Libya Warns of Oil Shutdown as Attacks Escalate

HSBC Bank: Secret Origins To Laundering The World’s Drug Money
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/16/2015 – 10:28
Contrary to popular opinion, it is not “demand” from the world’s population which creates the mind destroying drug trade. Rather, it is the world financial oligarchy, looking for massive profits and the destruction of the minds of the population it is determined to dominate, which organized the drug trade. The case of HSBC underscores that point. Serving as the central bank of this global apparatus, is HSBC.
Where is the outrage ?
A World Losing Faith In Politics As Usual
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New Lessons For Women Teachers In Pakistan: How To Shoot Terrorists
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Meet The Vigilantes On The Front Line Fighting Boko Haram
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Arctic Icebreaker: How Russia Is Clearing The Northern Sea Route
MOSCOW — When, in the 1990s, the Northern Sea Route administration left its headquarters in central Moscow for good, polar explorer Artur Chilin…


From Nazis To ISIS, Facing Our Own Thirst For Vengeance
-Essay- BERLIN — The transformation into a monster did not take place overnight. Just as Kafka’s Gregor Samsa had hoped, we too…


How ISIS And Iran Are Keeping Israel’s Borders Quiet
TEL AVIV — Things may become quieter on the Israeli border for some time to come, as the Syrian conflict has sapped and redirected the money, tr…


A German Dose Of Skepticism On Tsipras And Friends
-OpEd- MUNICH — Some like it hot, or so it seems. Among them is the new Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. Hot-headed, clad in motorcycle…


Why A Syrian School Teacher Joined ISIS
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Why The Third Jailed Al Jazeera Journalist Is Being Singled Out
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TERROR IN DENMARK
1 Dead, 3 Cops Wounded After Gunmen Open Fire At Free Speech Event… Hosted By Artist Who Caricatured Muhammad… Had Been Targeted Before… Dozens Of Shots… Suspect Sought…
FIGHTING RAGES
… As Ukraine’s Cease-Fire Deadline Nears
UKRAINE CEASE-FIRE DEAL REACHED
Greece Just Blew Up the Empire’s Death Star of Debt (February 11, 2015)The Greek Elites and kleptocrats are terrified of the discipline that leaving the euro will impose, but the general public should welcome the transition to an economy and society that has been freed from the shackles of Imperial debt and the kleptocracy that has bled the nation dry.Although the financial media is blathering about negotiations and gamesmanship, the truth is Greece just blew up the Empire’s Death Star of debt. There’s nothing left to negotiate except the official admission that the Imperial Death Star of debt, the most fearsome threat in the galaxy, has been blown to smithereens.![]() |

Argentina bombing investigation crisis deepens
Tracing key events from the bomb blast that killed 85 people in 1994 to the mysterious death of prosecutor Nisman
US, China to discuss repatriation of Chinese fugitives
China wants return of officials accused of fleeing to the US with billions of dollars of stolen assets
Merkel Is Best To Solve The Crisis With Putin, Says Former Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt
SANCTIONS ON HOLD
EU Puts Off Fresh Russia Sanctions Ahead Of Minsk.. World Leaders Aim To Hold Ukraine Peace Talks Wednesday.. Obama’s Ukraine Policy At Crossroads
‘THE BAILOUT FAILED’
Greek PM Rejects Bailout.. Sets Up Coming Clash With EU Over Austerity.. Defiant Tsirpas Lays Out Policy In Major Speech.. Brings Up WWII Reparations.. Pledges An End To ‘Cruel’ Austerity


Why The Third Jailed Al Jazeera Journalist Is Being Singled Out
CAIRO — Convicted Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste is back in Australia, and reports suggest that fellow journalist Mohamed Fahmy will so…


Watch Two Continents Fall Into China’s Imperial Trap
-OpEd- SANTIAGO — Chinese loans and investments in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean represent a new brand of colonialism, a gradual econ…


In Jordan, Thirst For ISIS Revenge Unites People And King
AYY-ALKAREK — The revenge of the king will rain down from the heavens. King Abdullah has left no doubt about Jordan’s immediate respo…


