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List of Libya’s Islamic Movements -

I man­aged to com­pile a list of the impor­tant Islamic move­ments in Libya, with a sum­mary about their par­tic­u­lar back­ground and ideas. Very impor­tant for inter­ested West­ern read­ers mainly because these group will play a major role in Libya’s future. … Con­tinue read­ing

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NATO presence in Libya! Al Qaeda is desperately waiting

The EU wants its share from Libya, the British want to repeat Iraq/Afghanistan sce­nario and rest will fol­low. It is Iraq remake as Pepe Esco­bar says: “No Troops In Libya ….Unless Pup­pet Gov­ern­ment “Requests” Them”. What the West­ern coun­tries need … Con­tinue read­ing

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Libya: the vultures are circling the carcass

With­out warn­ing, and after six months of tête-à-tête oper­a­tions the Libyan “rebels” remem­bered the rev­o­lu­tion which returned Libya to the front pages at the week­end. The West were quick to con­sider that Qaddafi’s regime “fin­ished” and began with calls for … Con­tinue read­ing

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

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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African coast is full of American and French spies

About a month ago, the Alger­ian Army Chief of Staff of the Alger­ian, Lieu­tenant Gen­eral Ahmad Saleh Kaid told his African coast-line coun­ter­parts that: The absence of coor­di­nated col­lec­tive action to deter the “ter­ror” threats, will open the doors to the … Con­tinue read­ing

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Comoros passports to the Biduns

Accord­ing to the French Le Monde: Related Kuwait to sell the bidun

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War of the Summits

This is the title on most Arab news­pa­pers today. Sum­mit or no Sum­mit, the first para­graph of of this report on the Saudi news site Elaph explains it all say­ing: There will be no Sum­mit as long as Bashar Al-Asad is … Con­tinue read­ing

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Play with the big in the Horn of Africa

Just want to add this to M of A excel­lent post “Iran And Eritrea Rumors”. It hap­pened that I was trav­el­ing around the horn of African coun­tries because of pre­vi­ous work in the ICRC in early 90’s. Isa­ias Afew­erki used … Con­tinue read­ing

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Al Jazeera: CIA in Somalia

Just reported on Aljazeera: Anony­mous Somali gov­ern­ment Source told Aljazeera that U.S. intel­li­gence offi­cers are present in sev­eral Ethiopian and African mil­i­tary forces posi­tions in the cap­i­tal Mogadishu to observe the mil­i­tary sit­u­a­tion on the ground against the Islamists. The … Con­tinue read­ing

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The Egyptian version of the hostages crisis

This is what really hap­pened: Shots? We didn’t hear any. We put our trust in God and drove in the desert for five or six hours, with no spare tyre and very lit­tle water. If we made a mis­take, we … Con­tinue read­ing

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