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Posted by seumasach on October 12, 2015
Cailean Bochanan
12th October, 2015
The long awaited coup against Jeremy Corbyn has finally materialized. Up to fifty Labour MPs are reported to be prepared to vote for military action in Syria were it to be put to a vote. What possessed them to put forward this woefully mistimed move is anyone’s guess. Perhaps they had been reading Socialist Worker and been inflamed by its reports of “some 10,000” barrel boms “dropped in the first six months of this year” and how Russia “wants to shore up Bashar al-Assad’s regime, which is crumbling, so it is attacking all forms of opposition.” In any case, they have decided that the time has come for another UK intervention to protect civilians by creating safe havens for them. That would involve, as Labour MP John Woodcock put it, “greater involvement from air forces to sustain a no-fly zone and will certainly require an end to the hand-wringing over President Putin’s disgraceful deceit in bombing anti-Assad rebels rather than Daesh [Isis].”
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Posted by seumasach on October 7, 2015
The operative word here is “still”: we still, despite the fact that Syrian airspace is under the control of the Russians with de facto US collaboration, are considering airstrikes against ISIL,
“But Cameron has also said he would only take the vote to parliament if he had a convincing plan for Syria after the bloody four-year civil war.’
So he won’t be taking it to a vote then! The people with a convincing plan are the Russians.
Yet, still, we hear the faint and forlorn cry of regime change:
“We need to demonstrate that we have a vision and a plan for what Syria should look like and I’m clear that means a government not led by Bashar Assad but led by someone who can bring the country together. You need a Syrian government that can appeal not just to the Alawites but to the Sunnis, the Kurds and Christians.”
Still, I agree with the last sentence, but that Syrian government is none other than that of Bashar-al-Assad!
The British government is in total disarray.
Guardian
7th October, 2015
Britain is still seeking to conduct airstrikes in Syria even though Russia’s military action there is making the country extremely dangerous, Michael Fallon, the defence secretary, has said.
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Posted by seumasach on October 7, 2015
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Asia Times
6th October, 2015
Turkey has voiced strong opposition to the Russian military intervention in Syria. How far will Turkey take this campaign?
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Posted by seumasach on October 7, 2015
See also: New Cold War or War on Terror
“I have, for some time, been talking up a strategic alliance between Washington and Moscow as the great paradigm shift in global geo-politics. It was, admittedly, difficult to see how such a shift could come about. Indeed, the failure of Obama’s reset was just another amongst a litany of seeming failures. But if that remains a strategic goal of Obama, and I believe that it must, then War on TerrorII would be the key to its realization.”
APA
7th October, 2015
Baku – APA. The Russian Defense Ministry and the Pentagon are working on an agreement to coordinate military flights in Syria, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry, RT reported.
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Posted by seumasach on October 6, 2015
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
6th October, 2015
The two incidents involving Turkey and the Russian aircraft operating in northern Syria on successive days in the weekend throw into bold relief the single most crucial template of the Syrian conflict in the coming months. Turkey happens to be the only regional power that could actually create a ‘quagmire’ for Russia in Syria – similar to the role Pakistan performed in the eighties vis-à-vis the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.
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Posted by seumasach on October 6, 2015
Iraqi Shiite Militia Chief Says Russia, Unlike US, Is ‘Very Serious’ About Fighting ISIS
Days after Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani spoke out in favor of the idea of Russia conducting airstrikes on targets of the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, in Iraq, one of the country’s most powerful Shiite groups also lent support to the possibility of Russian warplanescarrying out targeted operations.
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Posted by seumasach on October 5, 2015
Thierry Meyssan
Voltairenet
5th October, 2015
While the Atlantist media seem to be falling sick, infected by a sudden attack of the anti-Russian fever, Thierry Meyssan interprets Moscow’s military action in Syria as the first step towards a complete revision of international relations. In his opinion, the important question is not so much whether Russia will save the Syrian Arab Republic from the jihadists, but whether Russia’s army could partially replace the US army in the region in order to guarantee security. Basing his interpretation on an internal document from the Security Council, he affirms that Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama are acting together against the US liberal hawks and neo-conservatives.
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Posted by seumasach on October 1, 2015
Russia Insider
30th September, 2015
This article originally appeared on the website of BüSo. Translated by Thomas Trautzsch for Russia Insider.
Russia’s actions in Syria and the effects of the refugee crisis in Europe have lead to a significant rethinking in Europe. The recognition that a peaceful solution to the bloody civil war in Syria can only be achieved together with the Assad Government and the involvement of important powers of the region gaining ever more grounds.
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Posted by seumasach on September 30, 2015
No More Calls for Immediate Toppling of Assad
Sputnik
30th September, 2015
The US has changed its policy on Syria: instead of calling for the immediate ousting of Syrian President Assad, it now says it should be an “orderly, managed transition” unlike the one the US pursued in Iraq, US Secretary of State John Kerry said in his interview with CNN.
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Posted by seumasach on September 28, 2015
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
25th September, 2015
The Syrian President Bashar Al Assad made a rare appearance at the Al Adel mosque in Damascus on Thursday to lead the Eid prayers. This year’s Eid Al Adha prayers are of special spiritual significance to Assad. On Thursday, the tide distinctly began turning in his favor in Syria’s civil war.
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Posted by seumasach on September 28, 2015
Voltairenet
25th September, 2015
According to Bloomberg News, General John Allen, President Obama’s special envoy to the International anti-Daesh Coalition, has handed in his resignation and should be replaced within a month [1].
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