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“Creating Islamist phantoms”

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7 September 2005

Last week, the government published rules relating to the deportation of alleged terrorist sympathizers. It is a key element in the struggle against “evil ideology” of Islamism. However, this behavior may lead to a worsening of the situation. After September 11, we were told that our enemy was a (...)

“I did care, but I didn’t do enough”

by John Major

20 July 2005

Everybody regrets something. When I was young I could witness Biafra’s extreme poverty and when I analyze my past I realize I didn’t do enough to combat it. As Minister of Finances or Prime Minister I did my best to preserve the funds granted to development assistance. But, in a retrospective (...)

“The struggle against terrorism cannot be won by military means”

by Robin Cook

19 July 2005

As shown by the British House of Commons, the immediate response to a tragedy like the attacks in London, should be, first of all, the empathy with the victims and their bereaved. They pass a painful test, especially because it is difficult to explain what has happened. Who could ascertain that (...)

“Madrid’s vanished horror”

by Víctor de la Serna

19 July 2005

The resemblances between the attacks in Madrid and London are so obvious that comment appears superfluous. Actually, the differences are more revealing than the resemblances themselves. In Spain, the attacks were a few days before the lections of March 14, 2004. The polls announced the (...)

“They have no idea how to win their war”

by Robin Cook

7 July 2005

Just after George W. Bush was awarded the presidency of the United States by the Supreme Court, the Prime Minister invited me to number 10 on Downing Street. I was shocked by Tony Blair concern, who feared that British conservatives would argue that only a conservative could work with a (...)

“Blair can get Europe behind him”

by Robin Cook

1 July 2005

Yesterday’s Tony Blair speech at the European Parliament showed he is still one of the best communicators of our time. There was not even a single paragraph I disagreed with. What Blair did was a presentation of the social advances the New Labor has achieved since he got power. By doing it, he (...)

“Blinded by the Light at the End of the Tunnel”

by Sidney Blumenthal

30 June 2005

On June 21, 2005, the information networks repeated the Pentagon’s declarations about the death of 47 enemies west of Iraq. Last month, it was 125 persons who had been murdered in the Syrian border. These two announced “victories” are only the last vicissitudes of the Bush administration’s whoops (...)

"More than a squabble, this goes to the heart of Europe”

by Peter Mandelson

29 June 2005

Brussels summit evidenced the challenge faced by Europe: to continue as it was before or take into account the rejection by France and Netherlands to the European Constitutional Treaty and reset mainly the policies and priorities. Of course, the anti-Europeans want to use the current crisis to (...)

“The world is watching”

by Brian Wilson

28 June 2005

In Havana, Luis Posada Carriles is being tried by contempt of court, a Cuban-born citizen of Venezuela who has spent most of his life in the service of Washington. Meanwhile, in El Paso, Texas, Posada Carriles himself was resisting efforts by the Venezuelan authorities to extradite him to stand (...)

“Nixon’s Empire Strikes Back”

by Sidney Blumenthal

16 June 2005

The unveiling of the identity of “Deep Throat”, Mark Felt, former deputy director of the FBI, seems to confirm the version according to which the story of the Watergate case represents the victory of lone journalism and its mysterious source. In fact, the issue of knowing who was “Deep Throat” (...)

“An essay in imperial villain-making”

by William Dalrymple

6 June 2005

By the end of the 90s, the hardliners who wanted a regime change in the East had a powerful ally in the State. The new president was conservative, an aggressive anti-French who wanted to turn his country into a world power with no rival at all. He thought he had to fight the Muslim regimes (...)

"Now Hamas Must Come Into Its Own"

by Hussein Agha

19 May 2005

The Palestinian elections planned for this summer are characterized by the uncertainty as to the correlation of forces between Al Fatah and Hamas. With the implicit encouragement of the Israelis and westerners who usually advocate for a democratization of the Palestinian Authority, Al Fatah is (...)

"What drives support for this torturer?"

by Craig Murray

16 May 2005

The bodies of hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators in Uzbekistan are scarcely cold but the White House is already looking for ways to dismiss them. Scott McClellan, the White House spokesman, said they were “Islamic terrorists” of the armed resistance and that they should have sought for a (...)

“Getting rid of a dream to stay afloat”

by David Clark

8 May 2005

One of the most revealing indicators of the post-electoral projects of the New Labour is the way in which a possible adoption of the euro by the United Kingdom could serve to distract the attention from the scandal of legal consultancies of the Ministry of Justice before the war of Iraq. In (...)

«Blair’s days are numbered»

by George Galloway

5 May 2005

When I first called Tony Blair a liar, the BBC presenter was aghast at my statement. It was in the spring of 2002. Today, everyone agrees with me. Whatever the result of the elections may be, Tony Blair’s days are numbered. He is cornered and he is ready to be replaced by Gordon Brown at the (...)

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