Posts Tagged ‘Turkey’
The West’s War Crimes are Much Greater than Israel’s
YNet | By Shaul Rosenfeld | 30 July 2010 Hypocrisy’s finest hour Revelations of West’s crimes in Afghanistan highlight anti-Israel hypocrisy In an interview with PBS earlier this year, Richard Goldstone was quite amazed by a question regarding the suspicion that he and others may, heaven forbid, adopt a double standard in respect to [...]
David Cameron taking a more stand-offish approach to the U.S.
China Daily | Xinhua | 21 July 2010 British 'more cautious in special relationship' with US LONDON - With new British Prime Minister David Cameron making his first trip to Washington for bilateral talks with US President Barack Obama, the director of one of Britain's leading think-tanks has highlighted the more cautious nature of the [...]
The Iranian Threat
ZSpace | By Noam Chomsky | 28 June 2010 The dire threat of Iran is widely recognized to be the most serious foreign policy crisis facing the Obama administration. Congress has just strengthened the sanctions against Iran, with even more severe penalties against foreign companies. The Obama administration has been rapidly expanding its [...]
Embracing “Afpakistan”
Express Tribune | By Arshad Zaman | 1 July 2010 The expression “Af-Pak” that has gained currency despite belated efforts by the U.S. government to suppress it, has not been received well in Pakistan. This reflects probably a perceived slight in being de-linked from India (not that “Indo-Pak” was much liked), and linked to a [...]
Unmanned Drones: Targeted Killing or Collateral Murder?
Antiwar | By by Thalif Deen | 30 June 2010 When a Pakistani-U.S. national pleaded guilty last week to a failed attempt to detonate explosives packed in a vehicle in the heart of New York City, he admitted that one of the reasons he targeted the busy Times Square neighborhood was to “injure and kill” as many people as [...]
Israel fleet raid probe Head threatens to resign
Times of India | APP | 30 June 2010 Head of Israel fleet raid probe threatens to resign: TV report JERUSALEM: The head of an Israeli commission set up to investigate a deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla threatened to resign unless the probe is given wider powers, Israeli TV said on Tuesday. Yaakov Tirkel, a retired Supreme [...]
U.S. Defence Spending: Bang for the Buck, Zero
Antiwar | By William Pfaff | 23 June 2010 Runaway Defense Spending Not Winning Any Wars In Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq, the major places of military interest to the United States today (disregarding the hundreds of other places where American soldiers and agents or mercenaries have been dispatched to suppress one or another outbreak of [...]
Russians Support Israel on the Gaza Flotilla Massacre
Russia BTH | 23 June 2010 Views from Russia on the Gaza Strip It wasn’t Israel’s attack on the naval convoy destined for the Gaza strip that shocked and surprised Russian pundits, who were mostly sympathetic to Israel in its reaction to not let the flotilla pass at all costs, even to the point of violence. On the contrary, they were [...]
Israel: New flotilla will be stopped
People's Daily | 21 June 2010 Israel says any ships headed to the Gaza Strip will be intercepted as part of the blockade on the Mediterranean territory. After Sunday's weekly cabinet meeting, Israel's Science Minister said no vessels will be allowed to reach the shores of the Strip. His comments come after reports that the Lebanese [...]
Gallup: Most Muslims Feel Islamic Law Provides Justice for All
Gallup: The Coexist Foundation | by Magali Rheault and Dalia Mogahed | 25 July 2008 Many Turks, Iranians, Egyptians Link Sharia and Justice Egyptians most likely to make positive associations with Sharia The first article analyzed public attitudes about the role of Sharia as a source of legislation, concluding that although perceptions vary [...]
