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New Egyptian Democracy uses batons to disperse crowds by force
Post Date: 2011-02-26 18:33:29 by Happy Quanzaa
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Egypt protesters dispersed by forceArmy uses batons to break up demonstrations in capital Cairo demanding purging of Mubarak loyalists from government. The Egyptian army has used force to disperse activists gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demand the removal of Hosni Mubarak loyalists from the interim cabinet. Egyptian soldiers fired in the air and used batons in the early hours of Saturday to disperse the crowd, the Reuters news agency reported. Demonstrators had also gathered in front of the parliament building in Cairo, where police beat protesters and used tasers to suppress the crowds, an Al Jazeera producer in the capital reported. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, ...
FRANCE: New Leader of the Free World?!
Post Date: 2011-02-26 07:15:07 by Happy Quanzaa
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It appears that French President Sarkozy has become the first head of state to call for Gaddafi’s removal from power. ”Mr. Gaddafi must go,” he said. Glad to see the French are now leading the Free World.
Smearing Ron and Rand Paul
Post Date: 2011-02-25 21:25:24 by jwpegler
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Another day, another vitriolic and personal David Horowitz attack on a conservative who doesn't meet his purity test. Today he amplifies Gary Bauer's call to action against a proposal from Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex., to cut foreign aid to Israel. Long ago Bill Buckley drummed the anti-Semites out of the conservative movement, and the movement thrived as a result. But the Jew-haters have returned. For years the Texas crackpot, Ron Paul, has been attacking America and Israel as imperialist powers — the Great Satan and the Little Satan, and calling for America’s retreat from the battle against our totalitarian enemies. Clever switcheroo there, implying that Paul refers to ...
US Imposes Sanctions On Libya (what a crock of inept bullscat!)
Post Date: 2011-02-25 21:05:53 by Brian S
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(02-25) 17:40 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the U.S. is imposing unilateral sanctions on Libya because continued violence and unrest there poses an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to America's national security and foreign policy. He says a series of financial sanctions he formalized on Friday target the government of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi while protecting the Libyan people's assets. The penalties name Gadhafi and several family members. Obama acted after hundreds of Americans were safely evacuated from Libya following days of bloodshed across the country. Militias loyal to Gadhafi have been firing on protesters who have been demanding ...
The Final Death of the 20th Century
Post Date: 2011-02-25 18:04:00 by jwpegler
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The last few weeks have been among the most exciting and promising in recent memory. People all over the middle east are rising up against the tyrants who have lorded over them for decades. Even Colonel Gaddafi -- a brutal dictator, who has been in power for 42 years -- is fighting for his survival. This should tell us all that something very big is happening in the world. The turmoil isn't just occurring in the middle east. Beleaguered taxpayers in Europe and America have staged their own revolutions as well -- booting out fiscally irresponsible politicians who have run up their public debt and torpedoed their economies. In America, the Tea Party movement helped spur an electoral ...
Western Media Ignore Iraqi Demand For Freedom
Post Date: 2011-02-25 17:18:08 by Brian S
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US- and Zionist-beholden Western media have been reporting the Arab Revolution underway in countries including Morocco , Algeria , Tunisia , Libya , Egypt , Jordan , Yemen and Bahrain . However while pro-Zionist, Western media and politicians laudably support the courageous protests for democracy in these countries, there is extraordinary silence in relation to the demands for democracy in Occupied Palestine and Occupied Iraq in which the indigenous inhabitants live under the tyrannical rule of genocidal European invaders rather than under the tyrannical rule of Western-backed indigenous dictators. In the racist Zionist-controlled Occupied Palestinian Territory post-invasion excess deaths ...
Hundereds of Americans trapped in Libya while Obama parties
Post Date: 2011-02-25 13:15:33 by Happy Quanzaa
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'What took you so long': Stricken Libyanrescue boat finally leaves Tripoli, but whydid they take so long to depart? • Boat packed with U.S. citizens finally sets sail • Experts ask why a bigger boat wasn't used like the Greeks and Turkish • Libyans refuse to let U.S. chartered planes land Hundreds of Americans trapped aboard a rescue ship that was too small to sail in rough weather have finally left Libya this morning. The 167 stranded U.S. citizens have been holed up on the Maria Dolores since Wednesday, as rough weather has prevented the ship from leaving. The Dolores left Tripoli at 6:37 am EST and is expected to reach its destination port of Valetta, Malta ...
