Uprooted Palestinian: SALAM ALQUDS ALAYKUM – سلام القدس عليكم: 03/07/2011

Saturday, 9 July 2011

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Half million demonstrators in Hama in presence of American and French Ambassadors

Population of Hama = 800,000

This is not the issue.

Look into the left corner of picture of anti - Assad Demonstrators, they are raising his picture

نصف مليون متظاهر في حماة بوجود السفيرين الفرنسي و الامريكي

نيقوسيا - باريس- دمشق - افادت منظمة حقوقية لوكالة فرانس برس الجمعة ان اكثر من 450 الف شخص خرجوا للتظاهر في مدينة حماة (وسط سوريا) بينما قدر آخرون العدد باكثر من نصف مليون

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"Thank You Mr. Ford!" (We want some of that 'Iraq-TLC!)

Via FLC

"... "Thank u Mr. Ford, US Ambassador, in Hama among the protesters, and welcomed with flowers," Syrian activist Malath Aumran, who describes himself as "tweeting the police state in revolt," posted to Twitter. He added, "Arabic Tweets saying we need US Ambassadors for every city in #Syria."...senior White House hands were gratified to see the hero's welcome that anti-government protesters granted to U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert S. Ford in the Syrian city of Hama ...

"You should know that Ambassador Ford is in Hama today," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told journalists at the State Department press conference Thursday. "He has spent the day expressing our deep support for the right of the Syrian people ... We've talked for a number of weeks here about the role that an ambassador can play in a country like this at a time like this," Nuland continued. Given Hama's role "in the history of free expression in Syria,"...

"It's impressive, though not surprising," said David Schenker with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (AIPAC's sidekick) referring to the video of Ford's reception in Hama. "It's the regime that's anti-American, not the Syrian people..."One wonders whether this important and well-received gesture will be accompanied by an unambiguous [White House] policy statement laying out the Administration's vision for the future of the Asad regime," Schenker continued.

For his part, Syrian blogger Aumran dismissed concerns that some activists have aired that the Syrian regime might try to claim, as leaders in other recent uprisings in the Arab world have, that anti-government protesters are conspiring with the United States.

"Guys It's not smartness to consider any solidarity with our cause is a conspiracy," Aumran wrote."

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U.S. And Israel Were Behind Hariri Killing, But Falsely Accuse Hezbollah For The Crime

The evidence, such as the crater,
indicates that Rafik Hariri was killed by a missile.

By Saman Mohammadi
(about the author)
opednews.com

I. Washington And Israel Are Tag Team Terrorists

Washington and Israel are tag team terrorist states and the whole world is their ring. False flag terrorist attacks, murder of innocent civilians, and political assassinations of democratically elected leaders are regularly committed by the CIA and Mossad under the veil of deception and conspiracy.
The assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. by top leaders of the CIA were all falsely blamed on lone gunmen who later turned out to be innocent. Who benefited by these murders in the 1960s? Certainly not the American people or the American nation. The U.S. Constitution was unofficially overthrown on November 22, 1963 when an elected President was ousted by a group of military, financial, and secret service insiders with former CIA director Allen Dulles at the helm.

History's final judgment on the CIA will be harsh. It will be remembered as modern history's most criminal and immoral terrorist organization that terrorized its own people as well as the world for over half a century. Say what you want about the Mossad but at least it doesn't kill its own people as the CIA did on September 11, 2001. The Mossad goes to criminal lengths to defend its own people, seized territory, and country. The CIA, on the other hand, does not serve the interests of America, but rather a small network of transnational corporations and foreign private banks that hijacked America's constitutional republic in 1913 when the Federal Reserve Bank was established. The Founders' dream of an America free from financial occupiers came to a quiet end at that point in history.

II. Washington and Israel Hijacked International Law As A Political Weapon To Frame Resistance Groups Like Hezbollah

In his speech on Saturday, Hezbollah's leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah threw down the gauntlet on the international justice system, calling the indictments against Hezbollah members by the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) for the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 as politically motivated, legally deficient, and unjust.

Nasrallah said that Israel was behind Hariri's death and that the STL is a political tool of Israel and Washington. The purpose of the political witch hunt by the STL, he says, is to stir up chaos in Lebanon and create internal division between the country's competing political factions.

