As Tony Blair is named envoy to ME, Fatah Dahlah accusses Iran and Qatar over Hamas coup

Tony Blair has today stepped out of office and has been named envoy to Middle East, something that not all people agree with.
Dahlan: Iran, Qatar supported Hamas during Gaza ‘coup’
Jerusalem Post - 1 hour agoBy KHALED ABU TOAMEH
“I was not surprised by the coup in the Gaza Strip,” Dahlan said. “I knew about Hamas’s plans [...]

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Three Islamists allegedly linked with AlQaeda, detained in Barcelona

 Police has detained today in Barcelona three Moroccans, two of them this morning and the third in the afternoon, with alledged links with Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb.
The first detained were 23-year-old Mohamed Laksir and 27-year-old Moulay Lahoucine Miftah Idrissi. The two are accused of an alledged crime of belonging to illicit association to prepare [...]

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Chinese ultra-capitalism

Christian Science Monitor has run two very important reports on China and its relationship with Sudan, something I had written about in the past:
In Sudan, China focuses on oil wells, not local needs.
Sudan’s oil production averages 536,000 barrels a day, according to estimates by the Paris-based International Energy Agency. Other estimates say it is closer [...]

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Blast kills 6 Spanish UN peacekeepers in Lebanon (III) (UPDATED)

The funerals for the 6 Spanish soldiers killed in Lebanon are scheduled for eleven o’clock in the morning (Spanish hour) at the base of the parachute team in Paracuellos del Jarama.
The soldier’s corpses arrived in Spanish Air Base of Torrejón de Ardoz at 2:30 a.m., where they have been received by the Crown Prince Felipe [...]

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