Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Eurasia Review: News & Analysis

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• UN General Assembly Vote On Syria: World Gone Mad – OpEd
• Romney Stoops Too Low For Jewish Vote – OpEd
• Saudi Arabia King Invites Iran President Ahmadinejad For Summit In Makkah
• Iran Wins First Medal In London
• The Truth About Guns – OpEd
• Olympic Scandals Rattle London – OpEd
• Yemen: Bombing Kills 20 At Funeral
• What Drives Cross Border Intrusions From Afghanistan? – Analysis
• NASA Sees Triple Tropical Trouble in Northwestern Pacific
• Sri Lanka: Massacre Of Aid Workers Goes Unpunished
• Great Britain 3rd In Olympic Gold Tally; China, US Lead
• iPhone 5 September Release Rumors Gain Speed
• My Black Dad And Chick-fil-A – OpEd
• India’s Blackout: A Case Of Rotten Infrastructure – Analysis
• Understanding The Standoff In Mali – Analysis
• Commercially Viable Truth: India Deserves Less Attention Than US – OpEd
• What Does The Hacking Of Reuters Reveal? – OpEd
• Obama: Celebrating The Summer Olympics And Paralympics – Transcript
• Syria: Clashes In Damascus And Aleppo As 48 Iranian Pilgrims Abducted
• Syria: TV Host Kidnapped, Executed By Islamists
• Iran Tests Missile With New Guidance System

UN General Assembly Vote On Syria: World Gone Mad – OpEd Posted: 04 Aug 2012 08:36 PM PDT On August 3 the United Nations General Assembly voted on a resolution written by Saudi Arabia condemning both the government of Syria for the preponderance if not all the violence in the country and Russia and China for not conceding to Western and Persian Gulf monarchies’ demands for “regime change” in Damascus. In an irrefutable [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Romney Stoops Too Low For Jewish Vote – OpEd Posted: 04 Aug 2012 08:06 PM PDT By Fawaz Turki WHAT if Mitt Romney — hold on to your hats — were to be elected president later this year? Setting aside that this man is a gaffe addict with a pedestrian mind, a shallow intellect, a superficial worldview and a rudimentary grasp of international affairs, that would be wonderful news for, well, [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Saudi Arabia King Invites Iran President Ahmadinejad For Summit In Makkah Posted: 04 Aug 2012 08:03 PM PDT Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday sent an invitation to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to attend the emergency Islamic summit in Makkah on Aug. 14-15. Saudi Ambassador to Iran Muhammad Al-Kilabi handed the invitation to Rahim Mashani, director of the president’s office, during a meeting in Tehran yesterday. Saudi Arabia has stepped [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Iran Wins First Medal In London Posted: 04 Aug 2012 07:59 PM PDT Weightlifter Kianoush Rostami has won Iran’s first medal at the London Olympics, taking the bronze medal in the men’s 85 kg weight category. Rostami, 21, was in fifth position after the first half of the competition, which involved lifting in one continuous move, but he managed to recover in the clean and jerk. He finished [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

The Truth About Guns – OpEd Posted: 04 Aug 2012 07:56 PM PDT The tragedy in Aurora, Colorado, has led to a lot of unfortunate misinformation about firearms. Let’s try to add some facts to the justified emotion. Are Some Guns More Dangerous than Others? The shooter in Aurora had three firearms when he entered the theater: a pump action shotgun, a semiautomatic rifle and a semiautomatic handgun. [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Olympic Scandals Rattle London – OpEd Posted: 04 Aug 2012 07:50 PM PDT By Pershkina Anastasiya Ukraine may go to Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne to dispute the results of the final 16 boxing tournament in which Britain’s Anthony Ogogo was unlawfully awarded victory over Ukraine’s Yevgeny Khytrov. This referee scandal, though the most high-profile at the moment, is not the only cheats scandal that has [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Yemen: Bombing Kills 20 At Funeral Posted: 04 Aug 2012 07:42 PM PDT A suspected suicide bomber has detonated explosives during a funeral in Yemen, killing 20 people. Yemeni officials say the bombing took place Saturday in a village in the southern Abyan province. At least 20 others were wounded. The Reuters news agency says the bomber appears to have targeted people who supported the military during an [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

What Drives Cross Border Intrusions From Afghanistan? – Analysis Posted: 04 Aug 2012 03:58 PM PDT In a rare event, On June 24 2012, almost 100 heavily armed Taliban militants stormed into Pakistan from Afghanistan and attacked a military check post killing atleast 17 Pakistani soldiers. After initially reporting that six soldiers were killed and 11 were missing, the Pakistani military sources later confirmed that seven of the missing were killed [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

