Blackwater (now Xi)

[Jan Klimkowski]

Manchurian Global assassinating key geopolitical targets? Shurely not... :fisheye:

British MSM is currently full of some diversionary stuff about Obama having snubbed Gordon Brown. However, the pieces contain some intriguing statements about a disagreement over the future focus of the mythical War On Terror.

My emphasis:

The White House and Gordon Brown today rushed to deny that the Anglo-American special relationship was in decay, with the prime minister saying he was working closer than ever before with Barack Obama "and the test of the relationship is what we do together".

Though neither side directly addressed reports that Brown had sought bilaterals with Obama on five occasions and had been rebuffed, they insisted that the working relationship between them was still good.

Brown also denied any suggestion that Britain was being excluded from the current high level US administration discussions on its future Afghan strategy, including the possibility that the focus will shift to a pursuit of al-Qaida in Pakistan, rather than a military surge in Afghanistan intended to isolate the Taliban and win hearts and minds.

Britain has been backing the concept of a surge, as the Afghan army is trained to take quicker control over security in the country.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/...lationship