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I could justify fighting in Afghanistan — until the Boston bombing - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-could-justify-fighting-in-afghanistan--until-the-boston-bombing/2013/04/26/e483321c-ad26-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html

This past week, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev reportedly told investigators that he and his brother set off bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in part because of their opposition to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As a Marine who fought in Afghanistan in 2008 and 2010, the news made me wonder: Had my war brought the horrors of battle home?

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I deployed to Afghanistan believing my presence in that country would help stop attacks such as Boston’s from happening. But instead, my war has spilled over, striking the city where my 22-year-old brother goes to school and where my mom, until recently, felt perfectly safe eating lunch outdoors.

The Tsarnaev brothers aren’t the first alleged terrorists to cite U.S. military intervention in other countries as a reason for targeting civilians, and they won’t be the last. Despite our best efforts and valor, I wonder, have America’s wars made the homeland less safe? Sure, we’ve killed and captured thousands of radicals who wanted to harm Americans. But in doing so, have we created more?

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Des nouvelles d’Iran sur la Syrie. Interview conduite par Press TV [Iran, anglophone) avec Daoud Khirallah, professeur de Droit à l’université de Georgetown, qui conteste la décision prise par la Ligue arabe de donner à l’opposition syrienne le siège occupé jusqu’à il y a quelques mois par le régime de Damas. (voir video)

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/03/26/295318/al-violated-its-own-charter-on-syria

26 March 2013. Arab League violating its own charter on Syrian crisis: Daoud Khairallah

“Khairallah: Well simply they can disregard the Charter of the Arab League, they can disregard any legal or moral rule and they can apply corruption and money in every way they can to prevent any peaceful negotiated solution in Syria. “

#Press_TV #Arab_League #Syria #Daoud_Khairallah

International Migrants Bill of Rights — Georgetown Law

http://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/centers-institutes/isim/imbr

There is no single, legal framework that effectively protects all international migrants. The International Migrants Bill of Rights (IMBR) consolidates international human rights law governing the protection of migrants into a unifying soft-law document, restating and reformulating existing rights to make their application to migrants clearer and more effective, and positing a margin of enhancement consistent with progressive values.

The IMBR Initiative started in 2007 at Georgetown University Law Center as part of the Global Law Scholars Program. The Initiative has developed over the past four years through the collaborative effort of students and scholars from Georgetown University Law Center, the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies at American University in Cairo, the Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Migration Studies Unit at the London School of Economics. Currently the Initiative is housed at Georgetown University Law Center and the Georgetown Institute for the Study of International Migration.

The Leslie Brodie Report Launched Journalistic Inquiry Into Events Surrounding Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Tony Haymet, CleanTECH, Donna Lucas, Marty Africa

Amid conflicting reports and unanswered questions, The Leslie Brodie Report has launched a journalistic inquiry into events surrounding San Diego-based Scripps Institution of Oceanography (“SIO”), and directors Tony Haymet, Donna Lucas, and Marty Africa.

Haymet, 56, is “the tenth director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. Haymet also serves as UC San Diego’s vice chancellor for marine sciences and dean of the Graduate School of Marine Sciences, and is a professor of oceanography at Scripps. He joined Scripps in 2006,” according to SIO. (Image: courtesy)

According to incomplete and misleading infomation issued by the University of California “Scripps Director Tony Haymet is taking a sabbatical and will continue his research program, accept an excellence award as Visiting Professor of the Petersen Foundation in Kiel, Germany, (http://www.geomar.de/en) and chair the World Economic Forum’s Ocean Council (http://www.weforum.org/content/global-agenda-council-oceans-2012-0). The World Economic Forum, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.”

The Leslie Brodie Report has managed to confirm that Hayment is taking a sabbatical from October 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013.

The Leslie Brodie Report also managed to confirm that Haymet is presently employed at Los Angeles-based Phillips & Associates — a financial planning and fundraising counsel for not-for-profit institutions and organizations.

According to Phillips & Associates, “Tony’ principal responsibilities focus on our firm’s assignment in the development of a new non-profit organization at the Port of Los Angeles.”

The Leslie Brodie Report also managed to confirm that Hayment is also employed at Pegasus Capital Advisors — a private equity fund manager that has been providing creative capital and strategic solutions to companies across a variety of industries.

It was not immidietly clear what, if any, are Haymet’s plans as far as CleanTECH — a private, non-profit member organization he launched in 2007.

