Tag: middle east

Netanyahu fear mongering over Iran to mask Israel’s legitimacy deficit
October 4, 2013 0

Netanyahu fear mongering over Iran to mask Israel’s legitimacy deficit

By News Desk

RT The Israeli Prime Minister may have left his cartoon bomb at home, but his latest appearance at the UN contained no shortage of dubious claims aimed at strangling the nascent US-Iran rapprochement in its cradle. Just three days after the historic phone call between US President Obama and Iranian President Rouhani, hopes for a thaw in relations between the two countries were dashed when Obama confirmed that military options were still on the table during a press conference with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office. In his eloquent address to the General assembly, Rouhani explicitly cited the "military options on the table" position as being an illegal and ineffective contention, prior to explicitly declaring, "peace is within reach." Obama’s unwillingness to deviate from his dominant line comes as no surprise looking back to his excessively uni-polar and exceptionalist address to the general assembly

Old Dog, Old Trick: US, Saudis, Qatar Attempt "Arab Spring" Retread in Sudan
September 28, 2013 0

Old Dog, Old Trick: US, Saudis, Qatar Attempt "Arab Spring" Retread in Sudan

By News Desk

Al-Mahdi himself was Oxford educated, according to his official Club de Madrid biography , which also states [emphasis added]: Al-Mahdi was elected president of the Umma party in November 1964, and led a campaign to promote political activity, develop political Islam, and reform the party by expanding its base and promoting democracy behavior. Despite his efforts towards a democratic government, there was another coup d´état in 1969 that led to a dictatorship referred to as the May Regime.  He was soon arrested by the military government, exiled to Egypt, and detained in Sudanese prisons repeatedly until 1974. Later that year, he traveled abroad and toured Arab and African Capitals where he delivered a number of lectures