Posts From The Saker
I took quick look this afternoon at the headlines on the (always excellent) Information Clearing House (which, by the way, is in great need of financial help!) and I saw these: Plan for No Fly Zone Over Syria U.S. Urges Americans to Leave Syria “Immediately” David Cameron: War looms in Syria France Considers ‘Humanitarian Corridors’ in Syria Perry Calls for No-Fly Zone In Syria, Would Act Unilaterally Without UN Authorization
Following President Medvedev’s speech yesterday, I decided to scan the western corporate media for reactions. I was curious, what would the pundits make of what I personally consider a total failure of Obama’s foreign policy? Would at least the European press express outrage over the fact that the always imbecile US foreign policy has now turned several European countries into targets? I mean, really, let’s consider the following basic and,
Citizens of Russia, I address you today in connection with the situation concerning the NATO countries’ missile defence system in Europe. Russia’s relations with the USA and NATO in the missile defence area have a long and complicated history. I remember that when US President Barack Obama revised his predecessor’s plans to build a missile defence system in Europe in September 2009, we welcomed this as a positive step. This
The level of violence meted out by the Empire against its opponents is clearly on the rise: from Tahrir Square in Egypt, to the many Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, to the constant saber-rattling against Iran, the Empire is clearly cracking down on its opposition. This new trend is particularly striking in the USA. People who have never lived in the USA or who, even more so, have never studied here,
Haaretz reports: Report: Dozens of U.S. spies captured in Lebanon and Iran Dozens of spies working for the CIA were captured recently in Lebanon and Iran, current and former U.S. officials told The Associated Press and ABC News on Monday. The CIA’s operations in Lebanon have been badly damaged after Hezbollah identified and captured a number of the U.S. spies, officials told The Associated Press. Hezbollah’s longtime leader, Sheik Hassan
The Raw Story reports: A popular Hawaiian recording artist turned a top-security dinner of Pacific Rim leaders hosted by President Barack Obama into a subtle protest with a song in support of the “Occupy” movement. Makana, who goes by one name, was enlisted to play a luau, or Hawaiian feast, Saturday night for leaders assembled in Obama’s birthplace Honolulu for an annual summit that is formulating plans for a Pacific
In the Name of Allah, The Compassionate, The Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, The Lord of the World. Peace be on our Master and Prophet – The Seal of Prophets – Mohammad and on his Chaste Household, chosen companions and all prophets and messengers. Peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessing. First we salute the chaste and fragranced souls of the martyrs and offer them the reward
Haaretz reports: Israel’s Internet intifada Online political activism has hitched its battlewagon to the stars of social networking, leading to warfare over Israel’s legitimacy on sites like Facebook and MySpace. By Benjamin L. Hartman The struggle for the Holy Land may be the world’s most ancient conflict. But in one respect, at least, the weapons and the battleground could not be more cutting-edge. This is the realm of the “virtual
Haaretz poll: Israelis evenly split over attacking Iran Iran says united and ‘ready for war’ with Israel Iran military head warns of ‘heavy damage’ should Israel attack Decision to attack Iran must be made with a clear mind UK military steps up plans for Iran attack amid fresh nuclear fears US fears uncoordinated Israeli strike on Iran Halper: Israel may attack Iran so that we won’t hear the word ‘Palestinian’
Batoul Ayoub: In the Name of Allah, The Compassionate, The Most Merciful. Peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Dear audience! This is an extraordinary episode of our program “Between Parentheses” broadcasted life tonight. It is extraordinary because our guest – the Sayyed – is extraordinary as he shows up in all stages and times. It is extraordinary in its contents because the region is experiencing circumstances which
Jihan Hafiz reports on mass protest demanding accountability for crimes against prisoners Watch full multipart Egyptian Revolution
Examining Alan Dershowitz’s and Abe Foxman’s arguments against The Wandering Who Earlier this week I learned from the Jerusalem post how desperate notorious Zionists Alan Dershowitz and ADL’s Abe Foxman are to stop my new book ‘The Wandering Who’. It seems that Foxman, Dershowitz and their allies amongst the Jewish ‘anti’-Zionists (aka ‘anti-Zionist Zionists’ or AZZ) are in a state of total hysteria. So far, the book has been endorsed
par Ibrahim Manzo Diallo for Niger-Diaspora Depuis que quelques frères libyens dont Saadi, fils du Guide Mouammar Al Kadhafi , fuyant pour leur vie le chaos en Libye, sont arrivés chez nous, des voix s’élèvent pour dénigrer notre pays. Qu’a t-on fait de mal ? Saadi n’était pas recherché par la justice ! Juste un “ machin” preparé par le CNT et Interpol pour le prendre. On présente le Niger
The Ahlul Bayt News Agency reports: “What is happening today are genuine national movements, such as in Tunisia and other Arab countries … and were not part of a US project,” Nasrallah said during a wide-ranging interview with Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television Monday evening. However, said the Hezbollah leader, the US, is making efforts to exploit the changed scenario to its benefit, Lebanese English language newspaper The Daily Star reported. Nasrallah
This morning, when I read this, I could hardly believe my eyes: Iran Welcomes Libya’s Total LiberationIran Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi sent a message to the new leaders of Libya hailing “the total liberation of the country,” the Mehr news agency reported Tuesday. Salehi said he hoped the Libyan people would exercise their sovereignty by “installing a regime based on religious democracy while preserving the independence and stability of
DNA reports: Saif al-Islam, one of the sons of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has vowed to take revenge for his father’s death. Gaddafi was killed Thursday by the National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters near his hometown of Sirte. Al-Islam appeared on the Syria-based Alrai TV channel on Saturday night with an appeal to his supporters, saying he was alive and staying in Libya and intended to fight to the bitter
by Franklin Lamb for Al-Manar During the late evening of 10/20/11 the White House, the Office of the Secretary of State, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Libyan Embassy in Washington, DC received a faxed communication from an American organized international legal team currently preparing their departure to Libya. The international lawyers, whose assistance has been arranged through Gadhafi family members and friends, has accepted the obligation to