Posted by seumasach on January 26, 2012
26th January, 2012
The European Union embargo on Iranian oil will only come into effect in six months, but the leadership in Tehran wants to act first: Exports to Europe are set to be halted immediately. It is a move which could mean added difficulties for struggling economies in southern Europe.
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Posted by seumasach on January 26, 2012
26th January, 2012
China has criticized the European Union’s new unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran as blind pressure and unconstructive.
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Posted by seumasach on January 25, 2012
Wake up call to EU on NATO
23rd January, 2012
BRITAIN can no longer rely on the US for its “military salvation”, according to defence minister Gerald Howarth.
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Posted by seumasach on January 25, 2012
Cynthia McKinney
22nd January, 2012
Most people know about being “Sleepless in Seattle.” Well, I am “snowed in in Seattle!” But even six inches of snow in Seattle don’t keep me from becoming steamed when I read the latest news reports on the activities of the U.S. war machine:
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Posted by seumasach on January 25, 2012
Paul Craig Roberts
25th January, 2012
The US government is so full of self-righteousness that it has become a caricature of hypocrisy. Leon Panetta, a former congressman who Obama appointed CIA director and now head of the Pentagon, just told the sailors on the USS Enterprise, an aircraft carrier, that the US is maintaining a fleet of 11 aircraft carriers in order to project sea power against Iran and to convince Iran that “it’s better for them to try to deal with us through diplomacy.”
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Posted by seumasach on January 25, 2012
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Posted by seumasach on January 25, 2012
John Rubino
22nd January, 2012
As the Greek default (and it is a default no matter what they end up calling it) is finalized this week, the consensus seems to be that failure to reach a deal would cause a global financial apocalypse.
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Posted by seumasach on January 25, 2012
22nd January, 2012
On Sunday, demonstrators took to the streets in Qatif and expressed determination to continue their anti-regime protests.
The protesters said those authorities involved in the killing of demonstrators in Eastern Province must face prosecution.
On Friday, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia, warned the kingdom against the brutal crackdown on protesters in Eastern Province and called on the Al Saud regime to stop bloodshed.
Since February 2011, Saudi protesters have held demonstrations on an almost regular basis in the oil-rich Eastern Province, mainly in Qatif and the town of Awamiyah, calling for the release of all political prisoners, freedom of expression and assembly, and an end to widespread discrimination.
However, the demonstrations have turned into protest rallies against the Al Saud regime, especially since November 2011, when Saudi security forces killed five protesters and injured many others in Eastern Province.
The Saudi interior ministry issued a statement on March 5, 2011, prohibiting “all forms of demonstrations, marches or protests, and calls for them, because that contradicts the principles of the Islamic Sharia, the values and traditions of Saudi society, and results in disturbing public order and harming public and private interests.”
Saudi Arabia is a state party to the Arab Charter on Human Rights. Article 24 of the charter states that “every citizen has the right… to freely pursue a political activity [and] to freedom of association and peaceful assembly.”
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Posted by seumasach on January 25, 2012
24th January, 2012
Iran has spoken defiantly about the European Union decision to impose sanctions on oil purchase, but has left the door open for the upcoming negotiations with the “5+1″. In a judicious response, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast at his routine press briefing called it “psywar”. He said the move is “illogical and unfair” and “will not stop our nation from obtaining its rights. The European countries and those who are under American pressure should think about their own interests. Any country that deprives itself of Iran’s energy market will soon see that it has been replaced by others.”
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Posted by seumasach on January 25, 2012
Pepe Escobar
26th January, 2012
In his State of the Union address, United States President Barack Obama said, “Let there be no doubt: America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal.”
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