Random Political Thoughts

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maybe the connservatives aka Cameron, is not as cracked up as they try and make us believe ..
and no sense in blaming media source GR for what must be a seeming truth of how it is ..

The Truth About Poverty In Britain Is Much Worse Than You Think

Forty years after Margaret Thatcher came to power the true extent of neoliberal market reforms are still unravelling and inequality, as we are now hearing almost daily, has inexhorably taken a grip and harming society much more widely as a direct result with evidence of rising poverty its consequence.

The Equality Trust and High Pay Centre has average pay for UK workers calculated as £26,500. However, average pay conceals the reality for millions.

For instance, the top 0.1% are earning a few pounds over £1 million a year and the top 1% are earning an average £271,888. What this figure hides is the fact that the top FTSE chief executives are earning an average of £4.3 million and it takes them just 2.5 days to earn the average annual workers pay. These statistics do not include other successful groups such as self employed entrepreneurs.

www.globalresearch.ca: The Truth About Poverty In Britain Is Much Worse Than You Think

surely its just the way any dictator would run his country huh
en/insuring itself for future votes etc etc ..

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during his meeting with mukhtars at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Nov. 26, 2015. (photo by REUTERS/Umit Bektas)

Looking to snitch on your neighbors? Turkey will pay you for the info

Mukhtars are moving up in the world. Since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan moved to his controversial palace outside Ankara in November 2014, the mukhtars — elected heads of villages and towns — have become his prominent guests. They were the first group to be invited to the fancy palace, and Erdogan continues to receive groups of 300-400 mukhtars at a time.

Summary⎙ Print The Turkish government has hiked the pay of some elected leaders for providing intelligence about people in their neighborhoods.
Author Mehmet CetingulecPosted January 20, 2016
TranslatorTimur Göksel
There are about 53,000 mukhtars in Turkey. Erdogan plans to meet with all of them.

At the palace, mukhtars first hear a motivational speech by the president while their excited applause and standing ovations are generously carried live on television. After lunch, they return to their villages or city districts.

Why this sudden interest in mukhtars? Until August 2015, mukhtars were paid for simply drawing up documents about citizens’ residences and identities and then putting an official stamp on them.

Read more: Looking to snitch on your neighbors? Turkey will pay you for the info - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

 

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why would CHINA worry about its own countrys slowing down of its economic growth, when tits premier has spent the last few months travelling the world picking up billions of dollars of trade ..
is that how things work, will other countries be suffering but not China ..dont know ..

Chinese President Xi Jinping tours Middle East, inks deals worth billions in bid for influence

Posted about 2 hours ago

PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz. (AFP: SPA)
RELATED STORY: Iran, major powers reach historic nuclear deal
RELATED STORY: Iraq, Egypt, China slammed in US religious freedom report
MAP: Egypt
Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced billions of dollars in special loans and investments in the Middle East as Beijing seeks to boost its economic ties and clout in the oil rich region.

Mr Xi offered China's financial support in an address to the Cairo-based Arab League after holding talks with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during his first tour to the Middle East as president.

He arrived in Cairo late Wednesday from Saudi Arabia and will travel on Friday to Iran, the last leg of his three-nation tour.

Beijing has long taken a backseat to other diplomatic players in the Middle East but analysts say the region is crucial to Mr Xi's signature foreign policy initiative — known as "One Belt One Road" — touted as a revival of ancient Silk Road trade routes.

China, the world's second-largest economy, also relies heavily on oil and gas imported from the energy-rich Middle East.

www.abc.net.au: China President Xi Jinping tours Middle East, inks deals worth billions


many get killed in other countries and hardly a mention
or a one off mention

Paris/Jakarta etc, big hu e and cry with the odd few that meet there fate

why theoe countries always get plenty of ongoing coverage galore annoys me ..

Al-Shabab storms beachside restaurant in Somali capital

Published on Jan 22, 2016
Up to 20 people killed as popular hotel and restaurant in heart of Mogadishu targeted by suicide bombers and gunmen.

