Posted by seumasach on February 21, 2013
Walden Bello
21st February, 2013
Over the last two years, the Obama administration has executed what the president has termed the “Pivot to Asia” strategy, whereby the United States’ global military force posture is being reconfigured to focus on the Asia-Pacific region as Washington’s central front.
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Posted by seumasach on February 21, 2013
Lisa Karpova
6th February, 2013
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in Jordan, Fahad bin Abdul Mohsen al-Zaid, admitted that the Saudis residing in Syria are supporting and collaborating with armed terrorist groups in Syria, orchestrated from abroad, to fight against President Bashar al-Assad.
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Posted by seumasach on February 21, 2013
21st February, 2013
France’s claim of combating terrorism in Mali does not add up. Re-conquest of this former French colony and control of rich natural resources in West Africa are some of the more plausible reasons for this criminal offensive that began on 11 January.
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Posted by seumasach on February 21, 2013
21st February, 2013
The foreign-backed militant groups in Syria have threatened to attack the positions of Hezbollah resistance movement in neighboring Lebanon.
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Posted by seumasach on February 20, 2013
The Second Anniversary of What?
Maximilian Forte
19th February, 2013
This weekend, marking the second anniversary of the start of protests that would usher in a bloody and prolonged NATO-led coup to overthrow the Libyan Jamahiriya and Muammar Gaddafi, offers many reasons to celebrate for those whose intention was the demolition of Libyan self-determination, African integration, and a domestic system of extensive social welfare and stability.
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Posted by seumasach on February 20, 2013
18th February, 2013
Sterling‘s days as a safe haven currency are over for now. Hedge funds are selling more pounds than they are buying for the first time in five months. The speculators are heading for the exit.
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Posted by seumasach on February 20, 2013
Libia, la destruccion de un pais
19th February, 2013
ACTO EL VIERNES 22 DE FEBRERO A LAS 7 DE LA TARDE EN EL CAUM
Ponentes: Leonor Massanet, Purificacion de la Blanca y Flavio Signore
PLATAFORMA CONTRA LA GUERRA IMPERIALISTA
Casi dos años después de aquél ataque salvador de la OTAN, con el que se pretendía liberar a los libios de los imaginarios “bombardeos genocidas” del Gadafi, procede preguntarse: ¿Para qué ha servido la destrucción de Libia como país? “¿Cómo viven hoy los libios? ¿Miran al futuro con esperanza?
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Posted by seumasach on February 20, 2013
QE or not to QE- that is the question. These latter-day financial Hamlets face a dilemma: to sink the economy or to sink the pound. In the end it amounts to much the same thing: in the final denouement Claudius(Mervyn King) drinks the poison but Hamlet(the real economy) is fatally wounded as well as just about everyone else.
20th February, 2013
Sterling fell sharply on the foreign exchanges after news that the governor of the Bank of England, SirMervyn King, voted for fresh stimulus to boost the UK economy.
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Posted by seumasach on February 19, 2013
Gareth Porter
19th February, 2013
WASHINGTON – When European Union foreign ministers discuss a proposal to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov will present his government’s case for linking two suspects in the July 18, 2012 bombing of an Israeli tourist bus to Hezbollah.
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Posted by seumasach on February 19, 2013
18th February, 2013
See also: ITNT Archive:Israeli Embassy and AMIA Bombings
Last week, the foreign ministers of Argentina and Iran signed an agreement to establish a joint Truth Commission to investigate the 1994 bombing at the Jewish Community Center (AMIA) in Buenos Aires and 1992 bombing at Israeli Embassy building [1]. This has infuriated the Zionist regime and the Jewish lobbyists in the US, Canada and several European countries.
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Posted by seumasach on February 19, 2013
India is, not unnaturally, cautious in its dealings with the one-time great power
19th February, 2013
Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, publicly challenged Mr Cameron to provide British help to a corruption investigation involving AgustaWestland helicopters.
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