Protesters Killed as Iraqis Stage 'Day of Rage' Protest
Post Date: 2011-02-25 12:26:59 by Brian S
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Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets Friday in a nationwide "Day of Rage" inspired by uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and other Middle Eastern nations. At least five people were killed in clashes with security forces. News reports say the deaths occurred as demonstrators tried to storm government buildings in at least two Iraqi cities. At least three of the people were reported killed in the northern city of Mosul, while at least two were said to have died in Hawija. Protesters also tried to push between concrete blast walls on a bridge leading to Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone of government buildings and embassies. Friday's demonstration, planned for weeks, is ...
US Military 'Fully Involved’ In Talks On Libya Options
Post Date: 2011-02-25 12:24:47 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON – The US military has been "fully involved" in high-level talks on Washington's response to the crisis in Libya and is assessing options to be presented to the White House, a senior US official said Thursday. "We have a wide range of tools -- financial, sanctions, multilateral actions -- and we are considering all of them," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters. "The military is fully involved in these discussions and doing its own thinking about options that can be presented to the president" and commander-in-chief Barack Obama. Crowley said a multitude of US agencies and departments have been meeting "constantly ...
U.S. Evacuees Leave Libya After 3 Days Stuck In Port By Rough Seas
Post Date: 2011-02-25 11:38:24 by Brian S
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The ordeal of hundreds of American and other foreign evacuees stuck on a ferry in a Libyan port for three days finally ended when the ship put to sea, heaving for the island of Malta. The Maria Dolores left Tripoli's As-shahab port Friday at 1.37 p.m. local time (6:37 a.m. ET) to make the journey to Valetta, Malta. The State Department initially said the vessel was carrying 285 evacuees including 167 U.S. citizens and 118 people of other nationalities. But it said Friday that more passengers were added before departure. Most of the passengers have been aboard the catamaran since Wednesday, but high seas prevented it from leaving. The voyage to Malta was expected to take some eight ...
South Korea Drops Leaflets Into North About Egypt, Libya Democracy Protests
Post Date: 2011-02-25 00:36:47 by Brian S
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(Reuters) - South Korea's military has been dropping leaflets into North Korea about democracy protests in Egypt and also sent food, medicines and radios for residents as part of a psychological campaign, a legislator said on Friday. The campaign was aimed at encouraging North Koreans to think about change, conservative South Korean parliament member Song Young-sun said. The food and medicines were delivered in light-weight baskets tied to balloons with timers programed to release the items above the target areas in the impoverished North, Song said in a statement. South Korea's defense ministry declined to confirm the move, citing its policy of not commenting on sensitive issues ...
Understanding Muammar Gaddafi's View Of Obama Through Wikileak
Post Date: 2011-02-24 21:39:13 by go65
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It has been quite a ride, watching the pop-political entertainment machine try to slice the Arab Spring into easy partisan talking points. Glenn Beck has his democracy-is-bad-for-Muslims, Google-is- pushing-dominos-to-the-caliphate theory. Sarah Palin came forward with a muddled call for more transparency from the White House, followed by a more direct shame-on-Obama-for-not-quickly- condemning-Libya-violence Facebook post, which came right before Obama condemned the violence after a delay to ensure the safety of U.S. citizens in Libya. There have been regular cries from the right, at CPAC in particular, that Obama cared more about betraying its ally Hosni Mubarak than confronting the ...
Prime Minister Warns Iraqis To Stay Away From Friday Protest
Post Date: 2011-02-24 17:26:42 by Brian S
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's prime minister warned his people to boycott an anti-government protest planned for Friday, saying it was being organized by supporters of the ousted Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gave no proof for his assertion in a nationally televised speech Thursday, which echoed similar blanket statements he has made before blaming terrorists and Saddam loyalists for an array of problems in the country. Religious figures including anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and the leader of Iraq's majority Shiite community also have raised doubts about the rally. Al-Maliki's warning came around the same time a suicide bomber killed 11 people ...
