Thursday, October 25, 2007

ECN 10/25/07

Europe Split Over CubaBy Patrick GoodenoughCNSNews.com International EditorOctober 25, 2007(CNSNews.com) - President Bush's speech on Cuba Wednesday will have particular resonance in Europe, where a battle between competing views on how to deal with the Castro regime has intensified in recent years.The sharpest divisions are evident between socialist-ruled Spain and the formerly communist countries of Central Europe, where sympathy for Cuban dissidents runs deep in official and non-governmental circles alike.

US Speeds Up Delivery of Stealth Fighter to IsraelJerusalem (CNSNews.com) - The U.S. has decided to step up its delivery of stealth fighter planes to Israel, the Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday. "The plane can fly into downtown Tehran without anyone even knowing about it since it can't be detected on radar," one official was quoted as saying.

'Allah Wants This War'
By Maximilian Popp in Istanbul
The mood in Turkey is becoming increasingly jingoistic as thousands take to the streets, calling for war against the Kurdish rebel organization PKK and an invasion of northern Iraq. But Baghdad has promised to curb the Kurds.
Anger drives them on to the streets, anger provoked by the images of dead soldiers shown on Turkish television. Thousands of demonstrators walk along Istiklal Caddesi, or Independence Avenue, Istanbul's longest shopping street. They are calling for war: War against the Kurds, against the PKK, against Iraq. "We have waited long enough," reads one poster. "Allah wants this war," is the message on another.

One Poster should not be viewed as the majority view but it does seem that every war to a Muslim is a religious war.

EU lawmakers fail to formalise Russia criticism
24.10.2007 - 17:14 CET
Just two days before EU leaders meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in the Portuguese city of Mafra, the European Parliament has backed down from its original idea to adopt a resolution calling on the Kremlin to improve its democratic record.