[…] develop a plan for the destruction of Russian chemical weapons. Several key countries suspected of having or developing chemical weapons have not signed the CWC. These include Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Syria, N. Korea and Taiwan, and without their membership it will be difficult for the Convention meet the goal of destroying the world’s chemical […]
[…] been in the recent past. The official US view on Israel after 1949, for instance, was that it was a ‘major asset’ in the Cold War. With Egypt and Syria dallying with the Soviet bloc during this period this might have had some validity. However Israel did not join or participate in any way […]
[…] and ordered the UN peacekeeping contingent from its buffer position in the Sinai between Egyptian and Israeli forces. However, as Tel Aviv, London and Washington knew, neither Egypt – whose main combat capability was tied down in a losing war in North Yemen – nor the hapless Syrians were in any position to pose […]
[…] post-war period prior to the mid-1970s involve cooperation between Nazi veterans and/or neo fascists and particular Arab nationalist regimes, most notably those of Jamal ‘Abd al-Nasir in Egypt and Mu’ammar al-Qadhadafi in Libya, or factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). However in these cases, particularly those of the aforementioned regimes, it is quite […]
[…] with Newsday, and author of many previous books on spying, Volkman knows the subject and his text is well written. Since the author covers events from ancient Egypt to post-9/11, what we get are illustrative chapters and treatments of some well known (and some little known) incidents in the history of the subject. This […]
[…] also used one of its other agents, formerly Iraq’s oil chief Abdulla Ismal, for undermining activities. Presently, BIS is activating a whole series of undermining activities in Egypt and Syria. Using its position in Syrian emigration circles and the closeness of the former Syrian politician Salehh Dzeddi, the BIS has during recent months alone […]
[…] the sensory deprivation methods of interrogation were a ‘spin-off’ from it. Second, the new methods have not supplanted old-fashioned torture, especially when it is being outsourced to Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The old and new methods continue to be used alongside each other. And third, the sensory deprivation methods he describes were used by […]
[…] state of Palestine, which was on offer in 1936, 1948 and 2000, and could have been established at any time between 1948 and 1967 by Jordan and Egypt. The agenda here remains the extermination of the Jewish state itself. The reason is that the Jews are hated, the hatred is rooted in religion, and […]
[…] in this capacity created the Imperial War Cabinet by adding Dominion Prime Ministers, notably General Smuts. After the war, as Colonial Secretary, Lord Milner negotiated independence for Egypt, self-government for Malta, and was involved in the arrangements for self-government for India (1919) and the partition of Ireland (1921) These then were the politicians of […]
[…] worthy cause that is managing to do something that has been prayed for by young Arab and Muslim intellectuals since the early days of the Wafd in Egypt – the expulsion of the West from their lands, Caliphate or not. It is only a matter of time before Muslim insurgency brings the war into […]
