From Baghdad to Brasilia ....the OTHER New World Order

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From Baghdad to Brasilia
By Pepe Escobar

There could hardly be a more graphic instance of an emerging new world order than Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and the premiers of both Syria and Lebanon all flying for a get-together in Brasilia in Brazil, designed from scratch in the 1950s by modernist icon Oscar Niemeyer as the futuristic capital of the new world.

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No wonder Washington hawks are uneasy. There's an emerging geopolitical axis on the map - Arab-South American. It's non-aligned. And it's swimming in oil. Between them, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Egypt, Qatar, Libya, Oman, Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina and Brazil pump about 27.2 million barrels of oil a day, about 32.5% of global production...cont'd

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GE12Ak02.html

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1. the policies of the neocons

have contributed greatly to this new order. When the US goes insane, it only makes sense that other nations align themselves together.

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2. Perhaps S.Am.'s growing allegiance to Saddam and ME oil was a major

contributing factor in why we ousted Saddam in the first place.
Our presence there is mucking up the works, somewhat.

New global alliances are cropping up all around the U.S. and it seems that in this game of musical chairs, we may be the last ones standing.....quite alone.