Libya, Bahrain: Does The Empire Want The Arab Revolt To Be Crushed?
Bahrain: Violent Crackdown On Protest With Help From Saudi Arabia and UAE’s Forces On Tuesday the king of Bahrain imposed a three-month state of emergency, as the crackdown on the protesters is getting more violent. Two men were killed, and at least 200 people were shot by Bahrain security forces. A doctor, in a hospital […]
Libya: Will Sarkozy Have The Balls To Attack Gaddafi’s Forces?
On Saturday, in Cairo, the Arab League called for a no-fly zone over Libya. By their decisions, Arab foreign ministers “urged the United Nations security council to assume its responsibilities in the face of the deteriorating situation in Libya, and take the necessary measures to impose an air exclusion zone for Libyan warplanes.” But despite […]
Libya: Is It Diplomatic Cacophony Or Does The US Want Gaddafi To Prevail?
The Obama administration and Europe have been undecided and divided for three weeks over what to do about the situation in Libya. The Libyan rebel national council have repeatedly asked for a no-fly zone to be implemented, but so far no concrete actions have been implemented by NATO. While international condemnations have been pouring in […]
Arab Revolution: Is Iraq Next?
The US media and most world news outlets (including the BBC) have been strangely silent over the situation in Iraq. Of course it can be explained by the fact that our current news cycle is on steroid. Tracking the Arab revolution’s progress is overwhelming even for big news outlets. Libya and the armed revolution to […]
The Global Movement: Many Uprisings Fighting For The Same Cause
The current global uprisings are neither ideological nor sectarian in their genesis. Some individuals or isolated groups that articulate their values and principles through the context of particular theologies, or political ideologies, have joined in the uprisings but the uprisings themselves find their roots in a much deeper foundation than religion or organized politics. This […]
