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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 »
Posts Tagged ‘Arab revolution’
Yemenis hold million-strong protest
Posted by smeddum on March 8, 2011
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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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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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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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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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‘People take fight to Gaddafi’s door’
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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Will US attack Libya?
Posted by seumasach on March 3, 2011
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UK’s role in rehabilitating Qaddafis
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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Israel provides henchmen for Gaddafi
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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Don’t take your eyes off the Gulf
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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Saudi Arabia sends tanks to riot-hit Bahrain – paper
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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