The U.S,Iran and Iraq!

This is indeed a quixotic situation of sorts for the Untied states, to be talking Iraq to Iran. Iran is slowly but surely increasing its influence in Iraq and there does not seem to be much that the United states can do about it. The United states realise that in order to have a stable Iraq, Iran's inputs does not only become necessary but all too essential. With the violence in Iraq having come down a notch, the government of Iraq as well as the security forces are looking for ways to press ahead their advantage and see if they can bring about a stable Iraq sooner than later. But with both the United states and Iran suffering from a trust deficit, it is only a matter of days before this latest round of talks fail as well. But that does not mean the end of the road, the journey for the Untied states-iran convoy has just began and it is a very rocky road, but there is so many miles to cover, can they overcome their hostilities and carry on?

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Iraq takes on the Kurds!

With Turkey threatening to attack Iraq on the premise that it is sheltering Turkish rebel groups, Iraq has finally decided to take some action. Iraq well knows that another war in the region could well push the entire Middle east into the middle ages and has decided to curtail the movements of the Kurdish rebels that live in Iraq.

The Kurds are a fiercely independent group and as such would not tolerate anyone holding the reins over them for long. What is more, Iraqi's by and large respect the Kurds whom they consider not as a Kurd but rather as an Iraqi itself. The Kurds are well entrenched in Iraq and as such they are Iraqi citizens to the boot. So any unilateral action against the Kurd areas of Iraq by any government or any country for that matter will be perceived as an act of invasion and will not be tolerated by the Iraqi's.

To say that a war will ensue if Turkey decides to attack the Kurdish areas of Iraq is a gross understatement. Both the United states and Iraq well know this and as such are taking these steps so as to prevent Turkey from attacking. However will Turkey listen with Jingoism running high in Turkey and the calls for revenge getting louder by the day?

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More bomb blasts in Pakistan?

Is the peace and security destabilising in Pakistan? Is General Musharraf aware of the world's perception of his government and his presidency? The recent suicide bomb blasts at an army camp could not have come at a even worse time for Musharraf. As things stand, the Supreme court is mulling over his presidency and may soon issue a decision that will shake all the politico's in Pakistan.
Coupled with the recent bomb blasts in Pakistan, the release of the controversial book,
Deception: Pakistan, the United States and the Global Nuclear Weapons Conspiracy where it is claimed that Musharraf had his finger on the nuclear button and wanted to nuke India, this is only causing the whole world to turn up the spotlight on the general and Pakistan. When a person can be so irresponsible to almost start a nuclear war, can the world really trust this man? That is the question that a lot of the Indians, Americans and the whole world at large are asking themselves today. With the general elections due in Pakistan, is it any wonder that the general is left with few friends and the ones that he has are increasingly distancing themselves away from him and his 'gung ho' policies?

Turkey wants the Kurds to be handed over to them on a platter!

Turkey has demanded that Iraq extradite the 150 and odd Kurdistan peoples party leaders and top officials to Turkey right away. Common sense does suggest that Turkey will torture and finish off those leaders in an attempt to put an end to this rebel group. The Kurds have always had a violent history with Turkey in the past and nothing in Turkey's recent action suggest that they will allow a fair process of law to take place if the rebels were indeed extradited to Turkey.

Turkey has not given any guarantees that these rebels will be treated fairly and as such, the extradition of any such rebels to Turkey will be tantamount to giving them the death sentence before which they will be tortured. The Red Cross and Amnesty international should take serious note of Turkey's demand and make sure that such an extradition does not take place. Iraq needs the good will of the world at large and if it were to do this, then Iraq would have bought peace at the cost of blood of its own Iraqi citizens. Is such 'bloody peace' really worth anything today?
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Bombed again - Iraq?

Today if someone told me that Iraq was bombed again, that bit of news would not really shock me. Truth be told, such news have become so common that for most of us, it would not even get a 'lift of the eyebrows'. We as humans are are the only species that is so capable of raining destruction on this level at its own species. Iraq has not seen peace and security since the regime of Saddam Hussein and that is something that we all have to accept one way or the other. True, he may have been a dictator of the worst kind, testing chemical weapons on his own citizens. But, Iraq enjoyed a state of peace and security under him that has not been seen since then.
Now with Turkey all set to invade Iraq under the pretext of dealing with Kurdish insurgents based in Iraq,things are bound to get even hotter. Of course, in this process, we can pretty much forget what little of peace and security that remains in Iraq today. The United states is doing its best to not let that happen, but that is not going to be easy especially as they already have a bit too much on their plates right now. Further more, Turkish soldiers are already present in Iraq today under the guise of making sure that peace and stability prevails in Iraq. Well, it seems that they have finally decided to rock the boat with the Turkish parliament voting overwhelmingly in favor of sending additional Turkish troops just to deal with the Kurdish insurgents. To Turkey they may be Kurdish insurgents, but to the rest of the world they are Iraqi citizens and as such, the rest of the world will view this as an invasion.
Who ever said that the Middle east is a hot place to live in, was obviously making an understatement. Recently there were a spate of car bombs, suicide bombers all directed at the Iraqi police and the security forces, but many innocent Iraqi's died in the process. More innocent Iraqi blood was spilled. Is it any wonder that many Iraqi's are fleeing Iraq to neighbouring provinces? When the question of life itself is held in doubt, one would most definitely would not want to be living there any more. But the sad truth of all this is that Iraq is being torn apart by terrorist activities against the Iraqi security forces as well as sectarian violence. And things are only being made worse by American apathy. If the United states were to withdraw right now, things would only get a whole deal worse. Instead the United states should bring in the United nations peace keepers and make sure that peace an stability can reign once again in this bloody land and that every citizen can live in peace and harmony. I know that is easier said than done, but that is the right method to deal with the Iraq situation.