We know from reports published by various think-tanks in Washington, and from the words of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, that the destabilization of Lebanon, Syria, and Iran are the top geopolitical goals of the United States government. The Neocon/Israeli agenda since day one has been to create a total war in the Middle East, and this latest political stunt is another step in fulfilling that ultimate goal.

Hezbollah intercepted and released videos from Israeli drones
surveying Rafik Hariri’s movements and the scene of the crime.

Nasrallah wasn't just blowing hot air. He provided documented evidence that revealed Israel's links to the investigation, and video proof of members of the investigation taking bribes in exchange for information. There was also an expose of the members' history and previous statements in regards to Hezbollah which showed them to be biased investigators with a deep conflict of interest. Watch his speech with English subs: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5.

Nasrallah said that the STL is an illegitimate and fraudulent tribunal because it single-mindedly went after Hezbollah without taking a look at Israel as a possible suspect. "We mentioned the possibility of having Israel involved in the murder and the fact that Israeli agents were present at the murder scene one day before the murder," Nasrallah said, "But no one in the STL even asked the Israelis anything. This is normal, why? Because the tribunal, since its formation, had a precise goal and no one was allowed to talk to the Israelis ... Instead of investigating the Israelis, the STL gathered information from them."

The plot to take down Hezbollah politically and tarnish its reputation will most likely fail, at which point Israel's leaders will say "Fuck it!" and settle things on the battlefield. The danger of another war is always looming.

III. To Achieve Peace, Destroy The "Good Guys" Vs. "Bad Guys" Narrative In The War on Terror

I usually stay away from the Hezbollah-Israeli turf war. But recently I've wanted to develop a critical perspective about the situation in Lebanon. The resistance to Israel and the U.S. in the Middle East is different from the patriotic resistance to a one world government in the West, but the source for the attacks on our liberties is the same: 9/11. Thus, despite our differences, our truth is their truth, and their infowar is our infowar.

We all share one planet, and one world history, no matter what religion we believe in or what nation we live in. So it is in our best interest to find out the truth about who killed Hariri and who did 9/11, and the truth about international terrorism in general.

The word "terrorism" is a political construction. The U.S. government is by definition a state sponsor of terrorism, and so is Israel, so their claim that they are fighting a war against terrorism is invalid and false.

Peace can only be achieved if we stop viewing Hezbollah and Taliban as the "bad guys" and the United States, NATO, and Israel as the "good guys." This simplistic and propagandistic logic is what creates wars in the first place. A new world-view is called for, one based on hard facts and evidence, not wishful thinking and lies.

In this new world-view Washington is the destroyer of nations, including its own, not the liberator of nations. And Israel is not the victim of Arab aggression, but a terrorist state that does not care about international law or playing by the rules of war. The mindset of Israel's mad leaders is total war and total conquest, and their dark repertoire includes false flag terrorism (9/11, sinking of U.S.S. Liberty), political assassinations, propaganda campaigns, bribing U.S. government officials, and falsely accusing Israel's critics of anti-semitism.

This new narrative turns the entire global war on terrorism into a big farce. Moral ambiguity enters the picture. If the United States and Israel are the biggest terrorist states in the world then who are we supposed to root for in the war? Israel or Hezbollah? Washington's evil empire or Iran's Islamic regime? The answer is neither side.

We can let all four sides destroy themselves, and hopelessly watch as the Middle East suffers through a great tragedy that will define the region for decades to come. Or we can pressure the leadership of every side into signing a peace agreement that is enforceable by the will of the people of each nation involved in the conflict.

The keys to peace in the Middle East are honesty, trust, and friendship. Since the Western mainstream media is currently the biggest obstacle to peace and cooperation, we must look to the alternative media on the Internet to raise awareness about the issues at stake and bring the people of the world together against war.

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Shaaban: U.S. Ambassador Didn't Ask for Permission to Visit Hama, His Arrival at Time of Trying to Solve the Problem Is an Attempt to Prevent Solution

Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban

Jul 09, 2011

DAMASCUS, (SANA)-

Presidential Political and Media Advisor Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban said there is great protest and resentment among the Syrian people over the U.S. State Department's statement on Friday about the presence of the U.S. Ambassador in Hama and his intention to stay in it till Friday.

"The U.S. Ambassador didn't ask for permission to visit Hama," said Dr. Shaaban in a statement to the BBC Arabic channel on Friday.

