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Dominique de Villepin-No, France is not about war

Posted by seumasach on February 11, 2013

“Non, la guerre ce n’est pas la France”

Dominique de Villepin

Voltairenet

Source : Le Journal du Dimanche (France)

10th February, 2013

Le Mali, pays ami, s’effondre. Les djihadistes avancent vers le sud, l’urgence est là.

Mais ne cédons pas au réflexe de la guerre pour la guerre. L’unanimisme des va-t-en-guerre, la précipitation apparente, le déjà-vu des arguments de la « guerre contre le terrorisme » m’inquiètent. Ce n’est pas la France. Tirons les leçons de la décennie des guerres perdues, en Afghanistan, en Irak, en Libye.

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Condemnation of war in Mali and denunciation of Western neo-colonial plot

Posted by seumasach on February 4, 2013

Explanation of vote by independent Belgian MP Laurent Louis,  Belgian Parliament  January 17, 2013

Voltairenet

4th February, 2013

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Thank you, Mr. President.
Dear Ministers, dear colleagues.

Belgium is indeed the land of surrealism. This morning we learned from the media that the Belgian army is incapable of subduing some extremist soldiers with radical Islamist beliefs embedded within its own ranks and who cannot be dismissed for lack of legal means. However, at the same time, we decide to help France in its war against “terror” by providing logistical support for its operation in Mali.

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Hollande fears his own armies

Posted by seumasach on January 28, 2013

Hollande a peur de ses armées

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

27th January, 2013

Nicolas Sarkozy et François Hollande utilisent les armées françaises pour satisfaire des intérêts privés ou étrangers. Ils ont envoyé des hommes à la mort pour voler le cacao de Côte d’Ivoire, les réserves d’or de Libye, le gaz de Syrie, et l’uranium du Mali. La confiance est brisée entre le chef des armées et des soldats qui se sont engagés pour défendre la patrie.

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Mali: One war can hide another

Posted by seumasach on January 22, 2013

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

21st January, 2013

A long time in the making and announced by François Hollande six months in advance, the French intervention in Mali was portrayed as an emergency decision in response to dramatic developments. This scheme aims not only at seizing Mali’s gold and uranium, but more especially at paving the way for the destabilization of Algeria.

Appetite comes with eating“, says the proverb. After having re-colonised the Ivory Coast and Libya, then having attempted to get a hold on Syria, France is now setting its sights on Mali in order to take Algeria from behind.

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Once derided, Gaddafi’s warnings about jihadists now used to justify Mali intervention

Posted by seumasach on January 21, 2013

Stephen Gowans

Voltairenet

21st January, 2013

Always on hand when needed, cameleontic jihadists serve as enemies in Mali, friends in Syria, and air force in Libya.

In today’s New York Times, Steven Erlanger justifies the French intervention in Mali on these grounds:

• It responds to “a direct request from a legitimate government.”
• It combats “the spread of radical Islamists, some of them foreign jihadists, strongly connected to terrorist groups like Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.”

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Laurent Louis : Le député belge qui dit un peu trop la vérité

Posted by seumasach on January 18, 2013

Allain Jules

18th January, 2013

Avec la fougue de la jeunesse, une logique réelle et sans langue de bois, le député indépendant belge Laurent Louis, 33 ans bientôt, s’oppose, seul contre tous les autres parlementaires, à la participation de la Belgique à la guerre au Mali. Il dénonce la manipulation internationale, le mensonge de la lutte anti-terroriste, le soutien des Occidentaux aux djihadistes en Libye, Tunisie et Syrie et dévoile les véritables raisons, selon lui, de cette opération militaire néo-colonialiste.

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