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Robert Fisk’s World: The truth about the Middle East is buried beneath the headlines - Robert Fisk, Commentators - The Independent

  • Our masters prefer us not to tangle with the bad guys as well as good guys. Years ago, a Time magazine reporter in Cairo packed his note-book with facts about the routine Egyptian police torture of prisoners. But the US ambassador in Cairo persuaded the bureau chief to hold off because he understood that Mubarak was going to "crack down" on such abuses. Ho ho! Time didn't run the story and, of course, the abuses got worse. Shortly afterwards, jail guards were forcing Egyptian prisoners to rape each other.
  • And nothing has changed. The big Western news agencies which have headquartered their Middle East offices in Cairo are as loath to touch these stories today as they were more than a decade ago. It's just the same in that other friendly Muslim ally of ours, Turkey. But let's start in Cairo. When the "peace process" – remember that tacky phrase? – was about to reach fruition almost 15 years ago, the big wire agencies poured millions into new offices and staffs in Mubarak's gleaming capital of democracy. And what happened? As usual, the Egyptian Mukhabarat security agencies inserted their own lads into the bureaux – or blackmailed Egyptian reporting staff – to spy on the journalistic output. All bureau chiefs in Cairo know who their local spies are. But, of course, they can't dismiss them.
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Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - State Department to Twitter: Keep Iranian tweets coming « - Blogs from CNN.com

  • Senior officials say the State Department is working with Twitter and other social networking sites to ensure Iranians are able to continue to communicate to each other and the outside world
  • For example, senior officials say the State Department asked Twitter to refrain for going down for periodic scheduled maintenance at this critical time to ensure the site continues to operate. Bureau’s and offices across the State Department, they say, are paying very close attention to Twitter and other sites to get information on the situation in Iran.
03 Jun 09

The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Obama

  • What can you say about Obama? It will--and should--be remembered that he praised the "wisdom" of the Saudi King. What is next? Will he praise the public beheadings in the kingdom as example of ideal justice?
23 Apr 09

الملحق العسكرى الأمريكى يتفقد معبر رفح - بوابة الشروق

  •  زار الملحق العسكرى فى السفارة الأمريكية بالقاهرة معبر رفح والحدود المصرية مع قطاع غزة فى زيارة سريعة دون مرافقين من السفارة تفقد فيها العمل فى آليات ضبط الحدود وكفاءة العمل عليها، وتعتبر الزيارة هى الأخيرة ضمن سلسلة من الزيارات الدورية الأمريكية التى زادت وتيرتها بعيد العدوان الإسرائيلى على قطاع غزة.
  • ومن جانب متصل منعت سلطات معبر رفح مرور وفد أسكتلندى إلى قطاع غزة، مكون من أربعة أشخاص من بينهم طبيب وعضو برلمان.

Condoleezza Rice approved 'torture' techniques - Telegraph

  • According to the new timeline, which compiles legal advice provided by the
    Bush administration to the CIA, Miss Rice personally conveyed the Bush
    administration's approval for waterboarding of Zubaydah to George Tenet,
    then CIA Director, in July 2002.
  • Days after Miss Rice spoke to Mr Tenet, the Justice Department approved the
    use of waterboarding in a top secret memo. Abu Zubaydah was subjected to
    waterboarding some 83 times in August 2002.
22 Apr 09

Should we support internet activists in the Middle East? | Marc Lynch

What debt?! This article is extremely patronizing and egotistic that I wanna throw up, matched only with the egotistic reply from Tahawy.. in addition to the usual name dropping and the by-the-way-he's-a-friend-too line.
Egyptian bloggers are not looking for sponsorship from any Western govt. The latter are our enemies and the backers of Mubarak's dictatorship. Nor do we look from help from pundits who sit with dissidents and then go lecture in West Point and Counterterrorism conferences sharing platform and prestige with murderes and torturers.
Egypt's bloggers welcome ONLY the intervention of foreign non-state actors, like labor unions, human rights watchdogs, student associations, etc.. but not the US govt.. Actually we want the US govt to fuck off and leave us alone..

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A7a Imperialism USA Bloggers hypocrisy Pundits Marc Lynch Egypt diplomacy pimplomacy

  • One particular blogger in Egypt recently was beaten up because he did not pay his internet bill on time. Journalists and writer associations in Sweden sent him enough money to pay for his internet connection under the next five years.
    • Is that referrence to Wael? - on 2009-04-23
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08 Apr 09

اليوم السابع | الملحق العسكرى الأمريكى يتفقد الحدود المصرية

  • تفقد الجنرال فلوريد وليامز الملحق العسكرى الأمريكى بالسفارة بالقاهرة اليوم، الأربعاء، الحدود المصرية الفلسطينية والإسرائيلية ومعبرى رفح وكرم أبو سالم، بعد 3 أيام من زيارة وفد أمريكى مكون من 15 فردا، شاركت فيه السفيرة مارجريت سكوبى وأعضاء من مجلس الشيوخ
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