Monday, January 31, 2011

Q & A ON EGYPT REVOLT

kiss me
Egyptians, by Veralyn Adeyinka

1. Egypt is out of control?

"Speaking to Channel 10 on Sunday, one of the passengers on the returning El Al flight said that the Cairo demonstrations did not look as bad on the ground as they did on television."

(Returning Israelis: Egypt protests are not as bad as they seem)

Notice, in certain film footage, how the so called protestors who claim to be poor and hungry are speaking in good English.

Cairo cityscape

Cairo by graspnext

2. Mubarak has failed to help the poor?

Some figures (Egypt.):

1. Between 1980 and 2007 Egypt’s Human Development Index (HDI) rose 42%.

2. Egypt’s average annual HDI growth was 10th fastest worldwide and almost double the global average.

3. Between 2005 & 2008 Poverty, as defined by those living under $2/day, fell over 11%

4. Only 16% of the population now live on less than $2 per day.

5. The Gini Index, the international measure of wealth inequality, fell 7% between 1999 & 2007.

6. The share of the poorest 10% in national income rose 5% and the share of richest 10% fell 6% in the same period.

The ratio of the wealth of the richest to the poorest 10% also fell 10%.

Looking East
Egypt by upyernoz

3. Mubarak's government is worse than the USA when it comes to human rights?

The point here is that the USA and its allies control and organise the worst of the bad guys in Egypt. (What does Omar Suleiman know about Al Qaeda - Cannonfire)

The Shah allowed the CIA to run his secret police. ("Tunisia & Egypt: Manufactured Crisis? ")

A change of regime in Egypt will not stop the USA from using torture.

Mamdouh Habib, the Australian Guantanamo detainee, was tortured.

According to Richard Neville, writing in Crikey (Supporters of freedom, right?):

"In Egypt ... Habib was interrogated by the country’s intelligence director, General Omar Suleiman (said to be a CIA asset)...

"To loosen Habib’s tongue, Suleiman ordered a guard to murder a gruesomely shackled Turkistan prisoner in front of Habib – and he did, with a vicious karate kick...

"Australian officials were present during some of these sessions - and he has witness statements to that effect.

"A former Egyptian military intelligence officer working at the Cairo prison housing detainees says: 'During Habib's presence some of the Australian officials attended many times...'"

Scavenger Boy
Philippines 2008. By Mio Cade

4. Revolutions make things better for the poor?

Did anyone think things were going to improve in the Philippines after the CIA toppled Marcos?

Look at the picture above, taken in 2008.

This is Russia in the 1930s, showing that poverty did not disappear after the 1917 revolution.

This is louis XVIII who became King of France in 1814.

The French were wrong if they thought that monarchy had vanished with the 1789 bloody revolution.

Girls in Afghanistan in the 1960s, before the CIA started building up the extremist Moslems. Photo from O'Bannon article

5. THE REVOLT IN EGYPT WAS NOT PLANNED BY THE CIA?

In 1978, the government in Afghanistan was peaceful, moderate, progressive and non-communist.

The CIA decided to finance some extremist Moslems and put them into power in Afghanistan.

According to Andrew Gavin Marshall, at Global Research, 5 September 2010, (The “Arc of Crisis”):

Brzezinski said in a 1998 interview:

"It was July 3, 1979 that President Carter signed the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the .... regime in Kabul."

The brains behind the revolt in Egypt is most likely Brzezinski?

On 29 January 29 2011, Anthony Wile explained the Elite Desperation Over Failing Middle East Psyops

"The Anglo-American power elite has apparently decided to destablize the Middle East in order to create regulatory democracies with an Islamic tinge...

"The ultimate goal is to butress the war on terror and deliver enhanced authoritarianism to the West..."

EGYPT - THE NEW IRAQ?

Fox News map - Freudian slip

Egypt may be the new Iraq?

Iraq now has high unemployment, intense poverty and widespread corruption.

Iraq lacks basic services and security.

Bombings continue to kill people.



On 29 January 29 2011, Anthony Wile explained the Elite Desperation Over Failing Middle East Psyops

"The UK Telegraph ... claims that the United States leadership not only secretly backed the current uprisings in Egypt, it was actively aiding and abetting the protestors....

"The Anglo-American power elite has apparently decided to destablize the Middle East in order to create regulatory democracies with an Islamic tinge (an arrogant assumption in my view).

"The ultimate goal is to butress the war on terror and deliver enhanced authoritarianism to the West – and the Western middle classes that are always the targets of the elite.

"But as usual, the Internet has apparently upset elite plans.

"How does one run a 'black ops' of this magnitude while being exposed in real time?

"... Yes, it seems to me that with plans exposed, Western elites may have decided to take credit for the Middle Eastern uprisings."

More

Local Boys
Egypt by kimhino. Don't believe the mainstream media.

On 30 January 2011 we learn that Israel is denying reports of Israeli commandoes in Cairo to help topple Mubarak

Israel sees Egypt as its main Arab enemy. (WHAT THE USA AND ISRAEL REALLY THINK ABOUT EGYPT)

The Iranian media has reported that Israeli secret agents and Commandos are among the protestors and that they are deliberately creating riots and preventing the city from returning to order.

