'Just World News' with Helena Cobban: Turkey mediating between Afghanistan and Pakistan

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« Count Folke Bernadotte, RIP 9-17-1948 \| JWN front page \| Der Spiegel's Pitzke on US market crash » Turkey mediating between Afghanistan and Pakistan Posted by Helena Cobban September 17, 2008 11:57 PM EST \| Link Filed in Afghanistan , Pakistan While its mediation between Israel and Syria continues, Turkey's foreign ministry has now also launched a mediation between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Fascinating. « Count Folke Bernadotte, RIP 9-17-1948 \| JWN front page \| Der Spiegel's Pitzke on US market crash » Comments Comment from... Frank al Irlandi, at September 18, 2008 03:06 AM: The US meanwhile is trying to suck NATO countries deeper into the mire. Centcom is atempting to unify the command and make our troops cannon fodder for the Americans. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/us-seeking-sole-command-of-natos-war-against-the-taliban-934256.html I am unimpressed with Obamas promise to make Nato countries contribute more toops. If the US wants to command they can stump up the troops. Comment from... omop, at September 18, 2008 07:48 AM: Turkey sees the Russia/Georgia collision as an opportunity to schmooze the US [and/or is being used by the US with offers it cannot refuse] into being a major transit point[s] for gas and oil pipelines. Its hard to determine the extent of its contributions to either the Israel-Syria talks or the Afghan/Pak mediation. IMHO Turkey admittedly is in a geographic location that reflects the axciom of location, location, location.,,, while at the same time tantalizes the Turkish population into a two way street. One way says Europe and the opposite way says Russia/Middle East. Comment from... Helena, at September 18, 2008 08:25 AM: (Frank, can you learn how to make Tiny URLs? Go to tinyurl.com. That one is wrecking my beautiful page design.) Comment from... Frank al Irlandi, at September 18, 2008 01:44 PM: whispered Rant http://tinyurl.com/463w7t Comment from... صلاح, at September 19, 2008 04:17 AM: Frank, Use this formula to make link to URL "Link" You can download TextPad 5.2 (Free) it has most tags that you need with HTML Please add your own comments that are courteous, fresh, helpful, and to the point. Be aware that comments might take a minute or two to post because of the extensive filtering we need to use. Comments that contain a number of links may be delayed so that I or my tech advisor can give approval for their publication. Generally this should not take too long. ~HC Name: Email Address: URL: Remember personal info? YesNo Comments: Please enter the verification code seen above to post your comment	Recent Posts on JWN • Culpable malfeasance at the SEC? (1) • Af-Pakistan on brink-- of what? (8) • Der Spiegel's Pitzke on US market crash (3) • Turkey mediating between Afghanistan and Pakistan (5) • Count Folke Bernadotte, RIP 9-17-1948 (0) • Afghanistan in Canadian election? (1) • Wesley Clark, underwhelming (1) • American approach to governance on the line (3) • LAT's Parker on US influence collapse in Iraq (8) • Pro-McCain Jewish group smearing Obama, Brzezinski (4) • Piracy: Another fruit of US over-stretch (0) • Alaskan women repudiating Palin (28) • Reidar Visser on the Democrats' 'Biden problem' re Iraq (11) • Kissinger urges talks with Iran, no preconditions (1) • JWN redesign update #2 (1) • US share of global arms market exploding (1) • Two big crises for Washington: Financial meltdown and Af-Pak escalation (1) • Realism, war, and pacifism (4) • Palin's performance: Insulting and very scary (33) • September 11 and the war in Afghanistan (6) • US's global dominance 'Reduced': It's nearly official! (1) • JWN redesign update #1 (2) • Oliver North??? (5) • J. Diehl criticizing Saakashvili (3) • Peres warns against attacking Iran (0) • Georgia-Hizbullah: Dept. of Delicious Ironies (3) • US probing Russian Red Lines in Georgia (0) • Women discuss Sarah Palin (26) • New vistas-- personal, and blog-related (12) • The longterm status of Georgia: Challenges ahead (20) • Text of the draft Iraq-US SOFA (10) • HRW revising its Russian cluster bomb accusations (11) • International tensions and the US election (9) • Iraq: Another Quaker in the 'Red Zone' (3) • HRW's flawed 'Research' on Georgian cluster bombs (20) • More on China in Iraq (12) • Post on China in US occupied zones-- at Japan Focus (0) • Palin and the 3 a.m. phone call (39) • China and Iraq (4) • Egyptian delegation to break Gaza siege (2) • Waiting for Gustav (5) • Italy gives Libya $$ compensation for colonial rule (17) • China buys in to Iraqi, Afghan end-games (15) • "Resolution": Palin's goal in Iraq (8) • China's way of 'Emerging' (6) • A note on US politics (6) • Conway does a Dannatt (sort of) (7) • China gets Iraq oil deal (6) • Rest-of-world saving US from recession? (5) • Russia and the world (12)

Turkey mediating between Afghanistan and Pakistan

Posted by Helena Cobban
September 17, 2008 11:57 PM EST | Link
Filed in Afghanistan , Pakistan

While its mediation between Israel and Syria continues, Turkey's foreign ministry has now also launched a mediation between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Fascinating.

Comments

Comment from... Frank al Irlandi, at September 18, 2008 03:06 AM:

The US meanwhile is trying to suck NATO countries deeper into the mire. Centcom is atempting to unify the command and make our troops cannon fodder for the Americans.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/us-seeking-sole-command-of-natos-war-against-the-taliban-934256.html

I am unimpressed with Obamas promise to make Nato countries contribute more toops.

If the US wants to command they can stump up the troops.

Comment from... omop, at September 18, 2008 07:48 AM:

Turkey sees the Russia/Georgia collision as an opportunity to schmooze the US [and/or is being used by the US with offers it cannot refuse] into being a major transit point[s] for gas and oil pipelines.

Its hard to determine the extent of its contributions to either the Israel-Syria talks or the Afghan/Pak mediation. IMHO Turkey admittedly is in a geographic location that reflects the axciom of location, location, location.,,, while at the same time tantalizes the Turkish population into a two way street. One way says Europe and the opposite way says Russia/Middle East.

Comment from... Helena, at September 18, 2008 08:25 AM:

(Frank, can you learn how to make Tiny URLs? Go to tinyurl.com. That one is wrecking my beautiful page design.)

Comment from... Frank al Irlandi, at September 18, 2008 01:44 PM:

whispered Rant

http://tinyurl.com/463w7t

Comment from... صلاح, at September 19, 2008 04:17 AM:

Frank,

Use this formula to make link to URL

"Link"

You can download TextPad 5.2 (Free) it has most tags that you need with HTML

Please add your own comments that are courteous, fresh, helpful, and to the point. Be aware that comments might take a minute or two to post because of the extensive filtering we need to use. Comments that contain a number of links may be delayed so that I or my tech advisor can give approval for their publication. Generally this should not take too long. ~HC

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• Der Spiegel's Pitzke on US market crash (3)
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