Iran: EU shouldn't influenced by US and Israel.

Iran: EU shouldn't influenced by US and Israel.(Taz).

A high-ranking Iranian official terms the assumption of the European Union rotating presidency as a historic opportunity for Greece, stating that the EU must not be influenced neither by the United States nor Israel when it comes to world issues, Iran's Press TV reported on March 16.

During a meeting with visiting Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos in Tehran on March 16, Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani described Tehran-Athens relations after the victory of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution as quite good, calling on Greece and other EU member states to exercise vigilance and not repeat previous mistakes under the influence of others.

Greece took over the rotating presidency of the European Union on January 8. It is the fifth time that Greece assumes the EU rotating presidency since its accession in 1981.

Rafsanjani further noted that chilly relations between Iran and the West would not be in favor of either side.

"As the world's leading energy supplier, our region (the Middle East) must be calm, and Iran -- considering its geographical, historical and political status -- is the axis of security in the region," he pointed out.

Venizelos, for his part, pointed to cultural affinities between the Greek and Iranian nations, noting that enhancement of economic and trade ties with Eastern countries is a priority for the Greek government.
He also described Iran as an influential country in the region and the entire world, stressing that Athens wants to broaden relations with Tehran on the basis of mutual interest.

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Crimea parliament declares independence from Ukraine ahead of referendum.

Crimea parliament declares independence from Ukraine ahead of referendum. (RT).

“We, the members of the parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the Sevastopol City Council, with regard to the charter of the United Nations and a whole range of other international documents and taking into consideration the confirmation of the status of Kosovo by the United Nations International Court of Justice on July, 22, 2010, which says that unilateral declaration of independence by a part of the country doesn’t violate any international norms, make this decision,” says the text of the declaration, which was published by the Crimean media.

The document was adopted during an extraordinary session of parliament.
78 of 100 members of the parliament voted in favor of the declaration.
The Crimean parliament’s vote to become an independent sovereign state paves the way for the March 16 referendum for the Crimean Autonomous Republic and the city of Sevastopol to join Russia.

Crimea parliament voted for the declaration of independence, ahead of a secession referendum pic.twitter.com/9PBzh2Io5c
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) March 11, 2014

If the referendum is in favor, the Crimean authorities will request for their country to become a constituent republic of the Russian Federation.
The declaration was signed by the speaker of the Supreme Council of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov, and the head of the Sevastopol City Council, Yury Doynikov.

“We adopted the declaration of independence to make the upcoming referendum legitimate and transparent,” Konstantinov said.“Now we declare ourselves the Republic of Crimea, we don’t add ‘autonomous."

After Tuesday’s declaration of independence, Crimea will never rejoin Ukraine, Konstantinov added.
He said that Crimea will adopt the Russian ruble as its currency soon after the referendum.
Meanwhile, Crimean authorities are preparing for Sunday’s poll, Konstantinov says. He reiterated that he believes the referendum will be passed.
“The ballots for the referendum are being printed and the election committees are being formed in all parts of Crimea," he says.
Seventy-seven percent of people in Crimea and Sevastopol will vote to join Russia in the March 16 referendum, according to the poll conducted by Crimea Republican Institute of Political and Sociological Research.
Eighty-five percent of people in Sevastopol, a city with a special status located on the Crimean peninsula, believe that it should join Russia.
According to the poll, 97 percent of the population of Sevastopol and Crimea negatively view the situation in Ukraine regarding the Kiev coup-imposed government, while 84 percent say that Ukraine is experiencing a crisis.

A total of 83 percent of the population of Crimea disapprove of the coup-appointed government in Kiev, the poll found.

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Sen McCain's visit in Syria was 'Approved' by the Commander in the Islamic state.

Sen McCain's visit in Syria was 'Approved' by the Commander in the Islamic state.

Hmmm......'Thank God'

'Allahu Akhbar' McCain Claims Syria Won’t Turn Al Qaeda Because of High Literacy Rate.

'Allahu Akhbar' McCain Claims Syria Won’t Turn Al Qaeda Because of High Literacy Rate.(TCJR).By Daniel Greenfield:

Retirement. It can’t come too soon.

Sen. John McCain angrily disputed claims that at least half of Syria’s rebels are Islamic extremists on Tuesday night.
“Not true, not true!” the Arizona Republican said to an audience member during a discussion hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, the Daily Caller reports. “There’s about 70 percent still who are Free Syrian Army.”

Much of the Free Syrian Army consists of people barely distinguishable from Al Qaeda. That is what the study documented. McCain is rigidly sticking to the FSA tag as some kind of certification of moderation while ignoring all evidence to the contrary.

Mr. McCain said it’s a “cop-out” for critics of intervention in Syria to say “we don’t know who they are.”
“The point, I think, that you and others are missing … [is that] Syria is a moderate nation. Syria has the highest literacy rate of any nation in the Middle East. They are not going to submit to a jihadis or al Qaeda group governing them. They will not.”

If there’s any proof that McCain isn’t just wrong, but has become completely incompetent to even discuss the topic, here it is. Studies have repeatedly shown that Jihadists are drawn from the middle and even upper classes.

High literacy rates is not an obstacle to terrorist involvement. It increases the probability of Islamist interests.
Assuming you can even trust the literacy rate coming out of Syria, it’s 79 percent. (If you want a reason to distrust self-reported literacy rates, Russia’s is 99 percent)
Iran’s literacy rate is 77 percent. Is that 2 percent really all the difference between being susceptible to a totalitarian Islamic regime or not?
For that matter, Turkey’s literacy rate is 95 percent (again, unrealistic) and yet it’s governed by an Islamist thug whose backers claim he’s warding of telekinesis attack plots.
Finally there’s Jordan. Jordan is the Muslim country with some of the highest rates of approval for Al Qaeda. In 2006, 61 percent of Jordanians liked Al Qaeda. (Then Al Qaeda in Iraq started bombing them and his approval ratings fell a whole lot.)
Jordan also has a literacy rate of 93.4%.
Finally, if we’re going to look at terror states, let’s hop over to the Palestinian Authority which is supposedly at 92%. 37% poll as supporting Islamic fundamentalism. (36% in Jordan, also known as Palestine 1.0)
Finally Pakistan claims a literacy rate of 79%. That ties Syria.
And we know therefore that Pakistan is a “moderate” nation that could never be taken over by “extremists”. Just ask Senator McCain. Assuming he can read.