According to the Iranians, Egypt's Vice-President Suleiman is working for Israel.

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AFTER TUNISIA, FAMILIAR CIA TRADEMARKS NOW SEEN IN EGYPT TO IMPLEMENT THE NWO

WHO CONTROLS THE EGYPTIAN MILITARY? HISTORY OF MANIPULATION.

US BACKS EGYPTIAN COUP

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WHO CONTROLS THE EGYPTIAN MILITARY? HISTORY OF MANIPULATION

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen is greeted by Egyptian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Sami Enan in Cairo on 14 February 2010. Mullen was on a weeklong tour of the region.



1. It would appear that the Egyptian military is taking its orders from Washington.



The military's "displays of support for the protesters were conspicuous throughout the capital.



"In the most striking example, four armored military vehicles moved at the front of a crowd of thousands of protesters in a pitched battle against the Egyptian security police defending the Interior Ministry." (Egyptian Military Does Little to Quash Protests)



The Egyptian army chief of staff General Sami Enan has been meeting U.S. defense officials in Washington. (US BACKS EGYPTIAN COUP)





Cairo by daniel.gene



When the CIA toppled Indonesia's Suharto it had the support of the key American-trained generals. (aangirfan: STAGED BY SPOOKS: FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL, ORANGE ... )



These Indonesian generals got their soldiers to dress up as students in order to carry out the rioting; the military transported criminal gangs into Jakarta; youths were paid to act as rioters.



When the May 1998 Jakarta riots took place, the uniformed military were invisible.



The tanks only appeared after the president had been fatally weakened.



Kids

Egyptians by agoork



2. Parts of Egypt are peaceful.



The organisers of the riots have concentrated on a relatively few key spots.



"The situation in the Red Sea resorts remain(s) calm."



Similarly, in Jakarta in May 1998, the military only had the resources to organise rioting in a few key areas of the city. (aangirfan: STAGED BY SPOOKS: FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL, ORANGE ... )

3. On 30 January 2011 we learn that Israel is denying reports of Israeli commandoes in Cairo to help topple Mubarak



Israel sees Egypt as its main Arab enemy. (WHAT THE USA AND ISRAEL REALLY THINK ABOUT EGYPT)



The Iranian media has reported that Israeli secret agents and Commandos are among the protestors and that they are deliberately creating riots and preventing the city from returning to order.



According to the Iranians, Egypt's Vice-President Suleiman is working for Israel.




Nubian Kid on Donkey

Egypt by upyernoz



On 29 January 2011, Hamad Subani wrote: "Tunisia & Egypt: Manufactured Crisis? "



Hamad Subani looks at some history:



1. During World War I, it was the British who organised the Arab revolts.



The British did this in order to break up the Turkish Ottoman Empire, which controlled most of the Middle East.



(This Turkish empire included Palestine and oil rich Iraq, both of which certain British leaders wanted to control.)



2. The Western powers decided which families were to be the nominal rulers of the Arab countries.



"The rulers of Jordan now exclusively marry into Western ruling elite. Libya has ... close secret ties with the British ruling elite."



(There is a suggestion of a link to Lockerbie -Are Tunisia and Egypt facing real unrest or a manufactured crisis? )



3. The present unrest "is very region-specific.



"It does not seem to be spreading to places ... which are already under the thumb of the Powers That Be."



4. "There is the case of German/Swedish snipers/hunters being caught in Tunisia."



5. "The Western media appears to be magnifying the crisis."



Midan Salah ad-Din Kids

Egyptians by upyernoz



6. "Mohamed ElBaradei is already being touted as a new leader for Egypt.



"ElBaradei is a trustee of the International Crisis Group.



"Another board member of this group is Zbigniew Brzezinski.



"George Soros sits on the executive committee."



Beautiful Alexandria.

Alexandria by ayman6681



7. The Iranian Revolution of 1970 was "on the lines of an Islamicized French Revolution (mob rule, executions, secret courts, destruction and displacement of the former ruling class etc.)



"The revolutionaries managed to create a powerful police state that now spearheads the clash of civilizations rhetoric prescribed by the Powers That Be.



"The secret ties of the Western ruling elite with some of the revolutionaries has been documented."



Little did Mossadegh and the Shah know that "the Powers That Be saw them only as temporary placeholders until Iran was consolidated under a new regime that was to play a critical role in advancing the 'Clash of Civilizations' agenda."



Reza Shah "turned over the police, intelligence and economic affairs of his country to his Western 'friends' who promptly set out to use them to create the conditions necessary for the revolution..." (See also: aangirfan: The Shah of Iran was toppled by the CIA and MI6?)



Cairo boy

Cairo by nadeem_london



8. In 1970, 'an opportunist', Anwar Sadat, became President of Egypt.



In 1977, Sadat 'naively' opened up Egypt’s economy to the West.



"The World Bank moved in, insisting that he remove subsidies on food...



"What followed were the Bread Riots in which 800 Egyptians were killed and Sadat was almost overthrown..."



