Archive for June, 2010
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Erdogan: Turkey still friend to Israel
Posted on June 30, 2010 | No CommentsFlotilla Raid ‘Give Hamas a chance.’ Erdogan Photo: AFP Clash on Mavi Marmara Photo: Reuters Turkish PM tells Charlie Rose US must take leading role in aftermath of flotilla raid... -
Holocaust: A Huge Word Made Small
Posted on June 30, 2010 | No CommentsRabbi Hier’s Op/Ed in LA Times: The Holocaust was a horrific atrocity and watershed event in human history. The meaning of the word is being distorted and demeaned in political... -
RUSSIAN NAVY CAPTURES SOMALIAN PIRATES
Posted on June 30, 2010 | No CommentsRUSSIAN NAVY CAPTURES SOMALIAN PIRATES Watch video here or download it before it’s taken off the site. Something the ABC, SBS and the commercial TV networks won’t show (not politically... -
from UN Watch – Geneva Headquarters, June 29 201
Posted on June 30, 2010 | No Comments0 Israel is under attack. Not with physical weapons, but with “lawfare”—a new form of war using the power of law to delegitimize Israel and weaken its global standing. In... -
Why Russia’s Medvedev is blasting ally Kyrgyzstan
Posted on June 29, 2010 | No CommentsRussian President Dmitry Medvedev unexpectedly criticized a government reform vote in Kyrgyzstan that passed Sunday with 91 percent support. Kyrgyzstan’s interim leader Roza Otunbayeva (front l.) greets a group of... -
Turkey Assumes Asia Security Group Chairmanship for 2010-2012
Posted on June 29, 2010 | No CommentsJune 29, 2010 E. Akman Officials from nearly 40 countries gathered in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 7, 2010, for the Third Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building... -
Kurdish Heritage Reclaimed: Stephen Kinzer
Posted on June 29, 2010 | No CommentsAfter years of conflict, Turkey’s tradition-rich Kurdish minority is experiencing a joyous cultural reawakening By Stephen Kinzer Photographs by Lynsey Addario Smithsonian magazine, June 2010 Isolation allowed the Kurds to... -
Turkish holidays still cheaper than staying in the UK
Posted on June 29, 2010 | No CommentsHolidaymakers who think they’re saving money by staying in the UK could end up spending more than those who jet off abroad. British resorts and businesses impose such high prices... -
Gilad Shalit: Hostage of Hamas
Posted on June 29, 2010 | No CommentsThe struggle to bring the soldier home has become a national passion for Israelis. By MICHAEL OREN In a small Jerusalem café, I sat with Noam Shalit and tried to discuss... -
Sassounian’s column of July 1, 2010
Posted on June 29, 2010 | 3 CommentsTurkish Propaganda Campaign, Part II: Exploiting Akhtamar Church Once Again By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Readers may recall that the Turkish government embarked on a worldwide publicity stunt... -
Mesut Ozil at head of the vanguard for new generation
Posted on June 29, 2010 | No CommentsWhen the camera pans along the German team on Sunday, and that famous national anthem thunders out across the Durban stadium, Mesut Özil’s lips will be moving but he won’t... -
Billy Hayes Reveals ‘The Real Midnight Express’
Posted on June 28, 2010 | No CommentsThe man behind ‘Midnight Express’ tells his side of the story in the season premiere of ‘Locked Up Abroad.’ by Blair Marnell Jun 28, 2010 On Wednesday, June 30, a... -
US: Turkey must show commitment
Posted on June 28, 2010 | No CommentsPhoto by: ASSOCIATED PRESS By ASSOCIATED PRESS 06/26/2010 12:14 Top diplomat says Ankara’s actions are alienating Western nations. Talkbacks (32) WASHINGTON — The United States is warning Turkey that it... -
The Privileged Slander: Why the Media Laps Up The Anti-Israel Lying Campaign
Posted on June 28, 2010 | No CommentsRubinReports RubinReports Honorable journalists and scholars should take note and approach these false stories more skeptically. They should also reexamine their stereotypes and remember that their political views should be... -
Turkey’s ’best friend’ in US Senate dead at 92
Posted on June 28, 2010 | 1 CommentWASHINGTON – Daily News with wires Monday, June 28, 2010 Vocal Turkey supporter Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the longest-serving member of the U.S. Congress, died at the age... -
IQ Test for immigrants
Posted on June 28, 2010 | 1 CommentUnion Party leaders insist more immigration oversight to Germany and provoke a new Proposal: The domestic policy spokesman for the CDU in Berlin, Peter Trapp, told the Bild newspaper: “We must reach... -
Siddiqui: Turkish PM sets roadmap for better Israeli relations
Posted on June 27, 2010 | No CommentsBy Haroon Siddiqui Editorial Page Note: This article has been edited from a previous version. Turkey has not given up its dream of joining the European Union. It has not become “anti-West.”... -
Britain scraps euro preparation plans
Posted on June 27, 2010 | No CommentsChancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has scrapped a government unit tasked with preparing for Britain’s hypothetical entry to the eurozone, as he unveiled the government’s first budget. Osborne reaffirmed his... -
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARIES YOU NEED TO KNOW
Posted on June 27, 2010 | 1 CommentPKK ye silahlari kim veriyormus Olaf Palme assassination PKK subcontracting and guns guns guns Right after the (Olaf Palme) assassination, a British consultant and MI6 operative, apparently Gordievsky, had gone... -
Fitzgerald: Misreading Turkey and its misrule
Posted on June 27, 2010 | 6 CommentsTwo weeks ago, during the aftermath, or more aptly in the wake, of the Mavi Marmara, and the Hamas-and-Al-Qaeda-linked I.H.H.’s propaganda stunt, a number of commentators had their say on...
