9th March, 2011
The following is a rush transcription of Press TV’s interview with a political analyst, Sarah Marusek, regarding her comments on Gaddafi’s reactions to the recent events taking place in the Libyan unrest.
Archive for March, 2011
‘Gaddafi ambiguous on missed airstrikes’
Posted by seumasach on March 9, 2011
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Yemenis hold million-strong protest
Posted by smeddum on March 8, 2011
Tue Mar 8, 2011 5:18PM
Yemeni protesters shout slogans outside Sana’a University in the capital, demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, March 8, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
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Libyan rebels call for Arab support
Posted by smeddum on March 8, 2011
08/03/2011
By Khaled Mahmoud
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – Military officials in the National Transitional Council, set up by the Libyan rebels, have called on the Libyan rebel forces not to attack Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte for fear of sustaining heavy losses. Read the rest of this entry »
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The counter revolution, Shafiq and State Security
Posted by seumasach on March 8, 2011
7th March, 2011
In an interview with Ahram Online, Brigadier General Safwat El Zayat, a member of the Committee of Trustees of the January 25 Revolution, revealed the existence of a triad, composed of former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq, former interior minister Mahmoud Wagdy and a number of former regime leaders, with former president Hosni Mubarak at their head, set up for the purpose of subverting what he described as the greatest revolution in history. The elimination, yesterday, of the state security apparatus effectively brought an end to this scenario, he said.
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Brits bollix Benghazi caper
Posted by smeddum on March 7, 2011
Justin Raimondo
7th March, 2011
As the usual suspects started howling for Western intervention in the Libyan revolution – in the name of “humanitarianism,” of course – the objects of their concern made it clear they didn’t want or need any such “help.”
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Palestinian youth call for Hamas and Fatah to reconcile
Posted by seumasach on March 7, 2011
7th March, 2011
Popular calls for ending the “division” between the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and the Fatah-administered West Bank gained a certain momentum recently with “Facebook youths” and other activists in both territories saying they are planning demonstrations to pressure Hamas and Fatah to put an end to the division.
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Councils say energy-saving lights are too dangerous for binmen
Posted by seumasach on March 7, 2011
6th March, 2011
Councils across the UK are refusing to pick up low-energy lightbulbs from homes as they contain toxic mercury, which gives off poisonous vapours.
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Repacholi admits interference from the industry at the WHO EMF project
Posted by seumasach on March 6, 2011
March 2011
NOW – Repacholi Promoting Wireless/Microwave emitting Devices to Children at the Handheld Learning Conference 10-12 October 2007 in London
Repacholi:
– Admits Industry Funding – for the WHO EMF Project
– Employed by the Industry before and after the WHO EMF Project
– Emeritus Chairman of ICNIRP since 1996 – the body charged with setting ‘Safe’ International Exposure limits. [here]
– Now Promoting Wireless/Microwave emitting Devices to Children – at the Handheld Learning Conference 10-12 October 2007 in London (despite the UK’s Health Protection Agency’s own advice that under 16’s should only use Mobile Phones etc. as little as possible because they are more prone to harm from them)
Repacholi headed the Project into ElectroMagneticFields (EMFs) by the World Health Organisation (WHO) until July 2007.
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The Colonel in His Compound
Posted by seumasach on March 6, 2011
Brian M.Downing
4th March, 2011
The upheavals across the Middle East have come to Colonel Qaddafi ‘s Libya and unlike his fellow rulers to his east, he is struggling to hold on to his iron rule. Much of the population opposes the colonel and many parts of the military and state have gone over to the opposition. The colonel retains control over security forces and army units commanded by his sons, but in the public he only has the support of the few people who benefited from his petro-largesse and a few tribes whose members have been well placed in the security forces and army.
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Revolution delivers fell blow to Egypt’s dread secret police
Posted by seumasach on March 6, 2011
6th March, 2011
Thousands of protesters gathered around the state security headquarters in Nasr City at around 4pm calling on the military to take over the building and prevent documents being torched as had taken place in other state security offices around Egypt.
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SAS unit ‘held by Libyan rebels’
Posted by seumasach on March 6, 2011
6th March, 2011
Defence secretary Liam Fox has confirmed that a British diplomatic team is in Libya talking to rebel forces.
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