26th October, 2008
Senior Iraqi politicians have warned that a crucial deal between Baghdad and Washington governing the presence of American troops in the country is doomed to failure after eight months of talks.
Posts Tagged ‘End of empire’
Deal on American presence in Iraq close to collapse
Posted by seumasach on October 26, 2008
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Great Britain: What is it and where is it going?
Posted by seumasach on October 14, 2008
Cailean Bochanan
14th October, 2008
Optimism returned to the markets today as Gordon Brown, the rock on which the new doctrine of “part-nationalisations” is built, set the master plan in motion. But will it work, will it, as they say, “do the trick”?
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Russia to send ‘humanitarian aid’ to Cuba
Posted by alfied on September 4, 2008
Press TV
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:02:07 GMT
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered planeloads of humanitarian aid to be sent to Cuba – recently battered by Hurricane Gustav. Read the rest of this entry »
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Little Britain in Recession
Posted by alfied on September 3, 2008
Even the Sun Newspaper, which can be fairly described as a jingoistic rag for the hard of thinking, is starting to whimper. Although nowhere near conveying what lies in store to their loyal readership, it is becoming increasingly more difficult for Britain’s biggest selling daily to deny reality.However this is probably about as far as the their Media will go. Declaring that Britain is in terminal decline, financially, intellectually and morally bankrupt, is not something they are likely to do anytime soon.
BRITAIN will be the only one of the world’s seven richest nations to slide into recession this year, experts warned last night. Read the rest of this entry »
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Turkey cannot afford disruption in ties with Russia, says Erdoğan
Posted by alfied on September 2, 2008
“Our relations with the Russian Federation have actually gone beyond the special,” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters at the Victory Day reception in Ankara.
It’s amazing what results the application of a little gentle pressure can have. Expect Turkish vessels back in their own ports by Friday.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Under the convention, vessels from countries that do not have a coastal area on the Black Sea can stay in the sea for up to 21 days.
Dependent on Russian natural gas and oil to meet its growing energy needs, Turkey cannot risk bilateral ties with Moscow due to the recent economic tension that has hit Turkish exports, said the prime minister over the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
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Catatonia: the last stage of imperialism
Posted by seumasach on August 31, 2008
Cailean Bochanan
31st August, 2008
The events in Georgia and the irrational wave of Russophobia which have followed it mark a new, last phase of US/UK imperialism. Sakashvili’s bizarre and vicious assault on South Ossetia, conducted presumably under US auspices, may seem to herald a stepping up of US/UK interventionism and power projection. Paradoxically, in my view, it represents the complete opposite: a retreat into isolation comparable to that of a paranoic whose psychotic outbursts only confirm the essential, underlying withdrawal from human intercourse. Sakashvili’s dangerous antics don’t constitute a foreign policy any more than bombing weddings does.
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EU foreign ministers to send observers to Georgia
Posted by alfied on August 13, 2008
“a madman who went and bombed a town in the middle of the night”
European Union foreign ministers have announced they are prepared to send observers to Georgia in a bid to maintain stability. It comes as they are meeting in Brussels to discuss their response to the situation of Georgia and South Ossetia. Read the rest of this entry »
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Medvedev orders end to military operation
Posted by alfied on August 12, 2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered an end to the military operation in Georgia. He said the objective – “to compel Georgia to peace” – has been achieved. Medvedev also ordered the Russian military to “eliminate the aggressor” in the event of Georgian forces resuming hostilities.
Medvedev said the security of the South Ossetian population and of Russian peacekeepers has been restored. He added that the aggressor has been punished and suffered considerable losses.
The Russian President said he would award the military with state medals for the successful operation.
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The Local Elections on England and Wales
Posted by seumasach on January 7, 2008
Cailean Buchanan
4th May 2008
Much has been made of the collapse of the New Labour vote at the local elections. What is really striking is this: two British Prime Minister’s have burnt out in less than a year. Brown is now less popular than Blair and its fair to suppose that his successor will rapidly become more unpopular still. This unprecedented situation is undoubtedly a reflexion of the collapse of British financial power and the attendant economic crisis. But it also reflects the impotence of government in the face of it. For Britain is now a fully-fledged oligarchy where good governance is, at every turn, subordinated to the power of financiers feverishly engaged in looting the country, its treasury, its public assets, its pension funds, its local authorities and its people; the kind of regime which was once reserved for our colonies.
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