"This is considered an escalation on the part of the U.S. Ambassador. Never before an ambassador visited a city with a problem like the case of Hama without permission," stated Dr. Shaaban, wondering at the statement issued by the U.S. State Department which announced the Ambassador's presence in Hama and said he intends to stay till today.
The Presidential Advisor said "What is most important than all of this is that the U.S. Ambassador arrived at the moment when a meeting is prepared between the residents, mosque imams and the civil authorities in the city aimed at finding a solution to the problem. This means that his arrival is an attempt to prevent solving the problem."

She wondered how the Ambassador was able to reach areas the roads leading to which were blocked by saboteurs, rioters and gunmen.

"By whose help was he able to reach al-Sreijeh Mosque without being encountered by any of the gunmen in the streets who have blocked employees in Hama from reaching their jobs for the fourth day in a row."
Dr. Shaaban made it clear that the U.S. Ambassador had not asked for a permission to visit Hama, noting that the U.S. Embassy had asked such permission for the U.S. Military Attaché to go to Hama, which wasn't granted.

"Syria doesn't want to cut the thinnest thread with the U.S. Administration, but there is great protest and resentment among the Syrian people about the U.S. State Department's statement that the Ambassador is in Hama and intends to stay till Friday on the eve of the national dialogue conference due to be held among all spectrums of the Syrian society…this gives us a message that the US says 'No' to dialogue," said Dr. Shaaban.

She pointed out that if the US wants the democratic and reform track in Syria, then why it has not voiced its support to the dialogue which has resulted from this track.

"There are enough national opposition members from all the spectrums who will attend this dialogue. But we haven't heard one word from the West that encourages dialogue among the Syrian people," Dr. Shaaban added.

Answering a question on U.S involvement in the events in Syria, Dr. Shaaban said "This has become quite clear. The U.S. Ambassador's presence in Hama and in areas which no Syrian citizen can access unless he is with the gunmen is evidence on that."

She pointed out that Syria is keeping its handling of the riot acts at a minimum, asking "What happens if in any Western city gunmen set up roadblocks and block employees from accessing their offices? In this case, what happens is that the city will be bombed by aircrafts and the issue will be tackled with bulldozers."

"We tell the West that the measures the Syrian government is taking against the gunmen, saboteurs and rioters and those who back them are the minimum…the Syrians are demanding much more in order to put an end to this abnormal situation in Syria," said Dr. Shaaban.

Replying to a question on whether the security solution will continue in dealing with the events and demonstrations in Syria, Dr. Shaaban wondered about those who are behind this, asking "Who killed more than 500 officers and members of the army and the Syrian intelligence?...The West refuses to admit there are gunmen who are killing people and it hasn't condemned that."

The Presidential Advisor said that Syria has condemned all forms of killing, highlighting that none of the West have condemned the killing of the Syrian officers, and none of the Syrian opposition have condemned that too, stressign that no country in the world tolerates vandalism and chaos.

Answering a question on reform and transition to democracy in Syria, Dr. Shaaban said that reform, dialogue and change figured in President Bashar al-Assad's speech, which is a full-fledged reform program.

In reply to a question on who is responsible for the killing in Syria, Dr. Shaaban asked ''Who is killing the Syrian army and security?'' adding, ''If you came under an armed attack, what would you do? Violence comes from the armed members and saboteurs in the streets.''
Dr. Shaaban also indicated that the students could not take their exams in Hama and the factories shut down, and the shops are being closed at gunpoint, which is an aberrant state.
Answering a question on the move the Syrian Foreign Ministry intends to take in response to the conduct of the US Ambassador, Shaaban said ''This is up to the Syrian leadership to decide. These are relations among countries decided upon by the state.''

On the National Dialogue Conference due on July 10 and with whom dialogue will be in light of the oppositions' rejection of dialogue, Shaaban said ''Those who turned down dialogue are few, which is their own business. This is a national moment, and at such national moments the opposition, the state and all the social spectrums should be hand in hand to save the country and set it on the right track.''

On whether those who agreed to dialogue have an actual representation in the Syrian street, Shaaban said ''Those who agreed to dialogue have an actual participation in the Syrian street, far more than those who turned it down. And those who rebuffed dialogue don't deny that they don't have much representation.''

''Those who will come to dialogue from across the spectra enjoy the real representation in the Syrian street, and it is them who will push this country forward through a democratic and multilateral approach which President al-Assad spoke about.''

