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SYRIA AND THE GREAT MUDDLE

Posted on January 5, 2014 by

To  be filed .….. Martin Chulov was  once again convincing and depressing, reporting from Syria in the Guardian on the first day of 2014. Chulov has been pointing out for a while that the collapse of Assad’s authority is in … Continue reading →

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SYRIA

Posted on September 10, 2013 by

10.9.13 Making Sense Of Syria As a retired hack at the everyday end of the business, I read with great admiration an illuminating and well-written report from behind rebel lines by Martin Chulov in the Guardian 9.9.13: http://tinyurl.com/nz79zb2/ Wish I’d … Continue reading →

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SYRIA: THE RIGHT RESULT FOR THE WRONG REASONS?

Posted on September 3, 2013 by

It’s a bit late, but some thoughts on Syria and so on … When Tony Blair was leading us into Iraq, I felt for a fellow baby-boomer. I was born in 1950 and he in 1953. Our parents, our grandparents, … Continue reading →

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