Posted by seumasach on October 16, 2012
17th October, 2012
CAIRO – The election of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi to the presidency this summer was followed by a flurry of conjecture that the restoration of Egyptian-Iranian diplomatic relations – frozen since 1979 – was in the offing. Yet despite some initial indications to this effect, local analysts now say such speculation appears to have been premature.
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Posted by seumasach on October 14, 2012
13th October, 2012
It looks like the Free Syrian Army, so-called, is facing defeat and this is why Erdogan is so hysterical, that he’s got to do something before this dissolves completely on the ground.”
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Posted by seumasach on October 11, 2012
11th October, 2012
MOSCOW, (SANA) – Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, stressed on Wednesday that Russia will defend the principles of the UN Charter regarding solving the crisis in Syria and settling the Iranian nuclear file.
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Posted by seumasach on October 11, 2012
11th October, 2012
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr has suggested that high-level Syrian government figures could be assassinated as part of the US-backed civil war to oust President Bashir al-Assad. Carr’s remarks underscore the reckless and illegal character of the US-led regime change operation underway in Syria, taking place with the full support of the Australian Labor government.
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Posted by seumasach on October 10, 2012
“BEFORE OUR VERY EYES”
Thierry Meyssan
9th October, 2012
The Syria war drags on. Continuing it has become too expensive and too dangerous for its neighbors. Russia, which aims to re-establish itself in the Middle East, is trying to show the United States that it is in their best interest to allow Moscow to resolve the conflict.
The military situation in Syria is turning against those in Washington and Brussels who hoped to change the regime there by force. Two successive attempts to take Damascus have failed and it has become clear that that objective cannot be achieved.
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Posted by seumasach on October 10, 2012
M.K.Bhadrakumar
11th October, 2012
A multi-billion dollar arms deal with Iraq, a summit meeting with Turkey, a fence-mending exercise with Saudi Arabia, a debut with Egypt’s Sphinx-like Muslim Brothers – all this is slated to happen within the period of a turbulent month in the Middle East. And all this is to happen when the United States’ “return” to the region after the hurly-burly of the November election still seems a distant dream. Simply put, Russia is suddenly all over the Middle East.
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Posted by seumasach on October 9, 2012
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Posted by seumasach on October 9, 2012
Kaveh Afrasiabi
10th October, 2012
With the blessing of the US and its other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) partners, as well as its own national legislature if not the entire Turkish population, some of whom have been holding mass rallies in opposition to Ankara’s war policy vis-a-vis Syria, the Turkish government has resorted to a double hypocrisy.
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Posted by seumasach on October 9, 2012
This epitomises the total failure of the USA to take control of the Middle East as ,once again, a government imposed under US occupation escapes their control
9th October, 2012
AFP: Russia: Russia eyes a record arms deal and rare agreement over Syria on Tuesday when it hosts Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for the first time in almost four years.
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Posted by seumasach on October 9, 2012
8th October, 2012
Rebel: a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or leader.
Terrorist: a person who uses terrorism in the pursuit of political aims.
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Posted by seumasach on October 9, 2012
8th October, 2012
Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi affirmed on Monday that what Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said reflects obvious political and diplomatic confusion and blundering.
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