Topic: War and Peace News - on March 25, 2011 at 6:10:00 PM CET
Libya, Yemen, Syria: The hierarchy of despotism
As we stare at screens lit up by another precision-guided Middle Eastern war — and this has already gone far beyond Washington's "humanitarian no-fly zone" euphemism — take a moment and look to Libya's east.
Yemen's increasingly desperate dictator, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has deployed tanks against his own people. Last Friday, government snipers killed about 50 protesters after midday prayers. The sharpshooters, it was reported, targeted their heads.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 25, 2011 at 5:57:00 PM CET
Canadian to command NATO's Libya mission
A senior White House official says a Canadian will take over command of the NATO mission in Libya.
The official says Lt.-Gen. Charles Bouchard, stationed in Naples, has been designated by NATO as head of the alliance's military campaign in Libya.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 25, 2011 at 5:53:00 PM CET
West strikes Libya forces, NATO sees 90-day campaign
Western warplanes bombed Muammar Gaddafi's armor in eastern Libya on Friday to try to break a battlefield stalemate and help rebels take the strategic town of Ajdabiyah.
The African Union said it was planning to facilitate talks to help end war in the oil producing country. But NATO said its no-fly zone operation could last three months, and France cautioned the conflict would not end soon.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 25, 2011 at 5:26:00 PM CET
Bahrain's Foreign Police Add to Tensions
Bahrain's ruling family is moving to shore up its security forces with more recruits from Pakistan, in a move that risks further stoking nationalist and sectarian tensions in the Persian Gulf state. The Al Khalifa family, Sunni Muslims who rule over a Shiite-majority population, have long relied on recruits from Sunni-majority countries such as Pakistan, Jordan and Yemen to fill the ranks of their police forces. As antigovernment protests have flared in Bahrain, culminating in a violent crackdown last week, the monarchy has turned again to Pakistan military-linked foundations to find recruits for its security forces.
This month, Bahrani recruiters for the National Guard, a paramilitary body, signed up 1,000 new security personnel during road shows in Pakistan, according to officials with military foundations in Pakistan that organized the recruitment.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 25, 2011 at 2:34:00 PM CET
Yemeni president Ali Abdallah Saleh's speech is copy paste of Ghaddafi, Ben Ali and Moubarak speeches!
. Al Jazeera (Arabic) correspondent is confirming that security forces dispersed several demos in different areas of Damascus
TV: President Saleh tells crowd in Saana that prepared to hand over power only to "safe hands" ap
Thousands in Yemen march against Saleh Crowds on the streets for protests dubbed a "day of departure" but president delivers a defiant speech to supporters. aljazeera.net
In Yemen, a large division of the army have joined the revolution and are protecting the protesters from thugs
The Boss Falls. Then What?
LATE Thursday night, amid rumors that he was about to resign after almost 33 years in power, a defiant President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen went on national television to criticize demonstrators and declare a general amnesty for soldiers who had gone over to the opposition. His brief remarks were the latest act in a week of tense political drama in which scores of protesters in the capital were killed and Mr. Saleh’s most important military ally defected.Yemen tense as capital Sanaa sees huge rival rallies
A BBC correspondent, who is not being named for security reasons, said the atmosphere was tense and anxious in the capital Continue reading the main story Related Stories
* LIVE: Libya and Mid-East crisis
* Yemen 'teetering on the edge'
* Beginning of the end?
Tens of thousands of people are attending rival mass rallies in Yemen's capital Sanaa, a week after some 50 people were shot dead at a protest.
Protesters predicted their biggest rally yet to demand the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Mr Saleh told a rally of his own supporters he was ready to hand over power, but only to "safe hands".
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 25, 2011 at 12:56:00 PM CET
Operation Odyssey Dawn explained (Day 6)
It’s a pity that that the news of the “Libyan aircraft shot down by a French fighter after violating the No-Fly Zone” had to be seen under another perspective, otherwise I would have had the chance to comment in today’s analysis the first kill of a Rafale in combat (after many claimed DissimilarAir Combat Training) as well as how quickly Air Vice Marshal Greg Bagwell (who, yesterday, had affirmed that the Libyan Air Force no longer exists) was contradicted. Indeed, a Soko G-2 Galeb of the Libyan Arab Air Force (LARAF) was destroyed by a French Rafale patrolling the NFZ enforced by the coalition, but as it became clear later during the day, the Libyan plane was not intercepted mid-air but smashed by an AASM (Armement Air-Sol Modulaire, Air-to-Ground Modular Weapon) right after landing in Misratah.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 25, 2011 at 12:46:00 PM CET
Export von Überwachungstechnik an Diktaturen legal
Deutsche Firmen können weiterhin Überwachungssysteme für Telefonie und Internet für "Strafverfolger" in Syrien, Bahrain und dem Jemen liefern. Das bestätigte das deutsche Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle auf Anfrage von ORF.at.
