I am still a big fan of today's independent Newspaper Elmasry Elyoum which is more better than the government nationalized newspapers, but there are Provocative articles and news that are very strange and appears daily, at the first page about the elections of the banned Muslim Brothers, banned, huh? The fact is I'm fed up of these stories every day talking about the primaries and the Office of Counseling and split and the next guide , as if they are talking about the presidential election and if the right to become a parallel state apparatus in all, and the fact that the banned group which tends to use religion slogans is responsible about the corruption of political life in Egypt since its dust inception in the 28th of the last century and till today, as infiltrated the group within a society and ruined everything, by working politics, but the argument and justification for any system in Egypt, disclaims any democratic changes in fear of this dress Community opportunistic destructive power, and I do not know why promote them as if they were on the Egyptian state within a state, and we can notice that from the intensive media to focus on what is happening within the group is aware we are conducting an alternative to a pending rule and if we get out of the destruction of another more serious, we still suffer so far from the fundamentalist Nasiriyah and what dragged into Egypt from ruin and destruction, the group was poisoned part by supporting the fascist regime of Naser during its inception and was soon turned against him, but arranged for the murder, and the fact that Egypt can benefit and take advantage of this group if they left political action, and moved into social work without any political purposes, and then we can accept it and it could be seriously Helpful to Egypt, and the date is not too distant future, there is a significant event known to the elders of the group well when the founder of the group waived his aspirations and ambitions to go to Parliament by the Department of Ismaili when he found that surrendering would save the nation from the problems is indispensable, and the impact safety despite the sweep of the elections and then, and this is the only respectable Action of this banned group.
Finally, I am addressing myself to the Egyptian newspaper Elmasry Elyoum, and the esteemed Professor Magdy El Gallad "this is enough, We are Fed Up "
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
Iran Protests Turn Violent
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian security forces fired on stone-throwing protesters in the center of the capital Sunday in one of the bloodiest confrontations in months, opposition Web sites and witnesses said. At least five people were killed.
Some accounts of the violence in Tehran were vivid and detailed, but they could not be independently confirmed because of government restrictions on media coverage. Police, who denied using firearms, said dozens of officers were injured and more than 300 protesters were arrested.
The dead included a nephew of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, according to Mousavi's Web site, Kaleme.ir. The clashes were sure to deepen antagonism between the government and a reform movement that has shown resilience in the face of repeated crackdowns.
The street chaos coincided with commemorations of Shiite Islam's most important observance, Ashoura, fueling protesters' defiance with its message of sacrifice and dignity in the face of coercion.
Still, many demonstrators had not anticipated such harsh tactics by the authorities, despite police warnings of tougher action against any protests on the sacred day.
Amateur video footage purportedly from the center of Tehran showed an enraged crowd carrying away one casualty, chanting, "I'll kill, I'll kill the one who killed my brother." In several locations, demonstrators confronted security forces, hurling stones and setting their motorcycles, cars and vans ablaze, according to video footage and pro-reform Web sites.
Protesters tried to cut off roads with burning barricades. One police officer was photographed with blood streaming down his face after he was set upon by the crowd.
There were unconfirmed reports that four people died in protests in Tabriz in northwest Iran, the pro-reform Rah-e-Sabz Web site said. Fierce clashes also broke out in Isfahan and Najafabad in central Iran and Shiraz in the south, it said.
Mousavi's Web site said the nephew, Ali Mousavi, was shot in the back on Azadi Street, or Freedom Street, during clashes in which security forces reportedly fired on demonstrators, and was taken to Ibn Sina Hospital. It said Mousavi and other family members rushed to the hospital.
A close aide to Mousavi, a presidential contender in a disputed June election, said Ali Mousavi died of injuries in the hospital. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because of fears of reprisals from the government.
The protests began with thousands of opposition supporters chanting "Death to the dictator," a reference to hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as they marched in defiance of official warnings of a harsh crackdown on any demonstrations coinciding with Ashoura. The observance commemorates the seventh-century death in battle of one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints.
Security forces tried but failed to disperse protesters on a central Tehran street with tear gas, baton charges and warning shots. They then opened fire on protesters, said witnesses and the Rah-e-Sabz Web site.
The site said that in addition to Mousavi's nephew, four protesters were fatally shot – Mahdi Farhadinia, Mohammad Ali Rasekhinia, Amir Arshadi and Shahram Saraji.
Witnesses said one victim was an elderly man who had a gunshot wound to the forehead. He was seen being carried away by opposition supporters with blood covering his face.
More than two dozen opposition supporters were injured, some of them seriously, with limbs broken from beatings, according to witnesses.
An Iranian police statement said five people were killed in the unrest. "Experts are seeking to identify the suspicious elements," the statement said.
Iran's deputy police chief, Ahmad Reza Radan, said one person died after falling from a bridge, two were killed in a car accident, and a fourth was fatally shot.
"Given the fact that police did not use firearms, this incident looks completely suspicious and the case is under investigation," Radan said.
