January 2011
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Egyptian revolt prepared with US secret support?
29 January, 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation “Egyptian revolt prepared with US secret support” – The Daily Telegraph The revolt in Egypt was prepared with the US secret support, claims the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph. According to the periodical, the opposition has been engaged in masterminding an overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak over the Continue reading
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Defining a Dictatorship: The U.S. Role in Egypt By Peter Hart
Yesterday the Washington Post tried to argue that U.S. policy under the Obama administration has shifted to one of open support for pro-democracy movements in Egypt and Tunisia. There was little, if any, evidence to support this idea. Continue reading
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Internet access in Egypt
28 January, 2011 For all our Egyptian Friends. IP addresses for social media for those in EGYPT needing to get online!: Noor ADSL is working in Egypt. If you’re in Egypt or want to help share this info, & have a Noor access & a WiFi router, please remove password. • FaceBook: http://69.63.189.34 • Twitter: Continue reading
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Video from Egypt
29 January, 2011 Live feed from Al Jazeera http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?&width=450&height=325&flashID=myExperience747084146001&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&playerID=751182905001&playerKey=AQ%7E%7E%2CAAAAmtVJIFk%7E%2CTVGOQ5ZTwJYW4Aj2VxnKEXntSbmcf9ZQ&isVid=true&isUI=true&dynamicStreaming=true&%40videoPlayer=747084146001&autoStart= 1st collector for Video from Egypt Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 28 January, 2011: Uprising in Egypt, protests in Jordan, Algeria, Yemen…
28 January, 2011 — Information Clearing House Al Jazeera English Live From Egypt Video Live Stream Video Reports From Egypt. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27365.htm Joe Biden says Egypt’s Mubarak No Dictator By Dan Murphy 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 Continue reading
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Egypt severs internet and cellular networks
Appropos Marshall’s piece (below), it’s interesting to note that early this morning, the Egyptian regime shut down the internet and the cellular networks including Vodaphone, whose HQ was attacked and burnt down for shutting its network down. See: Egypt Leaves The Internet By James Cowie28 January, 2011 Renesys.com and, Egypt: Interview With Blogger Hossam el-Hamalawy Continue reading
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Are We Witnessing the Start of a Global Revolution? North Africa and the Global Political Awakening, Part 1 By Andrew Gavin Marshall
For the first time in human history almost all of humanity is politically activated, politically conscious and politically interactive… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 27 January, 2011: Hypocrisy – Democracy?
27 January, 2011 — Information Clearing House There is no Proof Iran is Building Nuclear Weapons: Medvedev By The Associated Press Medvedev said, “the international community so far has no information that Iran is building nuclear weapons.” www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27355.htm Continue reading
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Sami Jamil Jadallah – The Palestine Papers; time to bury the PLO and PA
28 January, 2011 — Palestine Think Tank For the past few days I have been spending much of my time reading the released documents on Aljazeera (www.transparency.aljazeera.net) and the Guardian of Manchester, watching Aljazeera and reading other publications. One thing for sure the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah is in a panic, caught with its pants Continue reading
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Gati Barbieri ‘Last Tango in Paris’
27 January, 2011 — Jazz on the Tube Saxophonist Gato Barbieri performs live in New York’s Latin Quarter, 2001. Accompanied by Robbie Gonzalez on drums, Mario Rodriguez on bass, Mark Soskin on piano, and Frank Colon on percussion. Gati Barbieri ‘Last Tango in Paris’ Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Inquiry Doesn’t Call Crisis Systemic Fraud
Michael Hudson: Financial Crisis Inquiry Report fails to call for criminal prosecutions against Wall Street Continue reading
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Protests Continue In Tunisia
Tunisians reject “national unity government” and demand more profound change Continue reading
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Egypt Protests Spread as Huge Demos Planned
As more people take to the streets to protest in Egypt and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei heads back to the country, an activist tells Channel 4 News “huge” demos are planned for Friday. Police fought protestors in two cities in Eastern Egypt as the unrest continued for the third day. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 January, 2011: Erekat Names Former CIA, MI6 Agents as Source of Leaks
27 January, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center PA-Controlled Office Sacked in Gaza IMEMC – Thursday January 27, 2011 – 19:30, Unidentified vandals broke into the Palestinian Authority-controlled Civil Administration building in northern Gaza ransacking the office, on Thursday morning, Ma’an News reported. Continue reading
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Egypt shuts down the internet on eve of protest as the world community gathers
Issandr El-Amrani reports that the internet has been shut down in Egypt as of 1 in the morning before the big demo. And not long after a horrifying AP video went up of a man being shot (above), and of shotgun shells in the streets. Where is Obama? Continue reading