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Suthep urges caution amid 'troop boost' CAMBODIA SAYS THAI DEMANDS 'PROVOCATIVE'
Post Date: 2011-01-30 08:56:23 by A K A Stone
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Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban yesterday called on People's Alliance for Democracy protesters to tone down their attacks on Cambodia and be mindful of what they say during their rally near Government House. He was speaking amid unconfirmed news agency reports that the Cambodian Ministry of Defence on Friday sent dozens of tanks and fighting vehicles, missiles and ammunition to the Preah Vihear temple area at the disputed border. On its website, the Cambodian newspaper Duem Ampil quoted Information Minister Khieu Kanharith as saying that the Cambodian army had ordered its forces to be on a full alert to prevent any Thai attempt to enter Cambodian territory, while the Cambodian ...
Barry watches Sasha play basketball while Egypt burns
Post Date: 2011-01-30 07:15:34 by Happy Quanzaa
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Barry watches Sasha play basketball!!)Barry watches Sasha play basketball!!) While Egypt burns (does this sound familar) The Middle East is in danger of going up in flames and Obama is too busy watching his daughter's basketball game to be bothered. You just can't make this stuff up folks. If we actually had a media that was not totally in the tank for Obama, this would be all over the news. WATCHING EGYPT (Biden, Hillary meet for 2 hours....Barry watches Sasha play basketball!!) politico ^ | 01/29/2011 | p Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 2:25:16 PM by milwguy Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other top administration officials took part in ...
An Arab Revolution Fueled By Methods Of The West
Post Date: 2011-01-30 01:11:49 by Brian S
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The Arab street suddenly uses 'our' methods: Facebook and Twitter - the tools of democracy we have invented - to present us with a situation of disorder. By Zvi Bar'el So what has happened so far? A corrupt president in Tunisia flees, to cheers from around the world. Protests erupt in Egypt, and gloom descends. Protests are held in Iran, and the world cheers. A prime minister is deposed in Lebanon, to fear and dread. An Iraqi president is overthrown in a military offensive, and it's called democracy. Raucous demonstrations take place in Yemen, and they're called interesting but not terribly important. Why the different reactions? This is supposedly the ...
Pro-Israel Activists Decry GOP Senator's Call To Cut Aid
Post Date: 2011-01-29 19:33:03 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON – Republican and Democratic pro-Israel political players alike jumped on a new GOP senator and Tea Party favorite for calling for US aid to Israel to be cut.In an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN this week, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul said the US should cut all foreign assistance to plug the deficit, including Israel aid.RELATED:Congress: PA funding could hinge on state declarationLikely US presidential candidate Huckabee to arrive“It is shocking that Senator Paul wants our nation to renege on our commitment to a vital ally, which is necessary to assure Israel’s continued qualitative military advantage in a dangerous region,” said Congresswoman ...
Commander Stresses Egyptian Revolution's Domino Effect on Arab States
Post Date: 2011-01-29 19:21:38 by Brian S
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TEHRAN (FNA)- The present Revolution in Egypt serves as a prelude to more uprisings in the other Arab countries, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday. "Egypt is the heart of the Arab world ... therefore any political changes or sociopolitical revolutions in Egypt could occur in many other Islamic countries," IRGC Lieutenant Commander General Hossein Salami told FNA. "This is what comes of hegemonic systems dependant on foreign [states] that start a dictatorial movement n their country," the commander added. The IRGC deputy commander went on to describe the developments in Egypt as a "manifestation of the ...
Western Powers Push Mubarak To Fulfill Vows, Call For 'Free' Elections
Post Date: 2011-01-29 19:20:21 by Brian S
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(CNN) -- Several Western powers banded together Saturday in urging Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to do all he can to prevent bloodshed and speedily fulfill his promises of reform. The heads of England, France and Germany joined their counterpart in the United States on Saturday in calling on Egypt's leader to institute substantive police changes in short order as well as new, open elections. "It is essential that the further political, economic and social reforms President Mubarak has promised are implemented fully and quickly, and meet the aspirations of the Egyptian people," said a joint statement issued by British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Nicolas ...
