January 16, 2012
Tunisians are waiting for their new government to impose real change on the ground [Ali Garboussi/Al Jazeera] Tunisia is a country at a crossroads, a year after a popular uprising forced the country’s despised leader from power. Having pulled through a year of remarkable political upheaval, many questions still hang over the country’s future. Strikes [...]
Tags: Ben Ali, Demographics of Tunisia, Gafsa, Islamism, Republic, Tunis, Tunisia, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali
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January 6, 2012
Senior Hamas leader Khalid Maashal talks during a news conference with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil al-Arabi (R), after their meeting at the Arab League headquarter, in Cairo, Jan. 6 (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih) CAIRO (Reuters) — The Arab League chief on Friday asked Hamas leader Khalid Mashaal to ask Syria to work to halt violence, saying there [...]
Tags: Arab League, Bashar-al Assad, Cairo, Gaza Strip, Hama, Mashaal, Reuters, Syria
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December 27, 2011
Arabs not only want change but a change for the better. (Aljazeera) By Mohamed El MokhtarOne of the most significant consequences of the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ is the forceful emergence of the Muslim Brotherhood as an influential political force and social movement in the Middle East. The movement seems, like [...]
Tags: Aljazeera, egypt, Fatah, Freedom and Justice Party, Hamas, MENA, middle east, Muslim Brotherhood
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August 20, 2011
Image Credit: Illustration: Dana A. Shams/©Gulf News By Ramzy Baroud, Special to Gulf News Arab revolutions are currently facing real dangers, which vacillate between lack of prioritisation, stagnation and foreign intervention. In Egypt, there have been deliberate attempts to divide the objectives of the revolution into blurred ideological classifications. A chasm is already growing between [...]
Tags: Ali Abdullah Saleh, Arab people, Arab world, Demographics of Syria, egypt, Gaza, Hosni Mubarak, Libya, Palestinian people, Syria, United States
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August 16, 2011
Palestinian-American journalist, author, There is now no turning back. By Ramzy Baroud As the Arab Spring continues to challenge dictators, demolish old structures and ponder roadmaps for a better future, the US remains committed to its failed policies, misconceptions and selfish interests. Arabs may disagree on many things, but few disagree on the [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Arab people, Arab world, Ayman Al Zawahiri, Hosni Mubarak, Osama bin Laden, United States
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August 14, 2011
The Syria uprising continues at a high price. (Aljazeera) By Ali Younes Ever since former Tunisian president Zinelabidine Bin Ali was deposed from power last January in a popular uprising in what has become known as the ‘Arab Spring’, the Arab world has been rolling with uprisings and revolts against its dictators with mixed results. [...]
Tags: Abd al-Bari Atwan, al-Quds al-Arabi, Arab world, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Michel Kilo, middle east, Syria, United States
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July 29, 2011
Dershowitz’s Continuum of Civilianality Turns Five By Belen Fernandez Five years ago, Israel waged a 34-day war on Lebanon that resulted in the elimination of approximately 1200 persons in the targeted country, most of them civilians, as well as 43 Israeli civilians. In a July 2006 opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times, Harvard Law [...]
Tags: 2006 Lebanon War, Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Lebanon, Los Angeles Times, middle east
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July 26, 2011
Several activists and journalists were injured in clashes with the police during last Friday’s protests in Amman [Reuters] In a rare outbreak of violence, a protest in Amman last Friday demanding political reforms ended in broken bones and cameras. Several pro-reform protesters and journalists were injured in clashes with the police, leaving the media and [...]
Tags: Abdullah II of Jordan, Amman, Bedouin, Demographics of Jordan, Jordan, Muslim Brotherhood, Protest, Reuters
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July 26, 2011
PALESTINE, ISRAEL, GERMANY- THE BOUNDARIES OF OPEN DISCUSSION MONDAY, JULY 25, 2011 AT 1:46PM GILAD ATZMON This is a very important conference!!! http://paltagefreiburg2011.blogspot.com/ September 10-11, 2011 Freiburg, Germany Freedom of speech and expression are recognised by many as primary human rights. However, when it comes to discussion on topics concerning Palestine, Israel and Germany we often face rigid [...]
