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US wants Afghans to have more religion

Posted by seumasach on November 6, 2012

M.K.Bhadrakumar

6th November, 2012

The question is not really whether the Afghan people want more religion. It is rather that they shall simply have more religion, no matter their own wish or preference. The United States thinks so, and apparently the Afghan ruling elite that it created in Kabul ten years ago thinks so. That just about settles it.

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The sore losers of the Syrian crisis

Posted by seumasach on November 6, 2012

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

1st November, 2012

In 2010, France made the choice to breath new life into its colonial policy. This led her to instigate a regime change in the Ivory Coast and Libya, and to aim for the same result in Syria. But faced with the fiasco of the latter operation, Paris got carried away by the wave of events that she herself unleashed. After having armed and trained terrorist groups in Syria, the DGSE has now struck at the heart of the Lebanese capital.

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Empire’s changing face masks old ambitions

Posted by seumasach on November 5, 2012

Nick Turse

Asia Times

31st October, 2012

They looked like a gang of geriatric giants. Clad in smart casual attire – dress shirts, sweaters, and jeans – and incongruous blue hospital booties, they strode around “the world,” stopping to stroke their chins and ponder this or that potential crisis. Among them was General Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a button-down shirt and jeans, without a medal or a ribbon in sight, his arms crossed, his gaze fixed. He had one foot planted firmly in Russia, the other partly in Kazakhstan, and yet the general hadn’t left the friendly confines of Virginia.

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‘US defeat in Syria would be end of US hegemony in Middle East’

Posted by seumasach on November 5, 2012

RT

2nd November, 2012

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The United States is doing everything possible to salvage ‘operation Syria’ and in doing so hedging all their bets on its success, says Eric Draitser, geopolitical analyst from stopimperialism.com. But that strategy, Draitser believes, will fail.

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Los devaneos de la izquierda

Posted by seumasach on November 3, 2012

Juan Francisco Coloane

Voltairenet

28th October, 2012

Los últimos atentados terroristas en Siria, particularmente los perpetrados en Damasco, contribuyen a desmitificar el carácter de esta guerra irregular y fabricada para derrocar un gobierno, Este es un hecho claro que no aceptan los cuarteles generales que la diseñaron que diseñaron esa guerra.

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Doctors not told to hasten deaths, says health secretary Alex Neil

Posted by seumasach on October 30, 2012

Scotsman

27th October, 2012

HEALTH secretary Alex Neil has vowed not to ask doctors to hit targets for the number of patients who die on the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway, after it emerged hospitals in England were being given financial incentives to do so.

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US economy collapsing

Posted by seumasach on October 28, 2012

Recession Very Possible in Q1 of 2013: Investors And CEOs Are Getting Very Nervous With Cloud Of Uncertainty, The Announcements of Layoffs Are Coming Fast and Furious, And We All Start Feeling The Economy Is Decelerating!

Investment Watch

27th October, 2012

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Italian PM: Europe’s security tied up with Israel’s

Posted by seumasach on October 28, 2012

If Israel’s security means the current lunatic attempts to destabilise the Middle East and North Africa through backing extremist Islamic militia then it is difficult to see how this could equate with the security of Europe

Jerusalem Post

25th October, 2012

Italy views “Europe’s security in Israel’s security,” Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said Thursday at a joint press conference in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

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Putin Is the New Global Shah of Oil

Posted by seumasach on October 28, 2012

Zero Hedge

26th October, 2012

Exxon Mobil is no longer the world’s number-one oil producer. As of yesterday, that title belongs to Putin Oil Corp – oh, whoops. I mean the title belongs to Rosneft, Russia’s state-controlled oil company.

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Libya, Bani Walid report(22nd October)

Posted by seumasach on October 28, 2012

Libya SOS

23rd October, 2012

Seems like 1/4 of Bani Walid residents are refugees now. Bani Walid shows the world again how much NATO/EU [Nobel Laureate]  & USA /Obama [Nobel Laureate] are hypocrites.

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Siege of Bani Walid: Foreign fighters, phosphorus bombs and nerve gas

Posted by seumasach on October 28, 2012

RT

27th October, 2012

The besieged Libyan city of Bani Walid has been plunged into chaos. RT sources say that the former Gaddafi regime stronghold is under attack by militias bolstered by foreign mercenaries, and they used banned weapons like white phosphorous.

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