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    Anti-government protests in Egypt

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    Post  TRANCOSO Mon Jan 31, 2011 2:08 pm

    World Revolution Made in America. The Biggest Battlefield yet to come will be in the USA
    by Finian Cunningham
    Global Research, January 31, 2011

    Overnight, the death toll among Egypt’s masses protesting for the overthrow of US-backed dictator Hosni Mubarak has risen to over 150 and thousands injured. With telecommunication services blacked out by the authorities (and willingly obliged by the telecoms corporations), it is hard to verify the exact casualty figures. But it is undeniable that a massacre is occurring. And it is a massacre made in the US.

    The US public needs to be very clear about this. The armed forces of the Mubarak regime are now killing and maiming civilians with weapons that are made in the US and supplied by the US at the rate of $1.5 billion a year – for the last 30 years.

    Mubarak’s regime could not carry out its violent repression without the material and political support of Washington. For 30 years, the Mubarak regime could not have impoverished its mass of people, subjected them to terror, illegal incarceration, torture and killing without the material and political support of Washington (and other Western governments).

    Now bitter irony heaped upon bitter irony, the Israeli regime is reported to be sending weapons to its partner-in-crimes against humanity in Cairo to put down the popular uprising. Israel, which receives $4-5 billion a year from Washington to crush Palestinian Arabs, is sending its surplus of US-made and US-supplied weapons to crush Egyptian Arabs.

    The bottom line is that US weapons, whether sent directly or indirectly, are being used to massacre civilians who are simply demanding democracy, economic justice and human rights.

    With millions of citizens taking to the streets in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Jordan, Algeria – and reports of similar unrest in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere across the Middle East and North Africa, it can be fairly said that a revolution in popular awakening is underway. And it is clear that these people are demanding an overthrow of decades-long regimes that have denied them, often brutally, democracy. Simple as that.

    It is also crystal clear on which side of the struggle that the US government and its Western allies stand. Despite mealy-mouthed and disingenuous ‘support’ being voiced from Western capitals for the demands of the people, these same capitals are steadfastly on the side of the corrupt status quo. Think about that. The US and other Western governments are against democracy. They are for fascistic dictatorship, massive immiseration, countless other crimes against humanity and other ‘evils’ that go with that, such as extremism that so haunts the West.

    In many and very real ways, as Andrew Gavin Marshall (1) and others have pointed out, what is happening in the Middle East and North Africa is the beginning of a global awakening.

    Right now, the streets of Cairo, Tunis and elsewhere look like battlefields. But the biggest battlefield yet to come will be in the US. And quite fittingly so. As the executive power upholding the capitalist order that has for decades spawned wars, violence, injustice, corruption and fascism around the world to achieve its undemocratic ends, the US is the primary site of struggle for democracy, not just in the US, but also for the rest of the world.

    In past decades, the battle lines were obscured by lack of communications and propaganda diversions (the ‘evil Soviet empire, Vietnam, Latin American subversion, war on drugs, and, latterly, this phony war on terror, etc). But with mounting and unrelenting poverty across the US (and Europe), and global communications, the battle lines are now becoming apparent. The real enemy is the US/Western diktat of capitalism – the economic system that enriches the few and impoverishes the majority because it is all about private profit, and increasingly elite private profit.

    The people of the US and Europe are not mere observers to some kind of removed spectacle. They are intimately involved in this struggle. It is their governments that have already taken sides in this struggle. It is their governments that have sparked the revolution by creating these regimes in the first place.

    It is their governments that form and inform the policies of these regimes. Because they are the very same policies of anti-democracy that are also being forced – and all too painfully being forced – on the people of the US and Europe: autocratic political monopoly under two- or three-party systems of servility, economic injustice, elite embezzlement, financial oligarchy, erosion of human rights, police state powers. It’s a sliding scale of fascism that has as its epicentre Western capitals, and in particular Washington. The struggle for democracy is not just being fought for in the streets of the Middle East and North Africa. The struggle is on every US and European street too – albeit latent and partially obscured for now. In this struggle, we are no longer Americans, European, Africans or Asians – the elites long ago gave up their pretense of patriotism in their quest for profits. We are people of the world who demand democracy – real, sustainable democracy that can not be delivered by Global capitalism.

    The world is witnessing a world revolution. Its origins, of course, go back a long time to the tyrannies of Europe. But its latest phase began in the US. There, it will have to be finished. It is a vital task. Onerous yet potentially glorious for the sake of democracy, justice and peace in the world.

    Finian Cunningham is a journalist and musician: finianpcunningham@yahoo.ie, www.myspace.com/finiancunninghammusic

    NOTES:
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    http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=22963

    SOURCE: http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=23022
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    Post  Carol Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:04 pm

    This I do not doubt. Living in a rural area is much safer then the cities.


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    Post  pineal-pilot-in merkabah Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:05 pm

    egyptians need to be very careful the un globalist puppet dr el baradehi convinently turned up a week before the unrest, the western media is backing this new puppet , so its got wiki leaks soros cia written all over it.. the global revolution maybe being guided as always from the unseen hand(tea party is a perfect example), dont buy the installs..

    there is no doubt that people are upset and rady for action/change but the globalists are 200+iq geniuses with super computers thyey know allthis already..like cliff high says we have to be asymetric in our actions and motives. yemen , jordan and saudi arabia are next they realise tye have been had , add to this $200 a barrel oil with the purchasing power of only $50 and you have total middle east destruction.. this could be the start of real war footings imo.. ww3
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    Post  pineal-pilot-in merkabah Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:09 pm

    i notice too that there is a lot of free market austrian type thinking gooing on in the usa and i watched that cartoon video which was excellent btw, on the fed and money , but at the end it had a list of good guys and some of them were dubious to say the least. some institution affiliated with the coch brothers,, jsut more oligarchs..controlled oppostion..
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    Post  mudra Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:29 pm

    AscendingStarseed wrote:
    For as Khalil Gibran once said: "Life without Freedom is like a body without a soul, and Freedom without Thought is like a confused spirit... Life, Freedom and Thought are three-in-one, and are everlasting and shall never pass away."

    We are Anonymous.
    We are Legion.
    We do not forgive.
    We do not forget.
    Expect us.

    Anonymous info courtesy of the Randi Rhodes show www.randirhodes.com

    I think Anonymous could do with understanding Khalil Gibran a little better

    On Freedom
    Kahlil Gibran


    At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship your own freedom,
    Even as slaves humble themselves before a tyrant and praise him though he slays them.
    Ay, in the grove of the temple and in the shadow of the citadel I have seen the freest among you wear their freedom as a yoke and a handcuff.
    And my heart bled within me; for you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you, and when you cease to speak of freedom as a goal and a fulfilment.


