November 23, 2011
Saif al-Islam‘s capture worries Blair 20 November 2011 [this article originally appeared in Mail on Sunday 20 November 2011 page 7] Saif al-Islam Gadaffi has been captured by forces loyal to the new government of Libya on his way through the Sahara desert to Niger where his family had bought themselves many friends with their [...]
Tags: International Criminal Court, Islam, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Saif, Saif-al-Islam, Tony Blair, Tripoli
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November 8, 2011
America blackmails UNESCO over Palestine 1 November 2011 One hundred and seven countries voted for a bill granting Palestine full membership of UNESCO. Regrettably, the United States, Britain, and Canada were among the countries that voted against the bill, surrendering to Israeli dictates in this regard. The US Administration exerted great efforts [...]
Tags: Israel, middle east, Palestine, Palestinian National Authority, Palestinian people, UNESCO, United Nation, United States
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August 4, 2011
Political solution Required in Libya ideal 30 July 2011 British Foreign Secretary William Hague and French counterpart Alain Juppe, did not surprise us when they announced at a joint news conference that Libyan Leader Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi can stay in Libya if he gives up power under a political agreement to end the crisis in the [...]
Tags: Africa, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Ramadan, United State, Western world, William Hague
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July 12, 2011
Infighting, ineffective leaders weaken cause By Adbel Bari Atwan, Special to Gulf News Published 00:00 9 July 2011 Abbas faces political bankruptcy if he fails to hold his nerve in September, his supporters will vanish and the people will never trust him again While much of the rest of the Arab world is in the [...]
Tags: al-Quds al-Arabi, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Fatah, Hamas, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian National Authority, Proposals for a Palestinian state, Salam Fayyad, United States
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July 12, 2011
Libyan Rebels’ Contradictory Statements 5 July 2011 Mustafa Abd-al-Jalil, chairman of the provisional Libyan National Transitional Council [NTC], said the day before yesterday that he would welcome Libyan leader Col Mu’ammar Gaddafi to stay in Libya under international supervisions if he decides to step down. However, less than 24 hours later, he made [...]
Tags: Africa, African Union, Government, International Criminal Court, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, United State
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June 30, 2011
27 June 2011 French President Nicolas Sarkozy has sent a letter to captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, expressing solidarity with him and assuring him that France, of which he is a national, will not give up on him. For us this is a hypocritical and blatantly biased act dressed up as a humanitarian gesture and [...]
Tags: French Revolution, Gaza Strip, Gilad Shalit, Hamas, Israel, Kerem Shalom, Nicolas Sarkozy, Palestinian prisoners in Israel
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June 22, 2011
Fayyad Is the Most Difficult Number 20 June 2011 Spokesmen for the Fatah and Hamas movements announced the postponement of the meeting that was scheduled to be held tomorrow, Tuesday, between Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Hamas Movement Political Bureau Chief Khalid Mish’al to agree on the formation of a Palestinian national unity government to [...]
Tags: Fatah, Gaza Strip, Governance of the Gaza Strip, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority, Salam Fayyad, United Nations General Assembly, United States
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June 20, 2011
Israeli Spies to Undermine Egyptian Revolution 13 June 2011 The Egyptian Youth Revolution which started in Tahrir Square in Cairo and spread to various cities, villages and hamlets, has changed Egypt‘s political landscape for ever and has deeply affected the power balance and diplomatic relationships throughout the region – most importantly, perhaps, those with Israel. [...]
Tags: egypt, Egyptians, Espionage, Gaza Strip, Hosni Mubarak, Israel, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, middle east, Mossad, Palestinian territories, United States, Western world
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June 20, 2011
Syria’s lessons in democracy 15 June 2011 It was very kind of Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, to be the first to congratulate his Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman on the occasion of the formation of the new Lebanese government after five months of political horse trading. We hope that the next few months will bring [...]
Tags: Bashar-al Assad, Demographics of Syria, Michel Suleiman, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Syria, Turkey, United Nations Security Council
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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 7, 2011
Al-Qa’ida scarecrow in Yemen 31 May 2011 Islamic extremists have seized Zanjibar, the capital of Abyan in southern Yemen, having expelled government forces. This can be seen as a highly significant development in the war between President Ali Abdallah Saleh and his opponents who are demanding his resignation and the establishment of a democratic [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Arabian Peninsula, Islamism, Saudi Arabia, United States, Yemen, Zanzibar
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June 2, 2011
The West’s Hypocrisy Towards Arab Uprisings 30 May 2011 The stand of the West, particularly Britain, towards the uprisings and revolutions in the Arab world is remarkably inconsistent and should be condemned. Yesterday, British newspapers disclosed that British military personnel have been regularly training Saudi National Guard forces in the most up-to-date ways [...]
Tags: Arab people, Bahrain, British Armed Forces, David Cameron, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian National Guard, Western world
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May 27, 2011
Abdel Bari Atwan writes: It has now become imperative to find a suitable exit for Gaddafi and ensure a peaceful transition of power As the well-polished shoes of several dozen British and French plain-clothes ‘military advisers’ hit the ground in Libya, it may not be long before they are joined by the boots of uniformed [...]
