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Monday, June 11, 2007 |
ICH: "Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an hour and a half-long press conference which was attended by many members of the world media. The contents of that meeting - in which Putin answered all questions concerning nuclear proliferation, human rights, Kosovo, democracy and the present confrontation with the United States over missile defense in Europe - have been completely censored by the press. Apart from one brief excerpt which appeared in a Washington Post editorial, (and which was used to criticize Putin) the press conference has been scrubbed from the public record. It never happened. (Read the entire press conference archived here).
The meeting gave Putin a chance to give his side of the story in the growing debate over missile defense in Eastern Europe. He offered a brief account of the deteriorating state of US-Russian relations since the end of the Cold War, and particularly from 9-11 to present. Since September 11, the Bush administration has carried out an aggressive strategy to surround Russia with military bases, install missiles on its borders, topple allied regimes in Central Asia, and incite political upheaval in Moscow through US-backed 'pro-democracy' groups. These openly hostile actions have convinced many Russian hard-liners that the administration is going forward with the neocon plan for 'regime change' in Moscow and fragmentation of the Russian Federation. Putin's testimony suggests that the hardliners are probably right."
Also Britain is involved in this very dirty war. The recent Litvinenko story is in my opinion a serious indication of the British involvement in regime change in Russia's backyard and in Moscow. Litvinenko and Berezovski are not journalists, nor businessmen; they actively work towards the overthrow of the Russian government with the help of Britain. It would not surprise me at all that these 'businessmen' are simply nuclear traffickers who earn and use their capital to export revolution. And it involves terrorism. The cold war is over, but there is a war of terror being waged against any country that dares to question the dictates of a neocon West.
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Independent: "Shortly after the Six Day War, 40 years ago, Shlomo Gazit was put in charge of Gaza and the West Bank. Today, the retired general is in favour of talks with Hamas, describes the road map as a 'pretext' for Israel not to negotiate with the Palestinians, and thinks the idea that the US can or should veto a peace process between Jerusalem and Damascus is a 'nonsense'.
At first sight Mr Gazit could be a classic military hawk. A tough, unsentimental man with 37 years in the Israeli Defence Forces behind him, he has never been slow in condemning Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians. Yet he enjoys the unique distinction of having, from the heart of the Israeli military, proposed in writing a Palestinian state exactly 40 years ago yesterday - 24 hours before the war had even ended.
Mr Gazit still believes that the Palestinian state he envisaged as the Six Day War continued to rage 40 years ago will happen. A man who has never bowed to the conventional wisdom of the moment, Mr Gazit declares that 'ultimately, I'm very optimistic'."
10:17:05 AM
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DailyMail: "The row over CIA torture flights using British airports has deepened following fresh evidence that a plane repeatedly linked to the controversial programme landed in the UK just days ago.
The plane was logged arriving at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk last weekend, and watching aviation experts said the aircraft, piloted by crew clad in desert fatigues, was immediately surrounded on the runway by armed American security forces."
10:09:24 AM
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