Sadat was assassinated in 1981.



"There were certain secretive and shadowy elements who coordinated the assassination..."



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US BACKS EGYPTIAN COUP


1. The USA has secretly backed the rebel leaders behind the Egyptian uprising, according to the UK's leading newspaper, The Telegraph, on 29 January 2011.

"The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the Egyptian uprising who have been planning 'regime change' for the past three years, The Daily Telegraph has learned.

2. On 11 November 2010, Israel told its citizens to leave Egypt.

That was before the trouble erupted in Tunisia.

3. On 28th January 2011, Mubarak said the protests were part of a plot to destabilize Egypt.

4. Where has Egyptian army chief of staff General Sami Enan been during the riots?

He has been meeting U.S. defense officials in Washington. (Mubarak said the protests were part of a plot to destabilize Egypt.)

5. Egypt says the Muslim Brotherhood is plotting against it, - Israel News, Ynetnews

The Egyptian government sponsored daily al-Ahram reported on 29 January 2011 that the spy cell recently discovered in the country was in cahoots with the CIA's Muslim Brotherhood.

6. On June 2010 we learnt of the alleged Israeli Nile water plot.

Israel wants the waters of the Nile.

WHAT THE USA REALLY THINKS ABOUT EGYPT

WHAT THE USA REALLY THINKS ABOUT EGYPT

In 1967 Israeli and US intelligence decided to attack the USS Liberty, and blame Egypt. By the end of the 1967 war, Israel had seized the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria. (Thy Weapon of War: The 1967 Israeli Attack on the USS Liberty ...)

It looks like the USA decided to dump Egypt some time ago.

The Foreign Policy Research Institute is a US think tank associated with people such as Henry Kissinger, Dov Zakheim and Daniel Pipes.

In 2009, it gave us an insight into US thinking on Egypt.

At FPRI, Trudy Kuehner wrote: The U.S. and Egypt Since the Suez Crisis - FPRI

Some quotes:

"There is a sense that the relationship has run its course...

"Its foundations are either weak or obsolete.

"The Egyptian-Israeli peace is cold...

"The U.S. in the 1970s did not have bases throughout the Persian Gulf. Thirty years later, U.S. military bases dot the Gulf.

"Now, there are no Soviets to contain. This relationship has been running on bureaucratic inertia.

(Egyptian Lantern Slides)

"So what should policymakers do? The debate falls along three axes.

"First, some argue that we should go back to authoritarian stability...

"The second axis around which the debate revolves is that we need to undertake a program of democratization and reform in Egypt...

"We need to provide some sort of soft landing...

"Finally, the third stream of thought, an emerging one, is that ... we need to step back from this relationship...

"There is no compelling reason to have a strategic relationship with Egypt, or for Egypt to be the second largest recipient of our foreign aid."

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Soros helped Arab bloggers gain exposure.

The story from the mainstream media is that:

(A) Mubarak is in bed with Israel

(B) Mubarak has not helped Egypt.

What is the truth about Mubarak?

1. Egypt opposes Globalisation.

Mubarak "has failed to deregulate and privatize the economy." (Egypt and Israel: A Reversible Peace :: Middle East Quarterly)

2. Egypt has been making good economic progress

Egypt has enjoyed economic growth averaging 4%–5% over the past 25 years.

The Egyptian economy was expected to grow at 6.1% in 2010/11. (Egypt - African Economic Outlook)

"Egypt held up well during the first round of the global financial crisis thanks to its reformed banking sector and low integration into global financial markets as a whole." (Egypt - African Economic Outlook)

Pawns?

3. Mubarak opposes Israel.

"The Egyptian minister of defense and war production, Muhammad Hussein at-Tantawi, was reported to have told a closed forum a few years ago that Egypt should prepare for a future war with Israel." (Egypt and Israel: A Reversible Peace :: Middle East Quarterly)

In 1981 President Mubarak came to power and he "has effectively boycotted Israel."

Egypt's state-controlled newspapers continued to demonize Israel.

"All ties on the bilateral level between Egypt and Israel have been frozen including tourism, commerce, and industry." (Egypt and Israel: A Reversible Peace :: Middle East Quarterly)

4. Israel and the USA want to topple Mubarak.

Under Mubarak, the Egyptian military has seen Israel as the enemy and has not cooperated fully with the USA.

Egypt has resisted sending troops to Iraq and Afghanistan. (US frustrated with Egypt military)

Egypt opposes US Globalisation.

Emad Gad, an expert at Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, says:

"Despite Israel’s peace treaty with Egypt, Egypt remains Israel's primary threat in the region.

"Israel sees Egypt as its main obstacle to regional dominance."

Israel wants to grab a part of Egypt.

Some History:

Egypt and Israel were at war in the years: 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973.

In 1977 President Anwar Sadat decided that Egypt could only get back Sinai by signing a peace treaty with Israel.

In April 2010, it was reported that a weekly magazine aiming to link Arab bloggers with politicians and the elderly was launched in Egypt at the initiative of a group backed by US billionaire George Soros. (Soros backs Egypt weekly to give Arab bloggers exposure.)

