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Tuesday, 11 March 2008 |
 Top US commander Adm. William Fallon, whose views on Iran and other issues have been contrary to the Bush administration, has stepped down. "The current embarrassing situation and public perception of differences between my views and administration policy and the distraction this causes from the mission make this the right thing to do," Fallon writes in his letter of resignation Tuesday. According to US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Fallon whose military command was in charge of Iraq and Afghanistan resigned in the wake of a magazine article that portrayed him as challenging George Bush on Iran policy. Be first to comment this article
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Tuesday, 11 March 2008 |
 The Israeli occupation authority barred on Monday Massimo Toschi, the Italian minister for international cooperation and peace, from visiting Gaza to inspect the humanitarian condition there in the context of the
tight Israeli siege imposed on the Strip more than eight months ago. In a statement, the health ministry in Gaza said that the IOA blocked the Italian minister from entering Gaza in order to prevent the world from knowing
the ongoing Israeli crimes committed against the Palestinian people, pointing out that Toschi was scheduled to visit a number of Gaza hospitals and institutions.Be first to comment this article |
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Sunday, 09 March 2008 |
 The Israeli electronic and print media on Saturday revealed that the bulk of the eight Israeli Yeshiva (Talmudic religious school) “students” killed or injured in an attack on the headquarters of the Jewish settlement movement in Jerusalem on Thursday were actually paramilitary soldiers. The Israeli media, especially those targeting foreign audiences, also ignored the fact that Merkaz Ha'rav, the ideological central nervous system of religious messianic Zionism, combines Talmudic studies with military training in its educational program. This is known in Hebrew as “Hesder Merkaz”. Even Yitzhak Rabin’s killer, Yigal Amir, is reportedly to have studied at the Merkaz Ha’rav.Be first to comment this article |
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Saturday, 08 March 2008 |
 BERLIN - US soldiers abused Iraqis guarding the German embassy in Baghdad, according to a press report quoting a confidential report from the embassy. The weekly Der Spiegel, in its issue appearing Monday, says that ambassador Hanns Schumacher had told Berlin that three off-duty guards were arrested by US soldiers and ill-treated. One of them had been taken out of Baghdad and held for four months in a prison camp near the southern city of Basra, he alleged.Be first to comment this article |
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Saturday, 08 March 2008 |
 Russia's President Vladimir Putin has accused NATO of planning to replace the United Nations, saying such moves would only lead to escalation. "You get the impression that attempts are being made to set up an organization
that would substitute for the UN," Putin said on Saturday. Relations between Russia and the alliance have been souring over NATO's plans to
recruit former Soviet republics, including Ukraine and Georgia. Moscow considers NATO's move as an attempt to extend its domain to the Western
borders of Russia.Be first to comment this article |
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
 More than 100 Gazans were massacred by Israeli shelling and bombardments in the last few of days and the list grows every hour. In comparison to the murderous Olmert-Barak team, Ariel Sharon looks like a disciple of Mahatma
Gandhi: the massacre of Jenin that provoked a huge international outrage in 2002, had far less victims measured next to the present Israeli aggression against Gaza. Nevertheless, the reaction of the international community is
significantly milder than it was six years ago.Be first to comment this article |
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
 Not content with their massive blood-letting and maiming mission last weekend, the Israelis couldn’t resist nipping back into Gaza on the night of 4 March for more of the same. Not that the British government seems to give a damn about the murder and mayhem being visited on the Gazans. Our foreign secretary, David Miliband, said: "I condemn the rocket attacks against Israel. These are terrorist acts. They should be seen for what they are – an attempt to break the political process by breaking the will of those committed to peace.”Be first to comment this article |
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 |
 MPs have rejected proposals to hold a UK-wide referendum on whether to ratify the EU's Lisbon Treaty. The House of Commons turned down the Conservative proposal by 311 votes to 248 - a margin of 63. The result means Parliament itself will decide whether to ratify the treaty, signed by EU leaders last December. Thirteen Lib Dem MPs rebelled against the party's orders to abstain on the referendum vote, with three frontbench spokesmen resigning their posts.Be first to comment this article |
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