Please continue @:
http://lesliebrodie.posterous.com/tag/donnalucas

AARP and AARP Foundation Fraudulent Profile of Director Barbara O’Connor of California Emerging Technology Fund (TLR Note:AARP, CETF, McPeak, English, O’Connor, Lucas and others mislead by intentionally withholding O’Connor part of Lucas Public Affairs)

AARP Home » Foundation » About Us »Barbara O’Connor
Barbara O’Connor
AARP Affiliated Foundation board member

from: AARP Foundation | June 6, 2012

Barbara O’Connor, Ph.D., of Sacramento, Calif., was elected to the AARP Board in 2010. She serves on the Audit and Finance Committee and is on the Insurance Trust.

She is a former professor of communication studies and director of the Institute for the Study of Politics and Media, California State University, Sacramento. Previously, she was assistant director of debate, University of Southern California, a summer debate instructor, Georgetown University, and a design consultant, Cablevision Systems, New Jersey. She has been chairperson and founding board member of the Alliance for Public Technology; a board member and officer, California Emerging Technology Fund; a member of the Bellcore Advisory Board; and a member of the Federal Communication Commission’s Network Reliability Council. She chaired the California Educational Technology Commission, the California Public Broadcasting Commission, the CEO Task Force on Digital Literacy and the International Council on Information Communication Technology.

Source: http://www.aarp.org/aarp-foundation/about-us/info-06-2012/barbara-oconnor-board-member.html

AARP Leadership Profile:

Life Perspectives

"I grew up in West Texas, raised by a single mother. I was a first-generation college graduate. So I’ve lived through lots of what our members are living through.

"Communications and politics have really been my longstanding interests, including technology access and equity, disabled rights, communication strategies and social movement building. I have a political background, and I started a public radio station in Sacramento and ran it for a while. We now have six radio stations there, the Capital Public Radio Network.

"I have taught mostly technology policy and technology evolution — the hardware stuff. I also teach political communications and the impact of messaging on social movement formation.

"I was fortunate enough to go to the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California, which is very geeky, so I was able to keep up with technology as it evolved. I chaired the California Public Broadcasting Commission, and I’m now an officer and director of the California Emerging Technology Fund.

“AARP provides me an opportunity to do tele-health, to deal with issues of getting the 50-plus generation online. I get to help people who are unemployed at 50, using the Web. So being part of the AARP board is really a wonderful synergy of my interests and the organization’s interests….”

"It’s getting more and more difficult to find a center in American politics. Part of it is the media’s fault. The news hole, in both broadcast and in print, has really been reduced. The downsizing and the mergers and acquisitions that have gone on in the media world have really done a disservice to public policy discussion. It’s made the media more event- and scandal-chasing — the lowest common denominator.

"In political campaigns, it’s 30-second spots. So it’s no surprise that the public has fatigue about dealing with politicians. Every poll in America shows that they are held in very low esteem.

"We can’t return to retail politics because we have the technology and everyone is used to using it. But longer formats, discussions, call-ins, coherent talk would be welcome. Certainly, AARP’s members would welcome that to address their concerns about big things such as Social Security.

"AARP is nonpartisan, and ours is a trusted voice. We have to provide the voice of reason in these debates, so that it’s not a partisan political discussion, but really a rational, practical discussion.

"People really do care about the issues that we work on. They’re central to their lives. We have to find a coherent solution to intractable problems.

"We need to be very heavily data-driven. I think we do that, by the way. I think staff and our board are the best. And our volunteers are terrific. So I’m optimistic, actually.

"A big part of our job as board members is to listen. You don’t let your own biases govern what you do. I have to listen to what the data says and to what members are telling me.

“So if you’re data-driven and you really do listen to the members tell you what their issues are — and we have very good organs of information that help us with that, by the way, in the organization — then you can find consensus.”

Expertise

Politics, communications, debate, telecommunications policy, digital divide, senior health, tele-health, digital literacy, education technology.

Education

Ph.D., communications, University of Southern California, Annenberg School of Communications; M.A., communications, California State University, Northridge; B.A., communications, California State University, Northridge; A.A., history, Los Angeles Valley College.

Experience

Currently, professor of communication and director of the Institute for the Study of Politics and Media, California State University, Sacramento. Previously, assistant director of debate, University of Southern California; summer debate instructor, Georgetown University; design consultant, Cablevision Systems, New Jersey.