Pakistani Response To Peshawar School Massacre: Deport Afghan Refugees
PESHAWAR — It’s been nearly two months since more than 130 children were murdered in a school attack in Peshawar, Pakistan. The g…


Nigerians Fleeing Boko Haram Tell Of Horrors
BAGA SOLA — Idriss Déby is a living miracle. To be clear, this is another Idriss Déby, not the Chadian President, who share…


French Nobel Laureate: Paris Terrorists Were “Not Barbarians”
BOGOTA — I had a hard time tracking down France’s Jean-Marie Gustave le Clézio, winner of the 2008 Nobel literature prize. He r…


Brazil: Marina Silva Pulls Vanishing Act After Election Loss
BRASILIA — Not so many months ago, pollsters were saying she’d be Brazil’s next president. But now, three months after failing to make…


Has ISIS Really Arrived In Libya?
TRIPOLI — Last week’s terrorist attack on Tripoli’s luxury Corinthia hotel was a brazen operation, killing nine people, incl…


Darling Of West, Indonesia’s Jokowi OKs Executions For Drug Crimes
JAKARTA — Indonesia is sending 11 people to the firing squad in its next round of executions, including two Australians for drug trafficking cha…


Is Dirty Money Fueling Israel’s Natural Gas Boom?
TEL AVIV — The 2009 discovery of the Tamar gas field off the coast of Israel sparked a classic rush in which money poured in from all sides, sto…


Mother Of Al Jazeera Journalist Appeals To Al-Sisi
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KHOURI: JORDAN’S STRENGTHS ARE ALSO ITS WEAKNESSES
Thousands Gather In Amman Friday To Denounce ISIS For Brutal Killing Of Pilot..‘We Are Here Against Terrorism. We Are Here To Support Jordan.’
The Key That Is the Saudi Kingdom
Was the United States compelled to attack Afghanistan and Iraq by the events of September 11, 2001?
A key to answering that rather enormous question may lie in the secrets that the U.S. government is keeping about Saudi Arabia.
Some have long claimed that what looked like a crime on 9/11 was actually an act of war necessitating the response that has brought violence to an entire region and to this day has U.S. troops killing and dying in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Greece Exposes The Global Economy’s Achilles Heel
The new Greek political party, known as Syriza, the Coalition of the Radical Left, has done the unthinkable: they’ve dared to speak the truth.
In this case, the truth is perfectly captured by the blunt assessment by the new Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, who recently declared “I’m the finance minister of a bankrupt country.”
Such honest assessments are not supposed to be uttered in politics, no matter how true they may be. And so, as you can imagine, the machinery of the defenders of the status quo is in quite a lather over the whole affair. And it’s doing everything it can to minimize and marginalize the new Greek government.
PEACE PUSH
HEALTH HACK: CHINA SUSPECTED


Has ISIS Really Arrived In Libya?
TRIPOLI — Last week’s terrorist attack on Tripoli’s luxury Corinthia hotel was a brazen operation, killing nine people, incl…


Darling Of West, Indonesia’s Jokowi OKs Executions For Drug Crimes
JAKARTA — Indonesia is sending 11 people to the firing squad in its next round of executions, including two Australians for drug trafficking cha…


Is Dirty Money Fueling Israel’s Natural Gas Boom?
TEL AVIV — The 2009 discovery of the Tamar gas field off the coast of Israel sparked a classic rush in which money poured in from all sides, sto…


Mother Of Al Jazeera Journalist Appeals To Al-Sisi
Editor’s Note: Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, who was imprisoned in Cairo for 400 days with two of his colleagues, has been releas…


Don’t Cry For Her Argentina: Kirchner Plays Victim One Too Many Times
-Analysis- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is and always has been a polarizing figure in Argentina. She’s also made quite a name for herse…


Married To Jihad: What Drove The Terrorists’ Wives Of Paris
PARIS — What first attracted Linda B. to her partner was his bad-boy side. He was, like her, from the French West Indies and was serving a priso…