On the anticipated protests on Friday, Shaaban said ''Maybe this is due to the incitement in Hama and the presence of some ambassadors there just to ensure that protests occur,'' stressing that the Syrian people turned out in their millions over the past weeks across the Syrian provinces and cities in support of reform, which is probably the reason behind the meetings of some with the Zionists in Paris and the attempts at personal interference by some ambassadors in Hama.''

''The Syrian people in their entirety say: Yes to dialogue…and dialogue will be underway on Sunday. Reform is underway, and Syria will be safe and healthy to resume its regional and international role, God willing,'' Shaaban said.

Answering a question on saying the situation in Syria is improving by the week while what we see proves the opposite, Shaaban said ''What would I do if you in BBC go to videotape the protests instigated by those who are pro-West, while you refrain from videotaping the million-strong march in Aleppo and Damascus and the mass rallies all over Syria?''

''Sky News and CNN were in Syria, videotaping only those who reject dialogue among the Syrian people, who I suppose don't even want Syria out of the deadlock.''

In reply to a question on an extraordinary session of the People's Assembly to discuss all the decisions about the laws of the parties', media etc.., Shaaban said ''I do not want to preempt events on this, but I'd like to say that all the laws that President al-Assad spoke about will be issued at the set date by the end of August, and committees will be set up to review the constitution and redraft certain articles,'' promising that all the promises of President al-Assad will have been delivered by the end of September.

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IOA confiscates 20 hectares of Palestinian village land

[ 09/07/2011 - 08:09 AM ]

SALFIT, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) confiscated 20 hectares of Qaryut village land in a bid to legitimize and expand an illegal settlement outpost, the Peace Now movement said on Friday.

It said in a statement that 18.9 hectares (one hectare equals 10000 square meters) of uncultivated land in Qaryut village, to the east of Salfit city, were declared “state land” on 26th June to allow for the building of more houses in an illegal settlement.

The movement had asked Israeli courts to order the dismantling of this illegal settlement, which was built without official permission.

The non-government organization said that the confiscation of the land ran contrary to Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge that his government would not confiscate more Palestinian land in the West Bank for the sake of expanding settlements.

The last such confiscation of Palestinian land to expand a settlement was made in 2008 south
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On Flotillas and the Law

Via End Israeli Aparthied

By Lawrence Davidson

Civil Society Movements vs. Corrupt Politics

July 07, 2011 "Information Clearing House" --- When it comes to the struggle against Israel’s policies of oppression there are two conflicting levels: that of government and that of civil society. The most recent example of this duality is the half dozen or so small ships held captive in the ports of Greece. The ships, loaded with humanitarian supplies for the one and half million people of the Gaza strip, are instruments of a civil society campaign against the inhumanity of the Israeli state. The forces that hold them back are the instruments of governments corrupted by special interest influence and political bribery.

Most of us are unaware of the potential of organized civil society because we have resigned the public sphere to professional politicians and bureaucrats and retreated into a private sphere of everyday life which we see as separate from politics. This is a serious mistake. Politics shapes our lives whether we pay attention to it or not. By ignoring it we allow the power of the state to respond not so much to the citizenry as to special interests. Our indifference means that the politicians and government bureaucrats live their professional lives within systems largely uninterested in and sometimes incapable of acting in the public good because they are corrupted by lobby power. The ability to render justice is also often a casualty of the way things operate politically. The stymying of the latest flotilla due to the disproportionate influence of Zionist special interests on U.S. and European Middle East foreign policy is a good example of this situation.

There are small but growing elements of society which understand this problem and have moved to remedy it through organizing common citizens to reassert influence in the public sphere. Their efforts constitute civil society movements. Not all of these efforts can be deemed progressive.

The “Tea Party” phenomenon in the United States is a radical conservative movement that aims at minimizing government to the point of self-destruction. But other movements of civil society, in their expressions of direct action in the cause of justice, are much healthier. The worldwide movement for the boycott, divestment and sanctioning (BDS) of Israel, of which the flotilla movement is an offshoot, is one of these.

The Forum of International Law

The resulting struggle between the corrupt politics that keeps the West aligned with the oppressive and racist ideology that rules Israel and the civil society movement that seeks to liberate the victims of that ideology goes on worldwide and in many forums. One is the forum of international law. Presently, the debate revolves around the legality of Israel’s blockade of Gaza and the effort of the flotilla movement to defy it. Let us take a look at this aspect of the conflict.