How a brutal beating and Facebook led to Egyptian protests
Post Date: 2011-01-29 17:31:39 by A K A Stone
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Over the past three decades, tensions in Egypt would periodically rise over issues such as the price of food or police brutality: small embers of dissent that would ultimately die out. This week, however, it appears things are different. There is no one reason to explain why tens of thousands of Egyptians are taking part in the largest protests in a generation, calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. It is, rather, a combustible combination of factors ranging from the torture killing of a twenty-something businessman to the emerging political force of Facebook in the Arab world. ‘We are all Khaled Said’ Khaled Said was a shy, soft-spoken 28-year-old who ran a small ...
Barry Obama's Administration Wings It On Egypt
Post Date: 2011-01-29 16:33:16 by Happy Quanzaa
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Robert Kagan is co-chairman of the bipartisan Working Group on Egypt, and earlier this week he noted to Laura Rozen of Politico that "one thing I have been most struck by in meeting with [U.S. officials] at all levels over the past year is that as of yesterday, they have no plan in any direction." No kidding. Administration statements this week have been an incoherent mush. But why is Obama winging it? It didn't have to be this way. During the Bush years the US embassy in Cairo maintained a small fund to support groups promoting democratic reforms in Egypt, bypassing the Egyptian government. As I noted back in July, the Obama administration ended support for this fund. The ...
Cairo Protesters Slam 'Made in USA' Tear Gas
Post Date: 2011-01-29 14:40:58 by Brian S
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CAIRO, Jan 28, 2011 (AFP) - Egyptians staging anti-government protests on Friday vented anger at the fact that the tear gas security forces are firing at them is US-manufactured, probably part of a massive military aid package. "The American taxpayer should know how their money is being spent," shouted one young male protester who declined to give his name, brandishing a spent tear gas canister marked "Made in USA." Dozens of the canisters made by Combined Tactical Systems in Jamestown, Pennsylvania, were fired at crowds on one Cairo street on Friday, littering the road surface along with rubble and spent shotgun cartridges. Many protesters have been injured through ...
Dozens Of Israelis Flee Egypt On Emergency Flight As Turmoil Worsens In Arab Nation
Post Date: 2011-01-29 14:39:24 by Brian S
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(CP) – 1 hour ago JERUSALEM — A subsidiary of Israel's national airline has whisked dozens of Israelis, including families of Israeli diplomats, out of Egypt on board an emergency flight to escape the chaos engulfing the Arab country. An Israeli official said Saturday's flight, which was dispatched by the Foreign Ministry, carried about 40 Israeli citizens who were in Cairo on private business and wanted to return to Israel. Spouses and children of Israeli diplomats in Egypt were also on the flight. The official said Israeli diplomats would remain in Egypt for the time being. He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government regulations. The flight was ...
Iraq Water Shortages Raising Ethnic Tensions
Post Date: 2011-01-29 14:24:53 by Brian S
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KIRKUK, Iraq — A worsening water shortage in Iraq is raising tensions in the multi-ethnic Kirkuk province, where Arab farmers accuse the Kurdistan region of ruining them by closing the valves to a dam in winter. "We are harmed by the Kurds, and the officials responsible for Baghdad and Kirkuk will not lift a finger," said Sheikh Khaled al-Mafraji, a leader of the Arab Political Council that groups mainly Sunni tribal leaders. At the heart of the conflict is the Dukan dam, built in 1955 in Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan, 75 kilometres (50 miles) northeast of Kirkuk province. "They release too much water from June to September while from October it ...
Jordan's Powerful Muslim Opposition Warns That Arabs Will Topple US-Allied Mideast Leaders
Post Date: 2011-01-29 14:24:02 by Brian S
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By Jamal Halaby (CP) – 1 hour ago AMMAN, Jordan — The leader of Jordan's powerful Muslim Brotherhood warned Saturday that unrest in Egypt will spread across the Mideast and Arabs will topple leaders allied with the United States. Hammam Saeed's comments were made at a protest outside the Egyptian Embassy in Amman, inspired by massive rallies in neighbouring Egypt demanding the downfall of the country's longtime president, Hosni Mubarak. About 100 members of the fundamentalist group and activists from other leftist organizations and trade unions chanted "Mubarak, step down" and "the decision is made, the people's revolt will remain." ...
