The US police continue to play cat and mouse with the Occupy movement, having torn down the last remaining Occupy Wall Street camp in San Francisco, arresting 55 people for illegal lodging. The tents of the almost three-month-old movement have already been cleared several times but sprung up again when the main Occupy encampment in [...]
Tag: West
December 12, 2011
December 4, 2011
Iran shoots down US drone – state TV
Iran’s military says it has shot down a US reconnaissance drone aircraft in eastern Iran, state TV reports. According to reports, Iranian authorities managed to seize the unmanned aircraft upon being downed, which they claim received “minimum damage.” “Iran’s military has shot down an intruding RQ-170 American drone in eastern Iran,” an unnamed source has [...]
December 3, 2011
‘West’s policy on Syria could ignite WWIII’
The situation in Syria is just a warm-up before a real confrontation, which will draw Russia and China into action, believes Lawrence Freeman from the Executive Intelligence Review magazine. Russia and China are rightly worried about what is behind the policy of the US and its allies in Syria and Iran, Freeman told RT. “President [...]
December 1, 2011
Assange: ‘Using iPhone, gmail, Blackberry? You’re screwed!’
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says that governments worldwide have been using electronic devices, such as smart-phones and computers, to monitor what people are saying, where they are going and what they are writing. The controversial journalist spoke at a panel of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism held at the City University in London on Monday. [...]
November 27, 2011
Putin warns West against interfering in Russia’s votes
Russia’s prime minister, Vladimir Putin, has warned Western powers against meddling in Russia’s forthcoming elections after agreeing to stand for president in March 2012. Addressing a glitzy congress of the ruling United Russia party on Sunday, Putin said any attempts by “foreign states” to influence Russia’s political process would be “futile.” Russia will hold a [...]
November 27, 2011
‘West should give way to regional players in Syria’
More casualties are being reported in Syria as armed rebels and government troops continue to clash in the country’s eastern region. The violence continues amid increased pressure from other Arab nations and from the West. The Arab League’s ultimatum demanding that Damascus admit foreign observers or face sanctions, expired without a response on Friday. The [...]
November 23, 2011
November 21, 2011
November 20, 2011
Putin trains with Russian ice hockey legends
“Lavrov said Moscow had discussed the issue with Afghan and U.S. representatives, but “there are more questions than answers so far.” “Moreover, information comes in periodically that our American colleagues want to expand their military presence in central Asia,” he said. Lavrov said, from the start of the operations against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, Russia [...]
November 19, 2011
Russia Warships Going to Syrian Territorial Waters to Protect Syria…
Russian warships are due to arrive at Syrian territorial waters, a Syrian news agency said on Thursday, indicating that the move represented a clear message to the West that Moscow would resist any foreign intervention in the country’s civil unrest… Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/report-russia-warships-to-enter-syria-waters-in-bid-to-stem-foreign-intervention-1.396359 Time to take a stand as I understand possibly 10 Warships have been [...]
November 15, 2011
Medvedev and his new VKontakte (Russian – ВКонтакте) Account…
Medvedev finally opened up a account on the Russian version of Facebook. It had a gift section where everyone could put a gift to Medvedev. The gift section was shut down quickly after thousands upon thousands of not so nice gifts and images were received… The photo in the article is one of the nicer [...]
November 9, 2011
Russian Support For Iran Seen As Bargaining Chip
Ties between Russia and Iran appeared to be unraveling only last year, when the two traded barbs over Russian support for UN sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear program. Now Moscow appears to be squarely back on Tehran’s side. On November 7, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sternly condemned an Israeli statement that military action against Iran [...]
November 9, 2011
Moscow, disappointed by the IAEA report on Iran…
Sometimes I think that Moscow is too nice in her responses to the Western bullbutter… Link to IAEA Iran Report Moscow is disappointed with the latest IAEA report on Iran’s nuclear issue on the basis that it can generate tensions over the Islamic Republic based on circumstantial and outdated evidence. Most of the report falls [...]