And If Europe Were Still The Last, Best Hope On Earth?
-OpEd- PARIS — The European Central Bank is “firing up the printing press” to fight the risks of deflation. Greece, now with a radical left gov…


Uber, Revolution Of The Always Informed Consumer
BOGOTA — The significance of Uber goes well beyond its specific function, which is to connect willing drivers with people who need to move …


Russian And Ukrainian Armies: Former Brothers In Arms
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The Anger Of Alexis Tsipras Could Tear Europe Apart
-OpEd- MUNICH — It’s understandable that Alexis Tsipras wants to savor the revolutionary frenzy a little while longer after his impre…


Can France ‘Cure’ Its Aspiring Jihadists?
PARIS — One winter afternoon, Ahmed left to run an errand. The 26-year-old who hails from Hauts-de-Seine, on the outskirts of Paris, was suppose…


Putin’s Nemesis Speaks: The Alexei Navalny Interview
Alexei Navalny, a lawyer and blogger in the fight against corruption, is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s principal opponent. On Dec. 30, 20
HONG KONG MARCHES
Thousands March For Democracy.. The First Major Protests Of The Year.. Democracy Demonstrators Fill The Streets.. At Least 8,000 People
‘KOBANI IS NOT AN ACHIEVEMENT’
Despite City’s Liberation From ISIS, Many Syrians See Little To Celebrate..Striking Photos From Kobani After Kurdish Forces Claim Victory Over ISIS
Germans Are In Shock Over The New Greece
Japan’s Dilemma: Those Who Live By the Sword
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Intervention in civil wars ‘far more likely in oil-rich nations’
Conspiracy theorists have long insisted that modern wars revolve around oil. Now research suggests hydrocarbons play an even bigger role in conflicts than they had suspected. According to academics from the Universities of Portsmouth, Warwickand Essex, foreign intervention in a civil war is 100 times more likely when the afflicted country has high…
GREECE GEARS UP FOR BATTLE


A Little Help For Sunday’s Greek Election
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As NATO Leaves Afghanistan, Will China Be New ‘Godfather’?
KABUL — A new geopolitical map is insidiously emerging around Afghanistan. With the withdrawal of most of the NATO troops in late December,…


Boko Haram Ignored By The World? Blame African Leaders
-OpEd- ISTANBUL — With few exceptions, the horrific terrorist tragedies in Africa haven’t lit a fire under the conscience of humanity…


Frightening Similarities Between Pegida And Radical Islam
-OpEd- BERLIN — At the beginning, many people in journalistic circles reacted with dismissive grins, if at all, to the handful of so-called ?…


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France And The Multiculturalism Paradox
-OpEd- PARIS — Although the time for emotion and indignation about the recent terrorism in France is barely over, the moment for deeper re…


Could Iran Have Assisted Argentine Prosecutor’s “Suicide”?
-OpEd- BUENOS AIRES — Shortly after the 1994 Buenos Aires bomb attack on the AMIA Jewish center, U.S. intelligence agencies said the …


In Turkey, Prayers For Muslim Killers Not Muslim Victims
–OpEd- ISTANBUL — The Turkish authorities all condemned the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet for publishing selections from Charlie Hebdo. Fro…


