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	India & Israel: A Wrong Alliance 3/4 by Shahul Hameed INDIA-ISRAEL DEFENCE CO-OPERATION Arms sales form the back bone of the Israeli economy. There are nearly 150 defence firms in Israel with combined revenues estimated at U.S $3.5 billion. India-Israel defence cooperation is strongly
	The cleric satellite by Thanos Kalamidas Please don’t tell me that anybody was surprised out there with the news that the dictators of Iran became space clerics nowadays and please don’t expect me to believe that it was a satellite to help them in better communication with Al
	Why Not? by Gush Shalom IF YOU want to understand the policy of a country, look at the map - as Napoleon recommended.Anyone who wants to guess whether Israel and/or the United States are going to attack Iran should look at the map of the Strait of Hormuz betw

	Nuclear Proliferation - The Iran Issue: Are we heading for war? by Dr. Habib Siddiqui It is no secret that the Bush Administration is against Iran. Thus, when in early July Iran test fired long- and medium-range missiles the corporate media echoed the sentiment as if Iran had done something awfully bad, highly provocative. Forgotte
	Voices and legality by Thanos Kalamidas The Iranian government condemned the new EU sanctions against Teheran over the uranium enrichment program as illegal and this raises the question what is legal and what illegal. Is any written law legal or does everything have the Machiavellian ro
	No, I Can't! by Gush Shalom AFTER MONTHS of a tough and bitter race, a merciless struggle, Barack Obama has defeated his formidable opponent, Hillary Clinton. He has wrought a miracle: for the first time in history a black person has become
	Talking to the deaf by Thanos Kalamidas It has been a long time since I wrote anything about Iran and that’s not because we are lacking news from Teheran or quotes from its president but because the man so often crosses the line so much that I’m speechless and cannot thin
	iBite by Thanos Kalamidas Clashes between protesters and security forces in Tibet's main city of Lhasa have left at least two people dead, according to reports. Is this the China that hosts t
	One more year to go by Thanos Kalamidas Reading reports, mails and news bulletins for George W. Bush’s visit in the Middle East the only thing coming to your mind is that this is going to be a very hard year; the man decided to leave a legacy of mistakes and wrong policies and who
	Etats-Unis, Iran, Syrie... C'est la victoire! by Newropeans-Magazine Depuis plusieurs mois le monde étonné voit l'Iraq se calmer, comme par miracle. Bientot certains GIs pourront rentrer chez eux. C'est une victoire américaine, mais aussi syrienne et iranienne, car la Syrie a été
	The Swiss and the Iranian nuclear plans by Thanos Kalamidas I have the idea that the Security Council and the EU suggested something to Iran under the threat of more sanctions for its nuclear program, Iran and the puppet president, in the beginning, refuse and when the second wave of sanctions is visual th
	A tragedy by Thanos Kalamidas I have often mentioned that I grew up and met adulthood during one of the darkest times of the Modern Greek history, during the seven years of the military dictatorship. And I have often said that it is very difficult to d
	A Kurdish question mark by Thanos Kalamidas For a very long time Turkey has learned to play the card of the country at the crossroads, a country between east and west, between Christians and Muslims, a country between Europe and Asia. Turkey has often been neutral but has been equally of
	From a child or a madman by Thanos Kalamidas Iran’s puppet president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected international calls to suspend uranium enrichment and he noted that Iran would only stop if the states – pointing at the US – seeking the suspension stopped producing nuclear
	Iran as the wolf by Thanos Kalamidas While reading the latest warning from the Iranian leadership to the U.S. administration I could not avoid thinking how many mistakes George W. Bush’s government has done and how long it will take until somebody corrects them. Ayatollah Ali K
	Relations transatlantiques, la deroute europeenne by Newropeans-Magazine Mais si, mais si, les Etats-Unis et le gouvernement Bush, avec la très active Mme Rice ont encore des choses à dire en Europe.
	IRAN : AHMADINEJAD FAIT FI DES SANCTIONS ET ROULE DES MECANIQUES by Europe & Us Alors que les Etats membres du Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu se félicitent encore des sanctions prises à l’encontre de l’Iran en raison de son programme d’enrichissement nucléa
	Dictating hypocrisy by Thanos Kalamidas It is admirable how often dictators and dictatorial regimes use words like ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom of speech’ in their propaganda, and it is also admirable how often their use of these words makes us think twice. One thing
	Wanted: Former Iranian president by Amin George Forji The world is gradually, but surely, moving into a new interesting era of redressing past wrongs and injustices. Personalities who have committed grave atrocities, but could not otherwise be prosecuted at the time due
	Not 'if' but 'where' by Thanos Kalamidas So this was it. After all these announcements, mails and blackmails, threats and words, it all came down to if we should talk with Iran and Syria or not. Tony Blair began by talking about it before his visit to the M
	Iran and Israel in Cold War by Amin George Forji There is no smoke without a fire. Since last week, there have been media speculations that Israel is about to surprise Iran, in the nearest possible future, with military strikes on her precious nuclear facilities that hav
	Some birthday by Thanos Kalamidas If I was a stand-up comedian I would have started my show by wheeling on to the stage a birthday cake with the 50 candles replaced by…nuclear missiles! Even better, a nuclear missile-shaped present wrapped in sparkly paper and tied with a bi
	Iranian Déjà vu by Thanos Kalamidas Another month, another deadline, and in the end nobody will remember when the first deadline was. Every month the same story, gradually they will have to add a new meaning for the word 'déjà vu' in
	Lost chance in Lappeenranta by Thanos Kalamidas I have mentioned before that the Finnish presidency of the EU, despite what everybody was expecting, is going to be an example of how a small country like Finland can force its opinions and necessities. The timing was strange as well. The Middle E