Volunteer experience

Boards: Serves on AARP Board’s Audit and Finance Committee and the AARP Insurance Trust. Formerly, chairperson and founding board member, The Alliance for Public Technology; board member and officer, California Emerging Technology Fund; member, Bellcore Advisory Board.

Other: Formerly, presidential debate judge, Washington Bureau, Associated Press; chair and commission member, California Public Broadcasting Commission (governor’s appointee); commission member, Federal Communication Commission, Network Reliability Council; chair, California Educational technology commission; chair, CEO Task Force on Digital Literacy; chair, International Council on Information Communication Technology; among many others.

Honors

Received a Lifetime Community Service Award, an outstanding teaching award, and the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Professor Award from California State University, Sacramento. Received a Technology Pioneer Award from the Alliance for Public Technology; a Technology Leadership Award from Computer Using Educators. Named among 50 for the Future by Newsweek magazine.

Source: http://www.aarp.org/about-aarp/leadership/info-2010/barbara_oconnor.html

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Lucas Public Affairs is a California-based strategic consulting, public relations, and communications firm. Located in Sacramento, C.A., Lucas Public Affairs was founded in 2006 by Donna Lucas, who is the firm’s CEO and President. The firm’s clients come from a myriad of industries including energy, sports and entertainment, transportation, natural resources, health care, business and finance, tourism and education.[2] The firm also offers services in the following practice areas: Strategic Communications, Crisis Communications, Issue & Reputation Management, Government Relations, Media, and Social Media

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Public_Affairs

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June 15, 2011
Barbara O’Connor joins Lucas Public Affairs as senior counsel

Barbara O’Connor, a longtime Sacramento college professor and expert in political communications, has joined Lucas Public Affairs, the firm announced today.

O’Connor will provide strategic guidance for the Sacramento-based public relations firm, which serves clients in the fields of energy, sports, entertainment, insurance, local government, education, health care and other fields. Her title will be senior counsel.

“Barbara’s ongoing relationships with the California press corps, academic community, and national and statewide opinion leaders and policymakers make her a major asset to our team,” said Donna Lucas, president and chief executive officer, in a written statement.

O’Connor also released a statement, saying, “I’m excited about partnering with everyone at Lucas Public Affairs. The issues are interesting and challenging. I’m looking forward to adding to the mix. I know I’m going to learn a lot.”

Source: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/06/barbara-oconnor-joins-lucas-pu.html

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SACRAMENTO, CA - Lucas Public Affairs, one of California’s top strategic communications firms, today announced the addition of Dr. Barbara O’Connor, Emeritus Professor at Sacramento State University, to its growing team.

"Dr. O’Connor will be serving as senior counsel to the firm, offering her experience and expertise on some of the firm’s top clients.

A nationally recognized expert in the field of political communications, Dr. O’Connor will provide strategic guidance on some of the most complex issues that Lucas Public Affairs’ clients face.

“I am thrilled that Barbara is joining our team. She is results-based and has a respected reputation – qualities that make her a perfect addition to the firm,” said Donna Lucas, CEO and President of Lucas Public Affairs. “Her years of experience and knowledge of California and her continued role in providing strategic counsel to many national organizations and media outlets will be of tremendous value as we help our clients navigate through challenges and achieve their business goals.”

O’Connor — formerly a professor at Sacramento State University and director of the university’s Institute for the Study of Politics and Media — has over 43 years of experience teaching and in research.

Besides Sacramento State, she has taught at Georgetown and USC where she was the assistant director of debate. She currently sits on the National Board of the American Association of Retired Persons. O’Connor has previously served as a consultant to McClatchy Newspapers, the Boston Globe Media Properties, the Tribune Company, the Washington Bureau of the Associated Press, the California Legislature, the United States Congress and the Federal Communications Commission.

“I’m excited about partnering with everyone at Lucas Public Affairs. The issues are interesting and challenging,” O’Connor said. “I’m looking forward to adding to the mix. I know I’m going to learn a lot.”

“Barbara’s ongoing relationships with the California press corps, academic community and national and statewide opinion leaders and policymakers make her a major asset to our team,” said Lucas.

Last year, the firm announced the promotions of Justin Knighten, Rachel Huberman and Annie Han and the addition of seasoned media strategist Beth Willon.

