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NATO’s Proxy Offensive Continues in Northern Syria
March 28, 2014 0

NATO’s Proxy Offensive Continues in Northern Syria

By News Desk

Links NATO’s Proxy Offensive Continues in Northern Syria Fighting continues in northern Syria – as NATO-backed Al Qaeda militants desecrate churches, displace local population, and impose "Sharia law." March 28, 2014 (Mimi Al Laham) – Fighting on the Syrian-Turkish border near the northwestern Syrian town of Kassab between AlQaeda insurgents Jabhat Al Nusra and the Syrian military continues for the fifth day. Insurgents are shelling the towns near Kassab in Latakia province while the military is returning fire on their positions. Point 45, a strategic hilltop overlooking Latakia’s countryside and Kassab, was regained by the Syrian army, initially lost to the mlitants flooding in from the Turkish side of the border.

Emerging Market Contagion Spreads; Argentina, Venezuela, Turkey Roundup; 50% Tax on Internet Purchases
January 24, 2014 0

Emerging Market Contagion Spreads; Argentina, Venezuela, Turkey Roundup; 50% Tax on Internet Purchases

By News Desk

Earlier this month, Reuters reported Argentine peso at new lows as food price controls take effect Argentina’s peso slid to an all-time low on Tuesday as supermarkets froze prices in a deal with the government aimed at shielding poor families from one of the world’s highest inflation rates. The year-long price fix on 200 basic food products signals continuation of President Cristina Fernandez’s interventionist policies even as polls show her image has been battered by 25 percent inflation, falling reserves and electricity shortages. Tight currency and trade controls, as well as last year’s state seizure of Argentina’s top energy company YPF have taken a toll on confidence, while the electricity grid, ailing from lack of investment, fails to keep air conditioners humming at the height of the Southern Hemisphere summer

January 7, 2014 0

Syrian Infighting May Be Pretext for Expanded Intervention

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Links Syrian Infighting May Be Pretext for Expanded Intervention A strategy of tension created by divisions among foreign-funded fighters may give West an opportunity to increasingly "back good terrorists" versus "bad terrorists."  January 7, 2014 (LD) – Geopolitical analyst Eric Draitser  on Press TV explained what is behind recent infighting between foreign-funded fighters battling along and within Syria’s borders. It is suggested that a new narrative is in the making, portraying "good terrorists" locked in battle with "bad terrorists," thus providing a new context within which the West can continue arming and funding terrorist groups waging war on Syria.  While the West will maintain that the conflict in Syria began as "peaceful protests," readers should keep in mind that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh in his article,  " The Redirection: Is the Administration’s new policy benefiting our enemies in the war on terrorism? " prophetically stated (emphasis added):  "To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush Administration has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in the Middle East.