Thursday, 3 January 2013


Foreign Confidential ™

Foreign News and Analysis Since April 2005 -- formerly China Confidential -- What's Happening in the World


Thursday, January 03, 2013

 

Thatcher Feared Spanish Invasion of Gibraltar




Now it can be told: Margaret Thatcher ordered an army of spies to deploy across southern Spain because she feared a Falklands-like takeover of Gibraltar, the British territory. Read more.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

 

American Journalist Missing in Syria


James Foley, of New Hampshire, has been missing since Thanksgiving Day. Read more.

 

Al Gore Reportedly Selling Out to Al Jazeera

Shocking but True! Clerical Fascist Sympathizers Stand to Broaden Reach by Acquiring Nonfiction Channel that Unsuccessfully Migrated from Web to Cable in Failed Attempt to Attract Liberal TV Viewers




A Nobel Prize-winning, former Vice President of the United States is helping a pro-Islamist, pan-Arab satellite TV network to gain access to American homes. Read more. 

The network is known as an arm of Qatar foreign policy. Click here for the story.

 

Nazi War Crimes in Italy Go Unpunished


"On average, the Germans killed 165 civilians, prisoners of war and military internees every day between Sept. 8, 1943 and May 8, 1945."