Facing total economic meltdown at home US/UK, spear-heading NATO, have chosen the path of confrontation with the rest of the world, a path which will lead us to the brink of war with Russia and China
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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Posted by seumasach on March 4, 2011
4th March, 2011
Press TV interviews Mohsen Saleh, a political analyst from Beirut, on the false rumors of a Libyan civil war, and protesters preparing to storm down Gaddafi’s door.
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Posted by seumasach on March 4, 2011
4th March, 2011
The January 25 Revolution has lead many political activists and interested parties in Egypt to believe that greater political participation is required and will be possible. Upon that perspective, an unprecedented desire to form political parties has been growing. Many are in the process of being formed or registered, with a few already declared.
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Posted by seumasach on March 4, 2011
4th March, 2011
Newly appointed Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has just left Tahrir Square after speaking to hundred of thousands who congregated to celebrate the resignation of Ahmed Shafik.
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Posted by seumasach on March 3, 2011
3rd March, 2011
David Cameron has secretly discussed with Tony Blair, the former UK premier, the situation in Libya despite bashing him in public for his links to the dictator Qaddafi.
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Posted by seumasach on March 3, 2011
3rd March, 2011
Ahmed Shafiq’s resignation came after the January 25 Youth Coalition held a meeting with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces last week, says the coalition spokesman.
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Posted by seumasach on March 3, 2011
3rd March, 2011
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is still believed to be at his residence in Sharm el-Sheikh, will be brought to Cairo next week for questioning in his corruption case, said Mustafa Bakri, a former member of parliament.
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Posted by seumasach on March 2, 2011
2nd February, 2011
Israeli arms distribution company Global CST has reportedly, under the authorization of Tel Aviv, provided Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi with African mercenaries to clamp down on anti-government protesters.
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Posted by seumasach on March 1, 2011
Pepe Escobar
2nd March, 2011
Picture a feudal, or neo-medieval, paradise, the former home of legendary Sindbad the Sailor, absolutely ruled by an unmarried, slim, lute-playing septuagenarian who prefers to live alone in his palace; paradigm of discretion Sultan Qabus bin Sa’id. That, in a nutshell, is Oman.
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Posted by seumasach on March 1, 2011
1st March, 2011
Saudi Arabia has sent dozens of tanks to Bahrain, where anti-government protests continue for about two weeks, Egypt’s Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper said on Tuesday.
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Posted by seumasach on February 26, 2011
Eric Wallberg
24th February, 2011
It is not Israel backed by the distant US that inherits the Ottoman mantle of hegemony in the Middle East, but some combination of Turkey and Egypt…
While Egypt’s revolution was very much about domestic matters — bread and butter, corruption, repression — its most immediate effects have been international. Not for a long time has Egypt loomed so large in the region, to both friend and foe. At least 13 of the 22 Arab League countries are now affected: Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen.
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