Tags: Antisemitism, Criticism of the Israeli government, Gilad Atzmon, Islamophobia, Israel, Lauren Booth, Palestine, Palestinian people
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July 26, 2011
Rupert Murdoch: Intellectual terrorism by PAUL J. BALLES on JULY 25, 2011 The past week’s news has been dominated by reports of scandals in Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. As journalist Ted Newcomen points out, there’s more to the story: The latest revelations in the UK about phone hacking, bribing the police, and frightening political leaders are just [...]
Tags: Fox News Channel, George W. Bush, Gulf Daily News, Reel Bad Arabs, Rupert Murdoch, Tony Blair, United States, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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July 23, 2011
US military weighs more Predator drones for Libya 22 Jul 2011 21:10 Source: Reuters // Reuters * NATO wants more aircraft in 4-month-old bombing campaign * U.S. again debating whether to arm rebels, official says By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – As the war in Libya drags on, the U.S. military is [...]
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July 21, 2011
[Introduction to Samah Sabawi's piece by Israeli activist Ofer Neiman from BOYCOTT!] There are good things to be said about Professor Naomi Chazan, a scholar of contemporary Africa and a former member of the Israeli Knesset (on behalf of the center-left Meretz party). When an extreme right-wing and US funded Israeli student group like “Im [...]
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July 15, 2011
What has become of the Egyptian revolution after the initial euphoria of Tahrir Square? Whilst the world’s attention may have shifted, Egypt is still on the march. The revolutionaries remain determined to keep up the momentum as new parties jockey for power and the old guard battles to preserve its influence. GUESTS Saad Eddin Ibrahim, [...]
Tags: Al Jazeera, Cairo, egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Islam, middle east, Nawal El Saadawi, Saad Eddin Ibrahim
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July 15, 2011
Tahrir Square was the epicentre of the protests that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak [Reuters] Egyptians are gathering in Cairo‘s Tahrir Square as anger and frustration mounts due to the lack of significant changes in the country since the ousting of former President Hosni Mubarak. The rally, which follows Friday prayers in the capital, comes after [...]
Tags: Aljazeera, Cairo, egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood, Protest, Sharm el-Sheikh, Sherine Tadros
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July 15, 2011
Egyptian protesters wave their national flag and shout slogans in Cairo‘s Tahrir Square. Photograph: Mohamed Hossam/AFP/Getty Images The historic revolutions that have rippled through the Arab world this year were in danger of eclipse on Friday night as protesters returned to the streets to profess their disgust at how the movement is being stymied by [...]
Tags: Arab world, Cairo, Deir Ezzor, egypt, Hosni Mubarak, middle east, Muslim Brotherhood, Syria
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July 15, 2011
In Shadow of Death, Iraq and U.S. Tiptoe Around a Deadline Spencer Platt/Getty Images American soldiers stopped to talk with an Iraqi during a patrol this week in Babil Province. Lately, American combat deaths have been increasing in Iraq. By TIM ARANGO Published: July 14, 2011 RECOMMEND TWITTER COMMENTS SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT REPRINTS SHARE [...]
Tags: Baghdad, Iraq, Iraqi security forces, New York Times, Nouri al-Maliki, United State, United States Armed Forces, United States Army
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July 14, 2011
Twice in recent years, Adunis has insisted that Arab culture is “extinct” [GALLO/GETTY] The Syrian poet Adunis (1930 – present) (Ali Ahmad Sa’id) is and will always be one of the most important Arab poets of the 20th century. His poetry represents a genuinely radical break with what came before. His metaphors are dazzling and [...]
Tags: Arab culture, Arab people, Arab world, middle east, Poetry, Syria, Syrian Social Nationalist Party, Yusuf al-Khal
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July 8, 2011
The revolt in Yemen is proving the most robust out of all the Arab revolutions. (Aljazeera) By Ramzy Baroud The Yemeni people are unrelenting in their demands for democracy. Millions continue to stage rallies across their country in a display of will that is proving the most robust out of all the Arab revolutions. The [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Arabian Peninsula, List of Presidents of Yemen, middle east, Saudi Arabia, United States, Xinhua News Agency, Yemen
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July 7, 2011
Iraq: Attacks by Government-Backed Thugs Chill Protests Security Forces Offered No Protection; Joined Assaults JUNE 30, 2011 Government supporters clash with anti-government protesters at Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on June 10, 2011. © 2011 Reuters MORE COVERAGE: More Human Rights Watch Reporting on Iraq Instead of protecting peaceful demonstrators, Iraqi soldiers appear to be [...]