Led by Lucas, founder of the firm and one of the nation’s foremost public affairs strategists, Lucas Public Affairs’ existing team includes: public affairs experts Julie Marengo, Senior Vice President, and Jessica Spitz Biller, Vice President—who together have a combined 30+ years of experience managing complex and multi-faceted communications programs for a host of clients and issues; Beth Willon, Senior Account Supervisor & Media Specialist; Justin Knighten, Account Executive; Emilie Cameron, Account Coordinator; Rachel Huberman, Account Coordinator; and Annie Han, Executive Assistant.

Source: http://www.lucaspublicaffairs.com/lpa/index.cfm/news/dr-barbara-oe28099connor-joins-lucas-public-affairs

Read more here: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/06/barbara-oconnor-joins-lucas-pu.html#storylink=cpy

Syrie : une exécution sommaire commise par l’ASL
http://www.arte.tv/fr/Mercredi-1er-aout-2012/6846336.html

Une vidéo amateur publiée sur Youtube montre des rebelles de l’Armée syrienne libre en train d’exécuter des partisans du régime à Alep. Il s’agirait de membres du clan Berri, des sunnites qui soutiennent le président Bachar al-Assad. Ces hommes combattent auprès des troupes loyalistes. La ville d’Alep est la proie de violents combats depuis le 20 juillet. Damas tente de reprendre le contrôle de la capitale économique du pays.

Cher Arte, peux-tu me dire ce qui te permet d’écrire « des partisans du régime à Alep » et « Ces hommes combattent auprès des troupes loyalistes. » sans guillemets et sans mentionner de source, et comme si ça justifiait à coup sûr une exécution ? Par ailleurs, as-tu la moindre idée de la source de cette vidéo ? T’es-tu posé la question ?

Je vais te dire ce que j’en pense :
– la justification est fournie par l’ASL elle-même ; les autres médias qui mentionnent le massacre des Berri indiquent bien que c’est l’ASL qui a livré cette accusation ;
– seul un membre de l’ASL peut avoir filmé une exécution avec son téléphone portable, avec l’accord de l’ASL.
– Donc l’ASL se filme en train d’exécuter ce qu’elle considère des traîtres sunnites et diffuse la vidéo pour que chacun sache ce qui attend les traîtres selon l’ASL. Alors évidemment l’ASL fait bien ce qu’elle veut, mais ça interroge en revanche sur le rôle des médias occidentaux dans cette forme assez particulièrement de communication politique.

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Note : je ne peux pas regarder la vidéo, ma connexion est trop lente. Mon commentaire est basé sur le texte reproduit ci-dessus. Curieux de savoir si la version vidéo est plus claire quant à la source des accusations et de la vidéo.

Aux États-Unis, le ridicule pour tuer la « guerre aux #femmes » | Ça se passe en 2012 ! #bassine !
►http://www.rue89.com/rue69/2012/05/21/aux-etats-unis-le-ridicule-pour-tuer-la-guerre-aux-femmes-232349

au Kansas, une loi récemment signée par le gouverneur Sam Brownback autorise désormais les pharmaciens à non seulement refuser de vendre à une femme les contraceptifs prescrits par son médecin, mais en plus de lui rendre l’ordonnance afin de l’empêcher d’aller dans une autre pharmacie pour les obtenir. Les pharmaciens n’ont qu’à invoquer leurs convictions religieuses ;

en Georgie, un projet de loi propose d’inculper de crime les femmes victimes d’une fausse couche si elles sont dans l’incapacité de prouver qu’elles ne l’ont pas provoquée. Un autre suggère de redéfinir les victimes de viols comme « accusatrices ». Si voté, un troisième obligerait les femmes à continuer de porter un fœtus mort jusqu’au terme de la grossesse « comme les vaches » ;

au Wisconsin, le projet de loi SB 507 propose d’inculper les parents célibataires de négligence et d’abus psychologiques, tandis que le gouverneur Scott Walker a abrogé la loi de rémunération égale entre hommes et femmes ;

Old picture of Nasrallah
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2012/02/old-picture-of-nasrallah.html

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dECOFR2mbrQ/T0JWiBPMPhI/AAAAAAAAEDY/liAH-VDJK9o/s1600/1216images_pic_D006421_20120212171205.JPG

A very old picture of Hasan Nasrallah (probably late 1970s). Nasrallah is to the left and Abbas Musawi is to the right. The man in the middle is ‘Imad Mughniyyah. (thanks Sara)

Pour mémoire :
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2012/02/for-record.html

En 1982, et en seulement quelques mois, l’ennemi israélien est parvenu à tuer 20.000 libanais et palestiniens (principalement des civils) au Liban durant l’invasion israélienne.

