Cyprus
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War With Iran: Made in Britain?
On June 14th, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer bragged he was moving the country’s military assets and fighter jets to West Asia, to provide “contingency support in the region” in response to Iran’s counterattack on the Zionist entity. Asked by Sky News if he ruled out direct military involvement, he evasively responded, “I’m not getting… Continue reading
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The Empire never died
The British Empire is still with us, in the UK’s island outposts and military bases, in the plunder of other countries’ resources, and in UK officials’ imperial mindset. Continue reading
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The Mad Geopolitics of Israel’s EastMed Gas Pipeline
At just a time when the world holds its collective breath over risk of a World War over the US assassination of Iran’s leading general and other provocations, Israel has chosen to sign a natural gas pipeline deal with Greece and Cyprus that is the equivalent of tossing a loaded hand grenade into the hyper-tense… Continue reading
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Troodos: UK’s Spy Centre in the Middle East By Craig Murray
Troodos is highly effective – the jewel in the crown of British intelligence. Its capacity and efficiency, as well as its reach, is staggering. It is therefore very strange, to say the least, that John Kerry claims to have access to communications intercepts of Syrian military and officials organising chemical weapons attacks, which intercepts were… Continue reading
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For the Finance Minister of Germany, Crisis Is a “Necessity” By Victor Grossman
Angela Merkel’s face usually displays a rather plain, friendly, almost benign expression, matching her simple, benign words. But in rare unguarded moments, some claim, they glimpse a very hard visage, which is matched, equally rarely, by hardly benign words, like her annoyed statement that Cyprus was “exhausting the patience of its euro partners.” Continue reading
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The Cyprus Eurocrisis: The Beginning of the End of the Eurozone? By Nicos Trimikliniotis
The Cyprus crisis is essentially a Eurozone crisis which threatens the very foundations of the European Union (EU). This small island economy, only 0.2 per cent of the Eurozone, is proving to be ‘systemic’ at the political, social and economic level. The Cyprus crisis is a manifestation of a deep crisis of democracy and equality… Continue reading
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The New Mediterranean Oil & Gas Bonanza: Part II By William Engdahl
The discovery in late 2010 of the huge natural gas bonanza off Israel’s Mediterranean shores triggered other neighboring countries to look more closely at their own waters. The results revealed that the entire eastern Mediterranean is swimming in huge untapped oil and gas reserves. That discovery is having enormous political, geopolitical as well as economic… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 24 August 2011
24 August 2011 — williambowles.info As drilling looms, Wikileaks reveals previous tensions Cyprus Mail The last time Turkey interfered with Cyprus’ oil and gas exploration, unlikely support came from the island’s “evil demon”, the United Kingdom, revealed US diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks. According to the cables, sent by the US Embassy in … http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/drilling-looms-wikileaks-reveals-previous-tensions/20110824 Continue reading
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Cyprus: U.S. To Dominate All Europe, Mediterranean Through NATO By Rick Rozoff
On February 24 a majority in the Cyprus parliament voted for the country to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Partnership for Peace program, a transitional mechanism employed to bring twelve Eastern European nations into the U.S.-dominated military bloc from 1999-2009 Continue reading
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Stop Nato News 27 February, 2011 – Cyprus / Kurils / Pakistan / Caucasus / Russia / Arab Uprising / KLA
27 February, 2011 — Stop NATO 1. Cyprus: NATO Eyes Only Non-Member/Partner European Nation 2. Defense Minister: Russia To Deploy Troops To Kuril Islands 3. U.S.-Pakistan Row Over CIA Killer Deepens 4. Integration: NATO Caucasus-Central Asia Representative To Visit Washington 5. Unilateral Concession: Russia Allows U.S. Afghan War Troop Transit 6. Pakistan: Blast Destroys Six Continue reading
The New Dark Age 