In April 2010, it was reported by the Jerusalem Post that "Egypt has taken an aggressive stance against Israel, with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit calling Israel an 'enemy' state." - (Egypt warns of Israel-Lebanon escalation)

In June 2010, Egypt re-opened the Rafah border with Gaza (Rafah crossing to remain open indefinitely - News)

In August 2010, Egyptian security forces seized a ship loaded with explosives coming from Israel and arrested its owner in Port Said. (Egypt seizes explosives on ship coming from Israel - People's.)

On 20 December 2010 (ISRAEL DESTABILISING EGYPT) we learnt that Egypt arrested members of an Israeli spy ring within its borders.

On 1 January 2011, we read that a group calling itself Al-Qaeda (the CIA-Mossad) may be responsible for the seven dead and 24 injured in an attack on a church in Egypt

In January 2011, we read that Egypt's Irrigation Minister has dismissed the possibility that Egypt would supply Israel with water from the Nile. (Egypt and Israel, a souring relationship?)

Egyptian riots. Photo AP.

It would seem that the USA and Israel decided some time ago to topple Egypt's president Mubarak.

"The U.S. strategy for three decades ... has been to bet on Mubarak... But that cannot possibly be a smart bet for the next decade." - Elliott Abrams on 20 January 2011 (interview)

Abrams, a neo-con Zionist, was involved in Iran-Contra.

According to PressTV (Mossad was behind the Egypt church blast):

"Political experts believe that the US, the Israeli regime and Britain have crafted a long-term joint security program in the Middle East and North Africa...

"Part of the scenario is to ... split Egypt into a Christian-populated country and a Muslim-populated one ...

"The West's agenda is to lay the groundwork for the formation of a Coptic government in Upper Nile in Egypt...

"Therefore, the recent scuffles between Muslims and Christians in Naj' Hammadi region in Qena governorate in southern Egypt as well as the blast at the Alexandria church are a prelude for the dangerous Western-engineered scenario to unfold in one of the key Islamic-Arab nations."

Netanyau meets Omar Suleiman, head of Egyptian Inteligence on 4 November 2010 in Tel Aviv.

According to the powerful US Council on Foreign Relations (Egypt - Council on Foreign Relations):

"The Suez Canal remains critical to the security of the Persian Gulf and its vast energy reserves, as well as to global trade.

"Egypt also maintains the region's largest and most powerful Arab military."

It seems that Obama would like to topple Egypt's President Mubarak, and replace him with someone more reliable.

The Pentagon wants the Egyptian military to help advance the US-Israeli agenda.

Egyptian

Who might replace Mubarak?

Some unknown military figure could emerge.

Or spy chief Omar Suleiman could take power in some kind of coup.

Suleiman was trained at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare School and Center at Fort Bragg, in the 1980s. (Egypt's Next Strongman Foreign Policy)

Suleiman continues to have close contacts with US intelligence and military officials.

On Facebook, Twitter, and blogs, Suleiman is receiving support. (Egypt's Next Strongman Foreign Policy)

Sounds spooky.

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CIA, MOSSAD & SOROS VERSUS MUBARAK
THE PUZZLING CASE OF MOROCCO

CIA, MOSSAD & SOROS VERSUS MUBARAK

Soros helped Arab bloggers gain exposure.

The story from the mainstream media is that:

(A) Mubarak is in bed with Israel

(B) Mubarak has not helped Egypt.

What is the truth about Mubarak?

1. Egypt opposes Globalisation.

Mubarak "has failed to deregulate and privatize the economy." (Egypt and Israel: A Reversible Peace :: Middle East Quarterly)

2. Egypt has been making good economic progress

Egypt has enjoyed economic growth averaging 4%–5% over the past 25 years.

The Egyptian economy was expected to grow at 6.1% in 2010/11. (Egypt - African Economic Outlook)

"Egypt held up well during the first round of the global financial crisis thanks to its reformed banking sector and low integration into global financial markets as a whole." (Egypt - African Economic Outlook)

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Egypt by Andrew Yap

Some figures (Egypt.):

1. Between 1980 and 2007 Egypt’s Human Development Index (HDI) rose 42%.

2. Egypt’s average annual HDI growth was 10th fastest worldwide and almost double the global average.

3. Between 2005 & 2008 Poverty, as defined by those living under $2/day, fell over 11%

4. Only 16% of the population now live on less than $2 per day.

5. The Gini Index, the international measure of wealth inequality, fell 7% between 1999 & 2007.

6. The share of the poorest 10% in national income rose 5% and the share of richest 10% feel 6% in the same period. The ratio of the wealth of the richest to the poorest 10% also fell 10%.


Pawns?

3. Mubarak opposes Israel.

"The Egyptian minister of defense and war production, Muhammad Hussein at-Tantawi, was reported to have told a closed forum a few years ago that Egypt should prepare for a future war with Israel." (Egypt and Israel: A Reversible Peace :: Middle East Quarterly)

In 1981 President Mubarak came to power and he "has effectively boycotted Israel."