Rappelons aussi que, pour massacrer 20.000 personnes, dont plus de la moitié étaient des civils, Israël n’a sacrifié que 670 de ses soldats. Toujours rappeler que les films israéliens (présentés comme « courageux » dans nos médias), centrés sur la souffrance des soldats israéliens au Liban, sont clairement négationnistes.

Karl Marx’s desk
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2012/01/karl-marxs-desk.html

I asked a guy at the British Museum in London: can I see the desk that Karl Marx worked on at the British museum? He said: it is not available for public display.

Pourtant :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWKkv2cwnB0

Cowardice of Bashshar
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2012/01/cowardice-of-bashshar.html

Finally, Syrian media has received orders to start attacking Saudi Arabia. I can report to you this: the criticisms are rather mild which only proves my theory: that the regime still hopes for a deal under the table.

Suite (et fin ?) du feuilleton de l’hiver : Salaires : tout le monde a gagné !
http://www.lorientlejour.com/category/À+La+Une+(Slideshow)/article/740959/Salaires+:_tout_le_monde_a_gagne_!.html

Le feuilleton du réajustement des salaires a finalement pris fin hier en Conseil des ministres, avec l’approbation de la formule sur laquelle le patronat et la CGTL étaient tombés d’accord à Baabda, le 21 décembre dernier.

Concrètement, le Conseil des ministres a fixé le salaire minimum à 675 000 livres durant la réunion qu’il a tenue en fin d’après-midi au Grand Sérail, sous la présidence du Premier ministre Nagib Mikati. Il a également approuvé une augmentation de 100 % sur la première tranche de 400 000 livres (soit 400 000 LL) et de 9 % sur la tranche allant de 400 000 LL à 1,5 million de livres (soit 100 000 LL), non sans en avoir déduit auparavant les 200 000 LL accordés aux salariés en 2008, partant du principe que cette augmentation n’avait pas respecté la procédure prévue dans le code du travail et était de ce fait illégale.
 
L’augmentation est donc de 300 000 livres à laquelle il faut cependant ajouter les indemnités de transport, fixées à 8 000 livres par jour.
Mais ce n’est pas sans difficultés que le gouvernement a fini par surmonter les réserves du ministre du Travail, Charbel Nahas, au sujet de la formule à adopter.

Angry Arab rappelle que les Forces libanaises (le parti de l’extrême droite chrétienne dirigé par le « docteur » Samir Geagea, qui fut la milice de Bachir Gemayel financée par Israël) sont désormais financées par les Émirats arabes unis, l’Arabie séoudite et le Koweit.

Lebanese Forces heart UAE
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/12/lebanese-forces-heart-uae.html

See this propaganda promotion of UAE on the website of Lebanese Forces, who are now funded by UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. (thanks Mohammad)

Si les princes de la maison Saoud en venaient à boycotter les voyages en Syrie et au Liban, les bordels, les bars et les casinos en souffriraient vraiment.

Angry Arab, toujours marrant (mais pas que)
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/11/house-of-saud.html

Angry Arab relève ce détail intéressant :
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/11/sectarian-descriptions-of-protesters.html

Avez-vous remarqué que les manifestants de Bahreïn et d’Arabie séoudite sont constamment qualifiés dans les médias occidentaux et arabes (appartenant aux séoudiens et aux qataris) de “manifestants chiites”, alors que les manifestants en Syrie ne sont jamais décrits selon des critères confessionnels. Pourquoi ?

Angry Arab - Demonstration in Tunisia
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/11/demonstration-in-tunisia.html

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/380345_284361598264521_237376096296405_951612_27512222_n.jpg

I am receiving information from contacts in Tunisia that there is a demonstration in front of the Qatari embassy by secular Tunisians who blame the victory of An-Nahda on Qatari funding and meddling.  One demonstrator sent this picture.

