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Warships sail to Syria

Posted by seumasach on February 21, 2012

 

M.K.Bhadrakumar

Asia Times

22nd February, 2012

A flotilla of Iranian warships crossed the Suez Canal and docked at the Syrian port of Tartus on Saturday.

 

Iran’s Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the mission displays Iran’s “might” despite 30 years of relentless sanctions.

The flotilla comprised the 18th Fleet of the Iranian navy. The warships would hold exercises and will “train Syrian naval forces under an agreement signed between Tehran and Damascus one year ago”.

The influential cleric and deputy chairman of the Majlis’ (parliament’s” National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Hossein Ebrahimi said:

“The presence of Iran and Russia’s flotillas along the Syrian coasts has a clear message against the United States’ possible adventurism. In case of any US strategic mistake in Syria, there is a possibility that Iran, Russia and a number of other countries will give a crushing response to the US.”

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US lacks a champion in the new Egypt

Posted by seumasach on February 17, 2012

US lacks a champion in the new Egypt: AP analysis

Al-Ahram

17th February, 2012

 

The U.S. is losing old friends and can’t win new ones in the new Egypt.

Trying to secure a way home for seven American democracy experts trapped in the country, the Obama administration is facing a wrathful campaign of retribution from Hosni Mubarak’s old allies of the dictatorship, which the U.S. long supported but then turned away from last year.

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Gran concentración popular en El Cairo acusa a Qatar por su apoyo a la OTAN en la invasión de Libia

Posted by seumasach on January 20, 2012

Resistencia Libia

20th January, 2012

Una gran concentración popular ha tenido lugar en El Cairo para exigir al gobierno que cierre inmediatamente la embajada de la tiranía feudal de Qatar y su expulsión de la Liga Árabe.

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A short critique of revolutionary comrades

Posted by seumasach on January 19, 2012

Samer Soliman

Al-Ahram

13th January, 2012

The criticism I will make about the positions and ideas of some revolutionary comrades is well-intentioned and not born of malice. It aims to improve the performance of reformist and revolutionary trends to overcome unnecessary divisions, in order to reach the common goal of establishing a state rooted in freedom, social justice, dignity and humanity.

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Egypt may support Russia’s probe into NATO attacks in Libya

Posted by seumasach on December 28, 2011

RiaNovosti

28th December, 2011

Egypt may join Russia’s probe into the deaths of peaceful Libyans killed by NATO air strikes during its military campaign, Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said on Wednesday.

“We are considering this issue and consulting with [our] Russian colleagues and will make a decision after the consultations,” Amr said after a meeting in Moscow with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.

Last week, Russia’s UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin urged NATO to investigate civilian deaths in Libya from its bombing campaign, saying the alliance’s claim that there were no civilian casualties was untrue.

His remarks came after The New York Times claimed up to 70 people were killed in Libya during NATO’s eight-month military operation.

Churkin said he has asked NATO to give “a definitive report” to the UN Security Council summing up its activities in Libya. But he said “unfortunately” the alliance only provided “piecemeal, rather perfunctory reports… (that) were not very informative.”

The international NATO-led military operation in Libya began on March 19, two days after the approval of a UN resolution on “targeted measures” to protect civilians.

Libya saw almost ten months of fierce fighting before the opposition Libyan National Transitional Council established control over the country’s territory.

Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed in October near his hometown of Sirte after being captured by NTC forces.

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Egyptians protest Saudi ‘meddling’

Posted by seumasach on August 29, 2011

PressTV

29th August, 2011

Egyptian people have gathered in front of the Saudi embassy in the capital city of Cairo to protest Riyadh’s interference in their country’s internal affairs.

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Egyptian pulls down Israel flag in Cairo

Posted by seumasach on August 21, 2011

PressTV

21st August, 2011

A young Egyptian protester has hauled down the Israeli flag at Tel Aviv’s embassy in the capital city of Cairo, replacing it with Egypt’s flag.

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Egypt blames US, Israel for sect strife

Posted by seumasach on June 27, 2011

PressTV

27th June, 2011

Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Yehiya al-Gamal has blamed the United States and Israel for being engaged in efforts to incite a religious strife to weaken the African country.

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Whither the Arab Spring?

Posted by seumasach on June 19, 2011

Whilst Western analysts, in general, continue to a present a distorted view of the Arab Revolution, it is important to look to the analysis coming out of the Arab world itself to gain insight into what is happening. This overview by one of Egypt’s leading political thinkers is, in this respect, indispensable.

Samir Amin

Al-Ahram

16th June, 2011

The year 2011 began with a series of shattering, wrathful explosions from the Arab peoples. Is this springtime the inception of a second ‘awakening of the Arab world?’ Or will these revolts bog down and finally prove abortive – as was the case with the first episode of that awakening, which was evoked in my book L’Eveil du Sud (Paris: Le temps des cerises, 2008). If the first hypothesis is confirmed, the forward movement of the Arab world will necessarily become part of the movement to go beyond imperialist capitalism on the world scale. Failure would keep the Arab world in its current status as a submissive periphery, prohibiting its elevation to the rank of an active participant in shaping the world.

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‘Egyptians facing counter-revolution plot’

Posted by seumasach on May 14, 2011

PressTV

14th May, 2011

Israel has criticized the Egyptian government’s mediation and the signing of a unity deal between the Palestinian factions of Hamas and Fatah.

Nada Hashwi, a political scientist in Beirut, discusses the next stage of the Egyptian revolution and informs Press TV that the Saudi Wahhabi sect, a US and Israeli ally, has begun counter revolutionary plots. Following is a transcript of that interview.

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Egyptians to hold Friday mass rally

Posted by seumasach on May 11, 2011

PressTV

11th May, 2011

Egyptian protesters have planned another million-man march next Friday, naming the rally as the “Day to Purge the Remnants of Mubarak Regime from Egypt.”

Former vice-chairman of Egypt’s Court of Cassation, Mahmoud El Khodeiry on Tuesday called on all Egyptians, including Muslims and Christians, to take part in the upcoming protest on Friday in Cairo’s Libration Square, Egyptian newspaper Al-Youm Al-Sabe reported.

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