Arab League mounts pressure on Syria as Free Army calls for air strikes
►http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/11/24/179003.html
The Arab League has given Syria a day to sign a protocol allowing monitors into the country or the regional body will press ahead with plans to impose economic sanctions, Egypt’s envoy to the League said on Thursday as Free Syrian Army called for foreign air strikes on “strategic targets” in Syria.
Manifestation à Beyrouth contre la répression en Syrie : présence notamment de Marcel Khalifé, Ahmad Kaabour et Roger Assaf.
►http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/09/161483.html
وشارك في هذا التجمع الفنان اللبناني المعروف مارسيل خليفة الذي أشعل شمعة عن روح “الشهداء” في سوريا، قائلا “جئت إلى هنا كي أقول لا للدكتاتورية العربية”.
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من جهتها، لفتت الفنانة حنان الحاج علي التي حضرت مع زوجها المخرج روجيه عساف إلى أنها “مقاومة مع كل مظلوم، أنا مع المقاومة ضد إسرائيل، وأنا مع الشعب السوري ضد ظلم الأسد، لقد شاركت في مصر مع المتظاهرين في ساحة التحرير ضد نظام مبارك، المقاومة هي بكل شيء وليس فقط ضد دولة عدوة”.
Même sujet, sur Al Jazeera, et en anglais:
Syria solidarity rally held in Beirut - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
►http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/08/2011896412713287.html
Hundreds of people have rallied in Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, in solidarity with the Syrian people, as the Syrian government intensified its crackdown on protesters.
Monday’s demonstration, which included prominent Lebanese intellectuals, writers, journalists and activists, was held in the symbolic Martyr’s Square to honour the estimated 2,000 Syrians who activists say have been killed by security forces since the uprising began in March.
Et voilà : nos mercenaires en Libye.
La principale innovation des occidentaux pour contourner les limites de la guerre conventionnelle, depuis une vingtaine d’années, consiste à faire faire leur guerre par des mercenaires (pour lesquelles on trouvera autant de néologismes élégants que nécessaire). Plusieurs articles suggèrent désormais que les occidentaux, à nouveau, lâchent leurs chiens de guerre ; cette fois en Libye. On peut le tourner comme on veut : les mercenaires n’ont jamais amené rien de bon à aucun pays.
À noter que, dans le cas libyen, le recours aux mercenaires permet instantanément de dépasser les limites du mandat de l’ONU : officiellement, on a un mandat limité ; officieusement, personne ne sait qui paie des mercenaires qui interviennent au sol et participent aux opérations offensives.
Mercenaries joining both sides in Libya conflict | News by Country | Reuters
►http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFN0229488620110602
The Guardian said contractors were helping NATO identify possible targets in the heavily contested city and passing this information, as well as information about the movements of Gaddafi’s forces, to a NATO command center in Naples, Italy. The newspaper reported that a group of six armed Westerners had been filmed by the Al Jazeera TV network talking to rebels in Misrata; the men fled after realizing they were being filmed.
U.S. officials have said the governments of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which oppose Gaddafi, are willing to back his opponents with money and weapons.
One U.S. official said there are indications that Qatar may be paying outsiders to help the Libyan rebels. Qatar’s embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment.
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The official played down the involvement of mercenaries with Gaddafi’s opponents, saying, “So far, we haven’t seen discernible foreign mercenary support on the rebel side.”
À nouveau, l’« axe » Qatar-Arabie séoudite.
Admirons le titre de l’article d’Al Arabiya, grotesque, qui permettrait tout aussi bien de justifier le recours à la torture ou au massacre des civils.
Learning from Qaddafi, opposition hires mercenaries while Libyan turns to crooks
►http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/06/01/151367.html
Former members of the Special Air Service (SAS) are among those gathering information about the location and movement of troops loyal to Colonel Qaddafi, British military sources told the paper.
They are passing that information on to NATO’s command center in Naples.
The former soldiers are in Libya with the blessing of Britain, France and other NATO countries, the sources told The Guardian.
La principale source de ces articles est l’article du Guardian :
Libya : SAS veterans helping Nato identify Gaddafi targets in Misrata | World news | The Guardian
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/31/libya-sas-veterans-misrata-rebels
These private soldiers are reported to be paid by Arab countries, notably Qatar. British officials said they were not being paid by the UK government.
Those countries in favour of the decision to impose a no-fly zone, and hostile to Gaddafi, would be strongly opposed to any direct – or official – link between western advisers and Nato commanders. The advisers are being kept at arm’s length, but their role is privately welcomed.