Max Keiser on Revolts: Americans Joining Middle East Uprising Trend
Post Date: 2011-02-24 16:47:47 by Godwinson
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Max Keiser on Revolts: Americans Joining Middle East Uprising Trend RussiaToday | Feb 21, 2011 Dozens of people have been reported killed in the Libyan capital Tripoli overnight as violence continues to spread across the country. Key administrative buildings have been set on fire, with thousands of anti- government activists still on the streets calling for an end to the 41-year rule of Colonel Gaddafi. To find out more about how the Middle East upheaval is impacting global economic patterns, we're joined live now by RT's financial guru Max Keiser...
Oil Settles Near $97 on Rumors Gaddafi Shot
Post Date: 2011-02-24 16:31:25 by Happy Quanzaa
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Oil dropped sharply following Saudi Arabia's assures it could fill any Libyan supply shortfalls and unconfirmed rumors Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had been shot. A senior U.S. official told NBC News the U.S. government had no reason to believe that the Libyan leader is dead. However, the rumor swept through oil markets and sent prices tumbling more than $2 a barrel in late Thursday trade. Oil markets had earlier eased on news top OPEC exporter Saudi Arabia was in talks with European refiners affected by the disruption. Traders have been on edge on concerns the unrest sweeping across Northern Africa could spread to other oil-producing countries. In London, Brent crude [LCOCV1 110.70 ...
Russia Planning New Arms Sales To Iran Despite Sanctions
Post Date: 2011-02-24 15:58:06 by Brian S
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MOSCOW (NewsCore) - Russia will explore ways it can bolster its military cooperation with Iran despite UN restrictions over its nuclear program, a top Russian arms export official said Thursday. Mikhail Dmitriyev, the head of the Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service, told the Kommersant daily that the fourth round of sanctions that the UN slapped on Iran in June hurt Russia's defense industry. "But there are lines that we can pursue," Dmitriyev said. "We will continue negotiating with Iran within the framework of these possibilities." The latest UN sanctions resolution banned the sale to Iran of eight new types of heavy weapons, including the S-300 ...
Two Iranian Warships That Passed Through The Suez Canal Reportedly Docked In Syria.
Post Date: 2011-02-24 15:51:51 by Brian S
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Two Iranian warships that passed through the Suez Canal reportedly docked in Syria. The ships, a frigate and a supply ship, arrived at Syria's main port at Latakia on Wednesday night after becoming the first Iranian naval ships to pass through the canal since the 1979 revolution. The ships "carry the message of peace and friendship to world countries," Iran's Navy chief, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, said Thursday on Iranian state television, according to reports. "The Zionist regime had been exaggerating this issue because it wants to create tension among the brotherly relations between countries in the region," Sayyari said. The ...
Upheaval Jolts Israel and Raises New Worry
Post Date: 2011-02-24 15:42:52 by Brian S
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CASABLANCA, Morocco — The old certainties of the Middle East have been upended, and Israel finds many of its most reliable partners buffeted or blown away by popular agitation from below. Egypt was long one of Israel’s most important allies, and ties were quietly close to Tunisia. With demonstrations for change also in Jordan, Bahrain and Morocco, Israel finds itself floundering. “Many of our assumptions are broken,” said Mark Heller, an analyst with the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. “We are groping here, but with the limited tools we have to understand these phenomena, it is not very promising.” Israelis worry that Arab democracy ...
Putin Warns West On North Africa Democracy-Building
Post Date: 2011-02-24 15:37:52 by Brian S
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin cautioned the West Thursday that attempts to meddle in the rebellions of the Arab world may sweep extremists to power. "You have to give people the chance to choose their own fates and their own futures," Putin said at a press conference with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. "Give them the opportunity to determine their own fate through natural means and not with any kind of outside interference," he said. Putin warned that previous attempts to "impose democracy" had fostered Iran's Islamic revolution and triggered election victories for radicals that the West is now fighting to ...