New TV yesterday reported about the US claim of the Iranian plot with the picture of the Hollywood sign in the background.

http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/10/hollywood-sign.html

Il paraît que cette information devrait nous intéresser :
http://www.leparisien.fr/flash-actualite-monde/syrie-l-union-europeenne-salue-l-opposition-trois-civils-tues-10-10-2011-

Le grand mufti de Syrie, cheikh Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, la plus haute autorité religieuse du pays, a menacé l’Europe, les Etats-Unis et Israël d’attentats suicide si la Syrie était attaquée.

« Dès le premier obus tiré, les fils de la Syrie et du Liban deviendront des combattants qui mèneront des attentats suicide », a déclaré le mufti dans un discours dont un enregistrement vidéo est disponible sur YouTube.

Cette déclaration (dont je n’ai pas la source) est assez largement reprise dans nos médias. En revanche, aucun des médias qui reprennent aujourd’hui ces « menaces » n’avait trouvé utile d’indiquer, la semaine dernière, que le fils de ce même « grand mufti de Syrie » a été assassiné (et que c’est une affaire importante).

Pour rappel :
http://fr.ria.ru/world/20111003/191331046.html

Autre source indiquant l’importance de l’affaire dans la région : le Président de la République libanaise a même fait présenter ses condoléances aujourd’hui :
http://www.iloubnan.info/politique/actualite/id/67339/titre/Ibrahim-présente-ses-condoléances-au-Mufti-de-la-Syrie-au-nom-du-Présiden

Angry Arab remarquait justement aujourd’hui :
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/10/assassination-of-syrias-muftis-son.html

Did you notice that Western media and Arab (read Saudi and Qatari oil) media all but ignored the assassination of the Mufti’s son? Why? Because the assassination conflicts with their narrative of the situation.

C’est donc pire : la dépêche qui rapportait l’assassinat du fils du grand mufti a été totalement ignorée. Celle qui rapporte les « menaces » du même grand mufti, elle, circule largement.

Mais a-t-on vraiment besoin de ce genre de détail insignifiant ?

24 morts dans des affrontements entre coptes et forces de l’ordre au Caire | RFI
http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20111010-24-morts-affrontements-entre-coptes-forces-ordre-caire

Le bilan est très lourd après les affrontements entre des manifestants coptes et policiers militaires de ce dimanche 9 octobre 2011 : 24 morts dont 17 chrétiens coptes et plus de 200 blessés. Les forces de l’ordre comptent 3 morts dans leurs rangs.

Les manifestants protestaient pacifiquement contre l’incendie d’une église dans la région d’Assouan, dans le sud du pays.

Il y avait beaucoup de femmes, des musiciens, des guitares, et soudain, à 18h00, tout a dégénéré. On ne sait pas qui a tiré en premier. L’armée accuse les coptes et les coptes accusent l’armée. Des témoins parlent d’une tierce partie : les tirs seraient venus du quartier informel voisin de Boulak. La situation devient très vite chaotique avec des tirs dans tous les sens. Les blindés de l’armée foncent au milieu de la fusillade. Les accrochages se déplacent dans le centre-ville.

Sur la place Tahrir, se retrouvent les manifestants coptes d’un côté, les forces de l’ordre de l’autre, et de jeunes musulmans.

Les sbires d’Assad écrasent les mains d’un caricaturiste syrien | Rue89
►http://www.rue89.com/neo-arabia/2011/08/25/les-sbires-del-assad-ecrasent-les-mains-dun-caricaturiste-syrien-219199

Depuis le début de la révolution syrienne, ses caricatures arrachent des sourires ironiques aux protestataires qui les échangent et les commentent sur leurs pages Facebook. Enlevé à l’aube ce jeudi 25 août sur une place centrale de Damas, Ali Farzat, dessinateur mondialement connu, a été retrouvé tabassé au bord de la route.

Al Joumhouria (qui est, sauf erreur de ma part, le quotidien d’Elias Murr) publie un « document secret » : le dernier entretien entre Rafic Hariri et Walid Mouallem, le ministre syrien des affaires étrangères. Le document est repris sur le site officiel du 14 Mars.

Pour l’instant, deux parties du document ont été publiées :
http://www.aljoumhouria.com/articles/view/8508/84
http://www.aljoumhouria.com/articles/view/8604/85

La publication de cet article semble vouloir prouver quelque chose (que Rafic Hariri était en mauvaise grâce auprès de Bachar Assad, semble-t-il).

