Hours after the death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, the history books are being re-written and the beatification of the Iron Lady is well underway.
Current British premier David Cameron praised Lady Thatcher for having “saved Britain” and for making the has-been colonial power “great again”.
Tributes poured forth from French and German leaders, Francoise Hollande and Angela Merkel, while US President Barack Obama said America had lost a “special friend”.
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Margaret Thatcher’s Criminal Legacy
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Syria: The hidden massacre
11 May 2014, by Sharmine NarwaniThe attack took place shortly after the first stirrings of trouble in the southern Syrian city of Daraa in March 2011.
Several old Russian-made military trucks packed with Syrian security forces rolled onto a hard slope on a valley road between Daraa al-Mahata and Daraa al-Balad. Unbeknown to the passengers, the sloping road was slick with oil poured by gunmen waiting to ambush the troops.
Brakes were pumped as the trucks slid into each other, but the shooting started even before the (…) -
حسابات الربح والخسارة في اعادة انتخاب الاسد
1 تموز (يوليو) 2014, بقلم ريمون عطااللهختم الاخضر الابراهيمي الموفد الخاص للامم المتحدة وللجامعة العربية الى سوريا مهمته باستقالة تلاها كلام اراده نقطة على الحرف.
فالديبلوماسي الجزائري لم يكن ذاك الوسيط الذي ارضى دمشق التي طالما عكست تصريحاتها نفوراً من تصرفاته وتجاوزاته لمهمته، ليس آخرها ما جاء على لسانه قبيل استقالته من ان اجراء الانتخابات الرئاسية السورية سيبعد البلاد اكثر فاكثر عن قطار الحل السياسي.
كما انه عبّر عما لم تسمح له مهمته الرسمية بقوله عن العقدة الاساس في الحرب السورية وهي تهافت الغرب وبعض العرب وتركيا على (…) -
Fear Not
19 August 2010, by Israel Shamir1. Crying Wolf
So many people have circulated so many warnings of the forthcoming US-Israeli attack on Iran that it is hard to ignore them. A piece written by a few ex-spooks warning of a new round of war is one of these messages. In our view, spooks, ex or not, are not the most reliable people, and the CIA is not the best reference. However, this item fits with the dire predictions and accompanying Israeli U-boats to the shores of Iran. Rumours of Israeli advance forces being placed in (…) -
التهيئة للحرب الأهلية (١٩٧٥-١٩٩٠) [٢/٢]: النخبة تُسقِط شــرعية الدولة
11 أيار (مايو) 2014, بقلم ألبر داغرمثّل الرئيس حلو مرشّح تسوية في المنازلة بين الأقطاب الموالين للشهابية ومعارضيها. وحين أجريت الانتخابات التي أتت بالرئيس فرنجيه، كانت ثمة ثلاث كتل في البرلمان هي الحلف والنهج والكتلة الوسطية. كان الرئيس أحد مؤسسي هذه الأخيرة، ومعادياً للشهابية.
ضرب الجيش
سوف تكون انتخابات ١٩٧٠، ومجيء الرئيس فرنجيه سبباً لانكفاء الشهابية وما مثلته لجهة دور الجيش و«المكتب الثاني». يشير الدكتور الصليبي إلى أن الجيش أظهر وحدة وتماسكاً مشهودين خلال المواجهات مع المنظمات الفلسطينية علم ١٩٦٩ (الصليبي، ١٩٧٦: ٥٣). (…) -
Gaza, remember?
19 April 2009, by Gideon LevyAlyan Abu-Aun is lying in his tent, his crutches beside him. He smokes cigarettes and stares into the tiny tent’s empty space. His young son sits on his lap. Ten people are crammed into the tent, about the size of a small room. It has been their home for three months. Nothing remains of their previous home, which the Israel Defense Forces shelled during Operation Cast Lead. They are refugees for a second time; Abu-Aun’s mother still remembers her home in Sumsum, a town that once stood near (…)
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إنّهم يفترون كذِباً على القــراصنة
8 آب (أغسطس) 2009, بقلم يوهان هاريمَن كان يتصوّر أن حكومات العالَم عام ٢٠٠٩، ستعلِن حرباً جديدةً على القراصنة؟
كما قرأتُم، تبحرُ البحريةُ الملكيةُ، تساندها سفنٌ من حوالَى عشرين دولة من الولايات المتحدة إلى الصين، في المياه الصومالية، للقبض على أشرارٍ ما زالوا يُقَدَّمونَ والببغاواتُ على أكتافهم.
وسرعان ما سوف يقاتلون سفناً صوماليةً، أو يطاردون القراصنة على اليابسة في بلدٍ من أتعسِ بلدان الدنيا.
لكن وراء الأكمة ما وراءها. ثمّة فضيحةٌ لا يعرفها أحد. فالناسُ الموصوفون بأنهم أخطرُ مَن يتهدّدُنا، لديهم قصةٌ يروونها وحقٌّ (…) -
My message to the West – Israel must stop the slaughter
18 January 2009, by Ismail HaniyehI write this article to Western readers across the social and political spectrum as the Israeli war machine continues to massacre my people in Gaza. To date, almost 1,000 have been killed, nearly half of whom are women and children. Last week’s bombing of the UNRWA (UN Relief Works Agency) school in the Jabalya refugee camp was one of the most despicable crimes imaginable, as hundreds of civilians had abandoned their homes and sought refuge with the international agency only to be (…)
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The Facts About Hamas and the War on Gaza
14 January 2009, by Norman FinkelsteinThe record is fairly clear. You can find it on the Israeli website, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website. Israel broke the ceasefire by going into the Gaza and killing six or seven Palestinian militants. At that point—and now I’m quoting the official Israeli website—Hamas retaliated or, in retaliation for the Israeli attack, then launched the missiles.
Now, as to the reason why, the record is fairly clear as well. According to Ha’aretz, Defense Minister Barak began plans for this (…) -
Israel’s Righteous Fury and its Victims in Gaza
9 January 2009, by Ilan PappeMy visit back home to the Galilee coincided with the genocidal Israeli attack on Gaza. The state, through its media and with the help of its academia, broadcasted one unanimous voice — even louder than the one heard during the criminal attack against Lebanon in the summer of 2006. Israel is engulfed once more with righteous fury that translates into destructive policies in the Gaza Strip. This appalling self-justification for the inhumanity and impunity is not just annoying, it is a subject (…)