He said dozens of injured police were treated in hospitals, and more than 300 "seditionists" were arrested.
The clashes marked the bloodiest confrontation since the height of unrest in the weeks after June's election. The opposition says Ahmadinejad won the election through massive vote fraud and that Mousavi was the true winner.
Reporters from foreign media organizations were barred from covering the demonstrations on Tehran's central Enghelab Street, or Revolution Street. Video footage circulating on the Web could also not be authenticated.
Ambulance sirens wailed near the site of the protests. Police helicopters circled as smoke billowed over the capital.
Cell phone services were unreliable and Internet connections were slowed to a crawl, as has happened during most other days of protest in an apparent government attempt to limit publicity and prevent protesters from organizing.
The Dec. 20 death of the 87-year-old Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a sharp critic of Iran's leaders, has given a new push to opposition protests.
His memorials have brought out young, urban activists who filled the ranks of earlier protests, and older, more religious Iranians who revered the cleric. Tens of thousands marched in his funeral procession in the holy city of Qom on Monday, many chanting slogans against the government.
Opposition leaders have used holidays and other symbolic days in recent months to stage anti-government rallies.
Iran is under pressure both from its domestic opposition within the country and from the United States and its European allies, which are pushing Iran to suspend key parts of its nuclear program.
U.S. National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer, speaking in Hawaii Sunday, where U.S. President Barack Obama is vacationing, denounced Tehran's "unjust suppression of civilians."
Foreign Minister Carl Bildt of Sweden, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, expressed concern about the "increased repression" in Iran.
"A regime secure in its own legitimacy has no reason to fear individuals' rights to express their opinions freely and peacefully," he wrote on his blog Sunday.
Some accounts of the violence in Tehran were vivid and detailed, but they could not be independently confirmed because of government restrictions on media coverage. Police, who denied using firearms, said dozens of officers were injured and more than 300 protesters were arrested.
The dead included a nephew of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, according to Mousavi's Web site, Kaleme.ir. The clashes were sure to deepen antagonism between the government and a reform movement that has shown resilience in the face of repeated crackdowns.
The street chaos coincided with commemorations of Shiite Islam's most important observance, Ashoura, fueling protesters' defiance with its message of sacrifice and dignity in the face of coercion.
Still, many demonstrators had not anticipated such harsh tactics by the authorities, despite police warnings of tougher action against any protests on the sacred day.
Amateur video footage purportedly from the center of Tehran showed an enraged crowd carrying away one casualty, chanting, "I'll kill, I'll kill the one who killed my brother." In several locations, demonstrators confronted security forces, hurling stones and setting their motorcycles, cars and vans ablaze, according to video footage and pro-reform Web sites.
Protesters tried to cut off roads with burning barricades. One police officer was photographed with blood streaming down his face after he was set upon by the crowd.
There were unconfirmed reports that four people died in protests in Tabriz in northwest Iran, the pro-reform Rah-e-Sabz Web site said. Fierce clashes also broke out in Isfahan and Najafabad in central Iran and Shiraz in the south, it said.
Mousavi's Web site said the nephew, Ali Mousavi, was shot in the back on Azadi Street, or Freedom Street, during clashes in which security forces reportedly fired on demonstrators, and was taken to Ibn Sina Hospital. It said Mousavi and other family members rushed to the hospital.
A close aide to Mousavi, a presidential contender in a disputed June election, said Ali Mousavi died of injuries in the hospital. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because of fears of reprisals from the government.
The protests began with thousands of opposition supporters chanting "Death to the dictator," a reference to hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as they marched in defiance of official warnings of a harsh crackdown on any demonstrations coinciding with Ashoura. The observance commemorates the seventh-century death in battle of one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints.
Security forces tried but failed to disperse protesters on a central Tehran street with tear gas, baton charges and warning shots. They then opened fire on protesters, said witnesses and the Rah-e-Sabz Web site.
The site said that in addition to Mousavi's nephew, four protesters were fatally shot – Mahdi Farhadinia, Mohammad Ali Rasekhinia, Amir Arshadi and Shahram Saraji.
Witnesses said one victim was an elderly man who had a gunshot wound to the forehead. He was seen being carried away by opposition supporters with blood covering his face.
More than two dozen opposition supporters were injured, some of them seriously, with limbs broken from beatings, according to witnesses.
An Iranian police statement said five people were killed in the unrest. "Experts are seeking to identify the suspicious elements," the statement said.
Iran's deputy police chief, Ahmad Reza Radan, said one person died after falling from a bridge, two were killed in a car accident, and a fourth was fatally shot.
"Given the fact that police did not use firearms, this incident looks completely suspicious and the case is under investigation," Radan said.
He said dozens of injured police were treated in hospitals, and more than 300 "seditionists" were arrested.
The clashes marked the bloodiest confrontation since the height of unrest in the weeks after June's election. The opposition says Ahmadinejad won the election through massive vote fraud and that Mousavi was the true winner.
Reporters from foreign media organizations were barred from covering the demonstrations on Tehran's central Enghelab Street, or Revolution Street. Video footage circulating on the Web could also not be authenticated.