Mubarak reassures Saudi King Abdullah about Egyptian "situation"
Post Date: 2011-01-29 11:04:34 by Happy Quanzaa
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- Saudi Arabia slammed protesters in Egypt as "infiltrators" who seek to destabilize their country Saturday while an Iranian official called on Egypt to "abide by the rightful demands of the nation" and avoid violent reactions. Saudi King Abdullah called Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and "was reassured" about the situation in Egypt, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported. "During the call, the king said, 'Egypt is a country of Arabism and Islam. No Arab and Muslim human being can bear that some infiltrators, in the name of freedom of expression, have infiltrated into the brotherly people of Egypt, to ...
Hussein Obama bows to Syrian Islamo terror dictator Assad, resumes full diplomatic relations
Post Date: 2011-01-29 08:45:18 by Happy Quanzaa
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U.S. Ambassador Back in Syria The United States resumed full diplomatic ties with Syria this week, sending new ambassador Robert Ford, who met Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus on Thursday. Ford told Assad that he hopes America's relationship with Syria will improve. The U.S. pulled its ambassador in 2005 following the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Syria was suspected of involvement in the killing. At the time Syria was already under sanctions for its support for Hizbullah and other terrorist groups. U.S. President Barack Obama nominated Ford during a Congressional recess in order to get around Republican opposition. Ford's meeting with Assad ...
Israel Fears Radical Takeover In Egypt
Post Date: 2011-01-28 20:27:42 by Brian S
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Extremist takeover in Egypt would put Israel in ‘wholly different position,’ security official warns Latest Update: 01.29.11, 02:35 / Israel News A fundamental change of government in Egypt may lead to a “revolution in Israel’s security doctrine,” a defense official told Ynet Friday night, as protests against President Hosni Mubarak’s rule continued to intensify. The security official made it clear that Israel’s peace treaty with Egypt constitutes an important strategic asset, “which enables the IDF to focus on other theaters.” The defense source said that the IDF would have to dedicate major resources in order to devote any attention to ...
Egypt's Mubarak Sacks Government, Vows Reforms
Post Date: 2011-01-28 20:13:02 by Brian S
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CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak sacked Egypt's government and vowed to bring in democratic and economic reforms, in a televised address early on Saturday after deadly anti-regime protests. "I have asked the government to resign and tomorrow there will be a new government," a stoney-faced Mubarak said after four days of protests demanding his resignation in which at least 27 people have been killed. He vowed to pursue economic and political reforms. "We will not backtrack on reforms. We will continue with new steps which will ensure the independence of the judiciary and its rulings, and more freedom for citizens," Mubarak said. New steps will be taken "to ...
Iraq or Afghanistan? Prezbo Obama of the 58 United States made a muddled mess
Post Date: 2011-01-28 18:46:23 by Happy Quanzaa
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Which war?Obama swaps Iraq and Afghanistan President Obama mixed up the two countries while answering a question online Thursday. AP Photo Hit with a tough question about his administration’s policy in Afghanistan and Iraq on Thursday, President Obama made a muddled mess out of his plans for withdrawing troops from the region. Obama swapped “Iraq” for “Afghanistan” when he answered a question on YouTube about whether he still believes soldiers need to die in the wars there. “As I said, we will be out of Afghanistan by the end of this year,” Obama said, a fairly significant misstatement of his administration’s Afghanistan policy, which doesn’t ...
Watch the Egypt Protests LIVE
Post Date: 2011-01-28 18:15:43 by jwpegler
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Hussein Obama to Mubarak: Told ya' so
Post Date: 2011-01-28 18:05:59 by Happy Quanzaa
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Axelrod: President Obama Has “On Several Occasions Directly Confronted” Mubarak on Human Rights for the Past 2 Years “To Get Ahead of This” In a network exclusive interview to air on Nightline tonight, we sat down this afternoon with White House senior adviser David Axelrod, the president’s closest aide, whose last day at the White House is today. We talked about a number of issues in this exit interview, but perhaps most news-worthy were his comments on Egypt in which Axelrod suggested President Obama has for two years “directly confronted” the Egyptian president over human rights issues in order to get ahead of growing discontent among his people – ...
