28 February, 2011 — creative-i.info
US Military Repositions Forces in Preparation for Libya Response
Fox News
The US military is repositioning its forces near North Africa as the United States and its allies impose sanctions on Libya and consider whether to impose a no-fly zone over the country, where a resistance army is building against dictator Muammar …
www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/28/military-repositions-forces-preparation-libya-response/
27 February, 2011 — Morning Star
The central square of Tunis is dominated by a vast open space with a triumphal monument in the centre.
Nearby, the Ottoman-era administrative buildings house the Ministry of Finance and the prime minister’s office.
In front of them a beautiful tree-lined space is filled with protesters and a detachment of army tanks and armoured cars.
28 February, 2011 — creative-i.info
28 February, 2011 — creative-i.info
Protests in Oman Spread
New York Times
By NADA BAKRI BEIRUT, Lebanon — Demonstrators blocked roads and clashed with police on Monday in Oman, the normally quiet oil-rich country along the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, as three-day old protests calling for political reforms …
www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/world/middleeast/01oman.html
28 February, 2011 — creative-i.info
Activists on Facebook call for March protests in Saudi Arabia
USA Today
On Sunday, about 100 Saudi intellectuals, activists and university professors published an open letter calling on the king to launch major political reforms and allow citizens to have a greater say in ruling the country, Reuters reports. …
content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/02/activists-on-facebook-call-for-march-protests-in-saudi-arabia/1
28 February, 2011 — Stop NATO
1. Four NATO Soldiers Killed In Afghan Attacks
2. NATO Commander Promotes “In-Depth Cyberdefense”
3. U.S., NATO Allies Prepare For Military Intervention In Libya
4. U.S.-South Korea Military Exercise Labelled Preparation For War
5. Editorial: World Craves Peace, Stability
6. Afghan War: NATO Loses 61st Soldier This Year
7. Balochistan: Two More NATO Tankers Torched In Pakistan
8. Israel as NATO Member?
9. UN Troops Slay Policeman: Ivory Coast On Verge Of Civil War
10. Venezuela Accuses U.S., NATO Allies Of Libyan Military Intervention Plans
28 February, 2011 — Statewatch
Home page: www.statewatch.org/
News Online: www.statewatch.org/news/newsfull.htm
e-mail: office@statewatch.org
1. EU-USA SWIFT DEAL: MEP Swift ‘secrecy’ may hamper new data deals with US
2. EU-COE-ECHR: Draft agreement on the accession of the EU to the Convention
3. EU: Council of the European Union: Justice and Home Affairs Council, Press release
4. EU: BODY SCANNERS: Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee
5. EU: BODY SCANNERS: European Parliament: Highly critical: Draft Opinion
6. EU: INTERNAL SECURITY: European Parliament: Working documents
7. UK: Home Office: Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000
8. EU: European Commission Communication: Evaluation of EU Readmission Agreements (EURAs)
9. EU/Africa: Migreurop statement on the EU’s migration policy as supportive of dictatorships
10. EU: Council of the European Union: Council conclusions: A comprehensive approach on personal data protection
11. EU: MEPs question ‘Big Brother’ urban observation project
12. EU: Confusion over new comitology rules coming into force on 1 March
28 February, 2011 — creative-i.info
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Egypt imposes travel ban on Mubarak
Aljazeera.net
Prosecutor orders financial assets inside the country frozen for former
president and his family pending investigation. Egypt’s general prosecutor
has imposed a travel ban on former president Hosni Mubarak and his family
pending further investigations. …
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/2011228111333371538.html
28 February, 2011 — creative-i.info
Background: Saleh’s eroding support
Aljazeera.net
Yemen’s president seems to be losing support among the northern tribes, currently his major power base. Anti-government protests in Yemen could come to a head in the coming days, as president Ali Abdullah Saleh competes for tribal support with the …
english.aljazeera.net/indepth/spotlight/yemen/2011/02/20112279236457898.html
28 February, 2011 — Pak Observer
Islamabad—The United States, Britain and France have sent several hundred ‘defence advisors’ to train and support the anti-Gadhafi forces in oil-rich Eastern Libya where ‘rebels armed groups’ have apparently taken over.
According to an exclusive report confirmed by a Libyan diplomat in the region ‘the three Western states have landed their ‘special forces troops in Cyrinacia and are now setting up their bases and training centres’ to reinforce the rebel forces who are resisting pro-Qaddafi forces in several adjoining areas.
28 February, 2011 — Media Channel
The Wall Street Crime Syndrome Goes Deeper Than We Think:
Q. Why No Jailings? A: It’s The System, Not Just The Prosecutors
Hats off to writer Matt Taibbi for staying on the Wall Street crime beat, asking in his most recent report in Rolling Stone: “Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail?”
“Financial crooks,” he argues, “brought down the world’s economy — but the feds are doing more to protect them than to prosecute them.”
24 February, 2011 — Global Research – workers.org
Of all the struggles going on in North Africa and the Middle East right now, the most difficult to unravel is the one in Libya.
What is the character of the opposition to the Gadhafi regime, which reportedly now controls the eastern city of Benghazi?
28 February, 2011 — creative-i.info
Is Bradley Manning Being Used As An Example: Are The Charges Pumped Up
Daily News Pulse
By Kyle Young on February 27, 2011, 10:36 am Politicians have called for Manning’s head, sometimes literally. And yet a strong legal defense for Pfc. Manning is not difficult to envision. Despite many remaining questions of fact, a legal defense can …
dailynewspulse.com/is-bradley-manning-being-used-as-an-example-are-the-charges-pumped-up/227460/
28 February, 2011 —creative-i.info
Bahrain protesters block parliament
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By ADAM SCHRECK AP MANAMA, Bahrain — Hundreds of anti-government protesters have blocked access to Bahrain’s parliament and forced officials to cancel a meeting of the ruler’s hand-picked envoys. Yara Yasser, 4, gestures as she gathers with thousands …
www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/bahrain-protesters-block-parliament-855007.html
28 February, 2011 — creative-i.info
WikiLeaks says US favours Uhuru over Raila
Capital FM
Diplomatic cables released by whistle blowing website Wikileaks indicate that US Ambassador Michael Ranneberger wrote to his superiors in 2009 saying Mr Kenyatta’s ambition should be supported as it could be helpful in pushing the reform process …
www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Kenyanews/WikiLeaks-says-US-favours-Uhuru-over-Raila-11871.html
28 February, 2011 — creative-i.info
Tunisia’s interim President appoints new PM
Xinhua
28 (Xinhuanet) — Tunisia’s interim President has appointed the country’s
former foreign minister as Prime Minister, after Mo-hamed Ghannouchi
resigned on Sunday. The departure follows a wave of protests, that demanded
a complete break with officials …
news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/video/2011-02/28/c_13753892.htm
28 February, 2011
Sout Alhoureya Hany Adel, Amir Eid Hawary on guitars & Sherif Mostafa on keyboards
special thanks alaa khaled
Producer: amr ismail
video by moustafa fahmy, mohamed khalifa and mohamed shaker
28 February, 2011
Sout Alhoureya Hany Adel, Amir Eid Hawary on guitars & Sherif Mostafa on keyboards
special thanks alaa khaled
Producer: amr ismail
video by moustafa fahmy, mohamed khalifa and mohamed shaker
The New Dark Age 