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Powel: Sanctions against Iran ineffective

by Publisher2 March 19, 2010 Middle East

(Press TV) — Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell says sanctions against Iran will be to no avail as Tehran is “determined to have a nuclear program” not a “nuclear weapon.”
“I don’t see a set of sanctions coming along that would be so detrimental to the Iranians that they are going to stop that [...]

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Peace Process Hypocrisy: Stillborn from Inception

by Publisher2 March 15, 2010 Analysis

By Stephen Lendman
(The Intelligence Daily) — Journalist Henry Siegman titled his August 2007 London Review of Books article, “The Great Middle East Peace Process Scam,” calling it likely “the most spectacular deception in modern diplomatic history.”
This writer omits most likely calling it the no-peace peace process, stillborn from inception, while Haaretz writer Gideon Levy, on [...]

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Israel scraps military maneuvers after US pressure reports

by Publisher2 March 12, 2010 Defense

US media reports suggested Wednesday that Washington has warned Israel against executing military maneuvers in its northern region, for fear they would stoke conflict with Lebanon and Syria.
The American World Tribune, quoting well-placed Israeli military officials, reported that the administration of President Barack Obama had asked for a toning down of practice skirmishes in [...]

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Iraqi Elections Likely To Fuel Ethnic Tensions, Further Delay Access To Kirkuk’s Reserves

by Publisher2 March 5, 2010 Analysis

By Gareth Jenkins
(The Intelligence Daily) — The elections in Iraq on March 7, 2010, are likely to serve as an important indicator of the prospects for a resolution of the long-running dispute over the administration of the ethnically mixed and resource-rich province of Kirkuk in the north of the country.
The Iraqi Kurds have repeatedly called [...]

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