NASA Sees Triple Tropical Trouble in Northwestern Pacific Posted: 04 Aug 2012 03:53 PM PDT NASA’s Aqua satellite captured an image of a very busy northwestern Pacific Ocean where three tropical cyclones are active. Tropical Storms Damrey and Saola are dissipating in China, while Tropical depression Haikui developed on August 3, 2012. NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the northwestern Pacific Ocean on August 3 at 0453 UTC (12:53 a.m. EDT) [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Sri Lanka: Massacre Of Aid Workers Goes Unpunished Posted: 04 Aug 2012 03:48 PM PDT The Sri Lankan government’s failure to hold accountable those responsible for the execution-style slaying of 17 aid workers six years ago is indicative of its deeper unwillingness to prosecute soldiers and police for atrocities, Human Rights Watch said today. Despite compelling evidence of participation by state security forces in the killings, government inquiries have not [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Great Britain 3rd In Olympic Gold Tally; China, US Lead Posted: 04 Aug 2012 03:44 PM PDT Great Britain took their gold medal tally to 10 with two rowing victories putting them third in the overall medals table at the London Olympics, BBC Sport said. Britain’s medal count is now 10 golds, seven silvers and eight bronzes. The first medal came as the men’s four of Andy Triggs Hodge, Pete Reed, Andy [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

iPhone 5 September Release Rumors Gain Speed Posted: 04 Aug 2012 03:41 PM PDT Apple’s new iPhone is on-track for a September launch and recently leaked images of the handset are “very likely authentic”, Digital Spy said citing a source. Apple Insider reports a “trusted industry insider” as saying that the sixth generation of the iPhone – often referred to as the iPhone 5 due to the numerical run [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

My Black Dad And Chick-fil-A – OpEd Posted: 04 Aug 2012 12:53 PM PDT I jump on every opportunity to respectfully challenge my 84 year old black dad’s loyalty to Obama. Dad has been a Christian pastor over 50 years. He lives in Maryland and I live in Florida. I called Dad to ask if he participated in Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. He said, no he had not heard about [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

India’s Blackout: A Case Of Rotten Infrastructure – Analysis Posted: 04 Aug 2012 12:45 PM PDT Dr Gursharan Singh Kainth For an aspiring economic superpower, there can be few more chastening events than electricity cuts as massive as those that struck northern and eastern India this week. India suffered two massive power failures in as many days. More than 600 million people were affected, with disruptions not only in electricity, but [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Understanding The Standoff In Mali – Analysis Posted: 04 Aug 2012 12:32 PM PDT By Giorgio Cafiero The standoff between Mali’s government and the armed Islamists who control two-thirds of the country is unlikely to resolve peacefully, and the prospects for a new war in the Sahel appear increasingly probable. In January, a disciplined Tuareg separatist group, the Movement for the National Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), initiated a rebellion [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Commercially Viable Truth: India Deserves Less Attention Than US – OpEd Posted: 04 Aug 2012 12:29 PM PDT By John Robles A month ago a storm in the United States left approximately 200 million people without power for a week in ten states covering an area from Washington to Indiana. The news was covered extensively in the Western media, with news flashes and non-stop stories sympathetic to those left in the dark. The [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

What Does The Hacking Of Reuters Reveal? – OpEd Posted: 04 Aug 2012 12:06 PM PDT As has been widely reported, a Reuters blog was hacked yesterday and bogus articles were posted claiming that rebel forces had withdrawn from Aleppo. What observations can we make about the hacking? Firstly, the hackers have no sympathies with the Free Syrian Army since the reporting clearly had the potential (even if not the actual [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Obama: Celebrating The Summer Olympics And Paralympics – Transcript Posted: 04 Aug 2012 12:03 PM PDT By President Barack Obama Hi, everybody.  Today, I want to take a break from the back-and-forth of campaign season, and talk about something that’s brought us all together this week – the Summer Olympics. These games remind us that for all our differences, we’re Americans first.  And we could not be prouder of the men [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Syria: Clashes In Damascus And Aleppo As 48 Iranian Pilgrims Abducted Posted: 04 Aug 2012 12:00 PM PDT Clashes intensified since Friday night in Damascus and Aleppo. These two key cities were the scene of heavy fighting in what seems to be the decisive battle between insurgents and government forces. The sounds of shelling and small arms fire were heard throughout the night in Damascus, and witnesses said that the army had launched [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Syria: TV Host Kidnapped, Executed By Islamists Posted: 04 Aug 2012 11:58 AM PDT Syrian state TV host Mohammed al-Saeed has been executed, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. A militant Islamist group has claimed responsibility for the killing. ­Al-Saeed was kidnapped on July 19 of this year. The Al-Nusra Front, a little-known Islamist militant group, posted a statement August 4 on an Al-Qaeda-affiliated internet forum. “The [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Iran Tests Missile With New Guidance System Posted: 04 Aug 2012 11:56 AM PDT By Edward Yeranian Iran’s defense minister, Ahmad Vahidi, says that Tehran has tested a new version of its Fateh 110 short-range missile. He claims the newer missile can hit “enemy” targets in neighboring countries, and targets at sea in the Persian Gulf. Lebanon’s Hezbollah reportedly has stockpiles of an earlier version of the missile. The [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.