Εκατό Χρόνια από την Επικράτηση του Στρατιωτικού Κινήματος των Νεοτούρκων

Συμπληρώνονται τις μέρες αυτές 100 χρόνια από την επικράτηση του στρατιωτικού κινήματος των Νεοτούρκων που ξεκίνησε από την Θεσσαλονίκη και ανάγκασε τον Σουλτάνο Αμβούλ Χαμίτ να επαναφέρει σε ισχύ το Οθωμανικό Σύνταγμα του 1876. O ίδιος Σουλτάνος είχε αναστείλει το Σύνταγμα αυτό με πρόφαση τον Ρωσοτουρκικό πόλεμο του 1877-78. Η ενασχόληση με την κατάληψη της [...]

Turkey in the throes of Islamic revolution?

By Spengler -Asia Times-
 
 
Turkey is half pregnant with political Islam, if one believes Western foreign ministries and the mainstream press. Its Islamist government last week arrested 82 alleged coup plotters from Turkey’s military and intellectual elite, on the strength of a secret indictment of 2,445 pages. Turkish media have offered fanciful allegations linking the secular [...]

THAILAND: Food and fuel price surge hits the lower and middle class

Source: IRIN
 
Everything is more expensive,” Somkeirt Boonna, a 35-year-old security guard who works in Thailand’s capital, told IRIN
“Not only oil but food prices are also rapidly increasing. Before the oil price started to surge, I usually spent about 4,000 baht [US$119] per month on fuel; now I have to spend 7,000 baht [$208].” Somkeirt said [...]

EU freezes millions in assistance to Bulgaria

Associated Press
The European Union has suspended almost €500 million (US$800 million) in assistance to Bulgaria because of alleged corruption and spending irregularities in the Balkan country.
The European Commission says the funds will not be paid out because Bulgaria has made little progress in reforming its judiciary and fighting organized crime and corruption in the 18 [...]

World military update

RUSI report warns on UK naval capability
 
A leading UK policy study body has warned that the Royal Navy’s ability to meet future threats and challenges is being steadily eroded by continuing reductions in the size of the fleet. The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) paper, ‘British Defence and Security Policy: the Maritime Contribution’, written by [...]

A war waiting to happen

Source: Asia Times
 
A war waiting to happen
Asia Times Online   July 16, 2008
 
By F William Engdahl
The Caucasus Republic of Georgia, as nations go, is not apparently a major global player. Yet Washington has invested huge sums and organized to put its own despot, Mikhail Saakashvili, in the presidency in order to close a nuclear North Atlantic [...]

Afghanistan developments

Source: World Security Institute
 
General Security Situation
 
This month saw the Taliban, in a display of force and coordination, launch a daring prison break at a large facility in Kandahar freeing nearly 1,000 prisoners and around 400 Taliban fighters. While the coalition has been shifting troops to meet the security demands of the present situation, the American [...]

Serbia, Spain share common stance on Kosovo

International Security Research & Intelligence Agency
 
http://www.isria.info/RESTRICTED/D/2008/JULY_11/diplo_08july2008_16.htm
 
 
Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic said in Madrid that the new government will be ready to cooperate and negotiate with the UN in order to find an appropriate solution for reconfiguration of the civilian mission in Kosovo-Metohija, which would be acceptable for Serbia and approved by the UN [...]

Washington Post covers Turkish involvement in USA

WASHINGTON POST COVERS TURKISH EMBASSY CORRUPTION AND MANIPULATION
For Immediate Release: July 7, 2008
Contact: Nikolaos Taneris, New York, Tel. 1-917-699-9935
 
NEW YORK—The Washington Post reported in its Saturday edition on the ongoing corruption and manipulation of American scholarship by the Turkish government, Susan Kinzie’s article “Board Members Resign to Protest Chair’s Ousting Leader in Georgetown-Based Agency Encouraged [...]

YEMEN: Influx of African arrivals in June

The Somali consul in the port city of Aden, southern Yemen, said hundreds of African migrants crossed the Gulf of Aden to Yemen in June in search of a better life in Saudi Arabia despite a high risk of death at sea or at the hands of ruthless smugglers.
“They made the perilous sea journey despite [...]