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Turkey Downs Plane, Joins With Islamic State: U.S. Should Drop New Ottoman Empire As Ally
By Doug Bandow, Contributor Turkey’s rash decision to shoot down a Russian plane for allegedly violating its airspace isn’t likely to trigger World War III. But Ankara has demonstrated where it stands. With the Islamic State and against the West. The justification for Turkey’s membership in NATO and America’s defense guarantee for Ankara long ago […]
The stab in the back
By Sener Levent* The Russians are a calm and patient people. Any Russian that you may ask will tell you that “our best characteristic is our patience”. Once I asked some of them, “why patience?” They gave me as an example the writer Alexander Solzenytsin. He also, they said, was always talking about patience. The […]
ICH: Meet The Man Who Funds ISIS: Bilal Erdogan, The Son Of Turkey’s President
By Tyler Durden, Information Clearing House November 26, 2015 “Information Clearing House” – “Zero Hedge” – Russia’s Sergey Lavrov is not one foreign minister known to mince his words. Just earlier today, 24 hours after a Russian plane was brought down by the country whose president three years ago said “a short-term border violation can never be […]
Tsipras to meet President Pavlopoulos
President Prokopis Pavlopoulos will welcome Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Presidential Mansion on Friday at 10.00 (local time).
Putin: ISIS financed from 40 countries, including G20 members
President Vladimir Putin says he’s shared Russian intelligence data on Islamic State financing with his G20 colleagues: the terrorists appear to be financed from 40 countries, including some G20 member states.
Ο Ομπάμα τηλεφώνησε στον Πούτιν για Ουκρανία και στον Σι Τζιπινγκ για θέματα κυβερνοχώρου
Ο πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ Μπαράκ Ομπάμα τηλεφώνησε στον Ρώσο ομόλογό του Βλαντίμιρ Πούτιν για να συζητήσουν την κλιμάκωση της βίας στην ανατολική Ουκρανία και για να τον καλέσει να συμφωνήσει σε μια κατάπαυση του πυρός, όπως ανακοίνωσε ο Λευκός Οίκος, μετέδωσε το Πρακτορείο Reuters.
State Department: “Evidence of Russian Shelling into Ukraine”
“The following images provide evidence that Russian forces have fired across the border at Ukrainian military forces, and that Russia-backed separatists have used heavy artillery, provided by Russia, in attacks on Ukrainian forces from inside Ukraine”, according to an e-mail to the journalists from the State Department. Multiple Rocket Launcher Strikes within Ukraine (25/26 July) […]
Readout of the President’s Call with President Putin of Russia
THE WHITE HOUSE – Office of the Press Secretary – July 17, 2014 President Obama spoke with Russian President Putin today about the situation in Ukraine and the additional sanctions on Russian individuals and entities that the United States announced on July 16.
Behind Turkey’s Roaring
By Marcus A. Templar Turkey’s refusal to submit flight plans for its military airplanes is consistent with its doctrine of preemptive strike when the time is ripe. Turkey’s doctrine developed from the fact that not only it went unpunished for a number of rogue actions that it perpetrated against Greek interests especially after it joined […]
Washington’s Inconsistent Stance on Territorial Integrity
By Ted Galen Carpenter U.S. officials scarcely miss any opportunity to denounce Russia for severing Crimea from Ukraine and then annexing the peninsula. Yet Washington’s own track record regarding respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of countries is inconsistent, to say the least. Critics have noted that the position the United States and its […]