Ambulance sirens wailed near the site of the protests. Police helicopters circled as smoke billowed over the capital.
Cell phone services were unreliable and Internet connections were slowed to a crawl, as has happened during most other days of protest in an apparent government attempt to limit publicity and prevent protesters from organizing.
The Dec. 20 death of the 87-year-old Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a sharp critic of Iran's leaders, has given a new push to opposition protests.
His memorials have brought out young, urban activists who filled the ranks of earlier protests, and older, more religious Iranians who revered the cleric. Tens of thousands marched in his funeral procession in the holy city of Qom on Monday, many chanting slogans against the government.
Opposition leaders have used holidays and other symbolic days in recent months to stage anti-government rallies.
Iran is under pressure both from its domestic opposition within the country and from the United States and its European allies, which are pushing Iran to suspend key parts of its nuclear program.
U.S. National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer, speaking in Hawaii Sunday, where U.S. President Barack Obama is vacationing, denounced Tehran's "unjust suppression of civilians."
Foreign Minister Carl Bildt of Sweden, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, expressed concern about the "increased repression" in Iran.
"A regime secure in its own legitimacy has no reason to fear individuals' rights to express their opinions freely and peacefully," he wrote on his blog Sunday.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Obama disappointment at Copenhagen justified
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that disappointment over the outcome of the Copenhagen climate change summit was justified, hardening a widespread verdict that the conference had been a failure.
"I think that people are justified in being disappointed about the outcome in Copenhagen," he said in an interview with PBS Newshour.
"What I said was essentially that rather than see a complete collapse in Copenhagen, in which nothing at all got done and would have been a huge backward step, at least we kind of held ground and there wasn't too much backsliding from where we were."
Sweden has labeled the accord Obama helped broker a disaster for the environment, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the summit was "at best flawed and at worst chaotic," and climate change advocates have been even more scathing in their criticism.
The talks secured bare-minimum agreements that fell well short of original goals to reduce carbon emissions and stem global warming, after lengthy negotiations failed to paper over differences between rich nations and developing economies. Some singled out China for special blame.
British Environment Minister Ed Miliband wrote in the Guardian newspaper on Monday China had "hijacked" efforts to agree to significant reductions in global emissions. Beijing denied the claim and said London was scheming to divide developing countries on the climate change issue.
Obama did not point any fingers, but did say the Chinese delegation was "skipping negotiations" before his personal intervention.
"At a point where there was about to be complete breakdown, and the prime minister of India was heading to the airport and the Chinese representatives were essentially skipping negotiations, and everybody's screaming, what did happen was, cooler heads prevailed," Obama said.
Obama forged an accord with China, India, Brazil and South Africa in the conference's final hours after personally securing a bilateral meeting with the four nations' leaders.
"We were able to at least agree on non-legally binding targets for all countries -- not just the United States, not just Europe, but also for China and India, which, projecting forward, are going to be the world's largest emitters," he said.
"I think that people are justified in being disappointed about the outcome in Copenhagen," he said in an interview with PBS Newshour.
"What I said was essentially that rather than see a complete collapse in Copenhagen, in which nothing at all got done and would have been a huge backward step, at least we kind of held ground and there wasn't too much backsliding from where we were."
Sweden has labeled the accord Obama helped broker a disaster for the environment, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the summit was "at best flawed and at worst chaotic," and climate change advocates have been even more scathing in their criticism.
The talks secured bare-minimum agreements that fell well short of original goals to reduce carbon emissions and stem global warming, after lengthy negotiations failed to paper over differences between rich nations and developing economies. Some singled out China for special blame.
British Environment Minister Ed Miliband wrote in the Guardian newspaper on Monday China had "hijacked" efforts to agree to significant reductions in global emissions. Beijing denied the claim and said London was scheming to divide developing countries on the climate change issue.
Obama did not point any fingers, but did say the Chinese delegation was "skipping negotiations" before his personal intervention.
"At a point where there was about to be complete breakdown, and the prime minister of India was heading to the airport and the Chinese representatives were essentially skipping negotiations, and everybody's screaming, what did happen was, cooler heads prevailed," Obama said.
Obama forged an accord with China, India, Brazil and South Africa in the conference's final hours after personally securing a bilateral meeting with the four nations' leaders.
"We were able to at least agree on non-legally binding targets for all countries -- not just the United States, not just Europe, but also for China and India, which, projecting forward, are going to be the world's largest emitters," he said.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Obama to Republicans
Obama to GOP: 'Stop trying to frighten the American people'
President Barack Obama told House Republican leaders to "stop trying to frighten the American people" even as he and Democrats said they see a possibility for bipartisan cooperation on job creation legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters that Obama made the admonition during a bipartisan meeting at the White House on Wednesday, producing a chart to show Republicans that "things are a lot better."
Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said there was broad agreement on their side of the aisle about how to create jobs by aiding small businesses and boosting infrastructure spending. Pelosi said she thinks on those issues, "it's possible for us to find some common, bipartisan ground."
