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Current crisis as a test for a multi polar world By Alexey Pilko
The crisis in Syria and the way it unfolded shows that the model of international relations that developed after the collapse of the bipolar system has changed in the last ten years. The idea of the unipolarity is still on the table, but it is becoming more and more blurred. The relations between governments, nation… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 10-11 March 2012
11 March 2012 — williambowles.info 012 Dempsey: US ‘preparing military options’ if needed for Syria Stars and Stripes Dempsey spoke to about 500 Navy and Air Force personnel at the Hickam officers club, fielding questions about cyberthreats, performing missions at a time of budget cuts, retirements and his feelings about Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 10 March 2012: 10 Myths about Iran Driving the Insane Push for War And Why They’re Dead Wrong
10 March 2012— Information Clearing House The Bloody Road to Damascus The Triple Alliance’s War on a Sovereign State By James Petras There is clear and overwhelming evidence that the uprising to overthrow President Assad of Syria is a violent, power grab led by foreign-supported fighters. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30769.htm Continue reading
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Syria: Russia Reiterates Opposition To Foreign Armed Intervention
Russia will not support a new U.S.-drafted resolution on Syria because it fails to urge both the government and the rebels to halt violence, said a top Russian diplomat. Continue reading
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Chinese Stance On The Syrian Situation
Currently, the Syrian uprising, which commenced on January 26, 2011 so far, has been the longest and the bloodiest. Despite denials, there are confirmations of Western meddling in the Syrian fiasco. Two senior US administration officials confirmed to The Cable that the Obama administration is moving to provide direct assistance to the internal opposition in… Continue reading
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Video: Smuggled Cash, Arms, Jihadists Fuel Syria War By grtv
James Corbett – editor of the Japan-based independent news website the Corbett Report, says it’s not developments within Syria, but international politics, that will shape the country’s future. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 7 March 2012: Obama’s Kill Doctrine
7 March 2012 — Information Clearing House Imperial Rage for War By Stephen Lendman “A new chapter is being written in the history of nations. Never before has a small country dictated to a superpower” http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30740.htm Continue reading
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Strong Russia Of Strategic Importance To China
Putin’s victory is a positive factor for the stability of China’s northern border and its global strategic environment. As China’s competition with the US intensifies, this becomes a valuable asset. China’s growing influence will also in turn provide support for Russia’s path ahead. Continue reading
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Syria: China Blocked New War, Global Bloodshed, Western Middle East Takeover
Sovereignty, independence and noninterference in internal affairs are the legal basis by which small and medium-sized countries survive within contemporary international relations. Ignoring that, the world will fall into turmoil, beleaguered by endless bloodshed and conflict. Continue reading
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NATO behaving like a law unto itself By M. D. Nalapat*
The impunity with which NATO personnel have killed and injured civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya has resulted in a sense among its personnel that they are “superior” to the people of these countries, all three of which are outside the charmed circle of those countries NATO considers “civilized” Continue reading
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Imperialist-backed conferences set stage for intervention in Somalia & Syria By Abayomi Azikiwe
Back-to-back conferences held Feb. 23-24 to determine the destiny of Somalia and Syria took place outside the respective countries with the full backing of the imperialist states, guaranteeing that these efforts oppose the best interests of the two countries’ people. Continue reading
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Syria And Beyond: Most Serious East-West Confrontation Since End Of Cold War By Vladimir Radyuhin
The veto Russia slapped jointly with China on two United Nations Security Council resolutions that sought the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad marked the most serious East-West confrontation since the end of the Cold War. Continue reading
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China: Western Historical Sympathy Is Too Much To Expect
External observers always listen to the powerful, and ignore the fear and anger of the weak. The Chinese should require themselves to remember history. There is too long a way to go before global justice and consciousness pay attention to those innocent victims. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 29 February -1 March 2012: Ambassador: West Wants Libyan And Iraqi Models For Syria
1 March 2012 21:54:55 — williambowles.info 012Syrian rebels pull out of besieged HomsStrategic Culture Foundation Today at 19:37 Continue reading
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American Unipolar Moment Has Ended, Global Multipolarity Emerges BY M Zarrar Haider
The last two decades witnessed the expression of unipolarity in terms of unilateralism with invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and the endemic Global War on Terror (GWOT). We are now in a new, fast-evolving multipolar world in which some developing countries are emerging as economic powers; others are moving towards becoming additional poles of growth;… Continue reading
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SYRIA: US-NATO behind the Killings of Civilians By Ben Schreiner
Ever since its failure to win United Nations Security Council backing for “regime change” in Syria, Washington and its lackeys in the corporate media have been unrelenting in voicing their great moral outrage at both the violence of the Assad regime and the seeming indifference to it all by the likes of Russia and China. Continue reading
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Putin On Libyan Scenario For Syria: We Will Set Up Coalition Of Concerned States, We Will Strike
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hopes that the ‘Libyan scenario’ will not be implemented in Syria and that Western countries led by the United States will not circumvent the United Nations Security Council by launching a military operation in this country. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 26-27 February 2012
27 February 2012 — williambowles.info Maybe updated as the day wears on… Syrian conflict destabilizes LebanonWorld Socialist Web Site Today at 12:29The conflict in Syria, where US-backed “rebels” are fighting the government of Bashar al-Assad, is exacerbating tensions in neighboring Lebanon. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: February 25, 2012: Syria: Clinton Calls China, Russia “Despicable,” Demands Regime Change
25 February 2012 — Stop NATO News Syria: Clinton Calls China, Russia “Despicable,” Demands Regime Change Two NATO Soldiers Killed In Afghan Capital U.S. Increases Military Presence In Strait Of Hormuz Kyrgyz President: U.S. Air Base Should Not Be Used Against Iran U.S. Leads Airborne Exercise In Mali Saakashvili: Georgia Finds Safety In European Family, NATO Continue reading
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The Real News Network: This Week February 20 – February 24
25 February, 2012 — The Real News Network February 24 Greeks Look to the Left for SolutionsCostas Lapavitsas: The left is gaining in popular support but have so far failed to present a coherent programGo to story | Go to homepage Continue reading
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