Tags: Baghdad, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Iraqi Army, Iraqi government, Iraqi security forces, Joe Stork, Politics of Iraq
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July 6, 2011
This is yet another good article at the Gilad Atzmon site. That site can by reached at http://www.gilad.co.uk/. This article has an interview between Cattori and Plionis. I have has been mentioned on this page a few times that Israel has become like a new found friend for Greece. That raises a further interesting point. The [...]
Tags: Crete, Gaza, Gaza flotilla raid, Gilad Atzmon, Greece, Greeks, Israel, Palestinian people, Politics of Greece, United States
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July 6, 2011
Morocco’s Peaceful Response to the Arab Spring John Glaser, July 05, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum As far as the Arab Spring goes, Morocco seems to be a model for how not to needlessly shed blood and inflame unrest as we’ve seen in many other Arab countries. Morocco’s overwhelming approval of [...]
Tags: Arab people, Arab world, Islamism, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Monarchy, Morocco, North Africa, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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July 6, 2011
This article exposes the true US attitude to the use of drones and the nature of the lies needed to justify their use anywhere. These awful killing machines masquerade as surveillance vehicles, soldiers guardian angels, tactical defence weapons and a never ending stream of lies and deceit to cover up what is happening. What they [...]
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Drone attacks in Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Pakistan, Police action, Somalia, Thomas E. Ricks, United States, Unmanned aerial vehicle, War
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July 6, 2011
Israel‘s illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip has led to an almost complete collapse of Gaza’s economy, making the people dependent on international aid [GALLO/GETTY] Earlier this year we watched with amazement as hundreds of thousands of Arabs charged into the streets of their cities demanding reform. The uprisings led to the departure of several [...]
Tags: 2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip, Free Gaza Movement, Gaza flotilla raid, Gaza Strip, Israel, Palestinian people, United States, Yousef Munayyer
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July 4, 2011
Years of violence in Iraq has left a severe shortage of doctors, nurses and the most basic medicines. Areas outside Baghdad particularly suffer from the frail state of the country’s healthcare system. And, as Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf reports, children are often the most vulnerable There is a video available at the [...]
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July 4, 2011
Libya Rebels Reject Another Peace Plan, Vow New Offensive Calls for Peace a ‘Non-Starter’ for NATO-Backed Rebels by Jason Ditz, July 03, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The East Libyan rebel governemnt has again rejected an international attempt at brokering a ceasefire in the war-torn nation, saying any peace talks were [...]
Tags: African Union, Benghazi, Libya, Moammar Gadhafi, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, United Nations, United State
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July 2, 2011
Gadhafi Threatens Retaliation Against Europe if NATO Attacks Continue Comments Come During Pro-Regime Rally in Tripoli by Jason Ditz, July 01, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In an audio message delivered today in Tripoli, Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi warned Europe that it faced retaliation if NATO did not immediately halt its bombing [...]
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July 1, 2011
Thousands rally in support of the reforms, but critics say the changes do not extend far enough [Reuters] ?Moroccans are voting in a referendum on a revised constitution seeking to curb King Mohammed VI‘s near absolute powers in the north African nation. Mohammed announced the referendum last month in what is widely seen as a move to ward off “Arab Spring” street protests [...]
Tags: Facebook, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Moroccan people, Morocco, North Africa, Politics, Reuters, YouTube
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June 30, 2011
King George III Won: Happy Fourth of July! By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/node/58333 Preface: It has always been a matter of concern that the US has for so long lived in an deluded state that it had gained its independence from the harsh and odious British rule to replace that with a Grand Dream of Republicanism. In this way the future [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Daniel Ellsberg, David Swanson, George III of the United Kingdom, George W. Bush, History, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Pentagon Papers, Richard Nixon, United State, United States Congress, United States Declaration of Independence, War Powers Resolution
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June 28, 2011
Ceci n’est pas une guerre Chase Madar 24 June 2011 Tags: law | libya If anyone should have been able to put human rights at the centre of US foreign policy, it was Harold Hongju Koh. The dean of Yale Law School and a prominent critic of Bush-Cheney lawlessness, his reputation was clinched by a chorus of [...]