Tags: Abd al-Bari Atwan, Ayman Al Zawahiri, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Osama bin Laden, United Nations Security Council, United States
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May 27, 2011
Arab Interior Ministers’ Secret Meeting in Jordan 26April 2011 As region-wide turmoil continues to grab the world’s headlines, many have forgotten that the annual conference of Arab interior ministers was due to convene on the 27 April. Usually the meeting is hosted in Tunis but this year several capitals have refused the honour and it [...]
Tags: Amman, Arab, Arab League, Arab people, Interior ministry, Jordan, Tunis, Tunisia
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May 27, 2011
Our position on the events in Libya 26 April 2011 I have to admit that I am engulfed by sadness every time I come to write about the way the Libyan situation is unfolding; when I witness the way the country is being torn apart and how the whole nightmare is being completely mis-represented and [...]
Tags: Benghazi, CIA, Libya, middle east, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Tripoli, United States
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May 19, 2011
Trigger happy murderers in NATO are basically the new cancer on the block in the Middle East. These European invading barbarians know nothing but killing as far as the troops are concerned. Fresh from glory of several thousand years in the killing fields of Europe by air land and sea these new SS Regiments havea true obedience [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Bundeswehr, Hamid Karzai, middle east, NATO, Protest, Takhar Province, Taloqan
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May 19, 2011
Abdel Bari Atwan was born in Gaza, Palestine but has lived in London since 1979. He has been the editor of London-based al-Quds al-Arabi, an independent, pan-Arab daily newspaper since 1989. He is the author ofThe Secret History of al-Qa’ida, and A Country of Words, his memoir. His, often controversial, opinions are frequently sought by print [...]
Tags: Abd al-Bari Atwan, ABDEL BARI ATWAN, al-Qaeda, al-Quds al-Arabi, Arab people, Bin Laden, Libya, London, middle east, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Osama bin Laden, United States
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May 15, 2011
Bin Laden’ Wives and the Continuing Mystery 12 May 2011 We are still waiting for the details of the assassination of shaykh Osama Bin Laden in early May by a US commando unit that stormed the house where he had been residing with some of his wives and children in Abbottabad near the Pakistani capital [...]
Tags: Abbottabad, Al Jazeera, al-Qaeda, Central Intelligence Agency, Government of Pakistan, ISLAMABAD, Muslim world, Osama BinLaden, Pakistan, Pakistani government, Saudi Arabia, Third World, United States
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May 9, 2011
After bin Laden Hit, U.S. Aides Raise Dubious Hopes for Peace by Gareth Porter, May 09, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Barack Obama and top administration officials have taken advantage of the killing of Osama bin Laden to establish a new narrative suggesting the event will pave the way for negotiations [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Gareth Porter, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Taliban, The Real News, Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil, White House
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May 8, 2011
An email from Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky University of Leeds (UCU) – Blog, November 30, 2009 I had a startling experience a few weeks ago. I travelled to Mexico City for talks at the National University, an enormous and very impressive institution with high standards of achievement and scholarship. Entrance is selective, but the university [...]
Tags: California, Higher education, Mexico, Mexico City, Noam Chomsky, Osama bin Laden, San Francisco, United State, University of California Los Angeles, University of Leeds
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May 4, 2011
This is a very valuable article by noted commentator Abdel Bari Atwan about the assassination of Bin Laden and what is likely to happen after wards. Atwan discusses the options that appear the most appropriate to all in the aftermath of the killing. In a country like Australia we would be very wise to take [...]
Tags: Abbottabad, Abd al-Bari Atwan, al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, al-Quds al-Arabi, AlQaida, Barack Obama, Osama BinLaden
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April 28, 2011
Women have played a very major role in what has been called the Arab Spring. This article brings together several strands of actions undertaken by women in the movement to rid the Arab world of the shackles of the imperial project that has led to the setting up of so many dictators and corrupt regimes. [...]
Tags: Arab people, Arab world, egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Islamic fundamentalism, middle east, Tunis, Tunisia, Tunisian General Labour Union, Women in Arab societies, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali
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April 27, 2011
It is too easy to just swallow whatever the US and its puppet Nato say. Here in Australia it seems that between Gillard and Rudd there is something like a competition as to who can grab the most headline space being seen with foreign leaders. Unfortunately much if not all Middle East happenings are [...]
Tags: Ayman Al Zawahiri, Colonel Gaddafi, Libya, Misurata, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Nicolas Sarkozy, United States
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April 27, 2011
Arab Interior Ministers’ Secret Meeting in Jordan 26April 2011 As region-wide turmoil continues to grab the world’s headlines, many have forgotten that the annual conference of Arab interior ministers was due to convene on the 27 April. Usually the meeting is hosted in Tunis but this year several capitals have refused the honour and [...]