But moments later, Republicans made it clear that they want to see a "spending freeze" and a "no-cost" jobs plan that consists largely of tax cuts.
"We can't keep spending money we don't have," House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said.
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) pushed back on Obama's request for an end to Republicans' scare tactics by saying that Obama's policies have led to a hiring freeze, and the GOP is simply telling constituents what is happening.
"[E]mployers are sitting there and they're frozen because they don't know what's really going to happen here," Boehner said. "And the president wants to blame us for informing the American people about what's happening here and how it will affect them, but it's not what we're doing; it's the policies that they're promoting here in Washington. "The Republicans presented a letter to Obama detailing how they think he should approach job creation, including by way of tax cuts and trade expansion.For his part, Obama also expressed hope that Republicans would support him on his proposals, particularly on items like a one-year elimination of the capital gains tax that the GOP has supported in the past.
"It's appropriate that I met with leaders of both parties," Obama said after the meeting. "Spurring hiring and economic growth are not Democratic or Republican issues. They are American issues that affect every single one of our constituents."
The president noted Republican opposition to his $787 billion stimulus package, but he said he hopes that he will get some GOP support for his attempts at job creation.
"It's no secret that there's been less than full bipartisan support for the recovery act and some of the steps that have broken the free-fall of our economy," Obama said. "But my hope is that as we move forward we can do so together, recognizing that we have a shared responsibility to meet our economic challenges on behalf of all Americans: those who elected us to make sure that we're doing the people's business."
Despite the GOP opposition, Democratic leaders seemed optimistic they can move quickly on a jobs bill that contains much of what the president outlined in a speech Tuesday.
Reid declined to say when a jobs bill might come up in the Senate, but he said after Tuesday night's "breakthrough" on healthcare reform that he does think the Senate will pass a healthcare bill before lawmakers leave for Christmas.
President Barack Obama told House Republican leaders to "stop trying to frighten the American people" even as he and Democrats said they see a possibility for bipartisan cooperation on job creation legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters that Obama made the admonition during a bipartisan meeting at the White House on Wednesday, producing a chart to show Republicans that "things are a lot better."
Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said there was broad agreement on their side of the aisle about how to create jobs by aiding small businesses and boosting infrastructure spending. Pelosi said she thinks on those issues, "it's possible for us to find some common, bipartisan ground."
But moments later, Republicans made it clear that they want to see a "spending freeze" and a "no-cost" jobs plan that consists largely of tax cuts.
"We can't keep spending money we don't have," House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said.
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) pushed back on Obama's request for an end to Republicans' scare tactics by saying that Obama's policies have led to a hiring freeze, and the GOP is simply telling constituents what is happening.
"[E]mployers are sitting there and they're frozen because they don't know what's really going to happen here," Boehner said. "And the president wants to blame us for informing the American people about what's happening here and how it will affect them, but it's not what we're doing; it's the policies that they're promoting here in Washington. "The Republicans presented a letter to Obama detailing how they think he should approach job creation, including by way of tax cuts and trade expansion.For his part, Obama also expressed hope that Republicans would support him on his proposals, particularly on items like a one-year elimination of the capital gains tax that the GOP has supported in the past.
"It's appropriate that I met with leaders of both parties," Obama said after the meeting. "Spurring hiring and economic growth are not Democratic or Republican issues. They are American issues that affect every single one of our constituents."
The president noted Republican opposition to his $787 billion stimulus package, but he said he hopes that he will get some GOP support for his attempts at job creation.
"It's no secret that there's been less than full bipartisan support for the recovery act and some of the steps that have broken the free-fall of our economy," Obama said. "But my hope is that as we move forward we can do so together, recognizing that we have a shared responsibility to meet our economic challenges on behalf of all Americans: those who elected us to make sure that we're doing the people's business."
Despite the GOP opposition, Democratic leaders seemed optimistic they can move quickly on a jobs bill that contains much of what the president outlined in a speech Tuesday.