 

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God deliver us from idiots devoted to Iron Age religions.

 

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the sdelf professed
grteatest country in the world
ggreatest military in the world
with schools deterioating/falling down amongst the kids bodies ..

compounded with Flints toxic water

Teachers in Detroit protest as US court consider no 'sick-outs'

Published on Jan 23, 2016
A US court is considering issuing an order to stop so-called teacher 'sick-outs' that have closed dozens of schools in the city of Detroit. Teachers have been calling in sick as part of protests over what they say are unhealthy conditions. There are fears the dispute could end in a strike. John Hendren reports from Detroit.
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my MYANMAR

lets hope it makes a huge differernce from FEBRUARY

Myanmar begins releasing jailed activists

Published on Jan 22, 2016
The government of Myanmar has begun releasing more political prisoners as it winds down its time in office.More than 30 detainees were freed on Friday and there may be more to come in the days ahead.Wayne Hay reports from neighbouring Thaila

funny, for some reason
a most loved city but ..
geuss it was good/effective in the day when the mayor cleaned up the city, but 2016 now
WOT' no police state neccesary .. duh!!!

Is New York City About to Ease Up on Petty BS Crimes?

Last April, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito announced that she wanted to go easier on several low-level offenses in New York. Her list of bullshit crimes we shouldn't be sweating too much included urinating in public, making unreasonable noise, and hanging out in a park after dark. It might seem trivial, but according to a Daily News analysis at the time, roughly 2.7 million New Yorkers had been hit up for these kinds of petty infractions between 2001 and 2013.

This is the pure, street-level incarnation of "broken windows" policing, a popular model of law enforcement where so-called "quality of life" offenses are aggressively enforced in order (theoretically) to prevent larger crimes. And the result—at least, in Manhattan—is a bizarro-world criminal court that is running full steam at 1 AM on a weeknight. And there are over 1 million open arrestwarrants in NYC, mostly for minorities in low-income communities, for things like pissing in public a decade ago.

Is New York City About to Ease Up on Petty BS Crimes? | VICE | United States

ARAB SPRING did it happen/not going to happen again ..

Egypt's media: Revolution and reality - The Listening Post (Full)

Published on Jan 23, 2016
Five years on from the January 25 revolution that represented the high watermark of the Arab Spring, Egypt's authorities and broadcast media in the country have been spreading a clear message: do not take to the streets.Last week, Egypt's authorities arrested five people who ran Facebook pages marking the anniversary of the revolution. According to press freedom groups, the number of journalists in Egyptian jails is at an all-time high.The bulk of the mainstream news media in Egypt aligned itself with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi when he took power from the Muslim Brotherhood, but there are signs now that their wholesale acceptance of his rule is wavering.TV and print outlets are re-discovering their critical faculties on matters of governance, corruption and economic policy. However, there are limits to how far the government will allow dissent and those who cross the line risk much more than their jobs.Other stories on Our Radar this week: At least seven media workers in Afghanistan have been killed in a Taliban bombing in Kabul; in Yemen, a freelance reporter has been killed and a three-man crew from Al Jazeera Arabic has gone missing; Washington Post Iran correspondent Jason Rezaian has been freed after a year-and-a-half in a Tehran jail; and the veil is slowly being lifted on the mysterious story of five missing Hong Kong publishers.The 'Snoopers' Charter': Surveillance in the UKIn the UK, the government is in the midst of rewriting the country's laws on surveillance and national security through a piece of legislation called the Investigatory Powers Bill, or IPB - and journalists will be watching this story closely.Referred to by its critics as the "Snoopers' Charter", the bill is designed to pull together all laws regulating how the government, police and intelligence services can surveil its citizens, including journalists.The Listening Post's Flo Phillips reports on the relationship between the security state in the UK and the journalists who dare to challenge it.Returning to Egypt, five years ago, one of the anthems of the January 25 revolution was Ramy Essam's "Bread, Freedom and Social Justice".Since then, both he and his country have moved on; Essam has relocated to Sweden and Egypt now has another former military man in charge.Last year, Essam released "Beans are caviar", its message being that Egyptians, in their enthusiasm for the Sisi government, are mistaking a basic food staple for something of gourmet value.

