels

Posted by seumasach on March 12, 2013

RT

11th March, 2013

 

After five months of captivity in fear of execution, Ukrainian journalist Anhar Kochneva has safely escaped from Syrian rebels, Kochneva’s ex-husband told RT.

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UK arming “rebels”

Posted by seumasach on March 12, 2013

UK taxpayers sending 20 million pounds of arms to Al Qaeda/Al Nusra

Friends of Syria

10th March, 2013

(SANA)-In new evidence of Britain’s involvement in financing the armed terrorist groups in Syria, the British Daily Star Sunday paper revealed that Britain has sent secret shipment of weapons worth 20 million sterling pound, equivalent to 30 million USD to what it called “rebels” in Syria.

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Gunmen attack Egyptian Coptic church in Libya’s Benghazi

Posted by seumasach on March 4, 2013

Al Ahram

4th March, 2013

Gunmen have attacked an Egyptian Coptic church in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, assaulting two priests, the foreign ministry said Sunday, days after dozens of Egyptian Christians suspected of proselytising were arrested.

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Obama, Putin keep the pot simmering

Posted by seumasach on March 3, 2013

M.K.Bhadrakumar

Indian Punchline

2nd March, 2013

The Kremlin statement on the telecon between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama on Friday is not exactly euphoric; it was a ‘detailed’ conversation and ‘constructive’ Obama initiated the phone call.

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Speaking truth to declining power

Posted by seumasach on March 3, 2013

Cailean Bochanan

2nd March, 2013

President Assad of Syria’s comments in an interview to the Sunday Times are unusually forthright from a diplomatic point of view. Is that because he is , as foreign secretary William Hague claims, “delusional” or is he speaking from a position of strength?

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William Hague hits backs at ‘delusional’ Assad as Syrian leader calls Britain ‘an arsonist’

Posted by seumasach on March 3, 2013

Yes, as President Assad put it, “shallow and immature”

Standard

2nd March, 2013

Foreign Secretary William Hague today said Britain cannot afford to “sit on the sidelines” and watch the slaughter continue in Syria.

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President Assad: shallow, immature UK supporting terrorism

Posted by seumasach on March 3, 2013

Al Manar

2nd March, 2013

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Syrian President Bashar al Assad lashed out at the British government, describing it as “shallow and immature” for wanting to arm terrorists fighting against the country.

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France, Turkey plot to assasinate Assad

Posted by seumasach on March 3, 2013

PressTV

2nd March, 2013

A Lebanese news website says it has obtained a documentary movie revealing a plot hatched by French and Turkish spy agencies to assassinate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. – See more at: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/03/03/291672/france-turkey-plot-to-kill-assad/#sthash.yCYOSmT4.dpuf

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Hollande, Putin on Syria: Approach differs, goals the same

Posted by seumasach on February 28, 2013

President Vladimir Putin said Russia backed the French operation “to restore constitutional and democratic order in the country.”

Translated from diplomatic language this means: we understand your effort to create a diversion from your failed attempts to overthrow Assad – now is the time to abandon such attempts.

RT

28th February, 2013

Presidents Putin and Hollande share the same goal of settling the conflict in Syria. But at a meeting in Moscow, talk of operating in ‘parallel’ shows there’s still a clear divide in how Russia and France want to resolve the crisis.

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