Tag: middle east

West Celebrates as Dark Age Descends over Egypt
August 13, 2012 0

West Celebrates as Dark Age Descends over Egypt

By News Desk

In a May 6, 2012 Reuters article it stated : "Working quietly, the Brotherhood has been financing Free Syrian Army defectors based in Turkey and channeling money and supplies to Syria, reviving their base among small Sunni farmers and middle class Syrians, opposition sources say."  The Muslim Brotherhood was nearing extinction in Syria before the latest unrest, and while Reuters categorically fails in its report to explain the "how" behind the Brotherhood’s resurrection, it was revealed in a 2007 New Yorker article titled, " The Redirection " by Seymour Hersh. The Brotherhood was being directly backed by the US and Israel who were funneling support through the Saudis so as to not compromise the "credibility" of the so-called "Islamic" movement. Hersh revealed that members of the Lebanese Saad Hariri clique, then led by Fouad Siniora, had been the go-between for US planners and the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood.

The Syrian Government is Not Isolated
August 11, 2012 0

The Syrian Government is Not Isolated

By News Desk

The Syrian Government is Not Isolated Largest nations on Earth converge to support embattled Syrian government. by Tony Cartalucci August 11, 2012 – Iran has recently hosted 30 nations including Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Oman, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Cuba, Jordan, Tunisia, Palestine, and many others in Tehran this week in efforts to support the Syrian government against foreign destabilization. Upon the agenda were calls to end foreign arms currently flowing into terrorist hands inside Syria, proposals to broker a meaningful ceasefire, the coordination of humanitarian aid, and supporting the Syrian people’s right to reform without foreign interference

Genesis of US-Saudi "Al Qaeda Frankenstein" in Syria
August 11, 2012 0

Genesis of US-Saudi "Al Qaeda Frankenstein" in Syria

By News Desk

Saturday, August 11, 2012 Genesis of US-Saudi "Al Qaeda Frankenstein" in Syria Al Qaeda militants funded, armed and arrayed against Syria by the West since at least 2007 receive PR boost from Western media as public awareness grows of their presence.  by Tony Cartalucci August 11, 2012 – "To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush Administration has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in the Middle East. In Lebanon, the Administration has coöperated with Saudi Arabia’s government, which is Sunni, in clandestine operations that are intended to weaken Hezbollah, the Shiite organization that is backed by Iran.

Introducing the Gulf State Despots: 10 Facts about Saudi Arabia
August 9, 2012 0

Introducing the Gulf State Despots: 10 Facts about Saudi Arabia

By News Desk

Astounding hypocrisy, self-censorship, and complicity by the West regarding one of the most regressive regimes on Earth. by Tony Cartalucci August 9, 2012 –  The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) comprises of 6 nations, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman. In principle, Kuwait and Bahrain are considered “constitutional monarchs,” in practice, all 6 are despotic autocracies with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman overtly “absolute monarchs.” Devoid of even a feigned semblance of representative governance, these regimes brutally repress not only their own subjects, but play active roles in repressing the people of other nations, both on their borders and well beyond them.