Tags: Advocacy Organizations, Human rights, Human Rights and Liberties, John McCain, Obama administration, United States, WikiLeaks, Yale Law School
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June 27, 2011
Arab activists say liberalisation of trade, investment and deregulation advocated by the US and the EU as part of their aid packages had contributed to the unrest in the first place. Photograph: KeystoneUSA-Zuma/Rex Features Arab activists warned on Monday that conditions attached to western aidthreatened to undercut the goals of economic and social justice at the [...]
Tags: African Development Bank, egypt, European Investment Bank, Hosni Mubarak, International Monetary Fund, Non-governmental organization, United States, World Bank
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June 27, 2011
This is another version from the author of the video about what is often referred to by this page as the United States of Israel. Unfortunately nothing happening today is even remotely suggestive of anything but the hatred of democracy by the elites and a very general hatred of people by the Jewish State of [...]
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June 26, 2011
You may wonder why in a world beset with massive environmental problems as well as endless wars it all seems to come down to a dollar value before the penny drops. But is it the right penny? Saying that the war in Afghanistan is a costly mess or any words to that effect only further legitimises the [...]
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June 26, 2011
Libya unveils its latest weapon against Nato: women at arms More than 500 females of various ages armed to the teeth and swearing loyalty are paraded in front of international media Female Libyan supporters of Gaddai celebrate after graduation in weapons training and pose for foreign journalists in Tripoli, during a government guided tour. [...]
Tags: Benghazi, Libya, London, Misurata, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nadia Ali, NATO, Tripoli
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June 22, 2011
Hezbollah and the Arab revolution The group’s leader keeps his ear close to the ground, bonding with the dispossessed and speaking their language. Heralded by millions of fans as ‘the mastermind of the resistance’ – and demonised by the US and Israel as a ’terrorist’, Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah‘s rhetoric towards Syria is equally divisive [GALLO/GETTY] Is [...]
Tags: 2006 Lebanon War, Arab people, Bashar-al Assad, Gamal Mubarak, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Iranian Revolution, Lebanon, Musa Al-Sadr, Ruhollah Khomeini, Syria
Posted in Arab democracy, Arab movements, Arab Spring, Democracy in the Arab World, Dictators, Dissent, economic measures, Economics, Economy, Education, elections, Elites, Fascism, Fatah, Global capitalism and imperialism, Hamas, Hillary, Human Rights, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Indigenous, Lebanon, Libya, Manufacturing Consent, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, Negotiate. It's now or never, oil, oil and gas resources, Peace Movement, Peak oil, people's protests, Propaganda, Protests, Psycopaths, Racism | No Comments »
June 22, 2011
La Nation Building du Jour by Philip Giraldi, June 16, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Critics of Washington politics have often noted that there is a huge disconnect between the thinking on Capitol Hill and what is clear to most Americans who live in the rest of the country. [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Philip Giraldi, Republican, Robert Gates, United State, United States Secretary of Defense
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June 22, 2011
Poll: Americans Who Favor Withdrawing Troops Quickly at All-Time High CHRIS HONDROS/GETTY IMAGES Lt. John Paszterko, with the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, talks with a local farmer while on patrol last year near Kandahar, Afghanistan. By Sara Sorcher Updated: June 21, 2011 | 6:30 p.m. June 21, 2011 | 1:51 p.m. Americans in record [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Kandahar, National Journal, Osama BinLaden, Pew Research Center, United State, United States Army
Posted in Afghan Youth, Afghanistan, Air war, Al Jazeera, Al Qaeda, Arab democracy, Arab movements, Arab Spring, Atomics Corporation, Australia, Australia and crimes against the indigenous, Australia and support it gives to Afghan war crimes, Australia and the imperial project, Australia Coal Country and Uranium and metals, Australia Politics, Australian complicity in international war crimes, Australian complicity in US warmongering policies and war crimes, Australian economy, Australian Foreign Policy, Australian Politics, Australian presence is the the Rudd dream, Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, CIA, debate and discussion, Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, Dictators, economic measures, Economics, Economy, elections, Elites, Fascism, Fossil fuel, Gas Mining, Gillard, Gillard and Labor; Masters of the Australian Crawl, Global capitalism and imperialism, Hillary, Human Rights, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, NATO, Negotiate. It's now or never, Obama, Obama warmonger, oil, oil and gas resources, Predator Drone, President of the World, Propaganda, Psycopaths, Regulating Democracy, Special Ops, UK, UK Foreign Policy, UN, US and syphilis, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US public opinion, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
Arab League chief admits second thoughts about Libya air strikes Amr Moussa, who played central role in securing Arab support for Nato strikes, calls for ceasefire and ‘political solution’ The head of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, pictured left with the European commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, said he had ‘misgivings’ about the Libya air [...]