 

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laughing
world economic forum, another recession
think the worlds panicking/shitting itself
most/many are looking like cut cats strangled of the beautiful/wonderful lifestyle they strive forumgood F'n job, its as much as we all deserve ..
let the worlds econonmy suffer/let the wealthy live a lessor life they think they deserve, with starting wars to achieve such
and the poor subsistance level persons who are satisfied with what little they have ever had, will triumph, indeed likely have a better standard of living than the rich
su..... seems to tyake the failed wealthy more readily than the subistence living poor/MAYBE
do a study clever people out there ..

Counting the Cost - Davos 2016: Tackling oil challenge and inequality trap

Published on Jan 23, 2016
In a world of social media and technology, networking has become commonplace. Once a year, the world's biggest and most powerful networking event, the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, takes place in Switzerland.Last week, world leaders met in Davos to discuss the biggest challenges facing the global economy in 2016: Crushing markets and currencies, the falling price of oil, global inequality, migration, the rise of technology, and the threat of another recession.So, what is next for the world's economy? Can another global financial crisis be averted? How can inequality be tackled? What does the low oil price mean for the future of Russia and the Middle East? And how can the world master the next industrial revolution? Angel Gurria, the secretary general of OECD, talks to Counting the Cost about the economic prospects for 2016 and what should be done to tackle the challenges ahead. He believes it is time for ministers and governments to go structural and to implement long-term reforms.We also talk to Winnie Byanyima, the executive director of Oxfam international, about Oxfam's recent report on inequality."Our report shows the pace and the scale of the crisis. We are showing today that 62 people own as much wealth as 3.5 billion poorest people - half of humanity. And that this has been increasing rapidly. In 2010 this figure was 288; last year it was 80; today it's 62, and in a few years time it will be just ten people owning the same wealth as half of humanity. This is dangerous, because it slows economic growth... it traps people in poverty and it sparks social unrest.... It's not inevitable and we are here to propose solutions and we are asking governments and business leaders to tackle it, and to tackle it urgently.... Thirty years of deregulation, of privatisation, of financial secrecy, of globalisation, has resulted in exactly this," says Byanyima.Global oil prices have fallen sharply over the past months, leading to significant revenue shortfalls in many oil producing countries, but what is really behind the falling oil price? And what does it mean for the global economy?We talk to Fatih Birol, the executive director of the IEA, who says the oil price has been the main topic in Davos."There will be more oil in the market... 2016 may well be a year where we see oil prices under pressure.... Low oil prices hurt the economies (the Middle East and Russia are hurt the most), but we should also see that this is not a price level which will be with us forever."Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, talks to us about Russia as global international player. How does Russia deal with the low oil price and its international standing - and how has it affected business?He says, "it's a very big challenge for the Russian economy because it's very much dependant on oil, but .... it also creates new opportunies."Finland has been dubbed by some as the next sick man of Europe. Alexander Stubb, the Finnish finance minister, talks to us about unemployment, economic decline, structural reform and Finland's and Europe's economic future."There are colossal challenges for all of Europe, number one is migration and asylum seekers, number two is the euro and economy, and number three is basically terrorism and security. I think this is like a 1950s and 1990's moment for Europe. In the 1950's coal and steel was integrated, in the 1990s the Cold War ended and we went for the European Union. I think the answer to all these three crises is more integration, not less."

Noam Cnomsky
probably the worlds best known critic on the US foreign policy
interview 1/2

~ Ajs upfront intervier

UpFront - Noam Chomsky on the war against ISIL

In this episode of UpFront, Mehdi Hasan speaks to the renowned American academic Noam Chomsky about his public spat with the Turkish president, the war against ISIL and Russia's annexation of Crimea.