Reid declined to say when a jobs bill might come up in the Senate, but he said after Tuesday night's "breakthrough" on healthcare reform that he does think the Senate will pass a healthcare bill before lawmakers leave for Christmas.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Black Iran Arrested 200 Student Protests
TEHRAN, Iran — Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university students protesting for a second day Tuesday, as Iran threatened a tougher crackdown on the opposition after the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months.More than 200 people were arrested in Tehran on Monday during protests by tens of thousands at universities nationwide, and Iran's top prosecutor warned further unrest would not be tolerated. He hinted authorities could even pursue the top opposition leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, an escalation the government has so far balked at in Iran's postelection turmoil.Masked motorcyclists – likely hard-line militiamen – harassed Mousavi at his Tehran office on Tuesday. An angry Mousavi confronted them, daring them, "Kill me!" before being hustled away by aides, according to pro-opposition Web sites.Authorities appear concerned that the protest movement could pick up new steam after Monday's demonstrations, in which students clashed with police and militiamen in the streets of Tehran.A fierce crackdown since the summer crushed the mass protests that erupted after June's disputed presidential election. But Monday's unrest showed how students have revitalized the movement. They showed an increased boldness, openly breaking the biggest taboo in Iran, burning pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and chanting slogans against him.The protests spilled over into a second day Tuesday. Several thousand students rallied in Tehran University, chanting slogans and waving Iranian flags in front of the Engineering College when they were assaulted by hard-line Basij militiamen, witnesses said. At least one student was dragged away, the witnesses said.Footage posted on the Internet, said to be from Tuesday, showed the crowd of students sitting in front of the college building, many wearing surgical masks and scarves over their faces against gas or to hide their identities. They clapped and chanted "death to the dictator" and insults against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his supporters, saying "Ahmadi came up short, he brought out brainless youth."They are then seen fleeing as Basijis rush after them, firing tear gas and throwing stones. Students jostled in the crowd to get away, some crying out in warning, "Basiji, Basiji," while women screamed, "God is great." One student is seen staggering away, holding his eyes after being hit by pepper spray. Inside the college building, students lit papers in a bonfire in an attempt to ward off clouds of tear gas.About a dozen students also clashed with riot police on the streets outside the university, witnesses said. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity fearing retribution. Foreign journalists, including The Associated Press, have been barred from covering protests.Tehran's police chief, Gen. Azizullah Rajabzadeh, announced that 204 protesters, including 39 women, were arrested in the capital during Monday's demonstrations and would be handed over to the judiciary. There was no immediate word on the number of arrests outside Tehran.Iran's top prosecutor, Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi, warned that the judiciary will no longer tolerate protests."So far, we have shown restraint. From today, no leniency will be applied," he said, according to the official IRNA news agency.When asked at a press conference if the judiciary will pursue Mousavi, he said, "We will not tolerate anyone who commits actions against security, and we will confront them," according to the Fars news agency. He also suggested prosecutors could go after Mahdi Hashemi, the son of the most powerful supporter of the opposition in the clerical hierarchy, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.Ejehi, a hard-line cleric, even snapped at Tehran prosecutors not to be lax. "If the Tehran prosecutor does not make its first priority (investigating) those who every day violate public order and damage public property, we will give it a warning and, if necessary, take action," he said.Hard-line clerics and commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guard have called for Mousavi's arrest, accusing him of fueling protests and conspiring against Iran's clerical leadership. Arresting Mousavi or other top opposition leaders would likely spark greater turmoil.Up to 30 men on motorcycles, some in masks, swarmed outside Mousavi's office on Tuesday. They blocked him as he tried to drive out of the garage and chanted slogans against him, two opposition Web sites said, citing witnesses.Mousavi got out of his car and shouted at them, "You're agents. Do whatever you've been ordered to do, kill me, beat me, threaten me!" before aides rushed him inside, the Gooya News Web site reported. The men left several hours later and Mousavi was able to leave.During Monday's demonstrations, hard-line students mobbed Mousavi's wife Zahra Rahnavard at Tehran University, spraying her with pepper spray before her supporters took her away, opposition Web sites reported.The turnout in Monday's protests showed that months of arrests and government intimidation have failed to stamp out the movement, sparked by opposition claims that Mousavi was the rightful winner of the June vote and that Ahmadinejad won by fraud.In the crackdown, more than 100 politicians, activists and protesters have been put on a mass trial, accused of being part of a foreign-backed plot to overthrow the Islamic Republic. Five have been sentenced to death and 80 others to prison terms up to 15 years.Since the summer, the opposition has held major protests less than once a month – timed to coincide with the many political anniversaries and religious occasions that traditionally bring street demonstrations. The strategy aims to drum up as many people as possible and draw more attention.The coming months could heat up with several key occasions for possible protests.In mid-December, the Islamic holy month of Moharram begins – and throughout the month Iranians traditionally hold mass mourning ceremonies. Next comes the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which is marked by 10 days of celebrations in early February.
