La France n’est pas (encore ?) en Irak, mais elle a déjà renforcé son implication en Afghanistan, par un simple fiat du préz’ de la République. (C’est chouette, non, le “domaine réservé” ? Merci de Gaulle et Michel Debré.) Et voilà maintenant, on vient tout juste de l’apprendre, que notre pays a signé un accord avec les Emirats arabes unis pour stationner des troupes dans le golfe Persique (1). Cela en plus de leur vendre de la technologie nucléaire, comme on en a vendu à notre si cher ami Khadafi et à divers États arabes. Oh, du nucléaire civil, certes. Enfin, pour l’instant…
jeudi, 17 janvier 2008
QUELQU'UN PEUT-IL ME DIRE CE QUE L'ON VA FICHE DANS LE GOLFE?!
00:20 Publié dans IRENE DELSE, RELATIONS EXTERIEURES | Lien permanent | Commentaires (2) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : europe, france, moyen-orient, iran, irène delse, europeus.org
lundi, 19 novembre 2007
IRAN AND VENEZUELA DON’T WANT US DOLLAR ANYMORE
Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinedschad and Venezuelian president Hugo Chavez are not exactly what one would call friends of the United States of America. At the current OPEC conference in Riyad (Saudi-Arabia), the two declared that they are not longer willing to trade “valuable oil against worthless paper”, meaning the weak green buck which is generally blamed for the sky-rocketing prices of the barrel which traded today around 95 dollars the barrel.17:01 Publié dans ECONOMIE, ENGLISH EDITION, KAI LITTMANN, RELATIONS EXTERIEURES, USA | Lien permanent | Commentaires (1) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : us, south america, venezuela, iran, dollar, kai littmann, europeus.org
samedi, 13 octobre 2007
ANTI-SEMITISM IN GERMAN FOOTBALL?
When last night the German U21 squad took on their Israeli counterparts in Tel Aviv, one German player was sitting at home in Wolfsburg watching the match on TV. Ashkan Dejagah, born in Teheran and raised in Berlin, had actually declined his selection on the team, causing a major stir-up in German politics. While Dejagah only stated “personal reasons” for his refusal to play in Israel, the interpretation of his gesture is left to the media. It is true that Dejagah still has family in Iran and maybe he fears for their safety, given that since the Islamic Revolution back in 1979, no contacts between Iranian citizens and Israel are permitted, not even for sport events.19:08 Publié dans ENGLISH EDITION, KAI LITTMANN, SPORT | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : anti-semitism, iran, football, germany, kai littmann, europeus.org
jeudi, 27 septembre 2007
VOUS REPRENDREZ BIEN UN PEU DE NUCLEAIRE M. AHMADINEDJAD ?
Pendant que le président iranien, en visite aux Etats-Unis et à l’Onu, débitait des énormités aussi grosses qu’un puits de pétrole (1), le président français, lui aussi en visite dans les mêmes lieux, faisait la promotion de Bouygues SA… pardon, d’Areva ! Les projets d’expansion dans le secteur de l’énergie de la firme de Martin Bouygues, ami du président, sont en effet tout sauf confidentiels.08:25 Publié dans IRENE DELSE, RELATIONS EXTERIEURES | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : nucléaire, iran, irène delse, europeus.org
samedi, 08 septembre 2007
FORMER CIA OFFICIAL EXPECTS WAR WITH IRAN - SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE, PART II
(By Ken Silverstein / Source: Harper's Magazine - USA) Until recently, I thought the odds that the United States would attack Iran were less than fifty-fifty, but the chances of a military confrontation are clearly growing (as my colleague Scott Horton has been reporting on for some time). Earlier this year, I asked a former CIA official, who was stationed in the Persian Gulf during the first Gulf War and served in Iraq after the 2003 invasion, if he though the administration was planning a military strike. “I don’t think the administration is about to carry out military action,” he told me. “The military does not want to do this. We will lose planes if there is a massive air strike over Iran. We’ll have pilots killed and captured.” Yesterday, I called the official—who speaks with me only off the record—and he now believes a military strike is likely. Here are his comments, which I offer not as an endorseme:
