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Demonstration of solidarity with Syria outside the Syrian embassy

Posted by seumasach on August 11, 2012

11th August, 2012

Rally in support of Syria organized by the Syrian Youth in Britain, rejection of new EU sanctions, continued FSA terrorism and soidarity with the people of Syria.

1pm to 4.30pm, Syrian embassy, London

http://www.facebook.com/SyrianYouthInBritain/events

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Taiwan had mobile phone masts removed

Posted by seumasach on August 10, 2012

Times of Swaziland

1st August, 2012

MBABANE – Taiwanese legislators ordered the removal of 1 500 mobile phone masts stating that homes and schools must not be exposed to the risk of radiation.

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Who or what is Russia’s “Pussy Riot?”

Posted by seumasach on August 10, 2012

Land Destroyer

5th august, 2012

Accurately described as bigots and hooligans, the 3 member musical band known as “Pussy Riot” is now on trial for “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.” This came after they burst into a church in Moscow, disturbing the peace while mocking the beliefs of practitioners in an attempt to protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Had skinheads done something similar in a synagogue in the West, surely they’d have long ago paid steep fines and begun their lengthy jail sentences for “public insults based on origin, religious affiliation, race or ethnicity” (and here).

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Ms Clinton’s schizophrenic discourse on Syria

Posted by seumasach on August 10, 2012

Voltairenet

9th August, 2012

On 7 August 2012, following a meeting with the Foreign Minister of South Africa, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Hillary Clinton who was asked about the situation in Syria had this to say:

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La guerre de l’ASL contre la liberté de culte

Posted by seumasach on August 10, 2012

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

9th August, 2012

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La presse occidentale décrit l’« Armée syrienne libre » comme une organisation sunnite conservatrice, par opposition à Al-Qaeda (et sa branche locale le Front de soutien au Peuple du Levant) qui serait, elle et uniquement elle, extrémiste.

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Une guerre contre la liberté religeuse

Posted by seumasach on August 10, 2012

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Turkey main target of anti-Syria campaign: Kamalak

Posted by seumasach on August 10, 2012

PressTV

10th August, 2012

The leader of Turkey’s Felicity Party, Mustafa Kamalak, has warned that his country is the main target of the campaign against neighboring Syria.

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UK trade deficit hits new record

Posted by seumasach on August 9, 2012

Guardian

9th August, 2012

The UK’s biggest trade deficit since modern records began 15 years ago prompted calls last night for the government to provide more help for exporters struggling to cope with weakening global demand for their products.

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Al-Qaeda to fill in Kofi’s void in Syria

Posted by seumasach on August 9, 2012

M.K.Bhadrakumar

7th August, 2012

For all those pundits in our strategic community who religiously take the word from the Council of Foreign Relations in New York as the Bhagavad Gita, this must come as a terrible shock — an argumentative piece by a senior fellow of the CFR justifying the logic of using the Salafist fighters as instrument of US policy to bring about ‘regime change’ in Syria. The argument runs like this:

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Clinton to pep up Turkey’s Erdogan

Posted by seumasach on August 9, 2012

M.K.Bhadrakumar

9th August, 2012

 

Both Russia and China have decided to move on with life and leave the Syrian killing fields open to the brave lads — or idiots, depending on how you look at life — from Turkey, United States, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The Russian and Chinese assessments are strikingly similar, namely, that a civil war has commenced in right earnest and the outcome of it, if at all, will only be known in the fulness of time.

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Iran’s new summit diplomacy

Posted by seumasach on August 9, 2012

Kaveh Afrasiabi

Asia Times

10th August, 2012

August is a crucial month in Iran’s diplomatic calendar for 2012. If it plays its cards right, Tehran could see big dividends for its counter-sanction and regional strategies.

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