Containing Iran: US-EU escalating the new cold war
The US-led Cold War against Iran has been tightening in the last few weeks as NATO has been trying to overthrow the Gaddafi regime. The British government has accused Tehran of conducting missile tests intended to determine if they can deliver nuclear payload at some point in the future. This is a charge that Iran [...]
French court decision on Jerusalem light rail must be challenged
A French court ruling on the construction of a light rail network to service illegal Israeli settlements in occupied On 30 May, the High Court of Nanterre dismissed a petition by the France-Palestine Solidarity Association (known by the acronym AFPS) to nullify under French law contracts signed by French transport giants Veolia and Alstom for [...]
Hindus & Jews laud Pope for embracing Gypsies
Hindu and Jews have applauded His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for finally embracing Gypsies (Roma), who they said were facing apartheid in Europe. On June 11 afternoon, Pope Benedict reportedly received two thousand European Gypsies at Vatican City, and addressing them, he recalled their bitter rejection, sorrow, persecution, pain, homelessness, etc. “Your people must never [...]
Brits create new crime fighting agency
The United Kingdom this week unveiled its own version of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation which the Home Office named the National Crime Agency (NCA). However, when viewing the U.K.’s new agency, it’s more like Her Majesty’s Secret Service Agent James Bond teaming up with Arizona’s controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Blog this! Bookmark on [...]
Does NATO best serve US and EU strategic interests?
The product of the early Cold War and US containment policy intended to forge a military sphere of influence that was also a political and economic sphere west of the Iron Curtain and south of the ‘Northern Tier’ (Greece, Turkey and Iran), NATO became obsolete with German re-unification and the end of the Cold War. [...]
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