Egypt's state-controlled newspapers continued to demonize Israel.

"All ties on the bilateral level between Egypt and Israel have been frozen including tourism, commerce, and industry." (Egypt and Israel: A Reversible Peace :: Middle East Quarterly)

4. Israel and the USA want to topple Mubarak.

Under Mubarak, the Egyptian military has seen Israel as the enemy and has not cooperated fully with the USA.

Egypt has resisted sending troops to Iraq and Afghanistan. (US frustrated with Egypt military)

Egypt opposes US Globalisation.

Emad Gad, an expert at Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, says:

"Despite Israel’s peace treaty with Egypt, Egypt remains Israel's primary threat in the region.

"Israel sees Egypt as its main obstacle to regional dominance."

Israel wants to grab a part of Egypt.

Some History:

Egypt and Israel were at war in the years: 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973.

In 1977 President Anwar Sadat decided that Egypt could only get back Sinai by signing a peace treaty with Israel.

In April 2010, it was reported that a weekly magazine aiming to link Arab bloggers with politicians and the elderly was launched in Egypt at the initiative of a group backed by US billionaire George Soros. (Soros backs Egypt weekly to give Arab bloggers exposure.)

In April 2010, it was reported by the Jerusalem Post that "Egypt has taken an aggressive stance against Israel, with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit calling Israel an 'enemy' state." - (Egypt warns of Israel-Lebanon escalation)

In June 2010, Egypt re-opened the Rafah border with Gaza (Rafah crossing to remain open indefinitely - News)

In August 2010, Egyptian security forces seized a ship loaded with explosives coming from Israel and arrested its owner in Port Said. (Egypt seizes explosives on ship coming from Israel - People's.)

On 20 December 2010 (ISRAEL DESTABILISING EGYPT) we learnt that Egypt arrested members of an Israeli spy ring within its borders.

On 1 January 2011, we read that a group calling itself Al-Qaeda (the CIA-Mossad) may be responsible for the seven dead and 24 injured in an attack on a church in Egypt

In January 2011, we read that Egypt's Irrigation Minister has dismissed the possibility that Egypt would supply Israel with water from the Nile. (Egypt and Israel, a souring relationship?)

Egyptian riots. Photo AP.

It would seem that the USA and Israel decided some time ago to topple Egypt's president Mubarak.

"The U.S. strategy for three decades ... has been to bet on Mubarak... But that cannot possibly be a smart bet for the next decade." - Elliott Abrams on 20 January 2011 (interview)

Abrams, a neo-con Zionist, was involved in Iran-Contra.

According to PressTV (Mossad was behind the Egypt church blast):

"Political experts believe that the US, the Israeli regime and Britain have crafted a long-term joint security program in the Middle East and North Africa...

"Part of the scenario is to ... split Egypt into a Christian-populated country and a Muslim-populated one ...

"The West's agenda is to lay the groundwork for the formation of a Coptic government in Upper Nile in Egypt...

"Therefore, the recent scuffles between Muslims and Christians in Naj' Hammadi region in Qena governorate in southern Egypt as well as the blast at the Alexandria church are a prelude for the dangerous Western-engineered scenario to unfold in one of the key Islamic-Arab nations."

Netanyau meets Omar Suleiman, head of Egyptian Inteligence on 4 November 2010 in Tel Aviv.

According to the powerful US Council on Foreign Relations (Egypt - Council on Foreign Relations):

"The Suez Canal remains critical to the security of the Persian Gulf and its vast energy reserves, as well as to global trade.

"Egypt also maintains the region's largest and most powerful Arab military."

It seems that Obama would like to topple Egypt's President Mubarak, and replace him with someone more reliable.

The Pentagon wants the Egyptian military to help advance the US-Israeli agenda.

Egyptian

Who might replace Mubarak?

Some unknown military figure could emerge.

Or spy chief Omar Suleiman could take power in some kind of coup.

Suleiman was trained at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare School and Center at Fort Bragg, in the 1980s. (Egypt's Next Strongman Foreign Policy)

Suleiman continues to have close contacts with US intelligence and military officials.

On Facebook, Twitter, and blogs, Suleiman is receiving support. (Egypt's Next Strongman Foreign Policy)

Sounds spooky.

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EGYPT - THE NEW IRAQ?

WHO CONTROLS THE EGYPTIAN MILITARY? HISTORY OF MANIPULATION.

US BACKS EGYPTIAN COUP

WHAT THE USA REALLY THINKS ABOUT EGYPT

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THE PUZZLING CASE OF MOROCCO

According to the Dutch newspaper De Gay Krant, the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, is gay. Mohammed went to college in Brussels and regularly hung out in gay bars there, De Gay Krant said. Mohammed VI is said to have helped the poor. It would be unfortunate if he was toppled. Violent riots would make the poor poorer.



The CIA-Mossad people may be in two minds about Morocco.



On the one hand, they may want to protect "the Zionist André Azoulay and his team" who run Morocco. (MOROCCO)



On the other hand, they want to destroy Moroccan culture and make Morocco part of the New World Order.



