Archive for the 'Middle East' Category

The never-ending mess of Iraq

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

We are told that “The Surge” in Iraq has been a success as the increase in US troops, in addition to local agreements with wardlords, strongmen, sheikhs and mullahs, has brought the violence in Iraq down considerably. In reality, Iraq has become completely dysfunctional and decentralised and the central government has virtually no control on […]

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Gearing up for war III, this time WW3?

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Referring to president Bush’ statement that allowing Iran to have nuclear weapons might lead to world war 3, Dennis Kucinich, congressman from Ohio said: ‘the White House rodeo cowboy has gone dangerously too far and precipitously too close to igniting the war he claims to be trying to avoid.’
You might have noticed a small news […]

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Gearing up for war II

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

From Syriacomment
“Policy Brief” by Alistair Crooke, circulated by the U.S./Middle East Project, of which Henry Siegman is the Director
TICKING CLOCKS AND ‘ACCIDENTAL’ WAR
BY ALASTAIR CROOKE *
9 October 2007
Editor: Robert Malley
In an article in Salon.com on 19 September, Steven Clemons describes a debate at a recent Washington dinner party attended by eighteen persons at which […]

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Gearing up for war?

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

I don’t know if this case has made much of an appearance in the Norwegian media, but the Israeli bombing of something in eastern Syria last week and the speculation of what actually happened later is not a good sign for the Middle East or peaceful resolutions of any of the numerous conflicts in the […]

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Skikkelig sjukhus

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

Hei
Reising i Midtosten er noen ganger en utfordring. Veldig ofte gaar det ikke som planlagt, og det er ofte like greit aa legge inn en hel dag for en gitt distanse fordi man ikke kan stole paa aa komme fram naar man skal uansett, og ved aa la ting skje etter guds vilje, sparer man […]

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Det var en gang en Simon

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

Ja altsaa…
Her befant jeg meg for to dager i siden i Kizkalesi, en liten resort-landsby paa sorkysten av Tyrkia, og i det jeg er paa vei opp til rommet mitt fra stranden, begynner en kvinne i slutten av 40-aarene aa prate til meg paa svensk. Det tok jo selvfolgelig et par sekunder aa stokke kortene […]

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