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Turkey’s deepening rift with the US
TURKEY’S president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has embarked upon a risky confrontation with Washington. Following the arrest of the US consulate worker who is a Turkish national for alleged links to Fethullah Gulen and last year’s failed coup, the Americans suspended their visa service in Ankara and Istanbul. Ankara’s reaction was to do precisely the same in Washington, New York, Chicago, Boston, Houston and Los Angeles, even to the extent of using precisely the same wording as the US announcement, save changing the place names.The risks for Turkey are economic as well as political. When the spat emerged the Turkish lira lost six percent against the dollar. It later recovered. But even allowing the activity of speculators who “shorted” the lira and then took their profit, such a big...
October 09, 2017

Turkey’s deepening rift with the US

Changing America’s gun laws
THE mass shooting on Oct. 1 in Las Vegas was the deadliest in modern US history, but what seems to have pained some people who subscribe to racist or right-wing ideology more than the 59 lives lost is the fact the shooter was not a Muslim, American-born or immigrant, but a white man. The 64-year-old Stephen Paddock’s target was a mostly-white country music crowd.Not that there was no effort to find someone with connections to “Islamic or jihadi” organizations as happened in Norway in 2011 when a man, later identified as a neo-Nazi, gunned down 77 people. In the chaotic aftermath of Sunday’s shooting, there were wild rumors and speculations about the identity of the killer, everyone pointing to who you know. In this they were assisted by Daesh (the so-called IS) or somebody who...
October 08, 2017

Changing America’s gun laws

Acid attacks are gruesome crimes
It used to be that acid attacks were typically carried out in south Asia by men to disfigure women as a form of punishment for mainly romantic disputes and family honor. But there has been a sharp rise in acid attacks in, of all places, the UK with 454 reported last year, up from 261 in 2015. Increasingly carried out by street gangs, the majority of victims and the majority of the suspects are young males. In response to this dramatic increase in acid attacks across Britain, especially London, the government plans to ban the sale of acid to under 18s and prevent people from carrying corrosive liquids in public. It’s a good first step. Throwing acid at someone’s face or body is a horrendous crime. The intention is for someone to live with the disfigurement for the rest of their lives....
October 07, 2017

Acid attacks are gruesome crimes

Netanyahu will never support a two-state solution
Ever since he came into office, US President Donald Trump has said many controversial things. But one of his most recent comments, as provocative as it is, happens to be very true: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a bigger obstacle to the Middle East peace process than the Palestinian leadership.During a short meeting between Trump and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York last month, Trump allegedly said of Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, “both leaders are problematic”. However, reports say that of the two, Trump chose Netanyahu as the “bigger problem”.The claim was denied by the White House but the Haaretz newspaper said the account was backed up by seven different Western and Israeli...
October 06, 2017

Netanyahu will never support a two-state solution

Suicidal rivalries in Libya
Suicide bomb attacks are not new in Libya but the latest attack on a courtroom in the port city of Misrata could mark a new assault by the terrorists of Daesh (the self-proclaimed IS).Three men attacked the court building on Wednesday. At the end of a prolonged gunfight with security forces, two of the assailants blew themselves up. Daesh immediately claimed responsibility. Four people died, including the deputy prosecutor for the town of Sirte. This is the one town where the terrorists took control and from which they were ousted late last year, after a long and bloody fight by the Misratan-led forces.There is a common terrorism denominator between Libya, Iraq and Syria. In each country the collapse of central authority, compounded by violent power block rivalries, has created a vacuum in...
October 05, 2017

Suicidal rivalries in Libya

People raise arms and shout during a demonstration two days after the banned independence referendum in Barcelona Spain on Tuesday.
Madness in Catalonia
There was something immensely sad about the exuberant faces of young Catalans demonstrating in support of their regional government’s pell-mell rush to declare independence. For them this was an emotional issue. They were fired up with enthusiasm for a Catalan state and angry at the appalling behavior of Spanish police sent to stop the weekend referendum from going ahead.The sadness is prompted by the blithe ignorance of these young people at the tragedy that could be facing them. In a social media world where intolerance and egotism dominate and careful thought is at a premium, the demonstrations for independence are clearly prompted by a false sense of entitlement. There is also a feeling that this is almost a game. It is not. This is serious and it could become deadly serious. Less...
October 04, 2017

Madness in Catalonia

The lawful evil of US gun ownership
The state of Nevada has some of America’s most easy-going gun laws in a country where the Constitution guarantees the right of a citizen to bear arms. The Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock took 23 guns with him to the Mandalay Bay Hotel that he used to kill at least 59 people and injure another 527 in America’s worst-ever mass shooting.Other weapons, the police say at least 19, along with explosives and several thousand rounds of ammunition were found at Paddock’s home. There seems no good reason anyone would need to own over 40 guns, including fully automatic assault rifles unless they were a manic collector or had malice in their hearts. Either way, since owners do not need to register guns in Nevada, there was no way the authorities could have known that this killer possessed such...
October 03, 2017

The lawful evil of US gun ownership

Austrian clowns
HERE’S a good joke. Clown make-up is now banned in Austria. And if you are a surgeon or someone vulnerable to airborne diseases or who just fears pollution, as do so many citizens in Japan and China, do not make the mistake of going outside wearing a facemask. Apparently, you will be subject to arrest. That is now the law in Austria.Oh, and if a woman is a Muslim who wants to wear a full-face veil, as of Sunday, that too will constitute a criminal offense.Who are Austrian legislators trying to kid? This new law is aimed squarely at those Muslim women who choose to wear the niqab, which leaves only their eyes showing. Chucking in clowns with funny red noses, silly wigs and painted-on grins does not fool anybody. Indeed the transparently Islamophobic motive behind this new law is...
October 02, 2017

Austrian clowns

Afghanistan: Elusive peace
THIS was James Mattis’ first visit to Afghanistan as US secretary of defense. He went there unannounced as American officials usually do when they visit countries they have liberated. Even President Barack Obama who was against the Iraq war used to shroud his visit to that country in mystery.We don’t know whether Taleban have a better intelligence system than Americans and knew of the high-profile visit. Or it was just a coincidence. In any case, what greeted the American official at Kabul’s airport on Wednesday was a barrage of rockets. Fortunately, the attack occurred after he had left the airport.But this attack and the US air raid launched in support of Afghan security forces who confronted the attackers as well as the Taleban assault on government and police headquarters in...
October 01, 2017

Afghanistan: Elusive peace

The political El Clásico
The question is simple enough: On Sunday, voters will be asked to respond yes or no to the question: “Do you want Catalonia to be an independent state, in the form of a Republic?” Opinion polls suggest that about half of Catalonia’s 7.5 million people will support breaking away from Spain.The repercussions of a vote, if there is one, are not clear. Spain’s central government insists the referendum is illegal, must not go ahead and that the result will not be recognized.Catalonia, whose capital is Barcelona, is a wealthy region in northeastern Spain, has its own history, language and culture, and a high degree of autonomy, but Catalonians want more. They are not recognized as a separate nation under the Spanish constitution and feel that their rich region has long put more into...
September 30, 2017

The political El Clásico

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