We also look at the ramifications of the Saudi Arabia-Iran feud, and debate the state of Egypt five years after the Arab Spring.

oh dear
another country and its peoples to feel sorry for, like Nepal/Myanmar etc ..
read several reports of there frustration/angst/plight, at least there govt is one who seems to be trying its best ..

Tunisia holds emergency cabinet meeting after curfew

Published on Jan 23, 2016
Tunisia is waking up after a nighttime nationwide curfew. It was imposed on Friday night after the worst unrest since the uprising five years ago that toppled former leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. There have now been four days of violent protests over unemployment. Mainly young men throwing stones have clashed with police in several towns, and the police responded with tear gas.They started after the death of 28-year-old Ridya Yahyaoui on Saturday.He was electrocuted after climbing a transmission tower in protest at missing out on a government job.President Beji Caid Essebsi says Tunisia is under attack and warns that ISIL fighters in neighbouring Libya could take advantage of the unrest.Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Kasserine, where the protests began.

 

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your greed and lust for oil

for the richies/the wealthy/the greedy
who will kill willingly to maintain/improve there lifestyle
as tho its there god given right .
an ultimate in life/at the expense of others.

of course begining of the year and the economic world is shitting itself, good F'n job i say
like there acts of inhumanity re immigrants' Syrian migrant refugees in particular

suffer you of the unkind variety of humanity

or
for the USA gang ..

 

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intyeresting US/Turkey, buddy buddys at tghe moment
knocking off the Russian plane, Turkey using a US plane apparently, very suspect!
both as dodgy as the other, wonder if Turkeys going to be the next USA lackey ..

US, Turkey prepared for 'military solution' to Islamic State in Syria if politics fails, Joe Biden says
Updated about 8 hours ago

PHOTO: Joe Biden says the United States is prepared for a "military solution" in Syria. (AFP: Ozan Kose)
RELATED STORY: Russia, US say Syria peace talks expected to start 'in next few days'
MAP: Syrian Arab Republic
US Vice-President Joe Biden says the United States and Turkey are prepared for a military solution to Islamic State in Syria if a political settlement is not possible, amid uncertainty over scheduled peace talks.

Key points:

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  • US and Turkey prepared for "military solution" to deal with IS in Syria if political talks fail
  • Kurdish political groups warn peace talks will fail if Syrian Kurds are not represented
  • US Vice-President Joe Biden says PKK is "equally a threat" to Turkey as IS

Mr Biden made the comments at a news conference after a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

"We do know it would better if we can reach a political solution but we are prepared ... if that's not possible, to have a military solution to this operation and taking out Daesh," he said.

Daesh is the pejorative Arabic acronym for Islamic State insurgents who hold parts of Syria.

A US official clarified that Mr Biden was talking about a military solution to Islamic State, not Syria as a whole.

The latest round of Syria peace talks, planned to begin on Monday in Geneva, are at risk of being delayed partly because of a dispute over who will comprise the opposition delegation.

The Saudi-backed Syrian opposition ruled out even indirect negotiations unless Damascus took steps including a halt to Russian air strikes.

Mr Biden said he and Mr Davutoglu also discussed how the two NATO allies could further support Sunni Arab rebel forces fighting to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

www.abc.net.au: US, Turkey 'prepared for military solution to IS in Syria'


seems like the SOUTH AFRICANS are doing wonderful things for the health of there people ..
plus they certainly dont go around willy nilly starting wars and interfering with other peoples/countries ..

Breast milk banks reshaping South Africa attitudes

Published on Jan 23, 2016
The South African government is trying to encourage more mothers to breastfeed as the country has one of the lowest levels of breastfeeding in the world. Part of the effort to persuade new mums away from manufactured formula milk includes setting up human milk banks.Haru Mutasa reports from Johannesburg.

 

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always wondered what happened to BELARUS

People and Power - Belarus: Europe's last dictatorship

Published on Jan 24, 2016
In October 2015 a presidential election was held in Belarus.

It wasn't a convincing contest and few thought that victory would go to anyone other than the man who had ruled the country for the past two decades. With an economy in tatters and a chilling charge list of human rights violations against his name, Alexander Lukashenko has long presided over Europe's closest equivalent to North Korea.