Abseits von Libyen, das wegen der Bombardements durch die "Allianz der Willigen" in diesen Tagen naturgemäß die Aufmerksamkeit der Weltöffentlichkeit auf sich zieht, geht die Repression im Nahen Osten ungebrochen weiter - mit Unterstützung durch Überwachungstechnikhersteller aus der EU.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 25, 2011 at 9:59:00 AM CET
Today is "Day of Dignity" for Daraa, huge march expected in funerals within the city and other Syria cities - الاعتداءعلى مظاهرات حلب الجامع الكبير 25 أذار
Daraa getting ready to bury their 35 martyrs at Albalad southern cemetery after Friday pray, Huge march expected!
Confirmed: Secret police arrested 8 people from KfarSousse protest in Damascus
Duma Damascus Syria is uprising big crowd chanting :"Peaceful Peaceful"”
Thousands in Daraa chanting against Maher Assad (Brother of the president, the leader of the Republican Guard)
Syrian troops have dismantled checkpoints in Daraa.
Confirmed: NOW 5000 protesting in Homs in Gamal Abdl Nasser square chanting: Syrians wont be humiliated Syria
Out of 14 governates in Syria, at least 6 have significantly large protests going on today
Hundred of thousands from all near towns march in front of governor house in Daraa
Syrian gov jams Orient TV for its coverage of the protests
Hama:Groups of families from Al Tikiya, Al Manakh, Al Amiriya, Al Shimaliya,and Al Qusoor head towards Sahat al Asi
Security forces are gathering in Sahat Al Asi
Hundreds chant "freedom" in city of Hama, scene in 1982 to killing of thousands of people by Syrian security forces;
A little background about Hama, where the Syrian regime massacred 40,000 in 1982 Hama massacre [wiki]
Heavy gunfire heard from Deraa square thousands of protesters gathered, people seen fleeing scene Reuters
Mosques at Sanamin city are calling for medical help, nurses & doctors should provide support now!
Syria has been ruled under emergency law since 1963.
Unconfirmed reports of 25 dead so far in Daraa alone today.
Confirmed: Latakia many killed and injured
Reports says 30 people have been killed across Syria in today's protests
AP: Resident of Syrian city of Daraa says that troops have opened fire on protesters
Security forces dispersed the protesters using sticks and batons
Unconfirmed report that security forces opened fire on protesters in village of Kfar Shams near Damascus Reports of dead
The Syrian State TV has been claiming since morning that all demos in Syria are pro regime
All times are local in Syria GMT+2
1:20pm
Syrian secret police have dispersed protesters in the capital Damascus, according to witness reports.
1:55pm Human rights campaigners, Syrian intellectuals and other analysts agreed that today will give a clearer indication of whether the rebellion will spread or falter.
"When Friday is over, we'll have a much better idea what direction this is going in," said one political analyst, who works as an adviser to the government."
Syria Live Blog - March 25 سورية: تظاهرات في عدة مدن سورية تضامنا مع درعا - bbc.co.uk alarabiya.net Protests in Deraa, Damascus and Hama [BBC] Syria protests spread to other cities
مجزرة الصنمين - 25-3-2011- - VIDEO of Sanamin 's massacre today many killed when security forces open fire on protesters
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 25, 2011 at 9:51:00 AM CET
CNN: Libyan government media trip goes wrong (Mar 24, 2011)
CNN's Nic Robertson exposes how attempts by the Gadhafi regime to paint a picture of the airstrikes goes awry.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 25, 2011 at 9:21:00 AM CET
UN rights experts sound alarm on wave of enforced disappearances in Libya
A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today voiced deep concern about hundreds of alleged enforced disappearances that have taken place in recent months in Libya, where what started as peaceful civilian protests demanding the ouster of Muammar Al-Qadhafi has turned into a violent military crackdown by the regime of the opposition.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 25, 2011 at 9:14:00 AM CET
350 British special forces already deep inside Libya... and more are ready to be deployed
Hundreds of British troops have been deployed deep inside Libya targeting Colonel Gaddafi’s forces – and more are on standby.
While Chancellor George Osborne repeated that UK ground troops would not be involved, the Daily Mail can reveal there are an estimated 350 already mounting covert operations.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 25, 2011 at 8:06:00 AM CET
NATO to police Libya no-fly zone
NATO countries have agreed to enforce a no-fly zone in Libya "to protect civilians" against Muammar Gaddafi's forces, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told reporters.
During a press conference in Brussels on Thursday, Rasmussen said the military alliance's mandate did not go beyond the no-fly zone, but that NATO could act in self-defence.
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