Posts by Christiaan
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Surprise surprise. The U.S. are backing their man of torture. Did you know Suleiman means "man of peace"? The irony.
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Hard News: "Orderly transition" in #Egypt, in reply to Christiaan,
If Mubarak falls the siege of Gaza will be over too.
I read somewhere that Israel would reoccupy Gaza and control the border if this happened. Wouldn't put it past them.
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It's not radical Islam that worries the US – it's independence
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/feb/04/radical-islam-united-states-independenceWashington and its allies keep to the well-established principle that democracy is acceptable only insofar as it conforms to strategic and economic objectives: fine in enemy territory (up to a point), but not in our backyard, please, unless properly tamed.
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I think this is the first time AJ has stopped broadcasting live images:
https://twitter.com/nolanjazeera/status/33297648815448064
the Aljazeera live shot of Tahrir Sq had to be pulled as it was putting our lives at risk. Will be back up as soon as its safe to do so
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I've heard all my life how good America is and I don't really give a toss anymore. America is a seething heap of hypocrisy, run by a greedy ruling elite with extremely narrow interests. Fine, back dictators and invade other countries for oil, I just wish it would stop pretending the sun shines out of its principled ass.
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Video said to be of a diplomatic car that ran over 20 people in Cairo on the 28th Jan. I don't know what's worse, the video or some of the comments justifying it (warning: some may not want to watch this):
Edit: god, somebody's posted more links of similar situations in the comments.
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The response by the U.S. so far underlines how they pay lip service to democracy. It's just a propaganda weapon they use when it aligns their so-called strategic interests.
They're happy to invade Afghanistan and Iraq, bleating about democracy, but when the people of an autocratic nation rise up against their own dictator they insist it's not their place to say he should step down and can't even bring themselves to stop funding the autocrat.
If they eventually do it will be with reluctance and only out of not wanting to look like a pack of wankers supporting the killing of kids.
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Apparently this is the video that helped spark the uprising. Recorded by 26-year-old Asmaa Mahfouz on 18 January, uploaded to YouTube and shared on her Facebook page:
Original here:
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Heart wrenching interview with Mona Seif in Tahrir Square:
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This is one of the scary videos I was referring to earlier regarding Mubarak NDP thugs pulling people out of the crowd:
Apparently the man dragged off about 1 minute into the video may be Wael Ghonim (@Ghonim), Google’s director of marketing in the Middle East and North Africa.