Cleric: Uprisings In Arab States Promising Birth Of Islamic Middle-East
Post Date: 2011-01-28 14:42:18 by Brian S
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran's provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said the popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Yemen signify creation of an Islamic Middle-East. "Incidents that are happening in the Middle-East and the Arab world should not be regarded simply," Ayatollah Khatami said, addressing a large and fervent congregation of people on Tehran University campus. "To those who do not see the realities I clarify that an Islamic Middle-East is being created based on Islam, religion, and democracy with prevailing religious principals," Ayatollah Khatami stressed. He was referring to the recent historic revolution in Tunisia and massive ...
Top Palestinian Negotiator: Arabs “Feared Bush”…Obama, Not so Much…
Post Date: 2011-01-28 14:10:28 by no gnu taxes
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Arabs respond to one thing and one thing only, violence and the threat of it. (JPost)- US President Barack Obama has lost all credibility in the Middle East, PA negotiator Saeb Erekat told US envoy George Mitchell in October 2009, according to leaked Palestinian documents released by Al-Jazeera and the Guardian Wednesday night. In an apparently heated exchange with Mitchell about a settlement freeze, Erekat said he would not be able to convince the Palestinians to negotiate without a full settlement freeze. “It’s not up to me to decide your credibility in the Middle East,” Erekat said. “He [Obama] has lost it throughout the region. When he got the Nobel Peace Prize, ...
"Cairo Joe" Biden says Egypt's Mubarak no dictator, he shouldn't step down...
Post Date: 2011-01-28 13:25:06 by Happy Quanzaa
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... and wonders what the Egyptian protesters want. Vice President Joe Biden spoke to the PBS NewsHour tonight with the most direct US governent comments yet about the gathering Egypt protests against President Hosni Mubarak's 29-year reign. Mr. Biden's comments are unlikely to be well-received by regime opponents, as they fit a narrative of steadfast US support for a government they want to bring down. About eight protesters and one policeman have died this week as Egypt has sought to bring down the heavy hand of the state against opponents. Since the US provides about $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt a year, the repressive apparatus of the state is seen by many in Egypt as ...
Iranian Media Hail Egypt ‘Revolution’
Post Date: 2011-01-28 11:37:00 by Happy Quanzaa
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(CNSNews.com) – Media in the Arab world are generally reporting cautiously on the protests rocking Egypt following the shakeup in Tunisia, but those in Iran are giving the turmoil prominent, almost gleeful, coverage. Sunni Egypt, viewed as the leader of the Arab world, and Shi’ite Iran are longstanding rivals. Iranian outlets, especially those linked to the government and establishment, are using terms like “revolution” and “uprising” to describe the protests, painting the demonstrators as heroic and giving headline treatment to voices predicting the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak. The approach is in sharp contrast to their treatment of Iran’s ...
Egypt Leaves the Internet
Post Date: 2011-01-27 23:24:58 by go65
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onfirming what a few have reported this evening: in an action unprecedented in Internet history, the Egyptian government appears to have ordered service providers to shut down all international connections to the Internet. Critical European-Asian fiber-optic routes through Egypt appear to be unaffected for now. But every Egyptian provider, every business, bank, Internet cafe, website, school, embassy, and government office that relied on the big four Egyptian ISPs for their Internet connectivity is now cut off from the rest of the world. Link Egypt, Vodafone/Raya, Telecom Egypt, Etisalat Misr, and all their customers and partners are, for the moment, off the air. At 22:34 UTC (00:34am ...
World Muslim Population Doubling, Report Projects
Post Date: 2011-01-27 21:25:22 by Brian S
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By Richard Allen Greene, CNN Twenty years ago, the world had about 1.1 billion Muslims. Twenty years from now, it will have about twice as many - and they'll represent more than a quarter of all people on earth, according to a new study released Thursday. That's a rise from less than 20 percent in 1990. Pakistan will overtake Indonesia as home of the largest number of Muslims, as its population pushes over 256 million, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life projects. The number of Muslims in the United States will more than double, to 6.2 million, it anticipates. Afghanistan's population will nearly double, to about 50.5 million, making it home to the ninth largest Muslim ...
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