    You shall be free indeed when your days are not without a care nor your nights without a want and a grief,
    But rather when these things girdle your life and yet you rise above them naked and unbound.


    And how shall you rise beyond your days and nights unless you break the chains which you at the dawn of your understanding have fastened around your noon hour?
    In truth that which you call freedom is the strongest of these chains, though its links glitter in the sun and dazzle your eyes.


    And what is it but fragments of your own self you would discard that you may become free?
    If it is an unjust law you would abolish, that law was written with your own hand upon your own forehead.
    You cannot erase it by burning your law books nor by washing the foreheads of your judges, though you pour the sea upon them.
    And if it is a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed.
    For how can a tyrant rule the free and the proud, but for a tyranny in their own freedom and a shame in their own pride?
    And if it is a care you would cast off, that care has been chosen by you rather than imposed upon you.
    And if it is a fear you would dispel, the seat of that fear is in your heart and not in the hand of the feared.

    Verily all things move within your being in constant half embrace, the desired and the dreaded, the repugnant and the cherished, the pursued and that which you would escape.
    These things move within you as lights and shadows in pairs that cling.
    And when the shadow fades and is no more, the light that lingers becomes a shadow to another light.
    And thus your freedom when it loses its fetters becomes itself the fetter of a greater freedom.

    Love Always
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    Post  TRANCOSO Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:39 pm

    One puppet is replaced by another.

    Democracy is only valued when the outcome serves the US/EC.

    When Hezbullah won the elections, it was unexceptable for 'the West'.

    To resolve the Israeli-Palestine problem, Gaza & the Westbank should be flooded with money, in order to built schools etc., so the people there have a future to look forward at, instead of one with no prospects of a better life.

    That this hasn't been done already is purposly.

    I don't deny Israel its right to exist, but as long as Israel denies the Palestines that same right there will be a conflict.

    It's a sick situation, orchestrated mainly by the US.
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    Post  Carol Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:39 pm

    I appreciate when our friends in Europe, outside of the US, share their viewpoint as it is often more on target then those caught up in what is transpiring due to how the media is controlled. I'm also looking at what is happening with Egypt from several perspectives.. the first is people are tired of the corruption. The second, this is obviously being orchastrated, but by who and why?

    Correction, orchestrated by the globalists.


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    Post  TRANCOSO Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:46 pm

    Carol wrote:I appreciate when our friends in Europe, outside of the US, share their viewpoint as it is often more on target then those caught up in what is transpiring due to how the media is controlled. I'm also looking at what is happening with Egypt from several perspectives.. the first is people are tired of the corruption. The second, this is obviously being orchastrated, but by who and why?

    Correction, orchestrated by the globalists.
    Follow The Money...
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    Post  Carol Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:50 pm

    Well that pretty much sums it up about a lot of things, doesn't it Lord TRANCOSO?


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    Post  AscendingStarseed Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:22 pm

    Carol wrote:I appreciate when our friends in Europe, outside of the US, share their viewpoint as it is often more on target then those caught up in what is transpiring due to how the media is controlled. I'm also looking at what is happening with Egypt from several perspectives.. the first is people are tired of the corruption. The second, this is obviously being orchastrated, but by who and why?

    Correction, orchestrated by the globalists.

    It's being orchestrated so the globalists can put their own puppets in power there to do their bidding, basically taking control of the oil industry. I would imagine it's specifically the banksters and energy (oil) mongers are the ones who are behind this.

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    Post  ClearWater Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:39 am

    I suspect that this is an attempt by factions in control of the United States to regain a foothold in an Egyptian government which has recently chosen to align with China.
    And yes, I see this also as part of a larger plan involving Israel.
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    Post  enemyofNWO Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:04 am

    My argument for the extermination of the "ELITE "

    In the US Nearly 11 Percent of US Houses Empty

    while the homeless are increasing in number in a harsh environment . What a cruel world !

    " Now to vacancies. There were 18.4 million vacant homes in the U.S. in Q4 '10 (11 percent of all housing units vacant all year round), which is actually an improvement of 427,000 from a year ago, but not for the reasons you'd think. "

    http://www.cnbc.com/id/41355854


    EVERYTHING IS A BUSINESS PLAN so says Urbansurvival .

    I will give you a concise example of the business plan of the Apartheid state of Israel .
    1) Blackmail and control the US via the mass media and the philosophy of poor victim .
    2) Receive billions of dollars of aid by successive US administrations .
    3) Divert some of the aid toward buying every politician of the two main parties .
    4) Through AIPAC and money donations to prominent candidates control the government . This way the system is totally hijacked .

    Let's think about this .

    It does not matter if a business is moral or not , what counts in the business plan is the profit . This is the mentality of the world we live in .

    Multinationals ,hedge funds and banks speculate on the future value of commodities such as grain , coffee , cocoa, Canola , cotton , wheat , wool, petrol , gas etc. . The consequences are that 2 billion people are living on $ 2 a day . Every time that the cost of grain or rice goes up some more people starve .
    The multinationals and other big business that speculate every day are quoted in the stock exchange , where is the morality in this ? The shareholders don't care where the profit come from , it could be from speculation , from building bombs and armament or destroying the environment . Every time the US starts a useless war , some armaments companies declare more dividend for the shareholders , where is the morality here ?
    Destroying the planet with unbridled consumerism , faulty medicine , speculation on commodities and perpetual war is the path our society is on .
    The governments are involved in a global conspiracy to keep the population ignorant about , UFO, Extraterrestrial , Zero point energy , scientific discoveries . Their excuse for the information blackout is " NATIONAL Security " . The information blackout coupled with the disinformation disseminated in science books , history books , Medicine books ensures that a controlled society is maintained
    Religions are accomplices of the governments in keeping secrets .

    We have a choice continue to accept the criminal status quo or do something positive to get rid of the bloodsuckers in some way .
    What kind of action is required is up to the individual . It could range from non cooperation with the authorities to violent action . The social contract is dead and everything is up to the people . We see now that the people got the message in some countries in Northern Africa . From my point of view the people dying while participating in the current revolutions are heroes . The Illuminati want to reduce the population but using different methods such as wars , poisoned food, medicines that do not work , vaccines , pestilence and decay of social services .
    Knowing this , it is logical to discuss the Extermination of the Elite , banksters and Illuminati . It's a small price to pay for mankind . I am for the Romanov extermination plan . ( Exterminate their families too ) . What those families have done to mankind for so many decades doesn't deserve any consideration of pity or pardon .