En #Égypte, rien n’est joué - Les blogs du Diplo
►http://blog.mondediplo.net/2011-02-08-Egypte-rien-n-est-joue
La chaîne satellitaire Al-Arabiyya, concurrente d’Al-Jazira et proche de l’Arabie saoudite, publie une étonnante nouvelle : l’ancien ministre de l’intérieur, l’homme responsable depuis des années de la répression, des arrestations et de la torture en Egypte, Habib Al-Adly, est soupçonné d’être derrière l’attentat contre l’Eglise à Alexandrie le 31 décembre dernier (« Probe starts on Adly’s reported role in Alex church attrack. Ex-minister suspected behind Alex church bombing », 7 février).
« Selon des sources diplomatiques britanniques, l’ancien ministre de l’intérieur a établi depuis six ans une organisation dirigée par 22 officiers qui employait d’anciens islamistes radicaux, des trafiquants de drogue et des sociétés de sécurité pour mener des actes de sabotage à travers le pays au cas où le régime serait en difficulté. »
Il faut ajouter, concernant les coptes, que le pouvoir voulait attiser les divisions entre musulmans et chrétiens pour pouvoir se présenter comme le garant de la stabilité. D’ailleurs, depuis le début des événements, et alors que la police a disparu des rues, aucun attentat contre un lieu de culte chrétien n’a eu lieu. Dans de nombreux cas, des prêtres et des imams ont prêché ensemble et des jeunes ont assuré la sécurité.
Ex-minister suspected behind Alex church bombing
►http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/02/07/136723.html
The proclamation, numbered 1450, pointed to the news reports sourcing a UK diplomat who explained the reasons why Britain has insisted on the immediate departure of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his regime, especially his interior ministry’s security apparatus previously directed by el-Adly.
According the UK diplomatic sources quoted in the reports, the former interior minister had built up in over six years a special security system that was managed by 22 officers and that employed a number of former radical Islamists, drug dealers and some security firms to carry out acts of sabotage around the country in case the regime was under threat to collapse.
The proclamation also pointed, sourcing reports on UK intelligence services, that interior ministry officer Maj. Fathi Abdelwahid began in Dec. 11, 2011 preparing Ahmed Mohamed Khaled, who had spent 11 years in Egyptian prisons, to contact an extremist group named Jundullah and coordinate with it the attack on the Alexandria church.
Ben Ali to face trial over ex-president cruel death
►http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/02/06/136496.html
In addition to the several charges he faces which range from corruption, plundering his country’s national resources and threatening state security, ousted Tunisian President Zein El Abedin Ben Ali is now accused of abusing his predecessor Habib Bourguiba.
Lawyer Allala al-Rajichi filed a lawsuit at the court of first instance in Monastir, the birthplace of late Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, against Ben Ali for the mistreatment and imprisonment to death of Bourguiba, the Tunisian newspaper al-Sabah reported Thursday.
Saudi Arabia bans blogging without a licence | TG Daily
►http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/53403-saudi-arabia-bans-blogging-without-a-licence
Under the new rules, to be introduced next month, all online writers - and this appears to include forums and even short messaging - will need a licence, valid for up to three years.
The Saudi government says the move is simply designed to protect society - and points out that it was already censoring content anyway. Saudi Arabia has one of the highest numbers of bloggers in the Arabic world.
Applicants for a licence need to be Saudi, at least 20 years old and to have graduated from high school. They will also need ’documents testifying to their good behaviour’. Editors of online newspapers will need to be approved by the Ministry of Information and Culture.
Anyone caught blogging without a licence will be subject to a fine of up to 100,000 Riyal ($26,665), and/or a ban - possibly forever.
Cette information ne contient aucun des mots #Chavez ou #Iran. Le Monde n’est donc pas intéressé.
Information ministry says move is not to censor
Saudis must apply for govt license to start blogging
►http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/01/03/132053.html
Licenses are now required for starting any e-publishing site in Saudi Arabia, after a regulatory change made by the country’s culture and information ministry.
The new conditions for anyone to open a blog, an online newspaper, or any similar forms for e-publishing, must be of a Saudi nationality, over 20 in age, and must have a high school or higher qualification aided with a good record of appropriate bahvior conduct, and a license from the ministry.
All license holders must publicly display their license information on their websites. Editors must receive a special approval from the ministry, in addition to having to require obtaining a license.
Certain journaliste est pour, merci Mr le ministre de nettoyer l’internet de ces voleurs du dur travail de la presse que sont les blogueurs. ►http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=23671