Recent Facebook and YouTube material suggests that the CIA-Mossad-Nato people have decided to do to Morocco what they have done to Egypt.



Aangirfan would like Morocco to keep its culture, redistribute wealth and kick out the CIA.

Andrey Azoulay, the King's Jewish adviser.



Former BBC Morocco correspondent Richard Hamilton says Morocco has "a gap between rich and poor described by one commentator as 'obscene'; and parliamentary elections said by critics to be a fig leaf for an undemocratic system." (Morocco protesters demand change)



"Morocco scores among the lowest on economic indicators, ranking 114th in the 2010 United Nations Human Development Report ... compared with Bahrain at 39th.



"Morocco's gross national income per capita of $2,770 and literacy rate 56%, according to World Bank data, are particularly low.



"Libya, Iran, Jordan and Bahrain have GNI per capita ranging from $4,000 to $25,000, and all have literacy rates above 80%." (Region's Protests Spread to Morocco)



On 20 February 2011 there were reports of peaceful protests.

The story changed on 21 February.



Millions protest in Morocco Casablanca 28 10 2010

On 20 February 2011, it was reported that "In Rabat, the capital, and in Casablanca, the largest city, there were between 3,000 and 5,000 protesters, and there were smaller demonstrations in Marrakesh, Tangier and other cities.



"All were peaceful." (Fears of Chaos Temper Calls for Change in Morocco)



"As protests began Sunday (20 Feb), there was virtually no visible uniformed police presence in Rabat.



"By 4 p.m., there was no sign of the state violence witnessed in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain or Iran, and the crowd had dwindled to around 1,000.



"Stores were largely unshuttered and cafes open along the protesters' route toward the parliament, as patrons watched from their sidewalk tables sipping cafe au lait in the partly Francophone capital." (Region's Protests Spread to Morocco)



"There were reports of scattered violence on Sunday evening in Marrakesh, where protesters, some of them throwing stones, clashed with the police and attacked a McDonald’s" (Fears of Chaos Temper Calls for Change in Morocco )

On 21 February 2011, we read that Morocco Joins in, Defying Predictions :

"Video clips uploaded to Youtube overnight showed what purported to be groups of protesters in Tangier, Fes, Marrakesh and other cities Sunday, including several clashes with police and apparent vandalism.

"A clip from Al Hoceima, a port in northern Morocco, showed a hotel gutted by fire and young men milling around among broken glass from the blown-out windows.

"Clips purporting to be from Tangier and Sefrou, a town near Fes, showed skirmishes with police. In the clip from Sefrou, a group of police severely beat one protester with clubs."

The King and his Jewish friends may be unable to prevent violence. In 1955, Berber tribesmen descended on the village of Oed Zen and killed every Frenchman they found. On 20 June 1981, up to 600 people were killed in rioting in Casablanca (Le Figaro 1 July 1981, page 2). In 1984, up to 200 people were killed in rioting in cities such as Tetouan (Le monde 26 Jan 1984, page 4).

We assume that the CIA-Mossad-NATO want to "strip influence from what a U.S. diplomat described as Morocco's 'monarchical autocracy' in a 2008 U.S. State Department cable published by WikiLeaks." (Region's Protests Spread to Morocco)



Like Mubarak and Ben Ali, the King of Morocco has his fans.



"This king works for the people. He has done a lot for the poor," said a 67-year-old who said he was a landscape artist and gave his name only as Mohammed. "I don't know what these young people want, we who are older have seen a lot." (Region's Protests Spread to Morocco)



The CIA-Mossad-NATO people seem to want peaceful change?



According to Robert M. Holley, a retired U.S. diplomat and executive director of the American Moroccan Center for Policy, a lobby in Washington, D.C. "The point is that if people want to change the government in Morocco, they just have to wait a couple of years until elections and do it." (Region's Protests Spread to Morocco)



Andre Azoulay, who advises the King of Morocco.



The Moroccan people are reportedly governed by "the Zionist André Azoulay and his team."



(André Azoulay, le véritable régent au Maroc - [ Translate this page ])



Why is Morocco not like Tunisia?



1. According to Judith Miller at Newsmax.com:



"Morocco... unlike most of North Africa has remained calm."



(Tunisia's 'Jasmine Revolution' Could Quickly Wither)



Morocco is much poorer than Tunisia.



Morocco: Gross National Income per person: $2,790

Tunisia: GNI per person $7,810



In Morocco, much of the wealth is in the hands of the King, his generals and a few businessmen.



Illiteracy and poverty are widespread in Morocco.



"Tunisia's 10 million people enjoy high rates of literacy and a good educational system, relative equality for women, a strong middle class and impressive economic growth and development." Tunisia's 'Jasmine Revolution' Could Quickly Wither

The King of Morocco, whose father was said to be worth $40 billion



2. Ratings agency Fitch has said that:

"it does not expect a Tunisia-style uprising in Morocco, because the country has invested in social housing and made progress in alleviating poverty." (uprising unlikely in Morocco -Fitch Reuters / Protests as Tunisia readies cabinet reshuffle )



In Tunisia we saw a lot of social housing.