That said, the president many accuse of being a dictator eschews a personality cult. There's little need, say his opponents; Lukashenko rules through fear.

Today, time-warped Belarus provides a glimpse into what life was like before the collapse of the Soviet Union, where the secret police are still called the KGB and the success of the economy is measured in tractor sales.

In the run-up to the poll, filmmaker Glenn Ellis went to investigate the state of political freedom in Belarus, the reasons behind Lukashenko's apparently unshakable grip on power and the capacity of the country's embattled and suppressed opposition to fight back against overwhelming state repression.

 

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smile

CHINA president cruising the world the last couple of months
securing business equals money

F the US
leaving it behind

'best military in the world'
thats your presidential legacy youve left behind OBAMA
may well live to regret that particular utterance
what, as little as say 5 years!!!

while the worlds grasping at straws, poor us, oil is so low ha
west is depressed ..
another recession looking for the west duh'
600 billion in the next 10 years

West-wary Iran deepens China ties as sanctions end

Published on Jan 24, 2016
President Xi Jinping is one of the first world leaders to visit Iran since the lifiting of international sanctions. China signed 17 agreements with Iran to boost trade to 600 bn dollars. Xi's Mideast tour also included stops in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. And as Osama Bin Javaid reports it's a delicate balance to boost ties with regional rivals.

 

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wonderful people SA seemingly trying to help/work on tere peoples healtth/admirable 'like'
imagine happens in manyy countries, just reporting from this ne curretly

Exercise helps South Africa's senior citizens ward off depression

Elderly people suffering from depression in South Africa rarely have access to help, especially in poorer communities. Now an exercise programme for elderly patients is helping them fight depression, as Haru Mutasa reports from Johannesburg

and your global economics/low oil prices? ha
Chinas not relying on oil for the future or is it duh'
wests hunger/greed/thirst for oil, kill at all costs ..
China tyaking no part in this diabolical happenstance .. yet?? if ever??

Davos Economic Forum: Low oil & gas prices dominate talks

amazing how people WW come out and protest these days/speak there mind
Tunisia as well
altho will admit there are some countries that supress there people in doing so, not only Russia/China i may add

Thousands rally in Moldova to demand early polls

Published on Jan 24, 2016
Thousands of people have begun protesting in the Moldovan capital, gathering in front of government buildings.Protesters are demanding early elections after the appointment of a prime minister who THEY claim is taking orders from business tycoons. Opposition speakers at the demonstration are calling for the people to decide on Moldova's future, not Europe, Russia or the United States.Robin Forestier-Walker reports from Chisinau.

What’s Really Going on with Oil?
By F. William Engdahl
Global Research, January 24, 2016
New Eastern Outlook 24 January 2016
Region: Middle East & North Africa, USA
Theme: Global Economy, Oil and Energy

If there is any single price of any commodity that determines the growth or slowdown of our economy, it is the price of crude oil. Too many things don’t calculate today in regard to the dramatic fall in the world oil price. In June 2014 major oil traded at $103 a barrel. With some experience following the geopolitics of oil and oil markets, I smell a big skunk. Let me share some things that for me don’t add up.

On January 15 the US benchmark oil price, WTI (West Texas Intermediate), closed trading at $29, the lowest since 2004. True, there’s a glut of at least some 1 million barrels a day overproduction in the world and that’s been the case for over a year.

True, the lifting of Iran sanctions will bring new oil on to a glutted market, adding to the downward price pressure of the present market.

However, days before US and EU sanctions were lifted on Iran on January 17, Seyyid Mohsen Ghamsari, the head of international affairs at National Iranian Oil Company stated that Iran, “…will try to enter the market in a way to make sure the boosted production will not cause a further drop in prices…We will be producing as much as the market can absorb.” So the new entry of Iran post-sanctions onto world oil markets is not the cause for the sharp oil fall since January 1.

www.globalresearch.ca: What’s Really Going on with Oil?

