9th August, 2012
France has sent troops to the Syrian border with Jordan amid reports of escalating foreign support for the insurgents fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
France deploys troops to Syria-Jordan border
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27 world countries attending Tehran Conference on Syria
Posted by seumasach on August 9, 2012
9th August, 2012
TEHRAN (Source: FNA)- Representatives of 27 world and regional states as well as the UN envoy to Tehran are participating in the international consultative conference on the developments in Syria, which started work here in Tehran on Thursday.
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Team GB, Arise!
Posted by seumasach on August 9, 2012
Cailean Bochanan
9th August, 2012
For a long time British radicals of various hues have voiced fears of Britain becoming merely a US aircraft carrier off the coast of Europe, a proxy for our transatlantic cousins, the “airstrip 1” of Orwellian fame. At the same time some US radicals saw Britain as the dark, hidden hand manipulating the US government. Both may be right in as far as the real power centres lurking behind the scenes of both governments are translantic and transnational: they constitute an imperial elite rather than a national one. Thus the time may be approaching when the above-mentioned fears of radicals of both nations are to be realised.
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Petraeus VP talk bubbles to surface
Posted by seumasach on August 9, 2012
Petraeus as VP would offer continuity on CIA- backed subversion in Middle East as well as the option of backing away in the likely event of its failure.
8th August, 2012
WASHINGTON — The White House and Central Intelligence Agency moved quickly Tuesday to deny reports that President Barack Obama told a supporter that he believed his presidential campaign opponent, Republican Mitt Romney, had selected CIA Director David Petraeus as his running mate.
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Christ almighty! US foreign policy vs. Middle Eastern Christianity
Posted by seumasach on August 9, 2012
Justin Raimondo
8th August, 2012
The US State Department has quietly ceased cataloging violations of religious freedom in its “Country Reports on Human Rights.” Of course, it’s just a coincidence that this comes at a time when Washington isallying with radical Islamists in Libya, Syria, and Iraq. As CNS reports:
“The U.S. State Department removed the sections covering religious freedom from the Country Reports on Human Rights that it released on May 24, three months past the statutory deadline Congress set for the release of these reports.
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Washington’s proxy in Syria: Al Qaeda
Posted by seumasach on August 9, 2012
9th August, 2012
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday issued a warning against anyone “attempting to exploit the misery of the Syrian people, either by sending in proxies or sending in terrorist fighters.” She insisted that such actions would “not be tolerated.”
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Israel supports regime change in Syria: Israeli spy chief
Posted by seumasach on August 8, 2012
8th August, 2012
The Israeli spy chief says Tel Aviv supports regime change in Syria, amid ongoing efforts by the anti-Syria governments to oust President Bashar al-Assad.
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Iran eyes role as post-Arab Spring ‘anchor’
Posted by seumasach on August 8, 2012
Kaveh Afrasiabi
7th August, 2012
Mr Abbas Maleki, former deputy foreign minister of Iran and currently senior Wilhelm Fellow on Energy Policy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was an important voice in Iran’s foreign policy decision making process for many years. In an interview with Asia Times Online, Maleki sheds light on how Iran conceptualizes foreign policy, while challenging negative Western perceptions of Iran’s behavior. He emphasizes Iran’s role in regional crisis-management, particularly in Syria, and explains why the upcoming summit of leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement, to be held this month in Tehran, is so important for Iran.
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Perfecting the method of “color revolutions”
Posted by seumasach on August 8, 2012
Western leaders slip back into childhood
Thierry Meyssan
7th August, 2012
In 1985, a social scientist, Gene Sharp, published a study commissioned by NATO on Making Europe Unconquerable. He pointed out that ultimately a government only exists because people agree to obey it. The USSR could never control Western Europe if people refused to obey Communist governments.
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Polish president says US missile deployment a ‘mistake’
Posted by seumasach on August 7, 2012
6th August, 2012
Our mistake was that while accepting the US proposal, we have not taken into account a political risk related to the change of the US president. We have paid a too high political price for that.”
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Syria: Exposed, Syrian Prime Minister flees abroad
Posted by seumasach on August 7, 2012
6th August, 2012
Feeling exposed, the President of the Syrian Council of Ministers, Riad Hijab, was exfiltrated by NATO to Lebanon on Sunday, August 5, 2012.
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