Posts Tagged ‘France’
Agosta Re-Kickbacks Confirmed (Translations from the French Press)
Quick Translations | Les originaux en français Le Monde | 18 June 2010 Karachi: Judge confirms existence of illicit commission kickbacks Karachi : le juge confirme l'existence de rétro-commissions illicites MediaPart | 12 June 2010 The Karachi Affair | L'affaire Karachi Le Monde reports that Judge Marc Trévidic, in charge of the [...]
NATO Admits Facing Possible Failure in Afghanistan
Quick English Translation | L'Original, en français NouvelObs.com | By Adam Entous and David Brunnstrom | 11 June 2010 "Success is not assured" in Afghanistan, NATO admits BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's efforts to marginalize the Taliban guerrillas and helping the Kabul government to impose its authority has made "measured progress," but the [...]
Putin on Western Democracy, the Gaza Flotilla, and Iran
Pravda.ru | 11 June 2010 Putin: Western Model of Democracy Doesn't Exist Vladimir Putin gave a traditional interview to French journalists prior to his visit to Paris. In the interview, the chairman of the Russian government said that the Western model of democracy does not exist per se. Below you can read several most intersecting [...]
India-France Joint Military Exercises
Times of India | 1 June 2010 India, France to hold joint air combat exercise next month NEW DELHI: Six Indian Sukhoi-30MKI fighters, two IL-76 heavy-lift aircraft and a IL-78 mid-air refueller will be leaving for France for a joint air combat exercise with the French Air Force next month. The exercise, Garuda-IV, will be held at the [...]
Sometimes conspiracy theories are true
The American Conservative | By Alexander Cockburn | 1 July 2010 Unlike the French or the Italians, for whom conspiracies are an integral part of government activity, acknowledged by all, Americans have been temperamentally prone to discount them. Reflecting its audience, the press follows suit. Editors and reporters like to offer themselves as [...]
Le Parisien Exposes French Nuclear Tests in Algeria in the 1960s
Pravda.ru | 25 February 2010 French Army Performed Nuclear Explosions in Africa to Test Radiation Effects on Humans Read the original in Russian France is in the midst of the discussion of a publication in Le Parisien newspaper. The newspaper published a secret document that throws light on the French nuclear tests in the Sahara Desert [...]
A Serbian View of Kosovo
Antiwar | By Nebojsa Malic | 20 February 2010 The State That’s Still A Lie: 'Independent' Kosovo Turns 2 Two years have passed since the Albanian provisional government in the occupied Serbian province of Kosovo declared independence, and was quickly recognized by the Empire and its clients. The powers that have invoked the specter of [...]
CCTV Footage of Mossad’s Murder
Gulf News | By Abbas Al Lawati and Wafa Youssef | 21 February 2010 Dubai's sophisticated security apparatus checkmates Mossad Since the killing of Mahmoud Al Mabhouh in his Dubai hotel room on January 19, Dubai Police have released pictures, images of their alleged passports and alleged names of 11 suspects, for whom arrest warrants have also [...]
Marjah and Mogadishu: Bracing for Civilian Deaths
IRIN | 14 February 2010 AFGHANISTAN-SOMALIA: Two towns braced for urban warfare KABUL/NAIROBI, 12 February 2010 (IRIN) - Continents apart, the civilian populations of Marjah, a key town in Helmand province, Afghanistan, and Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, are steeling themselves for intense urban warfare. Major offensives are being [...]
Afghan-Taleban vow guerrilla warfare
Pak Tribune | 12 February 2010 Taliban vow guerrilla warfare against Afghan, NATO troops KABUL: The Taliban vowed on Thursday to fight back with a “hit and run” guerrilla campaign against Western and Afghan forces preparing to storm one of their key strongholds in southern Afghanistan. Thousands of US Marines and NATO and Afghan [...]