    I hope the day will come soon when the controllers end up victims of the GUILLOTINE .

    http://boisdejustice.com/

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    Post  TRANCOSO Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:49 am

    The Protest Movement in Egypt: "Dictators" do not Dictate, They Obey Orders
    by Michel Chossudovsky

    The Mubarak regime could collapse in the a face of a nationwide protest movement... What prospects for Egypt and the Arab World?

    "Dictators" do not dictate, they obey orders. This is true in Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria.

    Dictators are invariably political puppets. Dictators do not decide.

    President Hosni Mubarak was a faithful servant of Western economic interests and so was Ben Ali.

    The national government is the object of the protest movement.

    The objective is to unseat the puppet rather than the puppet-master.

    The slogans in Egypt are "Down with Mubarak, Down with the Regime". No anti-American posters have been reported... The overriding and destructive influence of the USA in Egypt and throughout the Middle East remains unheralded.

    The foreign powers which operate behind the scenes are shielded from the protest movement.

    No significant political change will occur unless the issue of foreign interference is meaningfully addressed by the protest movement.

    The US embassy in Cairo is an important political entity, invariably overshadowing the national government. The Embassy is not a target of the protest movement.

    In Egypt, a devastating IMF program was imposed in 1991 at the height of the Gulf War. It was negotiated in exchange for the annulment of Egypt's multibillion dollar military debt to the US as well as its participation in the war. The resulting deregulation of food prices, sweeping privatisation and massive austerity measures led to the impoverishment of the Egyptian population and the destabilization of its economy. The Mubarak government was praised as a model "IMF pupil".

    The role of Ben Ali's government in Tunisia was to enforce the IMF's deadly economic medicine, which over a period of more than twenty years served to destabilize the national economy and impoverish the Tunisian population. Over the last 23 years, economic and social policy in Tunisia has been dictated by the Washington Consensus.

    Both Hosni Mubarak and Ben Ali stayed in power because their governments obeyed and effectively enforced the diktats of the IMF.

    From Pinochet and Videla to Baby Doc, Ben Ali and Mubarak, dictators have been installed by Washington. Historically in Latin America, dictators were instated through a series of US sponsored military coups. In todays World, they are installed through "free and fair elections" under the surveillance of the "international community".

    Our message to the protest movement: Actual decisions are taken in Washington DC, at the US State Department, at the Pentagon, at Langley, headquarters of the CIA. at H Street NW, the headquarters of the World Bank and the IMF.

    The relationship of "the dictator" to foreign interests must be addressed. Unseat the political puppets but do not forget to target the "real dictators".

    The protest movement should focus on the real seat of political authority; it should target (in a peaceful, orderly and nonviolent fashion) the US embassy, the delegation of the European Union, the national missions of the IMF and the World Bank.

    Meaningful political change can only be ensured if the neoliberal economic policy agenda is thrown out.

    Regime Replacement
    If the protest movement fails to address the role of foreign powers including pressures exerted by "investors", external creditors and international financial institutions, the objective of national sovereignty will not be achieved. In which case, what will occur is a narrow process of "regime replacement", which ensures political continuity.

    "Dictators" are seated and unseated. When they are politically discredited and no longer serve the interests of their US sponsors, they are replaced by a new leader, often recruited from within the ranks of the political opposition.

    In Tunisia, the Obama administration has already positioned itself. It intends to play a key role in the "democratization program" (i.e. the holding of so-called fair elections). It also intends to use the political crisis as a means to weaken the role of France and consolidate its position in North Africa: "The United States, which was quick to size up the groundswell of protest on the streets of Tunisia, is trying to press its advantage to push for democratic reforms in the country and further afield.

    The top-ranking US envoy for the Middle East, Jeffrey Feltman, was the first foreign official to arrive in the country after president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted on January 14 and swiftly called for reforms. He said on Tuesday only free and fair elections would strengthen and give credibility to the north African state's embattled leadership.

    "I certainly expect that we'll be using the Tunisian example" in talks with other Arab governments, Assistant Secretary of State Feltman added.

    He was dispatched to the north African country to offer US help in the turbulent transition of power, and met with Tunisian ministers and civil society figures.

    Feltman travels to Paris on Wednesday to discuss the crisis with French leaders, boosting the impression that the US is leading international support for a new Tunisia, to the detriment of its former colonial power, France. ...

    Western nations had long supported Tunisia's ousted leadership, seeing it as a bulwark against Islamic militants in the north Africa region.

    In 2006, the then US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, speaking in Tunis, praised the country's evolution.

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton nimbly stepped in with a speech in Doha on January 13 warning Arab leaders to allow their citizens greater freedoms or risk extremists exploiting the situation.

    "There is no doubt that the United States is trying to position itself very quickly on the good side,..." " AFP: US helping shape outcome of Tunisian uprising emphasis added

    Will Washington be successful in instating a new puppet regime?
    This very much depends on the ability of the protest movement to address the insidious role of the US in the country's internal affairs.

    The overriding powers of empire are not mentioned. In a bitter irony, president Obama has expressed his support for the protest movement.

    Many people within the protest movement are led to believe that president Obama is committed to democracy and human rights, and is supportive of the opposition's resolve to unseat a dictator, which was installed by the US in the first place.

    Cooptation of Opposition Leaders
    The cooptation of the leaders of major opposition parties and civil society organizations in anticipation of the collapse of an authoritarian puppet government is part of Washington's design, applied in different regions of the World.

    The process of cooptation is implemented and financed by US based foundations including the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and Freedom House (FH). Both FH and the NED have links to the US Congress. the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and the US business establishment. Both the NED and FH are known to have ties to the CIA.

    The NED is actively involved in Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria. Freedom House supports several civil society organizations in Egypt.

    "The NED was established by the Reagan administration after the CIA’s role in covertly funding efforts to overthrow foreign governments was brought to light, leading to the discrediting of the parties, movements, journals, books, newspapers and individuals that received CIA funding. ... As a bipartisan endowment, with participation from the two major parties, as well as the AFL-CIO and US Chamber of Commerce, the NED took over the financing of foreign overthrow movements, but overtly and under the rubric of “democracy promotion.” (Stephen Gowans, January « 2011 "What's left"

    While the US has supported the Mubarak government for the last thirty years, US foundations with ties to the US State department and the Pentagon have actively supported the political opposition including the civil society movement. According to Freedom House: "Egyptian civil society is both vibrant and constrained. There are hundreds of non-governmental organizations devoted to expanding civil and political rights in the country, operating in a highly regulated environment." (Freedom House Press Releases).

