NATO
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Lavrov says Georgia conflict proves dangers of NATO expansion
It is enough just to imagine what would have happened if Georgia had been a NATO member, as Russia would have still had no other option but to act as it did last August,’ Continue reading
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Andrei KONUROV: NATO uses Afghanistan to turn into a global organization
Although the participants of the G20 summit managed to avoid debates, the agreement they had achieved appears to be very unreliable and as the crisis will go deeper, no signs of cooperation will remain. And the crisis will surely go stronger since all the measures the allies had agreed on, are actually in no way… Continue reading
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United Europe Represses the Right to Protest Against NATO By Ivan Drury
On April 4th the leaders of the NATO member countries met on the French-German border in Strasbourg France for the 60th anniversary of NATO. A major demonstration was organized to oppose this meeting, the occupation of Afghanistan, and to call for the dismantling of NATO. Continue reading
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Serb Demonization as Propaganda Coup By Edward S. Herman
With Yugoslavia no longer useful as an ally after the fall of the Soviet Union, and actually an obstacle as an independent state with a still social democratic bent, the NATO powers aimed at its dismantlement, and they actively supported the secession of Slovenia, Croatia, the Bosnian Muslims, and the Kosovo Albanians. Continue reading
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Ingredients for a Disaster: NATO, Strasbourg and the Black Block By DIANA JOHNSTONE
In this cycle of provocation, there is no doubt who started it: NATO. The lavish celebration of NATO’s 60th anniversary, held in the Rhineland cities of Strasbourg, Kehl and Baden Baden over the weekend, was an insult to the citizens. Continue reading
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Gorbachev blasts NATO eastward expansion
Gorbachev said in an interview with Germany’s Bild newspaper published on Thursday that Western Germany, the United States and other powers had pledged after Germany’s reunification in 1990 that “NATO would not move a centimeter to the east.” Continue reading
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NATO GAME OVER: peace activists close NATO headquarters
Despite the massive presence of police forces equipped with water canons, helicopters, horses, kilometres of barb wire, … several activists managed to enter the military base to seal gates, windows and doors. 450 peace activists have been arrested and showed clearly that Vredesactie and the Bombspotters do not let the NATO keep going with its… Continue reading
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Bye Bye NATO – by Staff
The 2009 NATO summit in Strasbourg and Baden Baden is much more than the average NATO summit. This year the world leaders will be preparing their plans for a new form of global governance. Continue reading
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French Kissing NATO’s Global Mission Creep By DIANA JOHNSTONE
NATO’s original raison d’être, the supposedly menacing Soviet bloc, has been dead for twenty years. But like the military-industrial complex itself, NATO is kept alive and growing by entrenched economic interests, institutional inertia and an official mindset resembling paranoia, with think tanks looking around desperately for “threats”. Continue reading
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US Continues Military Encirclement Of Russia Recent Words Aside By Rick Rozoff
Prominent Washington officials have repeated their intention to reset, reboot and so forth relations with Russia but have, starting with Biden at Munich, not relented in any substantive manner on any of the behaviors and projects that have antagonized Moscow. Continue reading
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Andrei ARESHEV: New Round of US-Iran talks crucial for Russia
The Obama administration has softened its anti-Iranian rhetoric, while NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has even promised Iran a right to play its role in stabilization in Afghanistan. Continue reading
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The Geopolitical Great Game: Turkey and Russia Moving Closer By F. William Engdahl
Despite the problems of the ruble and the weak oil price in recent months for the Russian economy, the Russian Government is pursuing a very active foreign policy strategy. Continue reading
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Black Sea: Pentagon's Gateway to Three Continents and the Middle East By Rick Rozoff
Prior to the breakup of the Warsaw Pact in 1989 and the Soviet Union two years later the Black Sea was mainly off limits to the West in general and to the Pentagon and NATO in particular. Continue reading
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Wikileaks slams arrest; releases latest Afghan death data
The report shows a dramatic escalation of the war and civil disorder. Coalition deaths increased by 35%, assassinations and kidnappings by 50% and attacks on the Kabul based Government of Hamid Karzai also more than doubled, rising a massive 119%. Continue reading
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The Eastern Partnership: The West's Final Assault On the Former Soviet Union By Rick Rozoff
The ultimate intent of the Eastern Partnership is to wean away all the other ex-Soviet states from economic, trade, political, security and military ties with Russia Continue reading
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Global Energy War: Washington's New Kissinger African Plans
It is here that then EUCOM and NATO top military commander Jones arranged the foundation of the future AFRICOM. Continue reading
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Tariq Al-Maeena: Aiding and abetting a holocaust
Cambridge Dictionary defines holocaust as “a very large amount of destruction, especially by fire or heat, or the killing of very large numbers of people” — a situation that is currently in full force against Palestinians in Gaza. Continue reading
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Conditioning Gaza: preparing to deploy international forces in Palestine? By Hani Asfour
he ultimate goal of the Gaza invasion is to create the conditions to introduce international troops into Palestine. Part of the purpose is to prop up the regime of President Mahmoud Abbas and allow the Palestinian leader to extend his mandate across all of Palestine. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 