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Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Heat Seeking Missiles Missing in Libya
Obama's NATO nightmare is generating worse news by the minute. Click here for the story.
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Russia Rejects West's New Syria Sanctions Plan
By Charles Kennedy
Deputy Editor, OilPrice.com
The European Union intends to introduce an imminent embargo on the importation of Syrian oil in the next several days, a move that the Russian Federation strongly opposes.
In the interim, Russian Federation President Dmitrii Medvedev has sent a message to Syrian President Bashir al-Asad calling for "an immediate cessation of violence" and the acceleration of democratic reforms while advocating that the Syrian opposition "should not shrink from dialogue" with the government.
The Kremlin’s pragmatic policy is in increasing opposition to stiffening western governmental opposition to the continued existence of the al-Asad government.
If the embargo on the importation of crude oil from Syria by the European Union countries is implemented, it will represent the West's most painful blow to President al-Asad's regime, as according to the European Commission, European Union countries currently account for 88 percent of Syrian oil sold abroad, Russia’ Kommersant newspaper reported.
Russian Academy of Sciences World Economy and International Relations Institute International Security Center senior research assistant Vladimir Sotnikov said: "The supporters of Bashir al-Asad's earliest departure are motivated by euphoria over the collapse of the regime of Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi. Understanding that they cannot afford another strong-arm action, the opponents of President al-Asad are attempting to remove him from power by means of the introduction of measures that would have a suffocating effect on the Syrian regime. In turn, Russia, which feels disappointed by its Western partners in Libya, will bar the overthrow of President al-Asad to the end."
Islamists Plan to Disrupt 9/11 Remembrance
Radical Muslim groups vow to spoil ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of the Islamist mega-terrorist attacks on the United States. Click here for the sickening story.
The Islamist claim they won the war that they started. Actually, the war is far from over; but the enemy, sadly--tragically, for civilized humanity--is winning. Al Qaeda itself is down but not out; but branches of the clerical fascist creed--rightwing political Islam, or Islamism--are in the process of taking over what America's first Muslim-born-and-reared President insists on calling "the Muslim world." At the same time, the Islamist menace is growing in Europe--and inside the U.S.
And Islamist Iran has been allowed to develop nuclear weapons.
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