1. The well known American Lawyer Alan Dershowitz, a strong defender of Israel, has blatantly stated, “Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza is legal under international law–anyone who tries to break it can be arrested and prosecuted in a court of law.” Of course, Dershowitz is not an expert on international law. Rather he has made his reputation as a defense lawyer with a passion for murder cases (which makes him quite suited to defend the Israeli state). This being said, what is the basis for his assertion that the Gaza blockade is legal?

2. The argument for the legality of the blockade is based on the 1909 Declaration of London and the 1994 San Remo Manual on Armed Conflict at Sea. Both are part of an international treaty system that sets down the parameters of much international law. According to these documents two states engaged in armed conflict can legally blockade one and other for clear military reasons. However, any blockade would cease to be legal if “damage to the civilian population is, or may be expected to be, excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated from the blockade.” Defenders of Israeli actions such as Dershowitz do a very superficial reading of the documents and reason that Israel is in an armed conflict with Hamas, which is the ruling authority in Gaza, and so Israel can legally blockade Gaza so as to stop the importation of weapons and “terrorist” fighters.

3. The holes in this reasoning are big enough to sail a flotilla of small ships through (if only they were not imprisoned in Greek ports). Thus, Israel certainly does not consider itself engaged in an armed conflict with another state. If you doubt this just ask any member of the present Israeli government whether he or she would define Palestine, including Gaza, as a state. In truth, the proper definition of Israel’s presence in the West Bank and Gaza is that of an occupying colonial power whose policies and actions are stark violations of the Geneva Conventions. That is, by virtue of their colonizing actions and treatment of residents of the Occupied Territories, their presence in Palestine beyond the 1967 borders is not legal (one can also argue over the legality of Israel within the 1967 borders). That means those they are in armed conflict with are those resisting illegal occupation. There is no international law that makes it legal for Israel, itself acting illegally, to blockade those legally resisting its actions. The arbitrary labeling of those resisting as “terrorists” does not change this legal situation.

4. As noted above, “legal” blockades must have a military objective and must not do excessive harm to the civilian population. Yet there is evidence that Israel’s goals for the blockade are not primarily military but are, instead, aimed at committing excessive harm to the people of Gaza. The Gaza blockade was not done out of fear of weapons smuggling or terrorist infiltration, but rather constituted a conscious act of economic warfare against the people of Gaza for having the audacity to be ruled by Hamas, the winner of a 2006 free and fair election. There is documentary evidence for this interpretation of events. For instance, in 2006 Dov Weisglass, an adviser to then Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, publically stated that the goal of Israeli policy in Gaza was to “put the Palestinians on a diet, but not make them die of hunger.” Then, in June of 2010 McClatchy Newspapers published Israeli government documents attesting to the fact that Jerusalem primarily saw the blockade as an act of economic warfare, and not as a security measure. To this you can add the fact that Israeli gunboats keep shooting at Gaza fisherman who they know are doing nothing except fishing. What we have here is the collective punishment of 1.5 million Palestinians. As such it is not legal, it is illegal–a violation of the Geneva Conventions. The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, usually so responsive to U.S. demands, momentarily broke free and in his 2009 annual report told the Israelis they should end their unwarranted blockade. He was ignored.

We Cannot Count on Governments or International Law

So how is it that the Israelis can get away with these crimes? It is because, at the level of government, their lobbyists and advocates wield enough influence to successfully warp the policy formulation of Western governments. Against this corruptive influence, international law means very little. Even embarrassing historical analogies mean little. Nima Shirazi, whose blog, Wide Asleep In America can be found at http://www.wideasleepinamerica.com/ wrote a very good piece entitled “The Deplorable Acts: The ‘Quartet Comments on Gaza.” In this piece he points out the relative similarity between the Gaza blockade and the blockade of Boston set up by imperial Britain in late 1773. The Americans of that time labeled the action, “the Intolerable Acts.” Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and her boss in the White House ought to consider this analogy, but then there is that lobby power factor that would prevent them from ever acknowledging it.

As a consequence, those who seek justice for the Palestinians must, for the moment, not place much hope in government or international law. They must act within the realm of civil society, building the BDS movement and its offshoots. Where government moves in and attempts to block civil society actions, these actions must be turned against government if only by using them as campaign tools to expand the BDS movement further. If we persist there will come a time, as was the case with South Africa, when the power of civil society will be such that politicians and bureaucrats will see the cost of defying popular opinion as greater than defying Zionist lobbies.