When we were in Morocco, fairly recently, we saw a very strong military presence, and a lot of slums and poor kids.

Moroccans



In January 2011, at UN Post, Gabrielle Pickard wrote (Poverty in Morocco UN Post):



"Poverty is particularly rife in rural areas of Morocco, where as many as one in four people living in rural regions are poor...



"Uneven development ... has led to many people moving to the bigger cities such as Marrakesh looking for employment and a better standard of living.



"But do they find it?



"Judging by the sheer scale of beggars on the streets in Marrakesh and destitute children, many as young as three ... life in the city is just as hard..."



Larache by Chach Coati - http://www.flickr.com/photos/86778817@N00/77755746/ Chach Coati's photostream

3. Some people see Andre Azoulay, counselor to King Mohammed VI of Morocco, as the most important person in Morocco.



Andre Azoulay is Jewish.



Morocco is one of those Moslem countries that appears to be run by the military and the secret police.



Morocco is one of those Moslem countries that appears to be friends with Israel and the Pentagon.



The King of Morocco and his generals are very, very rich.



The bulk of the population is very poor.



There are huge slums on the outskirts of cities such as Marrakech which the tourists never see.



In 2003, when a Moslem party began to win support among the poor, bombs went off.

No Jews or Israelis were among the casualties.

The bombs were blamed on the Islamists. There was a crackdown on opponents of the military. More than 3,000 people were arrested.



Morocco occupies a strategically important position and is useful to the Pentagon.



Some people suspect that the CIA recruits Moroccans for some of its work.

Welcome to Morocco!

4. The Sunday Times reported, 12 February 2006, that, according to intelligence sources, the USA is involved with the building of a new interrogation and detention facility at Ain Aouda, near Rabat.

(http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2036185_2,00.html)



Locals said they had often seen American vehicles with diplomatic plates in the area.



According to The Sunday Times:



The construction of the new compound, run by the... the Moroccan secret police, adds to a substantial body of evidence that Morocco is one of America’s principal partners in the secret “rendition” programme...



A recent inquiry into rendition by the Council of Europe ... highlighted a pattern of flights between Washington, Guantanamo Bay and Rabat’s military airport at Sale...



The secret police HQ at Temara has a fearsome reputation among former inmates. Binyam Mohammed, a Briton later sent to Guantanamo Bay, told Amnesty International that interrogators there cut his chest and penis when he refused to answer questions.

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5. I got the impression that something was seriously wrong with Morocco.

I came across a small malnourished, ragged child staring at some postcards outside a shop.

I gave the boy a few coins. He kissed my hand gravely and thanked me many times.

Moroccan cities also seem to have more than their fair share of the mentally backward (caused by inbreeding?) and the mentally ill (caused by poverty and powerlessness?)



I was in the main square in the Moroccan city of xxxxxxxxxx one sunny morning (2002).

There were riot police, and ordinary police and soldiers stationed in the square.

There were riot police down the various side streets and sitting in cafes.

There were plain clothes police and uniformed officers on all the major roads.

In the square there were speeches given by the smartly dressed leaders of one of the 'left-wing' parties. These leaders were dressed like the mafia. The crowd which had gathered to listen was small and their applause was less than lukewarm.

Tangier



Riots are common in Morocco.



In 1955, Berber tribesmen descended on the village of Oed Zen and killed every Frenchman they found.



On 20 June 1981, up to 600 people were killed in rioting in Casablanca (Le Figaro 1 July 1981, page 2).



In 1984, up to 200 people were killed in rioting in cities such as Tetouan (Le monde 26 Jan 1984, page 4).






6. HASSAN



So what is happening in Morocco?



Morocco's former king, Hassan, was said to be worth $40 billion.



Out of the 100 richest people in Morocco, 'the top 50 are in the armed forces or police.'

'The fortune amassed by the 20 richest army officers would be enough to pay off Morocco's foreign debt of $17bn.'



I visited a shanty settlement. I am not brave; I simply wandered in by accident.

This was a place of barking dogs, piles of rubbish, home made shacks with no water supply or sewage disposal, and ragged children who looked seriously malnourished.

A high wall hid the shacks of the poor from any tourists on the main streets.



A sizeable chunk of the population lives below the poverty line.



According to ex-army officer Ahmed Rami, who is now in exile, the former King of Morocco, Hassan, was a puppet of the Jews and of the CIA.

To Rami, King Hassan could not take a step without the Jew André Azoulay, a Zionist "adviser".

Azoulay - and people like him - allegedly made the important decisions, such as helping the rich get richer, and being sympathetic to Israel and the USA.

Education, the media and the whole of social life were regulated by these advisers, not by the Moroccans themselves.



In July 2000 (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition) it was reported that:

At least 25% of Morocco's population of 29 million are unemployed.



More than half the population is illiterate (70% of women) and two-thirds of people living in the country do not have access to drinking water, 87% are without electricity and 93% receive no medical care.