With Survivors And Victims, A Month After Pakistani School Massacre
PESHAWAR — Shahana Khan had to wake her son up on the morning of December 16. He was late for school and she had to push him out the door.&nbs…
The European Dream Is Dying
IN FRANCE
‘There Is Not A Muslim Community, But A Muslim Population’
ATTACK SUSPECTS TAKE HOSTAGE IN FRANCE
MANHUNT IN FRANCE
PARIS TERROR: DOZEN DEAD AT PAPER
Masked Gunmen Storm Offices… Armed With Kalashnikovs… Newspaper Was Targeted In Past For Muhammad Cartoons… Witness: Gunmen Asked For People By Name… 4 Cartoonists Shot Dead… ‘We Have Avenged The Prophet’… Massive Manhunt Underway….
Internationalising the conflict
In withholding $127 million in Palestinian Authority (PA) customs revenues from the authority, as retaliation for its application to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Israeli government has once again dangerously escalated tensions.Israel, which collects the duties for the PA, has withheld them six times before as punishment, but…
Bitcoin Is Getting Smoked To Start 2015
OFFENSIVE IN PAKISTAN
Pakistan’s Army Presses Into Tribal Regions.. 31 Militants Reported Killed.. Drone Strikes Kill At Least 7.. Massive Offensive Continues After School Atttack
AIRASIA SEARCH BREAKTHROUGH
Search Officials Believe 4 Massive Objects Found On Sea Floor Are Missing Jet
Indonesia: AirAsia Was Not Authorized To Fly Route On Day Of Crash
The biggest threats to Europe’s future
Putin Accuses West Of Terrorism & Declares Russia Will Prevail

- For centuries, Matera, Italy’s rock crypts and maze of grottoes have been home to “troglodyte” outcasts living in inhuman conditions
- Now many of the caves have been converted into upscale “spiritual hotels”
- Matera is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and picked as the 2019 European Capital of Culture
The Coolest New Year’s Eve Spectacle

Lighting illuminates the Burj Khalifa tower in the colors of the Emirati flag early on New Year’s Day in downtown Dubai.
Dubai, a city already known for its extravagance, upped the ante on New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Instead of just wowing the world with a spectacular fireworks show, it wrapped the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper, with 70,000 panels of LED bulbs.
New Year’s Eve, Babylon Style

The World Begins To Welcome 2015
New Zealand was one of the first nations to celebrate the start of 2015. A huge firework display from the top of Auckland’s Sky Tower could be seen across the country’s biggest city.
Australia was the next country to ring in the new year, with crowds gathering around Sydney Harbour for the annual firework display.
Fireworks lit up the sky above iconic landmarks like the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
The display used more than 10,000 aerial fireworks, 25,000 shooting comets, and 100,000 pyrotechnic effects.
Local media estimated that 1.6 million people crowded along the Harbour foreshore to watch the display.
We will be updating this article as midnight strikes in more countries.
BODIES AND WRECKAGE FOUND
Debris Seen Floating In Waters Near Where AirAsia Plane Was Last Seen… 40 Dead Recovered… ‘We’ve Confirmed The Wreckage Was From The Body Of The Plane’… No Word On Possible Survivors… Airline CEO: ‘My Heart Is Filled With Sadness’…
SEARCH RESUMES
STILL NO SIGN!… Airbus Vanishes… 162 On Board…
The afeat the Taliban all they gotta do is rise together , don’t mess with the rage of a mother .
A People’s and Universal History of Jesus of Nazareth
RUBLE TROUBLE
The crisis in Iraq: Was the rise of ISIL a surprise?
The fall of Mosul and the quick territorial expansion of ISIL in Iraq took some by surprise. What contributed to ISIL’s quick success was cooperation from localSunni tribes and members of the traditionally secular and nationalist Baath party. This seemingly counterintuitive alliance has its rationale and deep roots in history. The successful…
CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM
Tunisia Has A Democracy, If It Can Keep It.. Kerry: ‘A Shining Example To The Region And The World’.. Clashes Rock The Country After Essebi Claims Victory
North Korea Websites Restored Following Outage
VOA News North Korea has regained partial Internet access, following a widespread outage that occurred days after the U.S. vowed to respond to a cyberattack on Sony that was blamed on Pyongyang. The isolated Communist country‘s already limited Internet, including state-run news websites, went completely dark late Monday, in what experts say…
North Korea’s Internet Is Down
Pope in blistering critique of Vatican bureaucrats
Pope Francis delivers his message during a meeting with Cardinals and Bishops of the Vatican Curia on the occasion of the exchange of Christmas greetings in the Clementine hall at Vatican, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014
Author’s journey inside ISIS: They’re ‘more dangerous than people realize’
- German journalist and author Juergen Todenhoefer journeyed deep into ISIS territory
- He interviewed ISIS fighters, prisoners, and members of the public caught up in the battle for Iraq and Syria
- One ISIS spokesman told Todenhofer: “slavery and beheadings [are] part of our religion”
- ISIS “preparing the largest religious cleansing campaign the world has ever seen,” says Todenhoefer
President Obama Touts Partnership With Egypt’s Military Regime: Yet Repression Continues Unabated
The Best Space Flight Photos of the Year
From the launch pad to a distant asteroid, these are the images that defined the year in space.