Tags: Amr Moussa, Arab League, Arab people, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Organisation of the Islamic Conference, The Guardian
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June 21, 2011
Adel: A decade of injustice Adel al-Gazzar has undergone a decade-long ordeal involving detention without trial, torture and medical malpractice. In January 2009, President Obama signed an order to suspend the Guantanamo military commission for 120 days and that the detention facility would be shut down within the year [GALLO/GETTY] For someone to be held [...]
Tags: Al Jazeera, Clive Stafford Smith, egypt, Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Hosni Mubarak, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, United States, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali
Posted in Arab democracy, Arab movements, Arab Spring, debate and discussion, Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, Dictators, Dissent, Islam and the US, Leon Panetta, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, NATO, Negotiate. It's now or never, Obama, Obama warmonger, oil, oil and gas resources, Oil in the USA, Peace Movement, Peak oil, Pentagon, people's protests, President of the World, Propaganda, Protests, Psycopaths, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US war crimes, War, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes | No Comments »
June 21, 2011
The Stream: Egypt‘s Muslim Brotherhood As the Brotherhood aims for a position in the new government, Egyptian youth discuss the topic of Islamist politics. Egyptian youth have ousted former President Mubarak from leadership, but they now face a new struggle for a fair and democratic election [GALLO/GETTY] “You can’t dictate democracy,” I said to a woman from [...]
Tags: Ahmed Shihab Eldin, egypt, Egyptians, Hosni Mubarak, Islamism, Larbi Sadiki, Muslim Brotherhood, New York City, United States
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June 21, 2011
Drone strikes claim lives in Pakistan At least nine suspected fighters killed in two separate attacks in the country’s Kurram tribal area, officials say. US drone attacks have angered the Pakistani public and caused tensions between the two countries [EPA] At least nine suspected fighters have been killed after US drones fired missiles at a vehicle and [...]
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June 20, 2011
The Doha debates are now available on video at http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6935 This represents a very good opportunity to hear Arabs talk about the recent events in the Arab Spring Related articles Doha, Qatar. (thewriterinparis.wordpress.com) Sunset, sunrise, sunset – Doha, Qatar (travelpod.com) What is the distance between Doha to Washington (wiki.answers.com) Qatar set to reap benefits from Libya [...]
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June 20, 2011
Al-Qa’ida under al-Zawahiri 17 June 2011 The appointment of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri as the new al-Qa’ida leader was not a surprise. He has long been the second in command, the closest to Osama bin Laden and a major strategist in the organisation’s most devastating attacks, particularly those targeting America and the West. Furthermore, in his [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Arabian Peninsula, Ayman Al Zawahiri, Dar es Salaam, Gulf of Aden, Osama bin Laden, September 11 attacks, United States
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June 20, 2011
It will be interesting to see what the warmonger Obama decides is a ‘suitable’ drawdown in Afghanistan and if any of that has been or was communicated to the true friend downunder before she went on her crawling and servile spree doing and saying anything to further the position that Australia is there to the [...]
