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Washington admits “foreign fighters” “wreak havoc” in Syria

Posted by seumasach on March 25, 2014

“In terms of the terrorist activity inside Iraq, we believe it’s a direct result mostly of the situation in Syria and the destabilizing impact that Syria has had on Iraq in terms of foreign fighters being able to flow into Iraq and really wreak havoc there as well. We’re working with the Iraqi Government to increase their capacity to fight these threats on their own,” she concluded.

Washington: Situation in Syria has destabilizing impact on Iraq

Iraq News

25th March, 2014

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The US Department of State denounced killing the professor and Journalist, Mohammed Shammari, in Baghdad by a guard within the Presidential Protection Forces.

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The US pivot: Rebalancing as retreat

Posted by seumasach on January 30, 2014

John Feffer

Asia Times

30th January, 2014

In a future update of The Devil’s Dictionary, the famed Ambrose Bierce dissection of the linguistic hypocrisies of modern life, a single word will accompany the entry for “Pacific pivot”: retreat.

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US gives up on Central Asian base

Posted by seumasach on October 21, 2013

M.K.Bhadrakumar

Indian Punchline

21st October, 2013

The United States has turned its back on what could have been a thrilling episode in the Great Game in Central Asia. The Pentagon announced on Friday that the US is vacating Manas airbase in Kyrgyzstan by July 2014, as demanded by Bishkek.

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