Tag: middle east

September 28, 2012 0

Surreal: Clinton Pledges $45 Million in Aid to Al Qaeda in Syria

By News Desk

The report titled, " Al-Qa’ida’s Foreign Fighters in Iraq " stated specifically: The apparent surge in Libyan recruits traveling to Iraq may be linked the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group’s (LIFG) increasingly cooperative relationship with alâ€Qa’ida, which culminated in the LIFG officially joining alâ€Qa’ida on November 3, 2007.    The vast majority (84.2%) of Libyans that recorded  their route to Iraq arrived via the same pathway running through Egypt and then by air to Syria. This recruiting and logistics network is likely tied to LIFG, which  has long ties (not all positive) with Egyptian and Algerian Islamist groups.       The announcement that LIFG had officially sworn allegiance to alâ€Qa’ida was longâ€expected by observers of the group.

September 26, 2012 0

NATO Terrorists Bomb School in Syria

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Reuters reported in their article, " Syrian rebels bomb security building in Damascus :"  Protection for "liberated" areas would require no-fly zones enforced by foreign aircraft, which could stop deadly air raids by Assad’s forces on populated areas. But there is little chance of securing a Security Council mandate for such action given the continuing opposition of veto-wielding members Russia and China.

September 23, 2012 0

The Queen of Corporate-Fascist Faux "Democracy"

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Marilyn Carlson Nelson : CEO of Carlson, director of Exxon Mobil. Stephen Sestanovich : US State Department, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, CFR. Judy Shelton : director of Hilton Hotels Corporation & Atlantic Coast Airlines

September 22, 2012 0

Subverting Sanctions: Iran’s Strategic Economic Development

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StopImperialism.com September 22, 2012  The ongoing overt and covert war against Iran, instigated by the United States and Israel primarily, seeks to isolate Iran politically, militarily and, most importantly, economically.  The Western imperialists have as their goal no less than full-scale war with Iran, a key regional power and one that the United States has failed to control or otherwise manipulate since the revolution of 1979.  Their attempts to demonize Iran as an international pariah and an irrational actor on the world stage have been repeatedly thwarted, most recently at the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran, where two thirds of the world stood alongside Iran in condemning the sanctions imposed by the US and its European allies.  However, Iran’s response to the series of aggressions and provocations by the West is not purely a diplomatic one as evidenced by the summit. Rather, Iran is engaging in a process of economic cooperation and mutual development with powerful regional and international partners – a process which could marry the economic future of Iran with that of other nations – thereby countering the continued attempts at economic strangulation by the West