Den israelske agenten som fant og fikk tatt Adolf Eichmann i Argentina i 1960, er død. Peter Malkin ventet på Eichmann utenfor Eichmanns bolig i Buenos Aires, la ham i bakken, lempet ham inn i en bil og fikk stornazisten smuglet til Israel der han ble stilt for retten for organiseringen av jødetransportene til dødsleirene. […]
Les mer»Russia, one of Syria’s strongest backers, has said Moscow cautiously supports calls for Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he hoped that elections in Lebanon – following the government’s resignation – would take place soon. He told the BBC’s Newsnight programme that a new government would be a […]
Les mer»Norske medier er tydelig forvirret over tegnene til demokratisk oppvåkning i araberverdenen. Ikke rart. Kravene rettes jo «feil» vei, og er en indirekte støtte til USA og Bush-demokrati-visjon. Da får irakere, libanesere eller egyptere, heller seile sin egen sjø. Det er inntrykket jeg sitter igjen med etter å ha sittet på en spanksk øy og […]
Les mer»Det er mange likhetstrekk mellom folkeopprøret som pågår i Libanon, og revolusjonen i Ukraina. Begge steder har vanlige folk presset en regjeringsleder eller statsleder til å gå av – om veien ryddes for opposisjonen i Libanon gjenstår å se. I tillegg er uoppklarte attentat en viktig del av bildet (selv om det var valgfusket som […]
Les mer»Afghanistan Wednesday named its first female provincial governor, a step forward in the slow political progress of women since the fall of the Taliban more than three years ago. The appointment of Habiba Sorabi as the new governor of Bamiyan was announced in a brief statement on state-run Kabul Television. Sorabi served as women’s affairs […]
Les mer»Gunmen in Baghdad killed a judge working for the Iraqi special tribunal set up to try Saddam Hussein and his top lieutenants, a setback in efforts to close the chapter on decades of oppression. Judge Barawiz Mahmoud and his son, who worked as a lawyer, were killed as they left their home in north Baghdad […]
Les mer»Nicholas Kristof tar opp folkemordet i Darfur i New York Times. Han refererer en amerikansk observatør som har reist rundt i Darfur-provinsen og bekrefter at det som skjer er folkemord. FN har på sin side sagt det ikke kan kalles folkemord. Ettertiden vil kanskje bedømme FNs og Vestens svik i Darfur som enda mer grovt […]
Les mer»The attack in Hillah, with a majority Shiite population, came as the clergy-backed United Iraqi Alliance sought the support of other parties to form Iraq’s first-ever democratically elected government. Insurgents have stepped up their attacks against predominantly Shiite targets in recent weeks. The 9:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) blast outside the medical clinic was so powerful […]
Les mer»«Syrian policies and Syrian behaviour are barriers to a better life and a more democratic future for the people of the Middle East. When the Syrians support insurgents, or allow their territory to be used for insurgents, they are frustrating the aspirations of the Iraqi people. When the Syrians allow their troops and their security […]
Les mer»«The insurgency in Iraq has no political future because the Iraqi people have demonstrated by going to the polls in huge numbers that they believe their political future is in the process that will culminate in December 2005 with free and fair elections. The insurgents have no answer to that…It is a positive development that […]
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