    In a bitter irony, Washington supports the Mubarak dictatorship, including its atrocities, while also backing and financing its detractors, through the activities of FH, the NED, among others.

    Under the auspices of Freedom House, Egyptian dissidents and opponents of Hosni Mubarak were received in May 2008 by Condoleezza Rice at the State Department and the US Congress. They also met White House National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, who was "the principal White House foreign policy adviser" during George W. Bush's second term.

    Freedom House’s effort to empower a new generation of advocates has yielded tangible results and the New Generation program in Egypt has gained prominence both locally and internationally. Egyptian visiting fellows from all civil society groups received [May 2008] unprecedented attention and recognition, including meetings in Washington with US Secretary of State, the National Security Advisor, and prominent members of Congress. In the words of Condoleezza Rice, the fellows represent the "hope for the future of Egypt."

    Freedom House, http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=66&program=84 (emphasis added).

    Political Double Talk: Chatting with "Dictators", Mingling with "Dissidents"
    The Egyptian pro-democracy delegation to the State Department was described by Condoleezza Rice as "The Hope for the Future of Egypt".

    In May 2009, Hillary Clinton met a delegation of Egyptian dissidents, several of which had met Condoleezza Rice a year earlier. These high level meetings were held a week prior to Obama's visit to Egypt: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised the work of a group of Egyptian civil society activists she met with today and said it was in Egypt’s interest to move toward democracy and to exhibit more respect for human rights.

    The 16 activists met with Clinton and Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman in Washington at the end of a two-month fellowship organized by Freedom House’s New Generation program.

    The fellows raised concern about what they perceived as the United States government distancing itself from Egyptian civil society and called on President Obama to meet with young independent civil society activists when he visits Cairo next week. They also urged the Obama administration to continue to provide political and financial support to Egyptian civil society and to help open the space for nongovernmental organizations which is tightly restricted under Egypt’s longstanding emergency law.

    The fellows told Clinton that momentum was already building in Egypt for increased civil and human rights and that U.S. support at this time was urgently needed. They stressed that civil society represents a moderate and peaceful “third way” in Egypt, an alternative to authoritarian elements in the government and those that espouse theocratic rule. (Freedom House, May 2009)

    During their fellowship, the activists spent a week in Washington receiving training in advocacy and getting an inside look at the way U.S. democracy works. After their training, the fellows were matched with civil society organizations throughout the country where they shared experiences with U.S. counterparts. The activists will wrap up their program ... by visiting U.S. government officials, members of Congress, media outlets and think tanks." (Freedom House, May 2009, emphasis added)

    These opposition civil society groups - which are currently playing an important role in the protest movement - are supported and funded by the US. They indelibly serve US interests.

    The invitation of Egyptian dissidents to the State Department and the US Congress also purports to instil a feeling of commitment and allegiance to American democratic values. America is presented as a model of Freedom and Justice. Obama is upheld as a "Role Model".

    The Puppet Masters Support the Protest Movement against their own Puppets
    The puppet masters support dissent against their own puppets?

    Its called "political leveraging", "manufacturing dissent". Support the dictator as well as the opponents of the dictator as a means of controlling the political opposition.

    These actions on the part of Freedom House and the National Endowment for Democracy, on behalf of the Bush and Obama administrations, ensure that the US funded civil society opposition will not direct their energies against the puppet masters behind the Mubarak regime, namely the US government.

    These US funded civil society organizations act as a "Trojan Horse" which becomes embedded within the protest movement. They protect the interests of the puppet masters. They ensure that the grassroots protest movement will not address the broader issue of foreign interference in the affairs of sovereign states.

    The Facebook Twitter Bloggers Supported and Financed by Washington
    In relation to the protest movement in Egypt, several civil society groups funded by US based foundations have led the protest on Twitter and Facebook:
    "Activists from Egypt's Kifaya (Enough) movement - a coalition of government opponents - and the 6th of April Youth Movement organized the protests on the Facebook and Twitter social networking websites. Western news reports said Twitter appeared to be blocked in Egypt later Tuesday." (See Voice of America, ,Egypt Rocked by Deadly Anti-Government Protests

    The Kifaya movement, which organized one of the first protests directed against the Mubarak regime in late 2004, is supported by the US based International Center for Non-Violent Conflict. Kifaya is a broad-based movement which has also taken a stance on Palestine and US interventionism in the region.

    In turn, Freedom House has been involved in promoting and training the Middle East North Africa Facebook and Twitter blogs: Freedom House fellows acquired skills in civic mobilization, leadership, and strategic planning, and benefit from networking opportunities through interaction with Washington-based donors, international organizations and the media. After returning to Egypt, the fellows received small grants to implement innovative initiatives such as advocating for political reform through Facebook and SMS messaging.

    http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=66&program=84 (emphasis added)

    From February 27 to March 13 [2010], Freedom House hosted 11 bloggers from the Middle East and North Africa [from different civil society organizations] for a two-week Advanced New Media Study Tour in Washington, D.C. The Study Tour provided the bloggers with training in digital security, digital video making, message development and digital mapping. While in D.C., the Fellows also participated in a Senate briefing, and met with high-level officials at USAID, State [Department] and Congress as well as international media including Al-Jazeera and the Washington Post.
    http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=115&program=84&item=87 emphasis added

    One can easily apprehend the importance attached by the US administration to this bloggers' "training program", which is coupled with high level meetings at the US Senate, the Congress, the State Department, etc.

    The role of the Facebook Twitter social media as an expression of dissent, must be carefully evaluated: the civil society bloggers are supported by Freedom House (FH), the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the US State Department.

    BBC News World (broadcast in the Middle East) quoting Egyptian internet messages has reported that "the US has been sending money to pro-democracy groups." (BBC News World, January 29, 2010). The April 6 Youth Movement is supported covertly by Washington. According to a report in The Daily Telegraph, quoting a secret US embassy document (Jan 29, 2011): "The protests in Egypt are being driven by the April 6 youth movement, a group on Facebook that has attracted mainly young and educated members opposed to Mr Mubarak. The group has about 70,000 members and uses social networking sites to orchestrate protests and report on their activities.

    The documents released by WikiLeaks reveal US Embassy officials [in Cairo] were in regular contact with the activist throughout 2008 and 2009, considering him one of their most reliable sources for information about human rights abuses." (emphasis added)

    The Muslim Brotherhood
    The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt constitutes the largest segment of the opposition to president Mubarak. According to reports, The Muslim Brotherhood dominates the protest movement.