11:25 Publié dans CHERRY PICKING, ENGLISH EDITION, RELATIONS EXTERIEURES, USA | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : usa, iran, war, cia, europeus.org
dimanche, 24 juin 2007
SALMAN RUSHDIE’S KNIGHTHOOD ANGER
Indian-born writer, Salman Rushdie may be a wanted man amongst Muslims, but in Britain he is a hero. During the weekend, he was knighted by the English Queen Elizabeth II, in honor of his writings and outstanding achievements. The 60-year-old Rushdie was one of the Queen’s 950 special guests at her birthday on Saturday.11:40 Publié dans AMIN GEORGE FORJI, CULTURE, CULTURES & RELIGIONS, RELATIONS EXTERIEURES | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : rushdie, iran, pakistan, britain, uk, india, islam
mardi, 10 avril 2007
IRAN: A CAROUSEL OF LIES & TRUTHS
It is strange how difficult it is for the average reader to find out what really happened with the 15 UK navy people in Iran. It is equally difficult to believe what happened with the Iranian hostage in Iraq and it is impossible to make any guess anymore. For that everybody is responsible, especially the governments with all this spin over the last few years - today you have no idea who says the truth and who’s lying.
09:23 Publié dans ENGLISH EDITION, RELATIONS EXTERIEURES, THANOS KALAMIDAS | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : nuclear, iran, cia, thanos kalamidas, europeus.org
vendredi, 23 février 2007
AHMADJINEDAD IS READY TO STOP THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM. REALLY?
On Tuesday, the German news agencies dpa and dda had the good news: “Ahmadjinedad is prepared to stop the nuclear enrichment program”. Hey, this seemed to be good news for the world. The Iranian leader had obviously changed his attitude! Would this mean that Iran is coming back to the negotiation table with the international community and that there can be peaceful solutions? Sorry. No reason to celebrate. The headline was wrong. All wrong.
10:46 Publié dans ENGLISH EDITION, KAI LITTMANN, RELATIONS EXTERIEURES | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : Iran, Ahmadjinedad, nuclear program, Israel, UN sanctions, International
lundi, 15 janvier 2007
AHMADINEJAD’S NEW FRIENDS PLAY HIGH STAKE
When it comes down to fight the US influence in the world, Iran’s president Ahmadinejad is not very picky regarding his friends and possible partners. His recent visit to Latin America, where he met with the new Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and with former Sandinista leader and today's president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, showed that he enjoys the support of leftist governments just as much as the support of leading European neo-nazis like recently at the Teheran conference on the Holocaust.13:23 Publié dans ENGLISH EDITION, KAI LITTMANN, POLITIQUE, RELATIONS EXTERIEURES | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : politics, iran, venezuala, ahmadinejad, chavez, kai littmann, europeus.org
dimanche, 24 décembre 2006
IRAN : AHMADINEJAD FAIT FI DES SANCTIONS ET ROULE DES MECANIQUES
Alors que les Etats membres du Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu se félicitent encore des sanctions prises à l’encontre de l’Iran en raison de son programme d’enrichissement nucléaire, le président iranien rejette quant à lui non seulement ces dites sanctions, mais va jusqu’à menacer les pays ayant soutenu l’adoption du texte, soit, pour faire court, à peu de choses près la planète entière, celles-ci ayant été votées à l’unanimité. Message du moment : les Etats considérés «allaient bientôt regretter leur soutien» à la résolution.
16:30 Publié dans KAI LITTMANN, POLITIQUE, RELATIONS EXTERIEURES | Lien permanent | Commentaires (10) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : iran, europe, onu, Ahmadinejad, kai littmann, europeus.org