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21Apr

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Pakistan & Kashmir

David Miliband’s Afghan Endgame Slightly off Mark

NOVANEWS By Khalil Nouri It is typical to scoff at David Miliband’s position for his post-political career. But in a recent New York Times article the former U.K Foreign Secretary showed that his intellect and judgment on a number of key issues, including how to bring the Afghan War to an end, was and remains almost finely honed; but it lacks an indigenous solution to be airborne: David Miliband (Former U.K. Foreign Secretary) He profoundly recognizes the exact symptoms by saying, “The time is now for the West to push for a comprehensive settlement that would give all Afghan groups, including the Taliban, a voice in the country’s future while at the same time taking the interests of regional power into account. “ He goes on, “Afghanistan’s battles are not just between the Afghan an...

20Apr

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Iran

Iran army general: Attacking us would be suicidal

NOVANEWS Semi-official Iran Fars News Agency quotes Iranian Brig. Gen. Reza Pourdastan as saying aggression against Iran is impossible; general boasts that Iran’s military is stronger than ever. Haaretz.com The Iranian army’s ground force commander warned that attacking Iran would be suicidal, the semi-official Iranian Fars News Agency reported on Wednesday. “Today no enemy has the requirements and the desire to carry out a military attack against the powerful Iran and military aggression against Iran is highly unlikely and even impossible and is synonymous with the suicide of the aggressor,” Brig. Gen. Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said while addressing foreign military attaches in Teheran on Tuesday. http://c5.zedo.com/jsc/c5/ff2.html?n=305;c=5899/5269/1;s=1369;d=9;w=300;h=250 The Gen...

20Apr

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Syria

'Syrian Protestors Proxy for US/IsraHell'

NOVANEWS Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem Chair of West Midland PSC Protest develops in Baniyas, Syria An interview with Bassam Abu Abdulla from the Al Watan news agency in Damascus The US, Western governments and popular media sow discord in Syria by supporting opposition groups who want the nation and its people to divide under developing democratic reforms. In an interview with Press TV, Bassam Abu Abdulla, from the Al Watan news agency in Damascus, tells us that the US and Saudi Arabian governments as well as the Western media are manipulating reports and supporting opposition groups in Syria because the government has long been against the US and Israeli policy in the region. Press TV: What can you tell us about recent events taking place in Syria? Abu Abdulla: Gen...

20Apr

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Yemen

Yemen: Backing away from Saleh, slowly

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross Ed note–We here at The Ugly Truth predicted more than a month ago that the US–despite making the appearance of supporting Saleh, would eventually abandon him. The reason we were able to make this prediction is because we have maintained from the beginning that the “revolutions” in the Middle East were not, are not and will not be “spontaneous” grass-roots events free of “foreign influence” and that it is the goal if Israel and America to see ALL regimes replaced with new ones. Shifting US policy in Yemen is influenced by counterterrorism concerns and Saudi Arabia’s growing role. Gregg Carlstrom, aljazeerah The US has slowly been dropping its support for Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, long one of its closest allies in the region – bu...

20Apr

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Pakistan & Kashmir

‘Expect another hard year in Afghan war’

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said that the coming year will be a difficult one for US troops in Afghanistan. “I think our losses, which were significant last year, will be this year as well,” Reuters quoted Mullen as saying in Afghanistan on Tuesday. He also said he expected heavy fighting in the months ahead. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the fight against militants in Afghanistan “has made progress” over the past 15 months. However, Democratic members of the US Congress have rejected the upbeat government assessment of progress, pointing out that 2010 has been the deadliest year for both th...

20Apr

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Kuwait, USA

Kuwait American Proxy Regime

NOVANEWS Kuwait, A Quantico Brig And Now Fort Leavenworth. modernityblog Tags: ACLU, Assange, Bradley Manning, Censorship, extradition, Fort Leavenworth, Gitmo,Julian Assange, P.J. Crowley, PJ Crowley, Quantico, State Department, Sweden, US involvement, Wikileaks | Categories:Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p4XPG-39u The captivity of Bradley Manning does no favours for America, his treatment has been harsh, petty and unnecessary. I had not appreciated that Manning was held in Kuwait for two months before his move to the US, and it is fairly clear that the regime at Quantico was used to make him lose his marbles, Kim Zetter has more: "Manning’s treatment during his detention has been the subject of intense criticism. The ACLU called his treatment “gratuitou...

20Apr

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Syria

Syria Steps Up Its Crackdown While Promising Reform

NOVANEWS Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Protesters in the Syrian town of Banias on Tuesday, in an image from a cellphone. Demonstrations were reported in several cities. By ANTHONY SHADID Published: April 19, 2011 BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Syrian government tried to placate protesters with declarations of sweeping reform on Tuesday while also issuing harsh threats of reprisals if demonstrations did not come to an end, as one of the Arab world’s most repressive countries struggled to blunt the most serious challenge to the 40-year rule of the Assad family. The mix of concession and coercion came hours after the police, army and the other forces of an authoritarian state were marshaled to crush one of the biggest gatherings yet by protesters bent on staging an Egyptian-style ...

20Apr

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Syria

US says not working to undermine Syria gov’t

NOVANEWS State Department spokesman dismisses WikiLeaks’ notion that Washington wants to topple Syrian regime; insists Assad ‘needs to address ‘legitimate aspirations of his people’ The United States is not working to undermine the Syrian government but President Bashar Assad “needs to address the legitimate aspirations of his people,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner said on Monday. “No we are not working to undermine that government,” Toner said in response to a question at a media briefing, adding the US government was working to promote democratic processes in Syria and elsewhere in the world. Conspiracy Theory? Report: US funding Syrian opposition / Associated Press WikiLeaks: Documents show US gave at least $6 million to Assad’s opponents by Sept. 2010 “The Syrian gov...

18Apr

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Syria

Syria city 'boiling' after security forces reportedly kill 12 protesters

NOVANEWS crescentandcross Homs protesters were reportedly shot 'in cold blood'; deaths come a day after three mourners were killed after attending a funeral of a man killed by Syrian security forces. Syrian forces killed 12 protesters overnight in the central city of Homs in clashes after the death of a tribal leader in custody, a rights campaigner in Homs said on Monday. "Homs is boiling. Security forces and the regime thugs have been provoking armed tribes for a month now. But civilians in large numbers also took to the streets in different areas of Homs last night and they were shot at in cold blood," the rights campaigner told Reuters. Boys hold a banner during a demonstration in the the Syrian port city of Banias April 17, 2011. Photo by: Reuters...

18Apr

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Syria

WikiLeaks: Hariri Proposed New Syria Regime

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross Leaked diplomatic cables allege that Saad Al-Hariri suggested isolating Bashar Al-Assad and forming a coalition of Muslim Brotherhood and former regime figures to take power Ahram Online , A WikiLeaks document published by a Lebanese daily claims that former prime minister and head of the Future Movement Saad Al-Hariri called for the isolation of the Syrian regime in 2006. Hariri reportedly suggested replacing Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with a coalition that included the Muslim Brotherhood and several individuals that were once part of the regime. Hizbullah-friendly Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar published the leaked documents the day Syrian authorities accused “Lebanese forces.” including a Future Movement MP, of supplying a “terrorist gro...