    While there is a constitutional ban against religious political parties Brotherhood members elected to Egypt's parliament as "independents" constitute the largest parliamentary block.

    The Brotherhood, however, does not constitute a direct threat to Washington's economic and strategic interests in the region. Western intelligence agencies have a longstanding history of collaboration with the Brotherhood. Britain's support of the Brotherhood instrumented through the British Secret Service dates back to the 1940s. Starting in the 1950s, according to former intelligence official William Baer, "The CIA [funnelled] support to the Muslim Brotherhood because of “the Brotherhood’s commendable capability to overthrow Nasser.”1954-1970: CIA and the Muslim Brotherhood Ally to Oppose Egyptian President Nasser, These covert links to the CIA were maintained in the post-Nasser era.

    Concluding Remarks
    The removal of Hosni Mubarak has, for several years, been on the drawing board of US foreign policy.

    Regime replacement serves to ensure continuity, while providing the illusion that meaningful political change has occurred.

    Washington's agenda for Egypt has been to "hijack the protest movement" and replace president Hosni Mubarak with a new compliant puppet head of state. Washington's objective is to sustain the interests of foreign powers, to uphold the neoliberal economic agenda which has served to impoverish the Egyptian population.

    From Washington's standpoint, regime replacement no longer requires the installation of an authoritarian military regime as in the heyday of US imperialism, It can be implemented by co-opting political parties, including the Left, financing civil society groups, infiltrating the protest movement and manipulating national elections.

    With reference to the protest movement in Egypt, President Obama stated in a January 28 video broadcast on Youtube: "The Government Should Not Resort to Violence". The more fundamental question is what is the source of that violence? Egypt is the largest recipient of US military aid after Israel. The Egyptian military is considered to be the power base of the Mubarak regime:

    "The country’s army and police forces are geared to the teeth thanks to more than $1 billion in military aid a year from Washington. ... When the US officially describes Egypt as “an important ally” it is inadvertently referring to Mubarak’s role as a garrison outpost for US military operations and dirty war tactics in the Middle East and beyond. There is clear evidence from international human rights groups that countless “suspects” rendered by US forces in their various territories of (criminal) operations are secretly dumped in Egypt for “deep interrogation”. The country serves as a giant “Guantanamo” of the Middle East, conveniently obscured from US public interest and relieved of legal niceties over human rights." (Finian Cunningham, Egypt: US-Backed Repression is Insight for American Public, Global Research, January 28, 2010).

    America is no "Role Model" of Democratization for the Middle East. US military presence imposed on Egypt and the Arab World for more than 20 years, coupled with "free market" reforms are the root cause of State violence.

    America's intent is to use the protest movement to install a new regime.

    The People's Movement should redirect its energies: Identify the relationship between America and "the dictator". Unseat America's political puppet but do not forget to target the "real dictators".

    Shunt the process of regime change.

    Dismantle the neoliberal reforms.

    Close down US military bases in the Arab World.

    Establish a truly sovereign government.

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    IMF says ready to help Egypt, others in trouble
    Philip Lim
    February 1, 2011



    http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/imf-says-ready-to-help-egypt-others-in-trouble-20110201-1acaw.html

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    The IMF Tuesday said it was ready to help riot-torn Egypt and other nations stricken by chronic unemployment, but told governments to tackle economic strains or risk instability and even "war".

    International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn also said rising food prices could have "potentially devastating consequences" for poorer nations, and warned that Asia's fast-growing economies risked a "hard landing".

    Overall, he told an audience in Singapore, widening imbalances across and within countries were sparking tensions that threaten to derail the fragile global economic recovery -- and could even spark armed conflict.

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    Strauss-Kahn said he did not want to comment on the political turmoil in Egypt, with President Hosni Mubarak facing the biggest challenge to his long tenure in charge of the most populous Arab nation.

    "But clearly the situation in Egypt is the kind of situation that could have been expected not only in Egypt, when you see the problem created by the high level of unemployment," he told a questioner after giving a speech.

    "Now the question is how to rebuild this, that's not only true for Egypt, (it) can be true also for countries where you didn't have this kind of unrest but are almost in the same situation.

    "And of course the IMF is ready to help in defining the kind of policy that could be put in place."

    In his speech, Strauss-Kahn said high unemployment and income inequality were a "strong undercurrent of the political turmoil in Tunisia and of rising social strains in other countries".

    Nationwide demonstrations last month led to the ouster of Tunisian strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, while massive street protests raging in Egypt are seeking an end to Mubarak's three-decade rule.

    "As tensions between countries increase, we could see rising protectionism -- of trade and of finance," the IMF managing director said.

    "And as tensions within countries increase, we could see rising social and political instability within nations -- even war."

    Strauss-Kahn called anew on China to adjust its exchange rate in its own economic interest, but said he disagreed with critics in the United States and elsewhere who want a rapid revaluation to the yuan.

    He said the US government itself should not have a problem financing its massive debt, and downplayed fears over Japan's debts after a downgrade last week by Standard & Poor's.

    But for the global economy as a whole, Strauss-Kahn struck a worried tone.

    "While the recovery is under way, it is not the recovery we wanted," he said.

    "It is a recovery beset by tensions and strains -- which could even sow the seeds of the next crisis."

    He said the pace of recovery between advanced and emerging economies was unbalanced and echoed the situation just before the global economic crisis struck in late 2008.

    "While growth remains below potential in the advanced economies, emerging and developing economies are growing much faster -- and some may soon be overheating," he said.

    Growth in economies with large trade surpluses like China and Germany is still being powered by exports, while expansion in deficit-stricken countries such as the United States is being driven by domestic demand, he noted.

    "These global imbalances put the sustainability of the recovery at risk."

    For Asia in particular, Strauss-Kahn warned there were "risks of overheating and even a hard landing", underscoring the dilemma for policymakers trying to keep a lid on inflation while fostering job-creating growth.

    "Food prices are rising too... with potentially devastating consequences for low-income countries," he added.



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    Your Cheat Sheet to the 11 Countries Which Could Follow Egypt’s Lead
    Tue Feb 1 2011


    http://beforeitsnews.com/story/388/975/Your_Cheat_Sheet_to_the_11_Countries_Which_Could_Follow_Egypt_s_Lead.html

    This story from Wall Street Cheat Sheet


    Egypt has been embroiled in political turmoil since protests, inspired by those that overthrew the regime in Tunisia, started last week.While Egypt, and its Suez Canal, have been worry one for investors world wide since last week, the next big question is whether this dissent could spread to other countries around the region, and world.