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George Bush to talk about the new Iraq Vision??

What a vision it has been for the rest of the world.this war was wrong to start off with.anyway now that Iraq is in the midst of the 'war on terror',with civilians and soldiers dying there day by day,is it any surprise to any of us that George Bush has a new vision on Iraq now?
But truth be told,there has to be some changes made to the current Iraq policy as it is now.especially with more deaths being reported from there day by day.and the U.S soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners certainly did not help matters any way whatsoever.so what can the new policy be all about?well,for one,total withdrawal out of the question as that would only result in Iraq getting into a civil war or worse into another 10 year war with Iran.but what the U.S can do now is to do some damage control and bring the United Nations into the picture and make the force that is currently based in Iraq more multinational and at the same time try to see what the Iraqi's really want.bottom line,every Iraqi man and woman,want peace and democracy but that should certainly not come at the price of terror!

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The China-Taiwan question?

Is it fair for any large country to threaten its Small neighbour and tell that small country that it considers that country to be a part of its own.we,,what am i talking about?i am talking about the so called 'one china' policy.this policy is so flawed in so many levels that i would not even know where to start.China considers Taiwan to be a part of mainland China itself.and it has made its feelings known to the entire world and has even managed to successfully block Taiwan's bid to become a part of the United nations family.but that has not stopped Taiwan from striving for independence.the world as a whole should stand tall with Taiwan and make it known that the world will not stand for any bullying of any sort.it is high time that China learnt that Taiwan will never be a part of mainland China,no matter how desperately it wants that to happen.

Wanna become a director??

Coke has started this fantastic Coke zero campaign.this campaign is one where we can experiment with and literally make movies from scratch.in addition to the opp by which we can make our own movie clips we all get to compete for the best rated movie/clip that we all make.coke has made sure that we get all the help that we can get in making of these clips,besides making available a few clips from old movies that we can use,we also can use our own voice using the voice recorder.who knows,maybe our clip will show Cary grant talking in our voice.either way it is a fantastic campaign and a neat one by which we can all be as creative as we want to be,so come on in!

Palestine civil war!

The dream of a single palestine state receded further with the militant Hamas taking over Gaza.the Fatah then started to consolidate themselves in the west bank.the way the situation is right now,a clash between the Hamas and the Fatah seems more likely than ever especially with the west restoring aid and backing the current fatah led government in the west bank.
It is indeed a shame that a movement led by Yasser arafat should have come to this.but i do have to point out that with the militant Hamas out of the government the west finds the current government of palestine much more palatable to deal with.so lets hope that the Middle east peace process is renewed ASAP.

Bid for Peace!

With all the violence that nowdays seems to be a part of our daily lives with Israel-Lebanon wars,oil policies of the United states,Iran nuclear progrmas we should all take some time off,concentrate on things that help bring down the anxiety levels in each and every one of us.in short lets start bidding for Free Gifts and take our thoughts away from all this mindless violence and have some fun!
This site is great in the way that they are designed,so that it is very easy to place bids on items.whats more there is a kind of reverse auction going on,where the unique lowest bid wins the item.they also have a sweepstakes going on so that once you are entered into it you also have a chance to win the Sweepstakes!
Is'nt this great?instead of burdening ourselves with more stress we can actually relieve ourselves of that stress by bidding in a very unique way.whats more we also get a chance to win aCash prize.all in all this site is worth our time so lets do it!

the tension factor!

With all the tension that is raging all around us all the time one can only wish that the world was amuch quieter place.but that does not seem to be happening anytime soon.especially with Iran increasing the tension levels in the middle east.
thinngs in the sub continent are not that great either.especially with the recent anti china view proposed by the defense department.but the facts do remain that China is building up her military and they seem to be quite aggresive about it.
the defense department siad in not so many words that if China was to attack any country be it Taiwan or India itself,it can mean only one thing -war.and thats all we need right now.why is it so hard for the people to think of peace?

All about Pax

Well it seems that Pax is the only thing in this world that is hard to maintain,from Africa to India to Iran to China.anyway you look at it it seems that half of the world's population is fighting with itself and the other half is just intrested in sitting on the sidelines to see what is happening.all is going down yet we cannot seem to help ourselves.so is all Pax just a dream to be.
can we truly have a peaceful world or is it just too much for the realpolitik to bring about??