Pearl Harbor Day
three enduring mysteries
Washington – How did the Japanese do it? That question remains 68 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a day that spawned some of the greatest unanswered questions of US military history.The completeness of the surprise, as well as the enormity of the attack's destruction, have led conspiracy theorists to surmise that President Franklin D. RooseveltWorld War II. must have known what was coming, and allowed it, to rouse the nation forMost historians don't believe that. The conspiracy theorists generally premise their arguments on the notion that the United States had broken the codes of the Japanese navy and thus knew its carriers were steaming toward Hawaii. But that's not true, according to Robert J. Hanyok, a former historian with the US National Security Agency.In 1941, US code breakers had made only minimal progress in understanding encrypted Japanese navy messages, Mr. Hanyok writes in a recent Naval History magazine article."No intelligence about Pearl Harbor could come from this source," he writes.A better explanation for the enormity of the US defeat might be that the attack was a so-called black swan event: something so far outside the realm of expectations that Americans could not conceive of it occurring.This was true even of American servicemen looking at hints of what was coming their way."It just wasn't in their frame of reference," says naval historian Lawrence H. Suid.Today, a number of what-ifs, or enduring mysteries, about the Pearl Harbor attack continue to inspire debate. Among them:Why didn't the US see Japanese planes coming on radar? Actually, US Army radar operators did spot the Japanese air assault on radar. They just did not know what they were seeing.Radar technology was in its infancy, and an Army crew was training on a new radar installed at the northern point of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. On Dec. 7, 1941, this crew spotted a mass of incoming somethings larger than they had ever seen. They decided it was probably some expected US B-17s and reported it as such.But the radar return looked much different from what they were used to seeing."Why didn't this stir up their curiosity?" Suid says.Why did the US Navy ignore the sinking of a Japanese submarine prior to the attack? At 6:37 on the morning of Dec. 7, the USS Ward, an old four-stack destroyer, attacked and destroyed a Japanese mini-sub making its way toward Pearl Harbor.Crew members of the Ward saw a submarine periscope, dropped depth charges, and saw an oil slick and debris indicating they had destroyed a target. They immediately sent a dispatch saying that they had destroyed "a submarine operating in defense sea areas," according to a copy of the ship's report of the attack.This incident took place an hour prior to the arrival of the first wave of Japanese warplanes. But US military officials did not heed the warning provided by the Ward, or did not believe it, or simply were unable to react in time.Three years later to the day, on Dec. 7, 1944, the Ward was sunk by a Japanese kamikaze air attack off the island of Leyte.How did the Japanese fleet get so close to Hawaii without being spotted? The Japanese military's attempts to deceive its US counterparts as to where Japan's carriers were in early December 1941 succeeded to a remarkable degree.A radio ruse contributed greatly to this success. Beginning in mid-November, the Japanese ships pretended to be continuing with a routine communications drill – knowing that all the while US eavesdroppers were listening in.They then followed with a week of only occasional chatter, leading US analysts to believe that the carriers had entered home waters for rest. Instead, they were steaming toward Hawaii.Japanese operational security prior to the fleet's departure had been so tight that at least one foreign ship approaching a Japanese navy training area had been boarded and seized. Fleet plans for the month of December had been printed without an annex detailing the destination of Hawaii. Even senior Japanese officers weren't told of the attack until the last possible moment.In the end, the Japanese achieved almost complete tactical surprise. And in that might lie the key to understanding Pearl Harbor, writes Hanyok, the former NSA historian.The key could be not the surprise per se, but the skill of the Japanese. Most US analyses of Pearl Harbor probe for American mistakes, or they at least see the attack in an American frame of reference."But the key to understanding why the surprise assault was so successful lies in realizing what the Japanese did right," according to Hanyok.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Too Late Decision
I do not know how to start my talk about the debate these days because of the decision to ban the veil ( Nekab ) in University Hostels and chapters of Al-Azhar institutes for girls, the fact that this resolution, which was supposed to be brave too late after the phenomenon rampancy and spread the black garbage bags in the Egyptian society The problem in our officials that they leave it for a reason to get worse and become a phenomenon hard to treat, and then suddenly think of the solution, Nekab has nothing to do with Islam but it is a tribal dress for certain nationalities, covering their minds and souls and they are free in this, but to remain in their places and not to issue such waste to us, but the fault is not in them but those who thought, wore this dress left over from Egyptian satellite channels, either because of Wahhabism or coming from these countries after backward customs and religion have nothing to do something and I do not know or has absorbed these fierce campaign to Shaykh al-Azhar religious establishment code official and if we live in a world parallel of what is official or legitimate, and will not go into doctrinal interpretations, but the man and the majority of Muslim Scholars said very clearly that the niqab is not obligatory and not honored as Mahmoud Saad Said in El Beit Beitak Program but uniform underdeveloped countries underdeveloped Hjrt on the minds and hearts, After all, the mask worn only By thieves. So it must be circulated to prevent the veil in all bodies and interests and infirmaries, and nothing to do with personal liberties, and who wants to wear it can stay home or migrate to the underdeveloped countries issued this epidemic. Charged to God and to Egypt from the evil of stupidity and ignorance and backwardness because it became unbearable.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Ibrahim El Abiad
This film by Marawan Hamed is a landmark in the history of Egyptian cinema .. I do not understand why many decry!!!
This masterpiece film makes you a sense of direction by taking you inside the film and living inside the story while watching it ..
Marwan Hamed's get through the most detailed and impressive manner similar to what we see the accuracy of Hollywood's ..
Ahmad El Sakka, succeeded in the representation of the role with distinction and personal as we see the body on the ground .. Amr Wakid was Superior in his role assuring that he is a real international actor .. and then was the real super star Mahmoud Abdulaziz who added to himself and to the Movie by playing his role in superiority, He is the professional artist who add an efficient personal to the character, He Was the expertise of the film and added a beautiful flavor to the film resulting from his wide experiences that created a combination of representatives of the good times and the present Stars ..
and there was the Music of Hisham Nazih which added a special flavor moving in a great combination between different Scenes
Blood in many scenes of the movie was a result to a tale of people who are using Knives and all kinds of white arms usually in their lives and battles, so it was not over but it was a result to their behavior, at the End it is a great film and a masterpiece of Cinema.
