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  • Turkey’s drift away from the West
    5 February 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Turkey’s drift away from the West
    Jan. 14, 2009 SVANTE E. CORNELL , THE JERUSALEM POST
    A decade ago, Western and Israeli leaders could count on Turkey as an ally. A solid NATO member, Ankara took decisions based on pragmatic calculations of interest - and erred on the side of caution if at all. But under the rule of the Islamic conservative AKP, this has changed.
    In the face of Hamas rockets, Israel could have expected more understanding from a country long suffering from aggressive (…)

  • Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Aftermath of the Russian Invasion of Georgia
    5 February 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Aftermath of the Russian Invasion of Georgia
    Niklas Swanstrom*
    Introduction The Russian invasion of Georgia did not provoke too much concern from either China or the Central Asian governments. On the contrary, smug smiles were initially seen in many capitals of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members. Georgia is, to the displeasure of many, a very defiant and rapidly growing democracy that had the nerve to leave the embracing bosom of (…)

  • Moscow Reacts to US Buildup in Afghanistan
    5 February 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Moscow Reacts to US Buildup in Afghanistan
    by F. William Engdahl
    Global Research, February 5, 2009
    Moscow has correctly assessed that the announced Obama troop buildup in Afghanistan has no relevance to the stated aim of combatting the ‘Taliban’, but rather with a new attempt by the Pentagon strategists to encircle both Russia and China on Eurasia in order to retain US global military dominance. It is not waiting for a new policy from Washington. Rather Russia is acting to secure its (…)

  • Swiss Re tanking: After three Billion Swiss Franc investment the Warren Buffet effect failed to appear
    5 February 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Swiss Re Insurance: After three Billion Swiss Franc investment the Warren Buffet effect failed to appear, Swiss Re shares continue to drop sharply
    The legendary investor in the world increases the Swiss reinsurer - and it broke the Swiss Re’s shares for an international drama today. It will not be everything to gold, what Buffett touches.
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  • UNHRC: Canada Grilled Over Gaza Record
    5 February 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Canada’s staunch support for Israel during its 23-day war on Gaza has caused uproar at the United Nation’s Human Right’s body in Geneva.
    During Canada’s first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the Human Rights Council in Switzerland, Toronto was questioned on its unconditional sympathy for Israel.
    "It is often asked why, in the Human Rights Council, Canada is the first and often the only country to ask for a vote and vote against issues that address the violations of human rights of the (…)

  • The World Economic forum (WEF): Requiem for an overweight
    5 February 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    The World Economic forum (WEF): Requiem for an overweight
    by Eric Walberg
    Global Research, February 4, 2009
    “The WEF is not a government of the world,” said organiser Andre Schneider wistfully in the crisp Davos air.
    The world’s economic elite gathered in a subdued atmosphere at this year’s World Economic Forum to assess the now global economic crisis. New York University professor Niso Abuaf compared it to a funeral, though not for the sake of the dead “ancien regime”, but “for the (…)

  • Prosecutor looks at ways to put Israeli officers on trial for Gaza ’war crimes’
    3 February 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Prosecutor looks at ways to put Israeli officers on trial for Gaza ’war crimes’
    Times Online, February 2, 2009 By Catherine Philp in Davos and James Hider in Jerusalem
    The International Criminal Court is exploring ways to prosecute Israeli commanders over alleged war crimes in Gaza.
    The alleged crimes include the use of deadly white phosphorus in densely populated civilian areas, as revealed in an investigation by The Times last month. Israel initially denied using the controversial (…)

  • Global Energy War: Washington’s New Kissinger
    3 February 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Global Energy War: Washington’s New Kissinger The appointment of US Marine General James Jones
    by Rick Rozoff
    Global Research, February 2, 2009 Stop NATO
    Lost amid the national and international fanfare accompanying the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States is attention to the person who is slated to be the next major foreign policy architect and executor, retired US Marine General James Jones.
    In nearly identical phraseology that cannot be construed as either (…)

  • Breaking News: Israel Continues Pounding Gaza!
    3 February 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Israeli warplanes have attacked the northern town of Jabaliya in the Gaza Strip shortly after pounding the southern areas of the sliver.
    Israeli warplanes attacked the city hours after striking the Rafah border region in southern Gaza Strip, according to a Press TV correspondent in the area.
    Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who was addressing the annual Herzliya Conference at the time of the attack, informed the audience that the military "is currently operating in the Gaza Strip."
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  • Gaza New Siege Mechanism
    2 February 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Nicola Nasser*
    The rebuilding of Gaza has become the latest siege weapon. The Israeli occupation, the US that had backed its offensive, and the EU which did nothing to stop it are conspiring to turn the reconstruction process into a means to produce a suitable "peace partner" while the Arab summit in Kuwait hopes to use it to bring about Palestinian reconciliation. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority (PA) government is urging all parties and others to look to it as the sole channel for (…)