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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin described Georgia’s actions as “complete genocide”. Putin also said Georgia had effectively lost the right to rule the breakaway province – an indication Moscow could be preparing to fulfill South Ossetians’ wish to be absorbed into Russia.
Russia also laid much of the responsibility for ending the fighting on Washington, which has [...]

Posted by bosskitty August 10th, 2008 | Tags: Bush, Commander In Chief Test, Georgia, Ossetia, Putin, Russia, US State Department, War | Category: Bush, Cheney, Commander In Chief Test, Election, Georgia, Ossetia, Putin, Soldiers, US State Department, War | Leave a comment

“Diplomacy is the art of saying “Nice doggie” until you can find a rock.” Will Rogers quotes

Posted by bosskitty May 9th, 2008 | Tags: diplomacy, Foreign Policy, Guantanamo, Maj. Gen. Jay W. Hood, Pakistan, US State Department | Category: Dillusion, Foreign Policy, Guantanamo, Maj. Gen. Jay W. Hood, Pakistan, US State Department, War on Terror, dialog, diplomacy | Comments (2)

Negroponte rejects Pakistan leaders’ idea of holding talks with tribal extremists
Karachi, Mar 28: Visiting US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte last evening rejected a proposal by several Pakistani leaders to resolve the issue of militancy in tribal regions through dialogue. He said that it was not possible for him to [...]

Posted by bosskitty March 28th, 2008 | Category: John Negroponte, Pakistan, US State Department | Comments (3)

The US State Department rejects wannabe immigrants who have gambled their lives to help Americans. The stories are endless and tragic. Americans promise the world to Iraqis and Afghanis, winning their allegiance and support. Often recruiting them for dangerous translator positions, sometimes making outrageous promises they know can’t be kept. Some [...]

Posted by bosskitty March 23rd, 2008 | Category: Green Card, Human Rights, Immigration, Mismanagement, Occupation Army, Outsource, Pentagon Corruption, Promises, Soldiers, US State Department, Ugly American, Volunteers, War Cost, contradictions, critical resources, injustice, negligence, prejudice, profiling, responsibility, translators, troops | Comments (1)

The firefighting system in the massive $736 million embassy complex in Baghdad has potential safety problems that top U.S. officials dismissed in their rush to declare construction largely completed by the end of last year, according to internal State Department documents, e-mails and interviews.
Some officials assert that in the push to complete the long-delayed [...]

Posted by bosskitty January 13th, 2008 | Category: Baghdad, Baghdad Embassy, Contractors, Corporate corruption, Fire, Justice Department, Outsource, Oversight, US State Department, War Contractors, War Cost, candidates, cover up, profiteers | Comments (3)

UNICEF:
– An estimated 2 million children in Iraq continue to face threats including poor nutrition, disease and interrupted education.
- Many of the 220,000 displaced children of primary school age had their education interrupted.
- An estimated 760,000 children (17 per cent) did not go to primary schools in 2006.
- An average 25,000 [...]

Posted by bosskitty January 5th, 2008 | Category: Children, Christians, Collateral, European Union, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Human Traffiking, Iraqi Children, Islam, Legacy, Middle East, Time Bomb, US State Department, United Nations, adoption, displaced persons, innocents, negligence, orphans, refugees, slavery, survivors, victims | Comments (13)

The U.S. Departments of State and Defense have agreed to a new system of rules designed to increase control over private security contractors working in Iraq.

The two U.S. agencies with key roles in Iraq sought a “common understanding of how and when force, and particularly deadly force, should be used by [...]

Posted by bosskitty December 5th, 2007 | Category: Blackwater, Brookings Institute, Contractors, Private Armies, Tom Casey, US State Department, cover up, department of defense, profiteers | Leave a comment

State Dept. Tries Blog Diplomacy

The State Department, departing from traditional public diplomacy techniques, has what it calls a three-person, “digital outreach team” posting entries in Arabic on “influential” Arabic blogs to challenge misrepresentations of the United States and promote moderate views among Islamic youths in the hopes of steering them from [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 19th, 2007 | Category: Bush, Cowboys and Indians, Democracy In Action, DoubleSpeak, Duncan MacInnes, Freedom Fighters, Freedom of Speech, Fundamentalist, Human Rights, Hypocracy, Internet & Telecoms, Iran, Iraq, Islamic Jihad, Muslims, OZ, Occupation Army, Oil, Osama, President, Propaganda, Quotes, Religious War, US State Department, Ugly American, World Blogs, bloggers, communication, converstaions, dialog, diplomacy, disinformation, jihad, orphans, radicals, rebels, terrorists, translation, unlawful combatants, victims | Leave a comment

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) director IA Rehman told the BBC that Pakistan was in danger of becoming a “Gestapo state” if such disappearances were to go unchecked.
Human rights workers in Pakistan have demanded the release of one of their leading workers who they say has been detained by government officials. Akhtar Baloch, the [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 13th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Bhutto, Human Rights Watch, Islamic Jihad, Javed Ibrahim Paracha, Lawyers, Middle East, Musharraf, Muslims, Nafisa Hoodbhoy, Pakistan, Politics, Propaganda, Rashid Rehman, Revolution, South East Asia, Taliban, US State Department, War on Terror, World Order, policy, profiteers, state of emergency, terrorists | Comments (3)