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NAME OF YOUNG WOMAN SHOT DEAD BY ISRAELI ARMY #PalestinianTerritories #ThirdIntifada

10 Saturday Oct 2015

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What if the Middle East were to collapse?

12 Friday Jul 2013

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TEMPLATE ANALYSIS

With fears being voiced by Tony Blair about the future of Egypt as a viable state, with war still waging in Syria and the knock on effects that will have on its neighbors, especially Lebanon and Iraq, and with Libya awash with gangs and guns, what would a new Middle East look like?

Of course, there are some who have always argued that this was the original plan devised by George Bush and his advisers after the attacks on 9/11.

Remember, Claire Short, the then International development Secretary – she resigned because she claimed that the Bush project involved smashing all the powers all the way up to Islamabad.

And more recently, John Prescott, the former deputy British PM, appeared on RussiaToday to claim the West was fighting the Crusades against the Middle East and Islamic World.

And of course there are those who say that Islamist extremists would like a collapse in the Middle East to create a Khallifa.

Well, those who are arguing that we are approaching a new Middle East are pointing firmly to the establishment of an independent homeland for the Kurds, for one and to the creation of separate states from Syria, and probably Lebanon, as well as three states in Iraq and Libya, and a split in Egypt between supporters of Islamists and the rest, who according to the last election stand at 75 per cent to 25.

If you think the Middle East is complex now, imagine what this new vision would be like?

But, with America fearing the rise of Iranian power in the region, the collapse of the Middle East is looking like a stark reality with each conflict – old or new.

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What an attack on Syria would mean

22 Wednesday Aug 2012

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Syrian spill-over into Lebanon

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As Chinese state media accuses America of using the admission by Syria that it does possess chemical weapons as an excuse for military intervention, violence has erupted in Lebanon.

Eight people have been killed, and at least 75 wounded, in Tripoli following fighting between two Muslim communities – the Sunnis and Alawites-  divided over Syria.

And Turkey is looking at a possible Syrian connection to a bomb attack inside its borders which it has been blamed on PKK terrorists.

And once again, Israel is threatening to attack Iran.

The response from Iran and Hezbollah to this has been predictable – Tehran has test fired an upgraded surface-to-surface ballistic missile, whilst the Middle East’s most powerful non-state army has threatened horrendous consequences for the Middle East’s superpower.

And Egypt’s build-up in the Sinai in response to attacks by ‘Islamic militants’ has alarmed Tel Aviv for whom this is a violation of treaty between her and Cairo.

So clearly, an attack on Syria by Barack Obama’s administration would have massive spill-over in the whole region, something that China and Russia have long appreciated.

Sadly though the question is – does America and her allies actually care about the consequences of a military intervention to topple the regime in Damascus?

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A Future World War?

23 Wednesday Nov 2011

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Those of you that are familiar with Samuel’s Huntingdon’s now famous – or infamous depending on your point of view – work on the clash of civilisations, will know that the Harvard professor had outlined his vision for a future world war in the year 2010.

A year on, and Russia Today broadcast an interview with a former republican senator in which he came up with perhaps a chillingly more plausible sequence of events than those described by the good professor.

With Iran developing the bomb, Israel would have no choice but to take out the Islamic state’s capability with a stike that would be met with a military response by Tehran.

Israel would only have one card to play – the bomb.

That would bring in Pakistan, and then later China, when America responds to an attack on her vital ally.

Of course, this could all  be kick-started with a strike on Syria.

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Middle East Ablaze

21 Monday Nov 2011

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Over the weekend, three events gained major coverage here – protests in Egypt, the capture of the Colonel Gaddafi’s son, Saif and of course the crackdown in Syria.

Iranian-sponsored Press TV has continued to cover the demonstrations in Bahrain, Yemen, as well as the current turn of events in Iraq and Afghanistan, where students took to the streets disgusted at the decision by the ‘ruling elders’ to permit a continued American presence in their country.

So is the Middle East ablaze, is there going to be a major shift in power, away from the old order of monarchs and dictators to one governed for the people by the people?

