The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Modern Turkey The Turkey of today is the homeland of ethnic Turks in the western two thirds, while the major population groups of the east are Kurds and the Zaza, an Iranian people with their own language, but who view themselves as closely connected to the Kurds. Read full post with additional graphical maps.
A Streetcar Named Democracy Ten years ago Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan famously quipped “Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off.” This was meant to prod Turks into thinking about their form of government, but the quote is applicable, albeit displeasingly so, for other situations in …
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Below is a translation from As-Safir, a Lebanese newspaper, July 6, 2013, by Arabic-English translator Eric Mueller. As the translator was not present at the Group of Eight meeting, he cannot vouch for the accuracy of the report, only for the accuracy of the translation. The report by Dawud Rimal does reflect Putin’s no-nonsense manner …
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Huh? Three Latin American leftist leaders offer asylum to Snowden (Reuters) – Bolivia offered asylum on Saturday to former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, joining leftist allies Venezuela and Nicaragua in defiance of Washington, which is demanding his arrest for divulging details of secret U.S. spy programs. EXTRACTS: “I want to tell … the …
Here is some good news and some bad news. More jobs were created, but they are generally low level jobs, and 53 per cent of adult Americans still don’t have jobs. We cannot have a prosperous democracy when over half the adults don’t have secure full-time employment. Only 47% of Adults Have Full-Time Job MIKE …
Egypt. Extract: Generally, the Arab monarchies support the new Egyptian government. Elected Muslim governments, including Iran and Malaysia, are hostile. Indonesia, a secular government in a Muslim country, is supportive. What is curious is the hostility or ambivalence of mainstream news outlets and the stated opposition of most Western governments. Attitudes towards the US are …
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NOTICE: We are suspending our update of this index. All CRS reports will continue to be offered at the Federation of American Scientists, and updated as new version are received, but we will not longer maintain this separate index. Updated FAS new 2 June 2015. All links lead to Federation of American Scientists (FAS) …
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