This masterpiece film makes you a sense of direction by taking you inside the film and living inside the story while watching it ..
Marwan Hamed's get through the most detailed and impressive manner similar to what we see the accuracy of Hollywood's ..
Ahmad El Sakka, succeeded in the representation of the role with distinction and personal as we see the body on the ground .. Amr Wakid was Superior in his role assuring that he is a real international actor .. and then was the real super star Mahmoud Abdulaziz who added to himself and to the Movie by playing his role in superiority, He is the professional artist who add an efficient personal to the character, He Was the expertise of the film and added a beautiful flavor to the film resulting from his wide experiences that created a combination of representatives of the good times and the present Stars ..
and there was the Music of Hisham Nazih which added a special flavor moving in a great combination between different Scenes
Blood in many scenes of the movie was a result to a tale of people who are using Knives and all kinds of white arms usually in their lives and battles, so it was not over but it was a result to their behavior, at the End it is a great film and a masterpiece of Cinema.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The Truth Behind Michael Jackson’s Death
The mystery of Michael Jackson’s death is not really a mystery at all. What killed Jackson is a broken heart – one that was wounded a long time ago. From early childhood, Jackson was emotionally and physically abused by his father, suffering relentless and grueling music rehearsals, beatings, and verbal abuse. His childhood abuse continued to affect him all throughout his adult life. In one episode (which was later confirmed by Marlon Jackson) his father, Joseph, held Michael upside down by one leg and “pummeled him over and over again with his hand, hitting him on his back and buttocks.” Joseph would often slam his sons into walls. An especially traumatic event happened one night while Jackson was asleep. His father climbed through the bedroom window into his room screaming and donning a fright mask in order to teach Michael not to leave the window open at night. Not surprisingly, Jackson had nightmares for years afterwards about being kidnapped from his bedroom. When we are born, we are whole human beings filled with tremendous potential. We have the ability to express all parts of ourselves and we have a healthy and intact self-esteem. Growing up, we adapt to the peculiarities of our families by adopting a “default operating system” – patterns of thought and behavior we take with us into adulthood. If we grow up in a dysfunctional or abusive family, our innate wholeness and self-esteem become eroded. Our core beliefs and habitual behaviors are like viruses, infecting our lives, our relationships, and our sense of well-being. The core beliefs that Jackson internalized in response to his life conditioning and childhood abuse—“People will hurt me and can’t be trusted”, “I’m ugly”, and “If I meet others’ needs and expectations I’ll be loved” – were at the root of his living a life filled with tremendous self-loathing, pain, and isolation. That Jackson’s childhood experiences continued to affect him throughout his adult life is evident in many ways. He underwent plastic surgery to the point of physical disfigurement. At the root of his tremendous empathy for others’ suffering was the well of his own emotional pain and suffering. In a relentless pursuit for the idyllic childhood he himself never had, he built a 2,500 acre paradise called Neverland. He forewent close adult relationships and surrounded himself with animals and children, with whom he could have a sense of power and feel safe. His history of engaging with unsavory people who used him and his money was a replication of the injurious behavior of his father’s betrayal over and over again. He tried in vain to fill his inner voids through acquiring material possessions that cost him a fortune, and he said that it was only when he was performing that he was truly happy – his only means of feeling loved and accepted by others. When the bottom of his career began to fall out due to rumors and allegations of child molestation followed by expensive legal trials and settlements, Jackson’s downward spiral began to dramatically accelerate. He continued to spend excessive amounts of money, but he could no longer generate the unprecedented success and record sales of the past.
Instead of getting the help he badly needed, he reacted to his disintegrating life and career by marrying someone who could restore his damaged image and esteem (Lisa Marie Presley), divorcing her and marrying another woman who gave him full custody of their two children, and eventually having a third child by an anonymous donor. He withdrew from public life with his children, and apparently lived the rest of his years as a very lonely and unhappy man.
Michael Jackson went from being a beloved superstar with the world in the palm of his hands, to being branded by many people as a weirdo, child molester, and kook. Instead of judging the person he was or obsessing on the sensationalist circumstances surrounding his death, it is my hope that people will use his tragic death to better understand the power our life conditioning has on who we become as adults. While heart failure may be what ultimately led to Jackson’s demise, it was a broken heart that really killed him.
By Lauren Mackler
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Live your sick dreams in KSA
Do you lack every sense of respectful manhood?! Are you sick of your wife dominating you, your house and your life?! Aren't you just tired of her pink flowery sheb-sheb (Slipper)
flying across the room and hitting your dignified beard every single day?! If you are, there's nothing to be ashamed of. We got the golden solution to create your Utopia!!
Imagine a world where you can no longer hear your wife breathing any word but "Yes, master". Imagine a world where you can legally insult, humiliate and beat your wife up if she refuses to do whatever you demand (I know what you're thinking, Ha?). Imagine a country where in the eyes of the law and the society; you got the right to treat women like they are all a big cattle of sheep covered in black rubbish cans; If you got a stick between your legs, you're always always righteous, no matter how much of an ignorant mouse you truly are. Imagine if she is and always will be nothing more than a sin, a slave stripped of a voice and existence.
