Posted by seumasach on May 27, 2013
“Beyond Afghanistan,” he said later, “we must define our effort not as a boundless ‘global war on terror’
White House officials who brief reporters before the speech suggested that, among other provisions, the Guidance called for gradually shifting responsibility for drone strikes and targeted killings from the CIA to the Pentagon – a reform long sought by human-rights groups.
Jim Lobe
Asia Times
24th May, 2013
WASHINGTON – Responding to growing criticism by human rights groups and foreign governments, US President Barack Obama Thursday announced potentially significant shifts in what his predecessor called the “global war on terror”.
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Posted by seumasach on May 26, 2013
“It would be the first conflict where we pretend we could create peace by delivering arms,” the diplomat said. “If you pretend to know where the weapons will end up, then it would be the first war in history where this is possible. We have seen it in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. Weapons don’t disappear; they pop up where they are needed.”
Quoted in ” Divided Europe imperils Syrian arms embargo”
Independent, 26th May, 2013
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Posted by seumasach on May 25, 2013
Occupy Arrests Near 8,000 As Wall Street Eludes Prosecution
Huffington Post
23rd May, 2013
Here’s a fact that may make your blood boil: Nearly 8,000 Occupy Wall Streetprotesters have been arrested in association with the activist movement, while not one banker has been prosecuted for the actions that lead up to the country’s financial meltdown.
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Posted by seumasach on May 25, 2013
EU Weighs Curbs on Banks’ Use of Client Assets as Collateral
Bloomberg
24th May, 2013
Banks and brokers face a clampdown on using assets they hold for clients as collateral for their own trades as part of European Union moves to bolster market stability and rein in shadow banking.
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Posted by seumasach on May 25, 2013
By making link between anti-EU feeling and defense of City interests explicit UKIP is making British politics much clearer. It remains for a new centre to emerge which both embraces Europe and puts the City in its place.
Telegraph
24th May, 2013
City firms – most notably the hedge fund, insurance and commodities sectors – are sick of the “unending blizzard” of regulation coming out of Brussels, says Mr Farage, who claims traditional City Conservative supporters are switching allegiance to UKIP.
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Posted by seumasach on May 25, 2013
“At a time when finances are tight and taxpayers are squeezed, it’s only right that we crack down on those who pursue illegal means to avoid making any contribution to public coffers, and who put smaller competitors at a disadvantage,” said Conservative MEP Martin Callanan, in a direct challenge to British PM David Cameron to make tax evasion a priority in the UK
RT
22nd May, 2013
In a period of record recession and unemployment, the EU has decided to recover a reported €1 trillion in tax revenue lost in loopholes and fraud, and has set a one year deadline to end banking secrecy.
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Posted by seumasach on May 25, 2013
“We believe there are enough weapons in Syria,” Spindelegger said. “We support a cease-fire, not weapons deliveries.”
PressTV
25th May, 2013
Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger has called on the European Union not to lift arms embargo on Syria and instead start a political process to establish peace in the Arab country.
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Posted by seumasach on May 24, 2013
US Willing to Keep Assad to Avoid Regional War
Jason Ditz
Antiwar
22nd May, 2013
Though the “official” US position on Syria seems to change wildly by the hour and is based primarily on who is talking and who is standing near them at the time, new reports suggest the Obama Administration is ready to ditch their demands for regime change.
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Posted by seumasach on May 23, 2013
PressTV
23rd May, 2013
The daughter of Qatari ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has censured Doha’s support for the militants in Syria.
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Posted by seumasach on May 23, 2013
Meanwhile Kerry and the UK push for arming of rebels, who don’t want talks, in order to pressurize Assad to participate in talks which he has long favoured anyway
Moscow: No ‘Constructive Reaction’ Yet from Syrian Opposition on Intl Peace Talks
Fars News Agency
23rd May, 2013
TEHRAN (FNA)- The developments in Syria require an immediate ceasefire and a start to political dialogue, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
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Posted by seumasach on May 23, 2013
Manlio Dinucci
Voltairenet
21st May, 2013
Une petite ville italienne résiste à l’implantation de Muos sur une base militaire. Muos ? C’est le système ultra-sophistiqué qui devra relier toutes les unités combattantes des États-Unis et de l’OTAN. Niscemi ? C’est le petit village sicilien qui résiste à l’Empire et défend la paix en Syrie…
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