Why June 5 Matters

by Joe Catron, source I gasped as the first bullet struck a young man standing a few paces ahead of me. Watching him crumple to the ground, I struggled for breath and fought my natural urge to run. ‘Allahu Akbar!’, the crowd roared around me. ‘Yalla, Shebab!’ A half-dozen other men – none of whom [...]

Arab Spring Wary of Economic Lifelines

by Cam McGrath CAIRO, May 31, 2011 (IPS) – Governments and international institutions that once bankrolled the authoritarian regimes of Tunisia’s Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak have begun floating aid packages to speed up the economic recovery and transition to democracy in these countries. Arab revolutionaries have reason to be wary. “Very [...]

Palestine: IOF tears down 13 structures, Naqab land grab plan, clashes, arrests & FF2 to sail to Gaza

IOF tears down 13 structures in Jordan Valley JENIN, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) led military bulldozers into the Al-Farisiyya and Al-Meita areas in the Salt Valley in the northern Jordan Valley, and destroyed 13 structures owned by Arab Bedouins. The force crushed eight homes in Al-Meita in the upper Salt Valley where Bedouins [...]

Bahrain: Elections in September to place MPs who resigned & fresh protests in June

Videos: Female students waiting in line for a security check at the university March in Sanabis March in Sitra against the regime & they will return to protesting in June Police storming houses Bahrain to replace opposition MPs Press TV Bahrain is planning to hold parliamentary elections in September to replace a number of lawmakers [...]

Libya: No agreement reached & UK to use bunker buster bombs

Zuma Meets Gaddafi: No Agreement Reached Al Manar Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi “is ready” to implement an African Union (AU) plan to end the crisis in the country, visiting South African President Jacob Zuma, who was representing the AU, said. However, the South African mediator did not publicly discuss the key obstacle: Gaddafi’s departure. Zuma [...]

Attack on Mavi Marmara, a year later: Lawsuit demands information on murder of Furkhan Dogan

Saudi Arabia releases female driver & ‘hush money for security’

Saudi Arabia releases female driver Press TV A Saudi female activist who challenged her country’s ban on women driving has been released after spending 10 days in custody, a lawyer says. Manal al-Sharif was arrested at her home on May 15, facing charges of “besmirching the kingdom’s reputation abroad and stirring up public opinion,” after [...]

Yemen: Protesters killed & clashes in Sana’a

Yemeni troops kill 7 protesters Press TV Seven people have been killed in southern Yemen after security forces opened fire on protesters who are demanding an end to the longtime rule of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Witnesses said that security forces opened fire on anti-government protesters in the Yemeni city of Taizz, killing seven [...]

‘”Israel” plans Mubarak’s escape’

Press TV Egyptian Minister of Justice Mohammad Abdul Aziz al-Jundi has said that Israel plans to pave the way for the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to escape from the – country. In an interview with the Egyptian newspaper al-Wafd, Jundi also accused Israel of making efforts to spark a civil war in the North [...]

First National Demonstration: Move Over, AIPAC

by HARRY CLARK, source The annual conference of the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, took place in Washington the weekend of May 21-22 and the following week. As usual, the top of the federal government paid tribute—President Obama addressed the 6,000 strong delegates, and over 350 senators and representatives attended. The Rapture may have failed to [...]

Palestine: 7 year-old violently arrested, clashes, call for protests on June 5th & plan to judaize Jerusalem

Seven Year-Old Violently Arrested in Silwan Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Sunday, 29 May, 2011 Special police forces raided the house of 7 year-old Ali Siyam this afternoon and illegaly arrested him, causing injury requiring hospitalization to both his aunt and father. At 3 PM this afternoon, Israeli police forces raided the Alabasya neighborhood of Silwan [...]

Bahrain: UK continues training Saudi, Bahraini armies & female doctors reportedly abused, tortured

Observer: UK Continues Training Saudi, Bahraini Army Source British personnel regularly run courses for the Saudi Arabian national guard in “weapons, fieldcraft and general military skills training, as well as incident handling, bomb disposal, search, public order and sniper training Bahrain’s army officers have continued receiving training in the UK even months after the ruling [...]

Yemeni forces kill 20 protesters as sit-in smashed

SANAA (AFP) – Forces loyal to the embattled Yemeni president killed 20 protesters as they dispersed a sit-in in Taez, an organiser said on Monday, as suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed six soldiers in the south. Security service agents backed by army and Republican Guard troops stormed the protest against President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Freedom [...]

Moroccan police break up demo, several hurt

Moroccan police break up demo, several hurt (AFP) CASABLANCA, Morocco — Moroccan police used truncheons to break up a new pro-reform demonstration in Casablanca Sunday, leaving around two dozen people wounded, according to security forces and activists. A large number of police were deployed in Morocco’s largest city to thwart the protest called by the [...]

Tehran refutes claims Israeli ship docked in Iran

Al Manar A senior Iranian official refutes fabricated reports that Israeli ships have docked in Iran during recent years, saying no ship belonging to Israeli shipping lines had entered the Iranian ports. “Ships belonging to shipping lines of the United States and particularly the Zionist regime (Israel) have never entered Iranian ports during recent years,” [...]