The Austrian Foreign Minister, Michael Spindelberger and Germany´s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle have expressed their opposition against lifting the E.U. ban on arming the Syrian opposition. Inner-European discord about lifting the ban grows as more details about massacres and chemical weapons use by opposition forces emerge. The inner-European discord also […]
Month: July 2013
Cyberspace and Future: Issue Coming to Fore
The Snowden affair, as expected, is snowballing, gathering more and more new details and revelations. This has already led to several international scandals (including the egregious example of what happened with Bolivian President Evo Morales’ plane) and most likely will lead to more. However, this entire situation poses another, more […]
British Joy and Syrian Blood
In April 2011 when all mainstream media were jabbering about British royal wedding, NATO aircrafts were bombarding Tripoli, Sirte and other Libya cities killing innocent civilians. Then Libyan children even congratulated the couple showing a picture during a press-conference in Tripoli: the blood was pouring down from Prince William’s hands […]
Watergate & Snowdengate
40 years of walking in desert in search of democracy It happened 40 years ago – in 1973. There was a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington D.C. to install tapping devices so that Republican President Richard Nixon could monitor communications of […]
On Leaks and Pseudo-Reality: The US’ Futile Search for ‘World Domination’
Those enchanted by pseudo-reality must have been at the edge of their seats as they watched ‘Zero Dark Thirty’, a Hollywood account of how US SEAL Team Six killed Osama Bin Laden on May 1, 2011. But a recently leaked report shows that the ‘riveting’ Hollywood account of the ‘greatest […]
American Liberty in Need of Renovation
On U.S. Independence Day on July 4 the symbol of American democracy, the Statue of Liberty, was reopened to visitors. If it had not been a gift from France to the American people, then the sculpture, which was designed by a French architect, cast from Russian copper and placed on […]
Russian FM: “There Cannot Be A Military Solution For Syria”
While a politically brokered end to the war in Syria seems more remote than ever, and most recent intelligence and reports indicate that a major political and military campaign against Syria is scheduled for August and September, Russia´s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, reiterated, that there cannot be a military solution […]
War against Iran, Iraq AND Syria?
Amidst the incessant rumble in the (Washington) jungle about a possible Obama administration military adventure in Syria, new information has come to light. And what a piece of Pipelineistan information that is. Albawaba Business reported that Iran and Iraq have signed an agreement last Sunday on delivery of 25 mcm […]
Afghanistan Transition 2014: Discerned Probabilities
Discernment of the probable form of the political transition of Afghanistan is one of the focal points of concern of the governments and public of Afghanistan, Pakistan and US, besides the regional countries and US’ major ISAF partners. Recent break down of the dialogue between US and Taliban – the […]
Episode 13. Why London presented Hitler with Vienna and Prague (II)
Part I Any discussion of Hitler’s takeover of Austria must include the important role Mussolini played in the Anschluss. Since Italy was one of the victors of WWI, that country was one of the primary guarantors of Austria’s neutrality and sovereignty. The reason for this was simple: according to Article […]
Snowden: Up in Arms Against Established Order
Edward Snowden, a young American, grabbed the world attention in the wink of an eye making the revelations on US global surveillance come into the open. The world telecommunications are under constant surveillance carried out by the watchful eye of US special services. The snooping is ubiquitous encompassing US citizens […]
Snowden and the World’s No-fly Zones
It took three weeks, till a high-ranked official of the United Nations, the commissary of human rights, Navi Pillay, made a commentary on the flight of Edward Snowden and his long-term seeking for asylum. She noticed publically that systematic violation of international law and human rights, how it was and […]
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