    It’s a challenge to state led authoritarian capitalism, but it is also a response to rising food costs and soaring unemployment. There is also the social media factor, which has allowed protesters to circumvent traditional state run media sources and organize more efficiently.

    What countries offer a similar mixture to that found in Egypt? And what investments are at stake?

    Morocco: Reforms already lined up

    Investments to watch: SPDR S&P Emerging Middle East & Africa ETF (GAF)Style of government: Constitutional Monarchy

    Inflation: 2.6% year-over-year in December

    Unemployment: Among graduates, 25%, Total rate at 9.1%

    Social media: Very much a serious part of youth culture

    Conclusion: Morocco’s government has already undergone democratic reforms, so any political pressure would likely be responded to in a similar manner, with more reforms. Those very reforms have been suggested by a government commission, so Morocco seems pretty safe at the moment, prepared to adjust if things get out of hand.

    Jordan:
    King Abdullah tries to get ahead of the crisis

    Investments to watch: SPDR S&P Emerging Middle East & Africa ETF (GAF)Style of government: Constitutional monarchy, incorporating limited democracy

    Inflation: Jordanian inflation up 6.1% year-over-year in December, 1.2% month-over-month

    Unemployment: Around 14%

    Social media: 38-39% of Jordanians have internet access

    Conclusion: Jordan is already experiencing protests related to these factors. The government is responding by providing food and fuel subsidies. King Abdullah just sacked his government and appointed a new one with reforms priority number one. Whether the government moves fast enough to implement these reforms will be the deciding factor in the future size of protests and threat to the regime.

    Syria: President pushing for reform already

    Investments to watch: NoneStyle of government: Single party authoritarian, President Bashar al-Assad

    Inflation: Government intends to take action to lower prices

    Unemployment: 8.1% in 2009

    Social media: Facebook still openly used by the public, searches for Egypt on computers, however, crash them.

    Conclusion: The economic situation is not as dire in Syria as in other countries. The regime is, arguably, more ruthless than its Egyptian counterpart. The President believes his partnership with Iran and support for the Palestinian cause will keep him safe, and he’s already pushing for reforms. Syria’s state may be too powerful for the little protest movement developing to flourish.

    Saudi Arabia: Massive military strength may be enough to quell social dissent

    Investments to watch: WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund (GULF), Market Vectors Gulf States ETF (MES)Style of government: Absolute Monarchy

    Inflation: Inflation at 5.4% in December, down from November

    Unemployment: 10% in 2010

    Social media: 3 million Saudi Arabians are on Facebook, with Twitter usage increasing quickly

    Conclusion: Saudi Arabia has seen some small protests, but over the government response to flooding, not rising costs and unemployment. There are concerns on the streets that the country doesn’t have proper infrastructure and is recklessly spending its oil riches. The repressive regime is unlikely to fall under these smaller concerns, but its youth unemployment problem (42%) and religious minority (Shia) could eventually exert real pressure.

    Iran: Could things kick off again in Tehran?

    Investments to watch: NoneStyle of government: Islamic Republic, with democratically elected representatives. Less than certain how “democratic” elections truly are. Ruled by Supreme Leader, who is a both religious and political leader.

    Inflation: Inflation at 13.5% in early 2010, may be more than double that level

    Unemployment: 14.6% as of August

    Social media: Significant penetration of both Twitter and Facebook. Government showed willingness to crackdown on use during previous protest movement.

    Conclusion: Iran crushed its most recent protest movement. If inflation continues to rise, the sentiment may become more popular, and Egypt’s revolution could inspire Iranians back to the streets.

    Libya: Time may be runnning out for Gaddafi

    Investments to watch: NoneStyle of government: Authoritarian, led by Muammar al-Gaddafi

    Inflation: CPI up 2.654% in 2009

    Unemployment: Highest unemployment rate in North Africa

    Social media: The Muslim Brotherhood has a Facebook page. Unknown levels of internet penetration.

    Conclusion: Libya would seem a good bet. It’s stuck between revolutionary Tunisia and

    Egypt. Its leader is regarded as an international eccentric. He wants his son to take over, and the public’s not pleased. Financial squalor is probably worse than estimated. Whether or not social media could assist is unknown, but Libya is a likely future front in the spillover.

    Yemen: Serious unemployment problem and an Al Qaeda threat

    Investments to watch: NoneStyle of government: Presidential democracy, elections not entirely free

    Inflation: No data of note, though likely higher that the 5.4% projection

    Unemployment: 40%

    Social media: 2.2 million internet users, population 23.4 million

    Conclusion: Yemen has the deepest unemployment problem in the region, and likely a serious inflation problem too. There’s a large terrorist group in the country, as it is a headquarters for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Protests are already significant. There is a sincere liklihood of change here, or, and this might be worse, further radicalisation of the population.

    Pakistan: Democracy under threat as state remains unstable

    Investments to watch: Claymore’s BNY Mellon Frontier Markets ETF (FRN)Style of government: Democratic republic

    Inflation: Over 15%

    Unemployment: 14% in 2010 (estimate)

    Social media: Heavy use, government has banned use over the depiction of Mohamed before.

    Conclusion: Pakistan has a serious economic crisis, a weakness of state shown in recent flooding, confused positions over the U.S. and Taliban, as well as large anti-government, pro-Muslim fundamentalist forces.

    The potential for change is there. The biggest power source remains the military, however, and another coup, similar to the one that brought Musharaf to power, could occur.

    Vietnam: A sharp recession could lead to opposition against Communist rule

    Investments to watch: Market Vectors Vietnam (VNM)Style of government: Authoritarian capitalism

    Inflation: High inflation, including rising food costs

    Unemployment: 6.5%

    Social media: Blogs, Facebook, and other social media venues are prevalent

    Conclusion: In Asia, Vietnam looks a likely candidate for protests, particularly if the economy slows down and unemployment increases. The economic trigger for a downturn would need to be pulled, however, before any change would take place.

    Venezuela: Has Hugo Chavez outstayed his welcome?

    Investments to watch: NoneStyle of government: Authoritarian republic

    Inflation: 27.2% in 2010

    Unemployment: 8.1% in the first 10 months of 2010

    Social media: It exists, and Chavez has a Twitter account.

    Conclusion: The economic numbers scream change, but there’s no way to know whether or not Chavez has outstayed his welcome. The country hasn’t had the same, long-term oppressive experience as a country like Egypt. And its leadership still appeals to the anti-American sentiment held by the populace.

    China: Could a severe economic downturn derail the Chinese regime?

