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Syria Newslinks 13-15 November 2011
15 November 2011 — williambowles.info 15 November 2011 Syria: The West’s Strategic Gateway For Global Military Supremacy GlobalResearch.ca Tomorrow at 03:46 For more details, please click on the link to read the article. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 1-21 October 2011: Pakistan / UK / Russia-China / India
22 October 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation Can the US “contain” Pakistan? 21.10.2011 | 00:00 | Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR …The US’s expectation would be that the kaleidoscope of US’s ties with Pakistan can always be tilted once the Washington-Kabul strategic agreement and the NATO summit in Chicago in May go through, irrevocably establishing the western military… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 7-8 September 2011
8 September 2011 — williambowles.info 8 September 2011 Russia’s Middle East dilemma Eric Walberg William Bowles.info Today at 10:30 Muammar Al-Gaddafi’s demise is all but a done thing, carried out with a UN blessing, however dubious, and only belatedly opposed by Russia and China. Russian policy makers are now wondering if their quasi-principled condemnation of… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 21 August 2011
21 August 2011 — williambowles.info The curious case of Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Wikileaks and Julian Assange #DBB 100gf | Politics and Computers There’s trouble brewing in the leakosphere (if we can call it that), with Julian Assange and Wikileaks on one side and German technology activist Daniel Domscheit-Berg on the other. At issue is a new… Continue reading
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Alexander Salitski – No Point in Discarding State Capitalism (I)
Last June, Russia’s series of investment forums presented Moscow with an opportunity to unveil plans for a serious correction of its economic policies, and what seems to be at the bottom line is a radical departure from the concept of state capitalism. Continue reading
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Battle for Libya: Moscow is playing on two looms in Libya
Tripoli – The green national flag of Libya is fluttering in the hot desert wind. The border crossing Ras Jedir, between Tunisia and Libya,unbearable heat and a big crowd. There is about 113 degrees in shade, columns of cars and trucks, all pushing horns and trying to bypass the queue. Continue reading
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Updates on Libya war/Stop NATO News: July 5, 2011
5 July 2011 — Stop NATO Russia, NATO Clash Over Libya Campaign NATO’s Libyan Air War: 13,873 Missions, 5,229 Combat Sorties 28th Australian Soldier Killed In Afghanistan Afghan War: NATO Yearly Death Toll Rises To 280 ‘Mini-Surge’ Of U.S. Special Forces To Hit Afghanistan NATO Needed To ‘Democratize’ Ukraine: Speaker Continue reading
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Moscow: 'Weapons drops break resolution' By Tom Mellen
Moscow urged Western states to stop delivering weaponry to belligerents in Libya today – warning that Nato’s cavalier attitude to international law was undermining efforts to resolve cold war-era differences Continue reading
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Moscow: ‘Weapons drops break resolution’ By Tom Mellen
Moscow urged Western states to stop delivering weaponry to belligerents in Libya today – warning that Nato’s cavalier attitude to international law was undermining efforts to resolve cold war-era differences Continue reading
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Netanyahu’s big fat Greek Wedding By Barak Ravid
Netanyahu has invested in his relationship with Greece over the course of the past year-and-a-half, and his gamble has finally paid off as Greece blocks Gaza-flotilla-bound departures from its ports. Continue reading
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Syria On The Boil, U.S. Warship In The Black Sea By M K Bhadrakumar
-Without doubt, the US is stepping up pressure on Russia’s Black Sea fleet. The US’s provocation is taking place against the backdrop of the turmoil in Syria. Russia is stubbornly blocking US attempts to drum up a case for Libya-style intervention in Syria. Moscow understands that a major reason for the US to push for… Continue reading
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Russia's U-Turn on Libya By M K Bhadrakumar
Russia went to the Group of Eight (G-8) summit meeting at Deauville as an inveterate critic of the “unilateralist” Western intervention in Libya, but came away from the seaside French resort as a mediator between the West and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The United States scored a big diplomatic victory in getting Moscow to work… Continue reading
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Russia’s U-Turn on Libya By M K Bhadrakumar
Russia went to the Group of Eight (G-8) summit meeting at Deauville as an inveterate critic of the “unilateralist” Western intervention in Libya, but came away from the seaside French resort as a mediator between the West and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The United States scored a big diplomatic victory in getting Moscow to work… Continue reading
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Yemen Newslinks 4 June 2011
4 June 2011 — williambowles.info Attack on Yemen’s president adds fuel to a heated conflict Los Angeles Times (Mohammed Al-Sayaghi, Associated Press / June 4, 2011) Five senior Yemeni officials were sent to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment after a rocket attack wounded Yemen’s president in his personal mosque and appeared to end hopes for… Continue reading
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Russia’s turnabout on Libya arouses doubts, welcome
Russia’s change of its stance on the chronic Libyan crisis raised doubts from the Libyan government, but was applauded by the Libyan opposition. Continue reading
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Russia's turnabout on Libya arouses doubts, welcome
Russia’s change of its stance on the chronic Libyan crisis raised doubts from the Libyan government, but was applauded by the Libyan opposition. Continue reading
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Syria, Libya, and Russia’s Retreat from “Reset” By M K Bhadrakumar
The last thing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev did before departing for France to attend this week’s Group of Eight summit meeting in Deauville was place a call to Damascus. Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war 20 May 2011: Libya: Under Western Military, Media Siege
20 May 2011 Stop NATO Russia Condemns NATO Strikes, Urges Peacekeeping Force In Libya NATO Warplanes Attack Libyan Ships In Three Ports NATO Bombs Eight Libyan Naval Vessels Libya: Under Western Military, Media Siege NATO Targets Libyan Telecommunications: $1.2 Billion In Damages Continue reading
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Stop Nato Updates on Libyan war: 18 May 2011
18 May 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Conducts Over 7,000 Air Missions Libya: Dutch F-16s Carry Out 180 Missions Libya Says It Hit NATO Warship Shelling Misrata Libyan Model: NATO Upgrades Urban Warfare Capabilities Russia Opposes Repeat Of Libyan Model In Syria “Isolate Assad Regime”: U.S., NATO Allies Discuss New Syria Sanctions Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: 16 May, 2011
16 May, 2011 — Stop NATO Updates on Libyan war: May 16 Russia Could Withdraw From START Over U.S.-NATO Missile Shield Four NATO Soldiers Killed In Afghan Bomb Blast Reports: NATO Killed Five Afghan Women, One Boy On Sunday U.S. Missile Strike Kills At Least Seven In Pakistan Pakistan: Call For Expulsion Of U.S. Envoy,… Continue reading
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