Posted by seumasach on February 17, 2011
Pepe Escobar
18th February, 2011
The historic, Great 2011 Arab revolt is relentless – those initial jasmine winds from the Maghreb turning into sandstorms east and west and now blanketing all latitudes across Northern Africa and the Middle East all the way to Southwest Asia, in Iran.
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Posted by seumasach on February 17, 2011
17th February, 2011
As a host of goups, youth movements and organizations, created before, during or after the outbreak of the 25 Januaray Revolution, rush to expand and develop their organizational and political capacities, there seems to be a consensus among them that the ousting of former President Hosni Mubarak is merely a beginning, and insist that the revolution’s goals are still to be realized. Foremost on their agendas is the abolishing of the infamous 30-year-long state of emergency, the immediate release of all political prisoners, full freedom to form political parties and trade unions, and the formation of a national unity government of independents and technocrats that excludes the former ruling National Democratic Party.
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Posted by seumasach on February 17, 2011
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Iraq Inquiry ties itself in more knots. RI911 has been writing to MPs and Peers seeking support for our call on London’s Iraq Inquiry to start asking questions about 9/11. Tony Blair told them that the attacks changed the “calculus of risk” and hence were critical in the decision to invade Iraq. The Inquiry nonetheless wrote to tell us that 9/11 is outside its terms of reference. We suspect promises were made to the US as indicated by Wikileaks documents. A supporter is opening judicial review proceedings against the Iraq Inquiry. Our letters have elicited replies from several curious Parliamentarians including an eminent ex-Foreign Secretary.
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Posted by seumasach on February 16, 2011
Mark Thompson
15th February, 2011
While the troubles in Egypt and Tunisia are important in Washington’s geo-strategic calculations, they don’t rank highly in its selfish concern over real estate. All that changes when it comes to the tiny Persian Gulf state of Bahrain, an island tucked between Saudi Arabia and Qatar on the gulf’s western shore with fewer than 1 million residents. The home of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet – and a recently-launched $580 million U.S. expansion effort slated to double the U.S. Navy’s acreage there – could be in jeopardy if Bahrain’s monarchy falls.
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Posted by seumasach on February 16, 2011
16th February, 2011
Thousands of people calling for political reform have spent the night on the main square in Bahrain’s capital of Manama, regional media said on Wednesday.
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Posted by seumasach on February 15, 2011
15th February, 2011
Bahrain is undergoing a silent revolt by pro-democracy protesters despite a violent crackdown backed by the US and Saudi Arabia, a political analyst says.
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Posted by seumasach on February 14, 2011
14th February, 2011
There are currently 32 human rights institutions, working with the Front To Defend Egyptian Protestors, who are searching for the detainees and trying to get them released. These include the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, where the front is located.
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Posted by seumasach on February 14, 2011
We look forward to a similar investigation in Britain into where all the bank bailout money went
14th February, 2011
Egypt’s prosecution will begin an investigation tomorrow into the fortune of the Mubarak family, says the Freedom Committee at the Lawyers Syndicate.
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Posted by seumasach on February 13, 2011
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Posted by seumasach on February 11, 2011
Rainer Sollich
11th February, 2011
All the predictions and hopes turned out to be false. In the face of huge protests, Hosni Mubarak remains persistent. He mocks his people by refusing to resign.
Before Thursday evening’s big televised statement, Egypt was rife with rumors of resignation, with the country’s military even directly spreading some of the rumors themselves.
Even the CIA suspected that Mubarak’s resignation was likely. The crowds packing the streets of Cairo and other Egyptian cities were hopeful, gathering in their thousands expecting to hear Mubarak address the country and announce his departure.
Rainer Sollich is the head of DW’s Arabic Service
Instead, what the people heard has understandably made them angry. Mubarak is playing a dirty game at the expense of his own people.
Mubarak remains in office, but has delegated his power to Vice President Omar Suleiman. His speech promised reform. He praised himself as a patriot and a guarantor of stability.
However, all of this is just hot air and a mockery. The Egyptian people have had enough of social injustice and political oppression. They demand freedom and democracy and deserve every support – including from Europe.
The president’s stubbornness could now play a role in inciting the protest movement to violence. This has uncontrollable consequences, including the potential for a military coup.
Mubarak, long indulged as a guarantor of stability, is now himself becoming a security risk. Both for Egypt and the wider region.
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Posted by seumasach on February 10, 2011
8th February, 2011
The High State Security Prosecution office will investigate on Tuesday the alleged involvement of former Minister of Interior in the Alexandria Church attack on New Year’s, a source at the General Prosecutor’s office said.
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