Peshawar school attack aftermath: First ‘terrorists’ hung as Pakistan resumes executions
Pakistan hanged two convicted “terrorists” last night after lifting a moratorium on the death penalty in the wake of the deadly Taliban attack on a school. More than 130 children were killed by gunmen wearing suicide vests at the Army Public School in Peshawar, sparking international outrage and demands in Pakistan for a tougher response to the…
What the ruble crisis means for Putin:

OBAMA LIBRE
‘GOOD TALIBAN,BAD TALIBAN’
Why Pakistan Must Discard Its Narrative
By Beena Sarwar
PAKISTAN IN SHOCK
At Least 141 Murdered.. ‘I Will Never Forget The Black Boots Approaching Me’..Pakistani Taliban Claims Revenge Attack.. Afghan Taliban Condemns.. What Is The Pakistani Taliban’s Strategy?.. This Is The Group Behind The Brutal Attack.. 12 Numbers That Show Larger Tragedy.. PHOTOS: Hundreds Held Hostage.. Former Pakistani Ambassador To U.S.: Pakistan’s Tolerance Of Jihadis Backfires Badly
TALIBAN MASSACRES 100+ STUDENTS
Most Dead Between 12 And 16… Taliban Claims Revenge Attack…Student: ‘I Saw Death So Close’… ‘My Son Was My Dream. My Dream Has Been Killed’… Worst Terrorist Attack In Pakistan In Years… PM: ‘These Are My Children And It Is My Loss’…. LATEST…
This Woman Blew The Lid Off The CIA Torture Program
Ms. Rice’s persona as an innocent…..Bull—-
It’s still one of my favorite photos from the Bush Administration. This ran in a NYTarticle in the Music section dated April 9, 2006, and it read, as we posted at the time, like “fiddling while Iraq burns.” In light of the Senate C.I.A. torture report summary released yesterday, however, it strikes a different chord. April 2006, according to the account published in the NYT, also marked the first time the C.I.A. director briefed Bush about the torture program that had been going on for the past few years. That said, the report only hints at how much Bush, and particularly Rice and Cheney, knew about the systematic abuse but played it off.
‘THE AURA AROUND ME IS ENOUGH ALREADY’
Chinese Nobel Laureate Urges Support For Dissidents In Rare Prison Message
‘For Sudan to find peace we must end the myth of Arab supremacy’
Khartoum’s successive regimes have upheld the privilege of Sudanese Arabs for generations, especially those from the centre – like me. Amir Nasr reports …
America And Russia Are Preparing For ‘Many Years Of Confrontation’
‘WE MAY NOT SURVIVE THROUGH THESE YEARS’
THE ARCHITECTS DIG IN
Cheney: Torture Report ‘Full Of Crap’… Bush Not Kept In The Dark… Hayden On Rectal Rehydration: ‘Medical Procedure’… Yoo: Report Cannot Deny ‘Record Of Success’… Psychologist Defends Program… UDALL GOES OFF: Accuses CIA, White House Of Engaging In ‘Cover-Up’… ‘The CIA Is Lying’… ‘Not A Problem Of The Past’… CIA’s Claims Of Torture Legitimacy Destroyed… Led To Fabricated Info…Didn’t Help Find Bin Laden… The Most Egregious Lies… Obama Won’t Take Sides…
FULL REPORT: Horrific Details… White House Presses Court To Keep Docs Secret…Report May Open Door To War Crime Charges… U.N. Official Demands Prosecution…Afghan President Denounces U.S. Torture… Feinstein: ‘Torture Goes Against The Very Soul Of Our Country’… Sullivan: ‘From Now On, The U.S. Is A Human Rights Violator Of The First Order U nder International Law, A Rogue State That Has Explicitly Tortured Innocent People And Never Held Anyone Legally Responsible’…
The CIA Lied About How We Got Bin Laden
Senate Report Destroys CIA’s Claims Of Torture’s Legitimacy… Led To Fabricated Info… Didn’t Help Find Bin Laden… The Most Egregious Lies…‘Tip Of The Iceberg’… Staggering Incompetence: Lost Detainees… CIA STRIKES BACK: Ex-Chief: I Did No Wrong… ‘Saved Lives’…
FULL REPORT: Horrific Details Of CIA’s Torture… FEINSTEIN: Tactics ‘Far More Brutal’ Than Represented… Forced Rectal Feeding… Detainee Waterboarded 83 Times… Another Died Of Hypothermia… Innocent People Brutalized… Torture Used Before Seeking Cooperation… Dozens Wrongfully Held… Interrogators Admitted To Sexual Assault… Threatened To Rape Detainee’s Mother… CIA Paid Torture Experts $81 Million… Misled Media To Shape Coverage… Quarter Of The World Helped Run Program… GOP: Torture Helped America!…
Obama: CIA’s ‘Harsh Methods’ Inconsistent With Values
CIA Torture Report, Observer Status For Palestine, Lakes On Mars
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Egypt, A Pragmatic Manifesto For Human Rights Now
-Commentary- CAIRO — At gatherings of family or friends, politics tend to dominate the talk, as has become customary in Egypt. One of the …