    Investments to watch: iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund (FXI), iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund (EWH)Style of government: Authoritarian

    Inflation: China has a serious inflation problem, with food prices at the forefront.

    Unemployment: 4.2%

    Social media: Significant penetration, but government aggressively censors

    Conclusion: China has all the ingredients except the big one: unemployment. Now, there’s no guarantee rural China won’t see an uprising related to soaring prices and high unemployment there, but it’s unlikely to be passed on to the country’s cities. It would take a massive economic downturn, like one created by a liquidity crisis leading to a banking crisis leading to a recession, to trigger an unemployment surge that would threaten the regime.

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    Yemen's president says he won't seek re-election or hand power to son
    By the CNN Wire Staff
    February 2, 2011


    http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/02/yemen.protests/index.html

    Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh will not seek re-election once his current term ends in 2013, he said Wednesday, after more than three decades in office.
    He won't install his son to replace him, he said. He also has asked his political opponents "to re-engage in dialogue in hopes of reaching a sustainable and reconcilable political agreement," the Yemeni government said.
    Saleh made the announcement as unprecedented protests sweep across North Africa and the Middle East. The demonstrations have forced Tunisia's president from office, and they prompted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to say Tuesday he would not run for re-election this year.
    King Abdullah of Jordan, meanwhile, has sacked his government and appointed a new prime minister in the face of protests there.
    In Yemen, Saleh had called an emergency parliamentary meeting ahead of a "day of rage" protests scheduled for Thursday.
    The protests -- which have also caught on to various extents in Algeria and Sudan -- have proved to be "a real watershed event for the Arab world," said Blake Hounshell, managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine. "It's really unprecedented."
    Saleh has been in office for 32 years and was last re-elected in 2006.
    High-ranking officials around him have started obtaining ordinary passports for themselves and their families -- in addition to the official diplomatic ones they already carry -- as the unrest spreads, Arab diplomatic sources in the capital of Sanaa told CNN.
    "There is a lot of trepidation here and no one wants to be in the situation that Ben Ali found himself in after he was forced flee," one source said, declining to be named because of the sensitivity of the situation.
    The Tunisian government recently canceled the official passports of deposed leader Zine El Abedine Ben Ali and his family.
    In recent weeks, thousands of people have taken to the streets in Yemen demanding the kind of change that forced Ben Ali from office last month.
    Some of the protesters have called for Saleh to step down as president.
    Earlier this year, Yemen's parliament began debating proposed amendments to the country's constitution. The measures, which would cancel presidential term limits, have sparked concerns among the opposition that Saleh might try to appoint himself president for life.
    On Wednesday, Saleh said he has requested his party to freeze debate on the proposed amendments until a consensus is reached.
    The opposition coalition, Joint Meeting Parties (JMP), said the president's speech was not enough and called on its followers to continue with Thursday's planned march, said Hakim Almasmari, editor in chief of the Yemen Post.
    A day earlier, the president also ordered the release of journalist Abdul Elah Haidar Shaye who was sentenced to five years in jail last month after he was convicted of collaborating with al Qaeda in Yemen, according to the country's official news agency, SABA.

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    Post  mudra Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:54 pm

    Revolutionary Fervor to Spread
    Beyond Arab States; Europe Next
    By Gerald Celente
    2-1-11


    KINGSTON, NY, 1 February 2011 - When the Tunisian government toppled, the mass media and their stable of experts who were blindsided by these events quickly stepped in to proclaim the obvious: that citizens of other Arab nations would be emboldened to challenge autocratic and corrupt governments.

    Now Egypt is in the throes of insurrection, and Algeria, Jordan, Morocco and Yemen are already targeted for revolutionary change. The richer and more tightly controlled Kingdoms of the Middle East will not be immune to challenges from their citizenry to break the chains of royal rule.

    But, as I had forecast in the Trends Journal, it is not solely the Middle East that is destined to experience episodes of violent upheaval. What is transpiring in the Arab world will spread throughout many European states. While the call to arms will be spoken in different tongues, the underlying causes will be the same.

    In December 2010 (before Tunisia made the headlines) we issued a Trend Alert® titled, "Off With Their Heads!" in which we predicted a "long war between the people and the ruling classes." We noted that, "Anyone questioning the intensity of the people's seething anger is either out of touch or in denial."

    It wasn't Arab anger that led us to that forecast it was the student and worker revolts spilling into the streets of Europe. The imposition of draconian austerity measures higher taxes, tuition hikes, lost benefits, curtailed services, public sector job cuts had young and old raging against a rigged system that paved the way for the privileged and punished the proles.

    Though millions marched through the streets of Athens, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, London and Madrid, when the protests ended, the governments were barely shaken, let alone toppled. Unlike the autocratic Arab regimes, where the tight grip of repression could only be broken by violence, in the "democratic" West the illusion of representation and placating government promises mitigated the violence.

    Both the press and politicians assumed the protests would run their course, people would accept their fate, and, like it or not, suffer the consequences. The protests, however, have not run their course. The economic toll of austerity and unemployment continues to ravage the lower and middle classes. As we wrote in the Winter 2011 Trends Journal, "It will only be a matter of time before a series of final straw events breaks the public's back, setting off uncontrollable uprisings, coups (bloodless and/or military), riots and revolts throughout the financially battered world."

    Trend Forecast: The unintended consequences of the regime changes in North Africa and the Middle East, and the uprisings we forecast that will roil Europe will be as fully dramatic as their intended consequences: the overthrow of governments. The calls by Presidents, Prime Ministers, cabinet officials and foreign policy experts for "orderly transition of power" are nothing more than diplomatic doublespeak and pure windbaggery. There is no such thing as a clean and simple revolution.

    As we will see in Egypt, military coups will be disguised as regime changes. Already the public is being conditioned to view the Egyptian military as beloved liberators. But in fact they are simply another arm of the autocratic government, no more familiar with democratic ideals than the dictator they replace ... who had himself been drawn from the ranks of the military.

    The world leaders and world media are not recognizing the Egyptian uprising for what it is: a prelude to a series of civil wars that will lead to regional wars, that will lead to the first "Great War" of the 21st century. (See "The History of The Future: Trends 2012: The Great War," Trends Journal, Spring 2010)


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    Post  enemyofNWO Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:31 am

    mudra wrote:Revolutionary Fervor to Spread
    Beyond Arab States; Europe Next
    By Gerald Celente
    2-1-11


    KINGSTON, NY, 1 February 2011 - When the Tunisian government toppled, the mass media and their stable of experts who were blindsided by these events quickly stepped in to proclaim the obvious: that citizens of other Arab nations would be emboldened to challenge autocratic and corrupt governments.