 

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mt NEPAL damn slow acting govt allowing there people to sufferknowing winter was approaching
sooomuch beaureucratic nnsense ..

Nepal's earthquake survivors struggling as snowstorms hit

ed on Jan 25, 2016
Snowstorms and plummeting temperatures are making life miserable for survivors of last year’s earthquake in Nepal. Subina Shrestha reports from Laprak village in Nepal's Gorkha district.

Egypt: Is the media's 'Sisi-mania' waning? - The Listening Post (Lead)
Published on Jan 24, 2016
Five years ago, in January 2011, images of the revolution from Cairo's Tahrir Square that led to the fall of the Mubarak government were watched around the world.As January 25, 2016 approached, the Egyptian authorities put the word out and the media echoed it - that history would not be allowed to repeat itself. The message was clear: Do not take to the streets.Last week, five people who started Facebook pages marking the anniversary of the revolution were arrested, accused of supporting the now banned Muslim Brotherhood.According to press freedom groups, the number of journalists in Egyptian jails is at an all-time high. As Human Rights Watch puts it, we're seeing "a pattern of security agencies arresting people whose writings don't conform to official views".The bulk of the mainstream news media in Egypt aligned itself with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi against the Muslim Brotherhood, but now that the organisation has been forced underground there are some signs that the media's 'Sisi-mania' is waning.Cracks are beginning to show, with both TV and print outlets re-discovering their critical faculties on matters of governance, corruption, and economic policy.Still, there are limits and those who cross them risk much more than their jobs. Our starting point this week - five years after the revolution that represented the high watermark of the Arab Spring - is Cairo.

Members of security forces keep watch in Tahrir Square during the fifth anniversary of the uprising that ended the 30-year reign of President Hosni Mubarak, Cairo, Jan. 25, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Five years on, why do Egyptian authorities still fear January 25?
CAIRO — Five years after the outbreak of the January 25 Revolution in 2011, Egyptians are still dreaming of achieving the demands they raised during their revolution: bread, freedom and social justice. The successive governments and the current political administration have introduced major development projects aimed at gaining the trust of the people, yet the rates of poverty, unemployment, administrative corruption and the violation of freedoms continue to soar.

Five years on, why do Egyptian authorities still fear January 25? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Read more: Five years on, why do Egyptian authorities still fear January 25? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

 

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Colombia Farq appear on the road to peace
congratulations forcomming to that realizatiom ..
UN playinga decent role again, good ..

UN agrees to oversee potential Colombia peace deal

Published on Jan 26, 2016
The UN has agreed to oversee a potential peace deal between the Colombian government and FARC rebels.

The Security Council authorised a monitoring mission on Monday, signalling a possible end to the decades

 

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mmmm SYRIAN TALKS!!!

does this mean its possible the Syrian opposition dont want to work at peace
like Colombia/Farq
or more so have an ongoing conflict like Israle!!!
looks like theyre all F'cking around as to wqho attends the talks FFS

Syrian opposition: A united government is unacceptable

Published on Jan 26, 2016
George Sabra, the President of the Opposition's Syrian National Council, says the beginning of a political process is not Geneva or Vienna, it is the Geneva Communique in 2012.

Syria talks update: Kurdish PYD not invited

Will Syria war settlement talks make any difference?

Published on Jan 26, 2016
A date has been set in Geneva but serious doubts remain over what can be achieved.Presenter: Peter DobbieGuests:Georga Sabra - president of the Syrian National CouncilOubai Shahbandar - managing director of Orient MediaNoah Bonsey - senior Syria analyst for the International Crisis Group

 

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USA GOVT wins again, as expected
just a matter of time, same ole same ole

imagine
all the Trump supporters will be triumphant
Obama admin, just played it and waited it out ..