Snapshots: Cocaine In Panama City, Outrage In America, Sheep In Paris
News in images…


Child Soldiers In Syria: Assad Army Forces Minors To Fight, And Die
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Fossil Fuels Must Go The Way Of The Dinosaurs, Now
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Maidan, A Year Of Living Dangerously
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ISIS Plunders, Jihad And The Illicit Antiquities Market
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Twice Victims In Guinea, Where Ebola Survivors Are Ostracized
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“Riddles” Surround 36th Dead Banker Of The Year
Submitted on 12/07/2014 – 22:05
52-year-old Belgian Geert Tack – a private banker for ING who managed portfolios for wealthy individuals – was described as ‘impeccable’, ‘sporty’, ‘cared-for’, and ‘successful’ and so as Vermist reports, after disappearing a month ago, the appearance of his body off the coast of Ostend is surrpunded by riddles…
Hostages Luke Somers, Pierre Korkie Killed During Rescue Attempt In Yemen
GUNFIGHT IN GROZNY
Security Forces Storm Two Buildings In Chechnya.. Fierce Gun Battles Hours Before Putin’s State Of Nation Speech.. Putin: Chechens Can Deal With ‘Rebels’
‘IF WE’RE GOING TO GO HUNGRY HERE’
‘We Might As Well Be Hungry In Our Own Homes’
HONG KONG SETBACK
Democracy Protest Leaders Turn Themselves In To Police.. ‘I Hope We Can Show Others The Meaning Of The Surrender’.. Expert: Occupy Is ‘In Tatters’
Putin’s World Cup Picasso ‘Bribe’