    Now Egypt is in the throes of insurrection, and Algeria, Jordan, Morocco and Yemen are already targeted for revolutionary change. The richer and more tightly controlled Kingdoms of the Middle East will not be immune to challenges from their citizenry to break the chains of royal rule.

    But, as I had forecast in the Trends Journal, it is not solely the Middle East that is destined to experience episodes of violent upheaval. What is transpiring in the Arab world will spread throughout many European states. While the call to arms will be spoken in different tongues, the underlying causes will be the same.

    In December 2010 (before Tunisia made the headlines) we issued a Trend Alert® titled, "Off With Their Heads!" in which we predicted a "long war between the people and the ruling classes." We noted that, "Anyone questioning the intensity of the people's seething anger is either out of touch or in denial."

    It wasn't Arab anger that led us to that forecast it was the student and worker revolts spilling into the streets of Europe. The imposition of draconian austerity measures higher taxes, tuition hikes, lost benefits, curtailed services, public sector job cuts had young and old raging against a rigged system that paved the way for the privileged and punished the proles.

    Though millions marched through the streets of Athens, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, London and Madrid, when the protests ended, the governments were barely shaken, let alone toppled. Unlike the autocratic Arab regimes, where the tight grip of repression could only be broken by violence, in the "democratic" West the illusion of representation and placating government promises mitigated the violence.

    Both the press and politicians assumed the protests would run their course, people would accept their fate, and, like it or not, suffer the consequences. The protests, however, have not run their course. The economic toll of austerity and unemployment continues to ravage the lower and middle classes. As we wrote in the Winter 2011 Trends Journal, "It will only be a matter of time before a series of final straw events breaks the public's back, setting off uncontrollable uprisings, coups (bloodless and/or military), riots and revolts throughout the financially battered world."

    Trend Forecast: The unintended consequences of the regime changes in North Africa and the Middle East, and the uprisings we forecast that will roil Europe will be as fully dramatic as their intended consequences: the overthrow of governments. The calls by Presidents, Prime Ministers, cabinet officials and foreign policy experts for "orderly transition of power" are nothing more than diplomatic doublespeak and pure windbaggery. There is no such thing as a clean and simple revolution.

    As we will see in Egypt, military coups will be disguised as regime changes. Already the public is being conditioned to view the Egyptian military as beloved liberators. But in fact they are simply another arm of the autocratic government, no more familiar with democratic ideals than the dictator they replace ... who had himself been drawn from the ranks of the military.

    The world leaders and world media are not recognizing the Egyptian uprising for what it is: a prelude to a series of civil wars that will lead to regional wars, that will lead to the first "Great War" of the 21st century. (See "The History of The Future: Trends 2012: The Great War," Trends Journal, Spring 2010)


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    I am in agreement with Celente . In another famous revolution in Iran , after a little while , the US embassy was sacked and the diplomatic staff was taken prisoner for many months . I see the destruction of the American embassy as a mark of a genuine desire for change . So far ,it seems to me , that the army ( whose officers are trained abroad ) is playing a game . We haven't seen any split of the army in factions , for example , the Officers core and the rank an file soldiers who are poorly paid and often illiterate . When the order to crash the insurgency comes what will the rank and file do ? I was for 17 months a conscript in 1962-63 and I was paid the equivalent of 20 cents a day and served bad food in the bargain . To expect loyalty in case of war from somebody forcefully conscripted is a bit rich. I did not learn anything from that experience , it confirmed to me that either a country is serious about the military and pays them well and trains them well , alternatively expect defeats after defeats in a war situation . As the recent history of Egypt shows the Egyptian military have been roundly defeated often . All the trillions dollars the US spends to dominate the world via the military , would have been better spent if the military were used to build infrastructure such as schools, wells for water , dams , hospitals etc.in parts of the world where they are needed . No armaments would be necessary and probably people would be proud to serve .



    Egypt’s military behemoth has firepower to crush uprising


    "Egypt’s military is Africa’s biggest, a million-man behemoth armed with the second-best the Pentagon can offer and saddled with an ignominious history of defeat in war. "

    "Respected – almost revered – by most ordinary Egyptians, the military is an old-fashioned combination of conscript rank-and-file, mostly ill-trained, sometimes illiterate ordinary solders, led by an elite officer corps that – for generations – trained abroad, in Britain, the Soviet Union and now, the United States."
    and
    " Conscripts must serve up to three years and are paid a pittance."


    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/crisis-in-egypt/egypts-military-behemoth-has-firepower-to-crush-uprising/article1887964/
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    A question to all :

    My son and his girlfriend have a holiday planned and booked a while ago to visit
    Jordania and Israel.
    It's due next week .
    What's your take on this ?
    Safe journey or a risk that they take to find themselves suddenly caught up in the heat ?

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    Post  malletzky Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:02 am

    mudra wrote:A question to all :

    My son and his girlfriend have a holiday planned and booked a while ago to visit
    Jordania and Israel.
    It's due next week .
    What's your take on this ?
    Safe journey or a risk that they take to find themselves suddenly caught up in the heat ?

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    Without any fearmongering, I heard an interview last evening on the german TV, from a so called "Arabian-world expert", that the next two countries to be affected of this sudden "thurst" for a democracy in the Arabic and some other Islam countries should be Jemen and Jordania. But this is maybe not to be taken seriously....
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    Post  Mercuriel Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:14 am

    Yeah I hear You and I would even wager that We are going to see this go even farther than the two other Countries You've mentioned.

    Simply put - We - The People - As It comes to each and every one of Us - MUST ensure that We control the direction of the Change - Not Them and Their Puppets. In this way We will use the Darkness unto It's own ends so as to achieve what the Light nurtures...

    This is OUR Time - The Moment appoaches - Choose one way and disaster - Choose the other and We move forward in expansion...

    The Freedom must be what We - The People demand - Not what They - The Controllers are willing to give...

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    Post  mudra Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:13 pm

    Mercuriel wrote:
    This is OUR Time - The Moment appoaches - Choose one way and disaster - Choose the other and We move forward in expansion...

    The Freedom must be what We - The People demand - Not what They - The Controllers are willing to give...

    Musical

    In a sense we are always the audience and must remember that at the same time we are able to influence the play and even change to an entirely new story.


    Anyways thank you for your answers Mercuriel and Malletzky

    This is very much appreciated.


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    Post  Mercuriel Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:55 pm

    "Have no doubt that a small Group of committed People can change the World - In fact - Its the only thing that ever has..."

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