Monthly Archives: March 2011

France, U.S., and Arab intelligence services “cold-war” on Libya

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Sappho

The Saudi intel­li­gence and other GCC coun­tries (Qatar, UAE) to sup­port the Crown Prince of Libya Mohammed Al-Senussi, allow­ing the return of the monar­chy to Libya again (both Qatari Al-Jazeera and Saudi Al-Arabiya pro­mote Al-Senussi as Qaddafi’s suc­ces­sor) Con­tinue read­ing →

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Will Iraq’s demonstration continue or fade away?

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Sappho

It is good to see shoe thrower Muntad­hir Al-Zaidi back again to sup­port and par­tic­i­pate in the demon­stra­tions in Iraq, the demon­stra­tors need a lead­ing fig­ure, as Al-Zaidi him­self wrote few weeks ago crit­i­cized these demon­stra­tion: The lack of a … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Iraq’s demonstrations and the damaged reputation of the supreme Hawza leaders

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Sappho

The polit­i­cal cri­sis in Bahrain came just in time to save Al-Hawza’s Supreme-Clerics face, exag­ger­ated reac­tions and con­dem­na­tions led to clashes among Iraqi demon­stra­tors on the slo­gans raised in the protests last Fri­day, those who demon­strate against the gov­ern­ment and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Saudi innervation in Bahrain and the changing map of the Middle East

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Sappho

What is the real­ity and behind the deploy­ment of the Saudi forces to Bahrain? What are the risks asso­ci­ated with this Saudi adven­ture in Bahrain? The new map of the Mid­dle East started from Tunisia, it will not stop until … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Iraq’s demonstrations and the political positions: Allawi and Al-Iraqiya List

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Sappho

Just after I wrote this, it is reported that Allawi is Iraq’s nom­i­nee to head the Arab League and he is sup­ported by all polit­i­cal blocs in Iraq includ­ing Maliki say­ing that this is the best way to solve Allawi’s … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Iraq’s — “Day of Regret”

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Sappho

While demon­stra­tions con­tin­ued in the “Day of Regret” with peo­ple carry images of their fin­gers tainted in blood or bit­ing the their “vote fin­ger” — in Mosul — Bagh­dad [videos], politi­cians are try­ing to asso­ciate them­selves with the demon­stra­tors. Allawi’s … Con­tinue read­ing →

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More demonstrations, more human rights violations

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Sappho

Cartoon-show released today Youtube urges the Iraqis to demon­strate against Maliki and his gov­ern­ment, at the end of the video clip and with press­ing a bot­ton, Maliki should choose between lis­ten to pub­lic demand or not — each choice (bot­ton) … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Qatar’s “Facebook revolution” made in Jordan

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Sappho

Sur­prised to see that top search words on this web­site yes­ter­day and today are: Qatar & coup. No doubt this is because the recent reports cir­cu­late the inter­net about a Coup and a “Face­book rev­o­lu­tion” tar­get­ing the tiny Arab island of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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