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Slovakian MEP Issues Threat: Slavs Must Unite and Destroy Europe
Miroslav Radakovsky, a prominent EU lawmaker and founder of the Slovak PATRIOT party, delivered a stark warning to his colleagues in the European Parliament during a debate on a stalled plan to provide €50 billion ($54.6 billion) in additional EU aid to Ukraine. Radakovsky cautioned against the continued supply of weapons to Ukraine, asserting that it would lead to more Slavic casualties in the...
NATO Boss: Russia Must Not be allowed to Win in Ukraine, it would be a Huge European Tragedy
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg emphasized that a Russian victory in the conflict with Ukraine would have profound implications for NATO’s security during a press briefing on Friday. Stoltenberg announced that the US-led alliance would persist in providing weapons and ammunition to support Ukraine, as the alternative outcome was deemed “dangerous.”
Stoltenberg, addressing reporters...
USA to boost military aid to Israel after Iran nuclear deal
The US has offered to increase military aid to Israel by another $1.5 billion per year to ease tensions over the nuclear deal with Iran, media has reported. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is expected to make the offer during next week’s visit to Tel Aviv.
The proposed increase would see Israel getting an additional squadron of F-35 fighter jets, funding for research and development of missile defense...
President Obama calls off US-Egypt military exercises
Obama makes a statement to the media regarding events in Egypt on Aug. 15 in Chilmark Mass.
President Barack Obama has announced the cancellation of US-Egypt military exercises following the latest killings in the country, without talking about suspending Washington’s annual military aid to Cairo.
“While we want to sustain our relationship with Egypt, our traditional cooperation cannot continue...
'Friends of Syria' gather to talk arms aid
US Ambassador to Qatar Susan Ziadeh (L) walks with US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) and Ambassador Ibrahim Fakhroo, the Qatari Chief of Protocol, on Kerry’s arrival in Doha, June 22, 2013.
Foreign ministers of the so-called “Friends of Syria” group of nations have gathered in the Qatari capital Doha to decide on arming militants fighting in Syria.
Top diplomats from Egypt, France, Germany,...
US to give $123 million military aid package to Syrian rebels
As Syria’s opposition forces and their main international allies meet in Istanbul, the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has announced that the US will double its non-lethal military aid to Syria’s rebels.
The US$123 million defense aid package was announced by Kerry at the meeting in the Turkish capital on Sunday. The Secretary of State said the new non-lethal military supplies would go beyond...
Israel fears loss of U.S. handout
Israel fears losing the $3 billion it receives annually as U.S. military aid… American Budget cuts have left Israel fearful of losing 3 billion in annual military aid. The Israeli regime is trying to save the $3 billion per year in military aid it receives from the U.S., once budget cuts are approved by Washington.
The U.S. President will have to make budget cuts of 85 billion dollars, half...
Ron Paul fights to end military aid for Israel
Presidential hopeful Ron Paul has condemned a plan being considered in the United States House of Representatives that would allow for the US to continue aiding in the defense of Israel by equipping the Jewish state’s military with added weaponry.
From Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) attacked the contents of an act currently up for discussion that, if passed, would...
Pakistan Courts China as US Announces Military Aid Cuts
Yesterday’s announcement that the US is withdrawing some $800 million in military aid from Pakistan looks to do more serious harm to US-Pakistani relations, but if administration officials expected the “rebuke” to be met with an act of contrition from the Pakistani military, they were mistaken.
Rather, Pakistan’s military today insists that they don’t need the US military aid at all, and...
Israel to ask U.S. for $20billion extra in military aid because of Middle East turmoil
Hinting: Ehud Barak, the Israel defence minister, told the Wall Street Journal that his country might ask America for a further $20billion.
Israel are expected to ask for an additional $20billion in U.S. military aid in order to help the country deal with potential threats arising from the ongoing uprisings in the Middle East.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal defence minister Ehud Barak...