To early to say, however,  if the protesters in Egypt get their way, that may well become a reality.

All this would also throw under the spotlight the real reasons for Nato’s backing of a small rebellion in Libya.

Apart from the oil wealth, perhaps another consideration was to gain a foothold in what is becoming a genuine people’s revolt.

Colonel Gaddafi’s Libya was also friendless and a miltary irrelevance.

None of that can be said of Bashir Al-Asad’s Syria.

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Arab Spring No More?

05 Friday Aug 2011

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Arab Spring, Libya, Middle East, Syria, Tunisia

Have the demonstrations that began in Tunisia begun to fade?

John Simpson, the BBC’s World Affair’s Editor, thinks so.

He was speaking on the first day of the trial of Hosni Mubarak, which is so far the most tangible result of months of mass gatherings that have amazed and baffled alike.

The demonstrators may have different reasons for being there, however they are all agreed on one thing – change in the status quo through peaceful protests, not by invading countries with heavy duty weaponry.

So if the Arab Spring, Islamic Awakening, call it what you like is losing some of its fizz, it is probably because some are fearing that outside powers may use them as a pretext for invading their country like say in Libya, and what growingly appears to be the case in Syria.

Have the demonstrations that began in Tunisia begun to fade?

John Simpson, the BBC’s World Affair’s Editor, thinks so.

He was speaking on the first day of the trial of Hosni Mubarak, which is so far the most tangible result of months of mass gatherings that have amazed and baffled alike.

The demonstrators may have different reasons for being there, however they are all agreed on one thing – change in the status quo through peaceful protests, not by invading countries with heavy duty weaponry.

So if the Arab Spring, Islamic Awakening, call it what you like is losing some of its fizz, it is probably because some are fearing that outside powers may use them as a pretext for invading their country like say in Libya, and what growingly appears to be the case in Syria.

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Child’s Play (..or what’s going to happen to Libya?)

29 Wednesday Jun 2011

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Iraq, Iraq War, Middle East, Saddam Hussein

When a child makes a mistake, you can say it is only the act of a child.

When adults make mistakes, you can have a laugh.

When governments make mistakes, it is unforgivable, especially when it involves other people’s lives.

So, when Britain warns Libyan rebels that it must not repeat the mistakes made by the US in post-Saddam Iraq once Colonel Gaddafi falls then you don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Libyan rebels and their leaders are by all accounts in the same league as the Afghan northern alliance backed by George Bush in 2001 and the shadowy bunch of politicians that were brought in to run Baghdad.

Neither of the last two were liked by the people whose country had been invaded and they have acted frankly exactly in the manner that was expected of them.

Libya may be run by a mad man, but he is a mad man that has come from Libya, in the same way that Saddam was a monster from Iraq.

Mad men and monsters installed from outside are never accepted or appreciated, which is why one fears for the future of Libya and perhaps Syria.

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📺 JOURNALIST NAYAB CHOHAN INTERVIEWS LORD AHMED IN TEMPLATE EXCLUSIVE – Lord Ahmed on 🇵🇰 and Democracy part three

30 Wednesday Mar 2011

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Third of a series of groundbreaking interviews conducted by Journalist Nayab Chohan with Lord Nazir Ahmed

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📺 JOURNALIST NAYAB CHOHAN INTERVIEWS LABOUR PEER LORD AHMED IN TEMPLATE EXCLUSIVE – Lord Ahmed on 🇵🇰 and Democracy part two

30 Wednesday Mar 2011

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LONDON – Second of a series of groundbreaking interviews conducted by Journalist Nayab Chohan with Muslim Peer Lord Nazir Ahmed ..

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📺 JOURNALIST NAYAB CHOHAN INTERVIEWS LORD AHMED IN TEMPLATE EXCLUSIVE – Lord Nazir Ahmed on 🇵🇰 and how democracy is crucial to its future, part one

30 Wednesday Mar 2011

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First of a series of groundbreaking interviews conducted by Journalist Nayab Chohan with Labour Peer Lord Nazir Ahmed.

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