HONG KONG CLASHES
Police And Protesters Face-Off Near Government HQ.. Hundreds Of Riot Police.. The Most Violent Episode In Weeks.. Pro-Democracy Demonstrators Dwindle
Egypt Court Drops Murder Charges Against Mubarak
Around a thousand people at outskirts of Tahrir
ACQUITTED
Egypt Court Drops Murder Charges Against Former President Hosni Mubarak
China’s $6.8 Trillion Nightmare May Get Worse
Erdogan slams American ” impertinence ” over Kobane
Turkish leader criticizes Washington for pushing for help over Kobane when US earlier stood by amid Assad “massacres”.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed US “rudeness” over the Syrian conflict, exposing the extent of strains between Washington and Ankara just days after the Turkish president met with US Vice President Joe Biden.
Ties have soured in recent months over the reluctance of Turkish leaders to intervene militarily in the US-led campaign against the Islamic State In Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters, who have taken control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria.
They remained silent in the face of Assad’s barbarism and now they are now staging a ‘conscience show’ through Kobane. |
Erdogan accused the US of being “rude” for pressuring it to help save the ISIL-besieged Syrian town of Kobane, which is within sight of the Turkish border.
“Why is somebody coming to this region from 12,000km away?” Erdogan said during an address to a group of businessmen in Ankara, in a clear reference to the US.
“I want you to know that we are against impertinence, recklessness and endless demands,” he said.
Biden offended Erdogan last month by suggesting his policies in Syria had helped encourage the rise of the ISIL, a slight that prompted the Turkish president to warn his relationship with the US vice president could be “history”.
Washington is pressing Ankara for the use of the Incirlik air base in southern Turkey so US fighter jets can launch assaults on ISIL.
But Turkey has refused to bow to the pressure, setting several conditions for playing a greater role in the coalition.
“They looked on as the tyrant [President Bashar] al-Assad massacred 300,000 people. They remained silent in the face of Assad’s barbarism and now they are now staging a ‘conscience show’ through Kobane,” Erdogan said.
“We will resolve our problems not with the help of a ‘superior mind’ but with the help of our people.”
Biden wrapped up a three-day visit to Turkey on Sunday without a breakthrough on military co-operation over the Syrian crisis.
But Erdogan’s comments contrasted with the relatively upbeat assessment of US officials who said that the meeting with Biden had brought the two sides’ positions closer.
Earlier this week, Erdogan accused the West of coming to the region for “oil”.
“I’m always meeting with them but it does not go any further than what I say. They don’t have any sensitivities. They have only one sensitivity: oil, oil, oil…,” he said on Monday.
So far, Turkey’s sole contribution to the coalition has been allowing a contingent of Iraqi peshmerga Kurdish fighters to transit Turkish soil to fight against ISIL in Kobane.
The Deal That Would Change The World Is Closer Than Ever
Russia’s ‘$12 Billion Reminder’
Ferguson Spreads, Kickstarting Europe, ‘O Luna Mia
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Fighting ISIS In Kobani, A Syrian Kurd Tells His Story
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ISIS, The Caliphate Of Madmen Starts To Crumble
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Kaliningrad, Mother Russia’s Rebellious Western Son
KALININGRAD — “Somewhere in the 39th kingdom,” is how Russian tales often begin. It’s also the perfect opening line for a story about …


Patronato Postcard: A Visit To Chile’s Little Palestine
SANTIAGO — In the Chilean capital’s working-class neighborhood of Patronato, you can be sure to find Palestinians of all ages at the Caf&ea…


A Long But Not Impossible March Toward The End Of Tyranny
-Analysis- PARIS — After the Arab Spring, some say the “African Spring” is coming, and there is some real evidence to support it. Citizens of B…
HONG KONG HEAT
Student Leaders Arrested.. Police Move On Protest Site.. VIDEO: Fierce Clashes
EUROPE’S CHALLENGE
A ‘Twilight Zone’ In Russia’s Shadow, Or A ‘World Of Rules?’
NUKE TALKS EXTENDED
Iran, 6 Powers Fail To Resolve 12-Year Dispute For Second Time In Year.. Give Themselves 7 Months.. Skepticism About Progress.. Israel, Saudi Watch Closely
TUNISIA VOTES
Nation’s First Free And Fair Presidential Election.. A Huge Day For Tunisia.. Nearly Four Years Since The Revolution Began.. Old Regime Figure Takes Lead
Obama just kneecapped Jeb Bush and Chris Christie’s 2016 Presidental prospects
Why you should care about the fate of Abenomics
KILLING IN KENYA
Militant Group Claims The Death Of Dozens.. Al-Shabab Extremists Hijack Bus.. Somalia’s Terror Group Launches Brutal Attack.. Singles Out Non-Muslims
Bloomberg View Editorial Urges Troika To ‘Give Greece A Chance’