Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsReport AMSTERDAM (IDN) – Amidst growing apprehension that the United States and its allies might use radioactive weapons in Libya, as they are reported to have done in several local and limited wars beginning with the 1991 Iraq War, the International Coalition to [...]
Libyan Weapons May Come Back to Haunt Europe
March 9, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Mar 8, 2011 (IPS) – When Muammar el-Gaddafi went on an arms-buying spree in the 1970s and 80s – stockpiling a staggering array of sophisticated weapons systems both from the East and West – the United States warned that Libya was in danger [...]
Hezbollah Rocket Inventories Worry Israel, U.S.
May 2, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Mona Alami BEIRUT, May 2 (IPS) – Recent warnings by the United States that Hezbollah (Party of God) possesses more rockets than most governments has once again placed the party’s arsenal under the spotlight. In recent weeks, pressure has been mounting on Hezbollah – the political party that began [...]
Alleged Weapons Transfer Threatens Mideast Status Quo
April 16, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Charles Fromm WASHINGTON, Apr 16 (IPS) – This week, Israeli President Shimon Peres accused Syria of arming Lebanon’s Hezbollah with long-range Scud missiles, possibly altering the current political and military dynamics of the region and affecting U.S. interests. ”Syria claims that it wants peace, while simultaneously delivering Scud missiles [...]
‘Peace Dividend’ Gives Way To Combat Aircraft
March 16, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) – ‘Peace dividend’ – a buzzword in early 1990s – has long been consigned to oblivion, presumably because there were no peace dealers willing to convince both democratic and autocratic regimes around the world of the economic benefit of a decrease in [...]
POLITICS-AFGHANISTAN: Battle for Balkh
September 19, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS P.J. Tobia* KABUL, Sep 18 (IPS) – Events currently unfolding in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh may be a preview for the future. Balkh’s governor, Atta Mohammad Noor, has accused the Ministry of Interior of distributing weapons to powerful warlords in Balkh in an attempt to undermine his power [...]
POLITICS: Taliban’s Tank-Killing Bombs Came from U.S., Not Iran
September 3, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Gareth Porter WASHINGTON, Sep 3 (IPS) – In support of the official U.S. assertion that Iran is arming its sworn enemy, the Taliban, the head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Dennis Blair, has cited a statement by a Taliban commander last year attributing military [...]
RIGHTS: ‘Just Let Them Die’?
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN BY BAHER KAMAL IDN-InDepthNews Service MADRID (IDN) – "La matematica non e un’ opinione," Italians say. And they are right: mathematics is not an opinion. And this is what mathematics says: – Industrialised countries handed over US$ 18 trillion in one single year to their private banks and private [...]