90% of Libya in Rebel Hands
Post Date: 2011-02-24 15:29:35 by go65
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The LAT reports that the rebellion against Muammar Qaddafi’s 41-year dictatorship in Libya headed toward an end-game on Wednesday, as Misurata, the country’s third-largest city (pop. 600,000), fell to the opposition. Significantly, Misurata is in the west of the country, where support for Qaddafi had been stronger. It is only 100 miles east of the capital, Tripoli. Most of the country stretching from the outskirts of Tripoli east toward Egypt is now in the hands of popular committees allied with local security forces that have defected from the dictator. Even to Tripoli’s west, the rebellion had spread to some small towns. Qaddafi is increasingly left only with a sullen and ...
Gaddafi: Barakeh Obama is friend
Post Date: 2011-02-24 12:47:13 by Happy Quanzaa
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Libyan leader praises US president: 'He is of Muslim descent, his policy should be supported, as he now leans towards peace' Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi considers the US president a blessing to the Muslim world. In a speech published in London-based al-Hayat newspaper on Saturday, Gaddafi praised Barack Obama, called him a "friend" and said there is no longer any dispute between his country and the US. Speaking in the Libyan city of Sirt at an event marking the 24th anniversary of an American attack on Libya, he said, "At the time, we were the target of the American cannon, the American navy challenged us in the gulf of Sirt and attacked us all along Libya's ...
THE FAILED KENYAN'S TELEPROMPTER FINALLY RESPONDS TO LIBYA MASSACRE
Post Date: 2011-02-24 11:57:55 by no gnu taxes
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Why did it take Barrack Obama NINE DAYS to finally speak out on Gadhafi’s atrocities in Libya? His press secretary told us yesterday that it was partially due to a ”scheduling issue.” Really? The job of “being president” is very busy you know. So much so, that Obama barely had time to squeeze in coaching his daughter’s basketball team over the weekend while Libyan protesters were being murdered in the streets. Sure, the president finally got around to deploring the killing of innocent civilians and reading most of the obligatory comments from his teleprompter, but the leader of the free world did manage to omit one “small point”: WHY DOES BARRACK ...
4,500 Chinese Escape Libya By Sea; Americans Stuck
Post Date: 2011-02-24 11:33:34 by Brian S
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IRAKLIO, Crete (AP) — Two ferries carrying 4,500 Chinese workers from strife-torn Libya arrived at the Mediterranean island of Crete on Thursday, despite rough seas that left hundreds of Americans stranded on a docked ferry in Tripoli. Passengers smiled and waved from the decks of the Greek-flagged Hellenic Spirit, which sailed from Libya's eastern port of Benghazi, although some others needed medical attention. Up to 15,000 Chinese are expected to arrive by ferry on Crete and fly home on chartered flights in one of China's largest foreign evacuations in recent times. China has more than 30,000 citizens in Libya working on construction and oil projects. As tens of thousands ...
'Get Us Out': Hundreds Of U.S. Citizens STILL Stranded In Libya As Pressure Grows On Obama To Act (can anyone say 'hostage situation'?)
Post Date: 2011-02-24 11:32:03 by Brian S
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Boat packed with U.S. citizens may not leave until FridayPassengers describe scenes of chaos and violence at Tripoli's airport Libyans refuse to let U.S. chartered planes land President Obama was under intense pressure today to evacuate thousands of Americans still stranded in Libya.Hundreds of U.S. citizens, crammed aboard a ferry for a second day, may not be able to leave the troubled country until Friday at the earliest, officials confirmed today.And with Libyan authorities still refusing to let American chartered aircraft land in Libya, there are growing calls for the U.S. military to join the evacuation effort. The President has been under intense criticism for his silence on ...
Libya: With the Failure Obama The ‘Unacceptable’ Is….Acceptable
Post Date: 2011-02-24 11:30:05 by no gnu taxes
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President Barack Obama has a new favorite word when it comes to the violence in the Middle East, particularly when it relates to Gaddafi’s crackdown in Libya: “unacceptable.” He has used it numerous times. But with Obama the unacceptable is acceptable, at least when it comes to our adversaries. Picture of Obama requesting Larry Sinclair type relations with Gaddafi Unacceptable should spring you to action if its going to mean something. If I tell my child that something is unacceptable and they keep doing it, my failure to act means that I am in fact willing to accept it. My kid assumes that I really didn’t mean it. Even if I act too late, and put off responding to ...
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