BREAKING NEWS

The leaders of an antigovernment standoff in Oregon have been arrested and one person has been killed

Tuesday, January 26, 2016 10:26 PM EST
Ammon Bundy, the head of an antigovernment group that occupied a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, was arrested and one person died Tuesday night, the F.B.I. and the State Police said.
Five other people, including Mr. Bundy’s brother Ryan Bundy, were also in custody.
Read more »

 

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so
why do the US presidents go all orgasmic with there right for executive orders,andmaking multitudes of decisions in there dying warmonger gasps ..

incomming president basically ignores such, sort of like a little gift for there 8 years of leading the country into the best way possible for them
geuss itsthe countrys legacy gift for saving all and sundy from death and destruction/wipe the others out first ..

have a feeling everynoe including the US/Eu/all media are getting mighty bored with the Syrian war/any war
refugees totake care of because of therre mad fuck upswith wars
dont want tobe shouldered with that responsibility that theyve started, ignorant fools
good bloody job,suffer you warmongering devils,thelot of you,if you never had the weaponry like we dont have,

youd be a peace loving nation minding your own business ..

WAR & CONFLICT
How economic sanctions change the world
Economic sanctions change the world. See which countries are affected by these sanctions.
14 Jan 2016 14:15 GMT | War & Conflict, Politics

www.aljazeera.com: How economic sanctions change the world

 

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good lil thing to befollowing
have afeeling theyll get no where, all tointerested in prolonging the War
if thhisone ends they will be looking hard for the next/another one to replace it shirley ..
makes you sick, thyre agruing as to who should be invited .. absolute F'wits ..

UN mediator for Syria Staffan de Mistura (2L) and his staff attend a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 25, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Denis Balibouse)

Syria talk invites go out … who’s in and who’s out?

WASHINGTON — United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura formally issued invitations on Tuesday, Jan. 26, for Syria peace talks that are due to start Jan. 29 in Geneva and last for six months, as the Syrian opposition, who are meeting in Saudi Arabia, signaled it would seek clarifications on the talks before deciding if it would attend.

Summary⎙ Print UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura issued invitations Jan. 26 to new Syria peace talks in Geneva beginning Jan. 29 that could last six months, while acknowledging that the relaunched peace effort is going to be uphill.
Author Laura RozenPosted January 26, 2016
In a sign of the tremendous strains on the fragile diplomatic efforts, de Mistura announced that the relaunched peace talks would not, at least initially, have the Syrian government and opposition delegations meeting in the same room, but would have diplomats shuttling between delegations in different rooms. In addition, because agreement could not be reached to include the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), among others, in the Syrian opposition delegation, de Mistura issued a third set of invitations to a dozen individuals and groups, as well as women and nongovernmental organization (NGO) figures, that Russia wanted included.

Noting the past failed Geneva II Syria peace effort, which collapsed two years ago, de Mistura said the approach this time would be different — by holding rolling proximity talks over six months and cancelling any high-profile opening ceremony.

Read more: Syria talk invites go out … who’s in and who’s out? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

 

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little update for those that are ionterested
how could one not be ha
boots on the ground/taking over another couintry
as if the bitching of Russia going into .. and ... is the only evile personiofied ..
we can go into and stay likely UNINVITYED into a country
but Russia, oh no ..
liol ole excuse now is ''for training purposes' huh? duh

US Planning to Keep Military Forces in Afghanistan for “Decades”
By Thomas Gaist
Global Research, January 27, 2016
World Socialist Web Site
Region: Asia, Middle East & North Africa
Theme: US NATO War Agenda
In-depth Report: AFGHANISTAN

The US military plans to maintain a presence of thousands of US forces in Afghanistan for “decades,” unnamed senior US military officials told theWashington Post Tuesday.

“The US was supposed to leave Afghanistan by 2017. Now it might take decades,” unnamed US military leaders cited by the Post said.

The confirmation of long-term US troop deployments to Afghanistan has been prompted by the instability of the US-backed regime in Kabul, whose tenuous hold over the capital is threatened by insurgent forces including the Taliban, al Qaeda and ISIS, the US officials said.

