Posted on March 7, 2009 by jasegraves
Widely covered in Asia and the Near-East, but not in he United States, was the inauguration of the Ceyhan-Tbilisi-Baku (BTC) oil pipeline, which links the Caspian Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean. This pipeline totally bypasses the territory of the Russian Federation by transiting through the western friendly, former Soviet republics of Azerbaijan and Georgia.
But the [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2009 by jasegraves
Hillary Clinton attended the donor’s conference for Gaza, today, and announced the United States has pledged $900 million dollars, but warned none would go to Hamas, and only one third is earmarked for Gaza reconstruction. No word about where the other two thirds will be spent. In all, donors pledged $3 billion in aid.
Reuters reports [...]
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Posted on February 28, 2009 by jasegraves
Dipnote, the U.S. State Department blog, has a new question, what should we do about Gaza?
On March 2, Clinton will participate in the donor conference for Gaza reconstruction. Until then, she will be taking suggestions from ordinary Americans.
Here is the link. Lend your voice in our participatory democracy, or shut your piehole and live with [...]
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Posted on February 17, 2009 by jasegraves
For those who don’t understand the true cost of media “spin”, here is a well-written explanation by Yonatan Mendel that even the most clueless could probably understand.
A small excerpt:
In most of the articles on the conflict two sides battle it out: the Israel Defence Forces, on the one hand, and the Palestinians, on the other. [...]
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Posted on February 17, 2009 by jasegraves
First are the Media Rules, courtesy of israelity bites:
Rule #1: In the Middle East, it is always the Palestinians that attack first, and it’s always Israel who defends itself. This is called “retaliation”.
Rule #2: The Palestinians are not allowed to kill Israelis. This is called “terrorism”.
Rule #3: Israel has the right to kill Palestinian civilians; [...]
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