Morocco makes its money from the receipts sent home by Moroccans working abroad (most Moroccans want to get out of Morocco because of its corruption), from cannabis (sold in Europe), from smuggling (stolen cars and other goods), from phosphates (used in farming), from fishing (sardines), from farming (most of the best land is owned by a small rich elite, including army officers and politicians), from textiles (most Moroccan industry is still medieval and there is much competition from cheap-labour countries such as Turkey), and from tourism (Morocco gets about 2 million tourists per year while Spain hosts 45 million; Morocco has surprisingly few hotel beds).




The farms of the elite have been given much help and produce lots of oranges and vegetables intended for export to Europe; but Europe would rather buy its fruit and vegetables from the likes of Spain or Portugal. Morocco is no longer self-sufficient in wheat but has more oranges than it knows what to do with.



The farms of the poor suffer from having too many people and not enough water.

The rural poor escape to the cities -Tangiers, Rabat, Casablanca and Marrakesh - where they crowd into shanty towns on the outskirts or even in the centre.



I visited a poor farming area. The children's faces looked pinched.

Few of the girls went to school.

The houses had no water or toilets or electricity.

Transport was by donkey.



The 5 star Gazelle d'Or hotel, near Taroudant, has been visited by the likes of the Duchess of York and Michael Portillo. It refused to let me in. Rooms cost hundreds of dollars. Not far from the Gazelle d'Or I came across villages with falling down houses and ragged children.

Photo by Rosino at http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosino/84968877/



7. Muhammad VI came to the throne in 1999.



In all the main towns and cities there are large posters showing his face. (A bit like Baby Doc's Haiti?)



According to Le monde Diplomatique, in 2000, (Morocco: the point of change - Le Monde diplomatique - English edition)



When he came to power, the new socialist Prime Minister, Youssoufi, undertook to straighten out the economy, decentralise administrative bodies, clean up public life, fight corruption, reform justice, combat poverty, develop low-income housing for the very poor, introduce a national pact for employment and, of course, find a solution to the dispute over the Sahara.



Not much has been achieved....



The figures for illiteracy, poverty and healthcare have scarcely changed. Many reforms are incomplete, though some of them, such as electoral reform, changes to legal procedure, labour law or the law on public freedom, are vital to the continuation of the transition process.



And there is still high unemployment, as well as discrimination against women, corruption, feudal authoritarianism and sporadic human rights violations.



In the poorest neighbourhoods people are turning to the Islamists and not the socialists. The Islamist Justice and Welfare association founded by Sheikh Yassin visits the sick, helps them to buy medicine, contributes to funeral expenses, organises evening classes for the schoolchildren and supports single women, widows and divorcees.



A quote from Le Monde Diplomatique: "Latifa, aged 45, teaches maths in a secondary school in the suburbs of Casablanca.



She says "The middle classes account for barely 5% of the population, compared with more than 35% in Tunisia. Morocco's dominated by a system of networks, nepotism, clans, interconnected families who would rather give a job to an unsuitable, incompetent relation rather than a highly qualified young person from a poor background."



In May 2003, there were bomb attacks in Casablanca. Over 30 people died. Islamic militants were blamed. The government was then able to have a clampdown and 'hundreds' were arrested.



Enough of politics.







8.
Moroccan cities are full of female prostitutes. But they are generally for the Moroccans (soldiers and those not yet married) and not for the tourists.



AIDS is very widespread.



My male guide, Hamid, walked ahead of me with his male friend. Hamid spent most of the time gently rubbing his friends back or holding his friend's hand. According to the experts, Moroccans like spending time with a single friend of the same sex. Same sex friendships are very important for Moroccans all through their lives. There are few limits to intimacy in same sex friendships. Moroccans 'usually marry out of a sense of duty.'



According to 'Culture Shock- Moroc co' by Orin Hargraves (Kuperard), "Homosexual relations among boys and young men are common."

"Pederasty is exceedingly prevalent" wrote Edward Westermack in "Ritual and Belief in Morocco."

In Morocco, homosexual sex by tourists is heavily punished; and sex with minors is very heavily punished with long jail sentences. In any case, tourists are not loved by the average Moroccan who sees the tourist as an alien



The hotel, the Gazelle D'or, at around £600 a night, is rather special. Visitors have allegedly included Michael Portillo, Jacques Chirac, Fergie, Rory Bremner, Mick Jagger, hosts of pop stars, statesmen, politicians, personalities, and 'the world's wealthiest closet Queens.'



According to Scallywag magazine, "As far as Westminster is concerned, the Gazelle D'or was first "discovered" by the notorious gay MP Sir Charles "Charley" Irving who died from aids in 1993. Irving, who chaired the Commons catering Committee, was famous for his private parties in the Pugin room in Westminster where he outrageously flirted with the male members of staff. Many of the 100-plus gay Tory MP's who inhabit "The Palace", often furtively, were fellow guests........


The REAL attraction of the Gazelle D'or is not just the exclusivity, or the fabulous luxury. It is, quite simply, that they boast one of the most superlative men-only Turkish baths, Sauna and Massage Parlour in the world, manned by hand-picked and specially trained swarthy Berbers who are most willing to accommodate every whim of their customers. The whole concept of the place is designed to be a veritable paradise for gays."

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