Tags: Amman, Arab, Arab League, Arab people, egypt, Interior ministry, Jordan, Tunis
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April 27, 2011
Our position on the events in Libya 26 April 2011 I have to admit that I am engulfed by sadness every time I come to write about the way the Libyan situation is unfolding; when I witness the way the country is being torn apart and how the whole nightmare is being completely [...]
Tags: Arab, Arab people, Colonel, France, Libya, middle east, Misurata, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Tripoli, United States
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April 23, 2011
Western intervention in Libya has reached impasse 18 April 2011 In yesterday’s edition of Le Parisien, French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet expressed the surprising opinion that the ongoing war in Libya might continue for many months and that NATO air forces cannot operate effectively in urban war zones. The reason this is surprising is that [...]
Tags: Africa, Ernst Uhrlau, Libya, Misurata, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, United States, William Hague
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April 23, 2011
Bahrain – between Saudi Arabia and Iran 18 April 2011 The arrival of Peninsula Shield Force (PSF) troops in Bahrain has caused a regional controversy, particularly between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The latter sent more than 1500 soldiers to back up the Bahraini regime. Saudi Arabia insists that the presence of these forces is a natural [...]
Tags: Bahrain, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Iran, Manama, middle east, Saudi Arabia, Shia Islam, Sunni Islam, United Arab Emirates, Western world
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April 23, 2011
Might Colonel Gaddafi be kidnapped? 20 April 2011 During the first Gulf War to ‘liberate’ Kuwait in 1991, when warplanes attacked Iraq, and massacred tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands in the course of a forty day bombardment I was asked to take part in a television programme for a British channel. On my [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Colonel Gaddafi, Libya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France), Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, United States
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April 17, 2011
Libya is all about logistics now Behind Obama, Cameron and Sarkozy’s statement on Libya lies desperation – and an ominous mission creep Share49 Comments (148) Abdel Bari Atwan guardian.co.uk, Friday 15 April 2011 20.00 BST Article history Friday’s joint statement on Libya by David Cameron, Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama is significant in several ways. [...]
Tags: Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Barack Obama, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama administration, The Guardian, United States
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April 14, 2011
NATO’s Vague Goals in Libya 12 April 2011 The situation in Libya has become mired in vagueness in terms of politics and military objectives. And this vagueness might have a negative effect on the Libyan revolutionaries who have been resisting the Ghadaffi regime for nearly two months. The US Administration admitted last week that [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Collective security, Jay Carney, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, United Nations Security Council, United States
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March 28, 2011
The closer you get to Israel the worse life becomes if you are indigenous. If not it does not matter where you are. To the Zionists life goes on regardless. my own headline of course, George Ikners ikners.com Syrian clashes leave at least 12 dead as government delays concessions • At least 12 people killed [...]
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March 27, 2011
Libya, Oh What a Stupid War; Fukushima, Cover-Up Amid Catastrophe By ALEXANDER COCKBURN The war on Libya now being waged by the US, Britain and France must surely rank as one of the stupidest martial enterprises, smaller in scale to be sure, since Napoleon took it into his head to invade Russia in 1812. Let’s [...]
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March 25, 2011
Abdel Bari Atwan was born in Gaza, Palestine but has lived in London since 1979. He has been the editor of London-based al-Quds al-Arabi, an independent, pan-Arab daily newspaper since 1989. He is the author of The Secret History of al-Qa’ida, and A Country of Words, his memoir. His, often controversial, opinions are frequently sought [...]
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March 23, 2011
Now how can that be right? Almost from birth we have been told that salvation comes from above and as a result many many substandard people have held sway over both our opinions and ideas. But why is this so? Mainly because our parents had been very actively taught (propagandi sed) to believe that the [...]
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March 20, 2011
Here is an excellent interview at the Democracy Now site. You will find it very useful as well as informative. Just another brick in the wall perhaps but the building continues. The next interesting outcome is simple. The US loved Egypt and the Mubarek household. It was not just a valued ally and mate but an [...]
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March 19, 2011
A am still having some teething problems. But delighted to report that someone thinks I am CNNesque. Apart from making a point of never watching it along with Fox fascism I take that as a complete complimnt. Even for an anarchist there are moments you get to like!I apologise for any delays. I changed my [...]
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March 17, 2011
Saudi Arabia’s Dangerous Intervention 15 March 2011 Saudi Arabia’s dispatch of a thousand soldiers to back up ‘security’ efforts in Bahrain is the most dangerous political and military development seen in the Arab Gulf region since the Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait in the summer of 1990. The danger lies in two basic issues: First, this [...]
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Chomsky- a brief matter
An email from Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky University of Leeds (UCU) – Blog, November 30, 2009 I had a startling experience a few weeks ago. I travelled to Mexico City for talks at the National University, an enormous and very impressive institution with high standards of achievement and scholarship. Entrance is selective, but the university [...]
Tags: California, Higher education, Mexico, Mexico City, Noam Chomsky, Osama bin Laden, San Francisco, United State, University of California Los Angeles, University of Leeds
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