Current Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is a US and NATO stooge imposed through a managed election geared to deflect popular hatred of the previous US- backed ruler, Hamid Karzai. Ghani was described by the US officials as a “willing and reliable partner” who can “provide bases to attack terror groups not just in Afghanistan, but also throughout South Asia for as long as the threat in the chronically unstable region persists.”

US officials added, “There’s a broad recognition in the Pentagon that building an effective Afghan Army and police force will take a generation’s commitment, including billions of dollars a year in outside funding.”

The US-NATO intervention in Afghanistan will also require “constant support from thousands of foreign advisers on the ground,” the officials said.

“We’ve learned that you can’t really leave,” an unnamed Pentagon official said. “You’re going to be there for a very long time.”

www.globalresearch.ca: US Planning to Keep Military Forces in Afghanistan for “Decades”

 

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good on the IRANIANS as far as im concerned
the SAUDIS are getting to F'n smart arse, probably with US backing ..

Iranian worshippers chant anti-Saudi and anti-U.S. slogans during Friday prayers in Tehran, Jan. 8, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi)

Iranians launch boycott of Saudi businesses

In Iran, a campaign to boycott Saudi products was initiated more than three weeks ago. The campaign, which was launched following a similar initiative in neighboring Iraq, was quickly joined by prominent Iranian actors such asRambod Javan.

Summary⎙ Print Following Saudi Arabia’s move to cut diplomatic and commercial ties with Iran, some Iranians have joined forces to launch a campaign against Saudi firms in the country — but is the boycott having any impact?
Author Masoud LavasaniPosted January 28, 2016
Javan posted the message “Never threaten an Iranian” on the messaging app Telegram. The phrase was famously uttered by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini at a tense moment during the nuclear negotiations in Austria last summer.

The boycott campaign follows Saudi Arabia’s Jan. 3 decision to cut diplomatic and commercial ties with Iran. The rupture was triggered by the attacks on Saudi diplomatic facilities in Iran after Riyadh executed Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr Jan. 2.

Read more: Iranians launch boycott of Saudi businesses - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

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Airline mechanic accused of planting bomb which brought down Russian airliner over Egypt
Updated about an hour ago

PHOTO: Russian emergency services at the crash site of the Russian airliner in Wadi al-Zolomat, a mountainous area of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. (AFP)
MAP: Egypt

PHOTO: A child's shoe is seen in front of debris from the plane. (Reuters: Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Egypt exposed to compensation claims if bomb planted

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As of 2010, over 1.6 billion or about 23.4% of the world population are Muslims.[3] By the percentage of the total population in a region considering themselves Muslim, 24.8% in Asia-Oceania do,[4] 91.2% in the Middle East-North Africa,[5] 29.6% in Sub-Saharan Africa,[6] around 6.0% in Europe,[7] and 0.6% in the Americas.[8][9][10][11]
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And i wonder how many of them are rapists/murde....

Someone on the internet: It's gotta be the religion...or or the people or or their DN...

Me: Wait what? That many muslims in the world. Reading from the same books and you think it's the religion period?

Someone on the internet: It has to be there is no other option.

Me: Well i mean..didn't christians murder like a megafuckton of people from different races AND genders over a long span of...

Someone on the internet: That doesn't count.

Me: Why not? It's the same exact thing...ok with the exception of money, government, crackdowns on a least a little corrupti...

Someone on the internet: Nope, it's solely the religion. Have you even read the quran?

Me: Have you been watching the news lately?

Someone on the internet: What does the current news have to do with anything?

Me: Umm isn't bill oreilly and donald trump christians?

Someone on the internet: What does that have to do with anything?

Me: Yeah one of them got a man killed and the other talked about killing women and children.

Someone on the internet: No they didn't.

Me: So you no hear babykiller rhetoric and we should take out their families rhetoric?

Someone on the internet: (Sticks fingers in their ears)

Me: Hmm guess you haven't read the bible either. Or a history book. Or a law book. Or watched a republican debate.....or listened to a pro gun person...or saw a racist cop...

 

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no
i am not a muslim
nor am i a Trump supporter, gaaawd forbid ha
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