For all intents and purposes, when it comes to the Palestine-Israeli conflict, the United States and Israeli governments have placed themselves above all law. That means not just international law, but selective domestic law as well. The ubiquitous and improper use of such categories as “terrorist” or “rendering material aid to terrorists” are the corruptive vectors here.

The only hope for justice and the integrity of law is in the realm of civil society which might in the foreseeable future redeem not only Palestine, but the US and Israel too.

Lawrence Davidson is professor of history at West Chester University in West Chester PA. His academic work is focused on the history of American foreign relations with the Middle East. He also teaches courses in the history of science and modern European intellectual history.

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Conspiracy on Libya المؤامرة على ليبيا

A must see

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Yes, I am

By Nahida the exiled Palestinian

Yes, I am a Palestinian

Yes, I am a Muslim

Yes, I am a humanist

Yes, I am a woman

Yes, I am a mother

Yes, I am a grandmother

And

YES

I am a freedom fighter

I fight for my right to think freely

I fight for my right to speak my mind

I fight for my right to live in dignity

I fight for my right to cherish all life

I fight for my right to choose my faith

I fight for my right to live my values

I fight for my right to realize my dreams

I fight for my right to go back home

I fight against “fitna” which is oppression

I fight against “Udwan” which is aggression

Wholly inhumane

I fight with my verses to make headways

My pen is my weapon

My words are my “Jihad”

I fight against greed, vice and supremacy

Either I help bring it down

Or I die doing so

And

YES

I am a freedom fighter

Have you any problem with that?

Yes, I am a Palestinian

Yes, I am a Muslim

Yes, I am a humanist

Yes, I am a woman

Yes, I am a mother

Yes, I am a grandmother

And

YES

I am a freedom fighter

I fight for my right to think freely

I fight for my right to speak my mind

I fight for my right to live in dignity

I fight for my right to cherish all life

I fight for my right to choose my faith

I fight for my right to live my values

I fight for my right to realize my dreams

I fight for my right to go back home

I fight against “fitna” which is oppression

I fight against “Udwan” which is aggression

Wholly inhumane

I fight with my verses to make headways

My pen is my weapon

My words are my “Jihad”

I fight against greed, vice and supremacy

Either I help bring down

Or I die doing so

And

YES

I am a freedom fighter

Have you any problem with that?

One Third of Libya Turns Out to Support Qaddafi in World’s Largest March Ever

Posted: 2011/07/07
From: Mathaba

1.7 million people, or around 95% of the population of Tripoli,
one third of the entire population of Libya,
have turned out in perhaps the largest demonstration ever in world history last Friday,
to demand an end to the NATO bombings of Libya. Photo: Mohanned Magam

The entire premise of NATO bombing Libya, in fulfilment of George Orwell's 1984 "War Is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength" slogan, has been that Colonel Qaddafi is attacking the Libyan population. First this was shown to be a lie when the Russian military, for the first time publicly displayed video footage from its military spy satellites which showed that no Libyan air force flights took place, nor any massacres, during the months that NATO had claimed as a reason for it launching the now more than 3 month long non-stop bombing of Libya. The world thought that this would show NATO and the media of those countries, USA, France, Britain, Italy and much of Europe, that there was no massacres or killings by Qaddafi at all, so NATO can call off its "war is peace" bombing campaign and go home. But clearly NATO knew this all along, after all, they too have spy satellites. It has now taken an entire one third of the population of Libya, exasperated by the lack of truthful media coverage of the events in their country where the only murders that have taken place have been by the NATO-supported rebels which took over Benghazi, to take to the streets to prove the lie that they are being attacked by Qaddafi. As this video (if you can't see it just above, means you are missing a plug in, install the plugin or download the video, it is in 3GP Nokia Video format), taken by an amateur phone camera, from on top one of the buildings overlooking Green Square in Tripoli on July 1st, to show the lie. Many professional recordings of the event also proliferate the Internet and several international news networks were forced to finally cover the mass demonstrations against NATO and in support of Qaddafi, by the sheer size of this latest demonstration. The crowd can be heard chanting in Arabic "People want Colonel Qaddafi", and also the 4.5km and 1.5km long green national flags can be seen making the world's longest ever flag of total 6km. The Libyan flag is plain green so that citizens can easily make their flag, because the Libyan system of government is based on direct participatory democracy, people's conferences and people's committees. The video above (if you can't see it, look for a message near the top of your window telling you that you need to install a plugin to enable showing of Nokia videos) was taken on the cell phone of Mohanned Magam, 23 years old, who contacted Mathaba on May 26 seeking help to publicise his idea for a "million man march" for Peace in Libya:

My name is Mohanned Magam, i'm from Libya. I was given your contact by a friend who says you are a friend of the Libyan people. We are making this appeal because we are suffering great hardships because of the daily bombing of our cities and the blockade of Libya by NATO forces. Too many civilians have already been killed, men women and children by NATO which is making our life harder with each passing day. So we are making this appeal to you to help us organise an event to raise public awareness about our suffering with a march around the world's capitals against the aggression on Libya and to defend our unique Direct People Democracy in Libya. Please help us because we are dying day by day here. We ask Mathaba if it is possible to be involved in organizing this march and to let as many people as possible to know about this event. We would really appreciate your kind help and God willing we can help to stop this war in Libya. Thank you very much. Best Regards Mohanned Magam

Mohanned also set up a Facebook page and shared his idea with his family and friends, and it spread around Tripoli. Some first attempts raised smaller crowds, and then brought around 400,000 people to the streets, and finally on Friday 1st July, an estimated one million seven hundred thousand (1.7 million) people took to the streets as the idea spread and also received TV news coverage.

A delighted Colonel Muammar Qaddafi addressed the crowd with an impromptu speech which again was widely misreported by NATO countries media including the BBC and British and European press, who said that he called for attacks on Europe. Readers can see for themselves, and also listen to the original Arabic recording of the event, to see that yet again "our" western media is lying.

Mohanned now believes that the marches will grow even further and extend to other cities in Libya should NATO fail to see the entire one third of the population waving green flags on the ground, something they surely cannot fail to notice even from 30,000 feet (10 km) up in the air from where they drop their bombs, nor would the cowardly computer operators based in the USA who fly remote-controlled drones which fire missiles at Libyans day and night have failed to see this as they have cameras that zoom in on their targets.

The pilots, commanders, and drone computer operators, will all face future crimes against humanity charges, for participation in an illegal war when it can be proven that it has been launched on clear lies, and for which ignorance is not a defence from execution for such crimes, as was evidenced at the Nuremberg Trials.

Every one who takes part in a war, an act of aggression, piloting a drone, launching a missile, or dropping a bomb, whether giving the command to do so or carrying out the order, has an obvious and no-brainer duty to check to see whether or not he is committing a crime. As the entire war violates even the resolutions which the NATO states passed at the UN, and violates the US constitution as well as the Italian constitution, and violates all international laws and was conducted deliberately preventing every effort at peaceful negotiation especially under the auspices of the African Union, there is absolutely no doubt that these people, unlike the Vietnam war veterans who returned home traumatised and to be spat upon, will face a far worse fate, as the memory of justice is long.

Already World People's Conferences on Crimes Against Humanity are likely to take place later this year and from which World People's Tribunals set up by an International Justice Committee will try and sentence all those, no matter if they are granted "protection and immunity" from their governments, as it is becoming clear that even the most powerful governments in the world are also falling. The U.S. itself is totally bankrupt, and it has now been revealed that all the U.S. gold from Fort Knox was stolen (see other recent news articles).

Sponsorship thanks:This article is republished under a new headline, as a response to a white liberal neo-fascist in South Africa, a self-declared activist, who inferred that 2 million people carrying green flags and photos of Qaddafi and shouting slogans against NATO and in support of Qaddafi, somehow implied support for NATO bombing of Libya. Already the bombings of Tripoli have declined since the rise of the marches in Tripoli (top photo is from a March in June, the video is from last Friday's July 1 March), with a shift to increased bombing of other parts of Libya. So, we can thank the white devil in South Africa for her delusional Twitter message which allowed us to republish this for double the audience, merely with a change of headline for the lazy or stupid who don't view the video or read the text, but only the headline. Thank you and keep us entertained, that anyone could believe NATO bombing of Libya has any support beyond the 2% rebels, which are mostly al-Qaida and other foreign elements. #

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Dr. Franklin Lamb - People in Tripoli are armed to the teeth to confront the NATO-Rebel Alliance

NATO is bombing the way towards Tripoli for the NATO-Loyalists, sometimes referred to as traitors, sometimes as Rebels or freedom fighters. The NATO-countries are insulting the world community

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