Angry Arab a une opinion très différente :
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/08/rafiq-hariri-lies.html

it shows how easy it was for Hariri to lie.

http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/08/rafiq-hariri-unplugged.html

It shows you that the ill-cited man remained desperate to the every end to serve as a small tool for Bashshar Al-Asad.  Spare me all your silly rhetoric about Rafiq Hariri’s struggle for the independence of Lebanon.

Par exemple, ici, Rafic Hariri se vante d’obéir aux ordres syriens avec diligence :

الحريري: ...ما المطلوب مني؟ عندما يأتي إلي سفير هذا البلد أو ذاك ويقول لي السوريون يتكلمون هكذا، ماذا أفعل، هل أتصل بكم، لن أفعل. «ما بدا شي»، لماذا وليد المعلم أو فاروق أو مندوبك هنا لم يأت إلي ويقول يا أبو بهاء لم نعد نريدك رئيسا للحكومة، لكنت قدمت استقالتي في ربع ساعة. رأيتم كيف بعد التمديد، عندما قال لي رستم «مش ماشي الحال»، قدمت استقالتي، ماذا حصل هل أصدرت بيانات ونظمت مظاهرات؟ بقيت صامتا أربعة أشهر.

Al-Akhbar AND As-Safir banned in Syria - Angry Arab
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/07/al-akhbar-and-as-safir-banned-in-syria.html

The lousy Syrian regime has officially banned As-Safir and Al-Akhbar from Syria.

Panetta on Al Qaeda : Leon Panetta says Al Qaeda defeat is "within reach" - latimes.com
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-panetta-qaeda-20110710,0,2299598.story

May showed that 10 years of U.S. operations against Al Qaeda had left it with fewer than two dozen key operatives, most of whom are in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and North Africa.

– Balancer des missiles de croisière sur les lieux pré-cités :
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“It is certainly true that Al Qaeda’s leadership has been significantly eroded over the past two years,” said Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism expert at Georgetown University, but “there is no empirical evidence that either the appeal of its message or the flow of recruits into its ranks has actually diminished.”

– Annoncer que le ralentissement de l’augmentation du nombre de recrutements est au point mort, mais en fait on ne sait pas trop :
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The Taliban movement has a primarily domestic agenda that differs from the global jihad espoused by Al Qaeda, and links between the two groups have loosened considerably in the nearly 10 years since the Taliban gave sanctuary to Bin Laden in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.

– Expliquer, après tout ça, que finalement les Talibans ne sont pas nos ennemis (ils n’ont jamais qu’un « agenda domestique », et pas de jihad mondialisé)
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The U.S. believes Ayman Zawahiri, the Egyptian who succeeded Bin Laden as Al Qaeda’s top leader, was probably hiding in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas

– Coco, t’oublies pas de balancer des missiles de croisière là-bas, hein ?
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Panetta said that Yemen — not Pakistan — poses the most potent threat of terrorist attacks on America, from an Al Qaeda offshoot known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

– Ah ben finalement, les missiles de croisière, c’est pour le Yemen.
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– Pardon, tu parles bien du Yemen d’Ali Abdullah Saleh ?
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The Angry Arab News Service
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/06/72-killed-in-hamah-alone.html

A  source in Syria confirms that 72 have been killed in Hamah alone today.

#syrie

An Engaged Audience Is Key to Hyperlocal Success | Street Fight
http://streetfightmag.com/2011/05/17/an-engaged-audience-is-the-key-to-hyperlocal-success

In studying the content of hyperlocal media versus that of WashingtonPost.com, I found that hyperlocal sites bested mainstream media in their coverage of neighborhood politics (which accounted for 19.3% of hyperlocal media coverage), crime (10.9% of coverage), real estate (5.7% of coverage), and events (6.7% of coverage). Many of the hyperlocal media played to these strengths, with list-servs including plenty of events and political information and blogs breaking news on restaurants and crime (with some crossover among all media). Furthermore, coverage of these subjects met readers’ demand for it: 90.9% of survey respondents turned to hyperlocal media for coverage of local events, while 81% looked for news about crime in the urban neighborhood I studied. Political and real estate coverage were also highly sought-after by a majority of users.

81% des consommateurs d’infos locales (des sites « hyperlocaux ») à la recherche d’infos sur le « crime » ? C’est typiquement ricain ou ça se vérifie ailleurs ? Parce que ça fout un peu les jetons (ça donnerait même un peu envie de zigouiller ses voisins, en fait).