Tags: Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, David Petraeus, Hamid Karzai, Mohammed Omar, Taliban, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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June 18, 2011
Egypt and Tunisia are now officially on the international donor community’s radar. The World Bank and the G8 are already planning different ways to sponsor the so-called Arab Spring. Many Arabs are speaking out against a possible Euro-US “hijacking” or “containment” of the regional movement through this type of ”cheque book diplomacy”. I will argue here that this position is not [...]
Tags: Arab people, egypt, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Union, Robert Zoellick, Tunisia, United States, Western world, WikiLeaks, World Bank
Posted in Afghan Youth, Afghanistan, Arab democracy, Arab movements, Arab Spring, Bahrain, Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, Dictators, economic measures, Economics, Economy, Education, Egypt, elections, Elites, Fascism, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Libya, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, Negotiate. It's now or never, Obama, Obama warmonger, oil, oil and gas resources, Oil in the USA, Peace Movement, Peak oil, President of the World, Propaganda, Psycopaths, Special Ops, Syria, Syria sanctions, Taliban, UK, UK fascism, UK Foreign Policy, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror | No Comments »
June 13, 2011
This is the latest video in the Wilkerson series. You can way=tch the video interview at http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6876 Bio: Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired United States Army soldier and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. Wilkerson is an adjunct professor at the College of William & Mary where he [...]
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June 10, 2011
Apart from the droning, repeated and servile pronouncements from Gillard will she ever address what concerns most of the world at the moment in Afghanistan. Listening to her whining tone reiterating her commitment to go the distance could she for a brief moment pay more than lip service to the dead and dying in Afghanistan [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, David Petraeus, Michael Mullen, Osama BinLaden, Ryan Crocker, United State, United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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June 9, 2011
June 7: The anniversary nobody remembers A secret meeting 44 years ago could have changed the course of Middle Eastern history. But it never happened. Sandy Tolan Last Modified: 07 Jun 2011 09:42 Gamal Abdel Nasser was publicly bellicose towards Israel but privately beseeching the US to mediate peace [GALLO/GETTY] In this part of the world, [...]
Tags: Arab people, Arab world, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Israel Defense Forces, Meir Amit, middle east, Palestinian people, Robert McNamara, Sinai Peninsula, Six-Day War, United States
Posted in Arab democracy, Arab movements, Arab Spring, Israel, Israel a state of settlers, Israel and AIPAC, Israel and diaspora forces of crime, Israel and force, Israel and oil, Israel and the settlers, Israel and zionist moral crimes, Israel Boycott, Israel death and destruction, Israel diaspora and deceit, Israel expulsion, Israel lobby and what it can do, Israel's wall, Israeli checkpoints | No Comments »
June 9, 2011
Palestinian activism energised by Arab Spring Palestinian activists adapt tactics from uprisings to their own struggle, as tide of Pan-Arabism brings popular support. Yasmine Ryan Last Modified: 08 Jun 2011 16:07 Email Print Share Send Feedback Palestinian factions have united during recent protests to demand the right of return for refugees [EPA] Beirut, Lebanon – Palestinian activists are looking [...]
Tags: Golan Heights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Lebanon, Majdal Shams, Maroun al-Ras, Naksa Day, Palestine, Palestinian people, Pan-Arabism, Syria, West Bank
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June 9, 2011
Video footage has emerged showing the body of a Syrian boy reportedly tortured to death after his arrest in April following a government crackdown on pro-democracy protests in the country. The video, provided to Al Jazeera by sources inside Syria, shows the mutilated body of 15-year-old Thamer al-Sahri, who was arrested for participating in an anti-government demonstration. Hundreds [...]
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June 9, 2011
If Libya Is a Success, What Would Be a Failure? by Scott A. Hill, June 09, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum You must surely fear for the reputation of your species when you hear the deaths of some 10,000 people referred to as “successful.” Until this week, I used to regard an [...]
Tags: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Barack Obama, Bashar-al Assad, Bosnian War, Liam Fox, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Tripoli, United State
Posted in Arab democracy, Arab movements, Arab Spring, Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, Dictators, Libya, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, NATO, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War Crimes, War is a crime, War on drugs, War on terror | No Comments »