Dream no more!!
It's time we helped you move to Saudi Arabia; the place where you can find inner-peace and successive oral sex sessions! If you marry a brain-washed Saudi Arabian girl, you're the luckiest man on earth, for she will -legally- dedicate her existence to serving you, cooking for you, changing your diapers and cleaning between your toes after a long day at work.
You can also relax and say good-bye to the lost battle of sexes, cause most women out there are being brought up believing that they are not complete, needy, imperfect, unfortunate-looking if they don't have a man to lean on. (even if this man is still leaning on his mommy). This lie is instilled in them by their mothers, aunts, teachers and the entire society! I mean, where else can you find that much of good-hearted women acting as agents of enslavement and injustice!?!
The words "intellect", "independence" and "self-esteem" basically don't exist in their dictionary.
Not only this, but you can also use her fear of Allah and the misunderstanding of the some verses in the Quran to force her on agreeing that you should marry three other women! That's our special offer. She'll just have to deal with it and bury her dignity, emotions, sexual needs, and beauty deep in her heart or she can leave and suffer from the eyes of every man wanting a piece of a divorced woman, thinking that if she's not a virgin, why would she reject his attractive dick.
Both ways, you're a winner.
Isn't that just P.E.R.F.E.C.T?!
And that's NOT all.
We are currently holding a special offer to all the child molesters and rapists out there, who sadly can't find acceptance in their own societies that claim to be open-minded and civilized. It's time you came out of the closet in Saudi Arabia where you can legally marry an eight year old girl even if you're over forty! (Our institution always offers three of the best child pornography DVDs if you call within 24 hours).
And as for you rapists, we in Saudi Arabia evolved enough as a society to realize that rapists are humans too and they shouldn't go to jail if they couldn't stop themselves from raping a girl covering every inch of her body. She is to be blamed for seducing them because her black long neqab showed a part of her small finger! E7m.
Bottom line: you can enjoy raping as many girls as you want and if she even considered going to court, she will be whipped around hundred times!! It's a dream come true.
YES, YOU CAN! YES, WE CAN! Move now and enjoy the luxury and peace in a place where women and men are treated as they deserve.
(P.S This note isnot meant to offend the system or the traditions of Saudi Arabia)
Sarah G.
16 years old Egyptian Girl
flying across the room and hitting your dignified beard every single day?! If you are, there's nothing to be ashamed of. We got the golden solution to create your Utopia!!
Imagine a world where you can no longer hear your wife breathing any word but "Yes, master". Imagine a world where you can legally insult, humiliate and beat your wife up if she refuses to do whatever you demand (I know what you're thinking, Ha?). Imagine a country where in the eyes of the law and the society; you got the right to treat women like they are all a big cattle of sheep covered in black rubbish cans; If you got a stick between your legs, you're always always righteous, no matter how much of an ignorant mouse you truly are. Imagine if she is and always will be nothing more than a sin, a slave stripped of a voice and existence.
Dream no more!!
It's time we helped you move to Saudi Arabia; the place where you can find inner-peace and successive oral sex sessions! If you marry a brain-washed Saudi Arabian girl, you're the luckiest man on earth, for she will -legally- dedicate her existence to serving you, cooking for you, changing your diapers and cleaning between your toes after a long day at work.
You can also relax and say good-bye to the lost battle of sexes, cause most women out there are being brought up believing that they are not complete, needy, imperfect, unfortunate-looking if they don't have a man to lean on. (even if this man is still leaning on his mommy). This lie is instilled in them by their mothers, aunts, teachers and the entire society! I mean, where else can you find that much of good-hearted women acting as agents of enslavement and injustice!?!
The words "intellect", "independence" and "self-esteem" basically don't exist in their dictionary.
Not only this, but you can also use her fear of Allah and the misunderstanding of the some verses in the Quran to force her on agreeing that you should marry three other women! That's our special offer. She'll just have to deal with it and bury her dignity, emotions, sexual needs, and beauty deep in her heart or she can leave and suffer from the eyes of every man wanting a piece of a divorced woman, thinking that if she's not a virgin, why would she reject his attractive dick.
Both ways, you're a winner.
Isn't that just P.E.R.F.E.C.T?!
And that's NOT all.
We are currently holding a special offer to all the child molesters and rapists out there, who sadly can't find acceptance in their own societies that claim to be open-minded and civilized. It's time you came out of the closet in Saudi Arabia where you can legally marry an eight year old girl even if you're over forty! (Our institution always offers three of the best child pornography DVDs if you call within 24 hours).
And as for you rapists, we in Saudi Arabia evolved enough as a society to realize that rapists are humans too and they shouldn't go to jail if they couldn't stop themselves from raping a girl covering every inch of her body. She is to be blamed for seducing them because her black long neqab showed a part of her small finger! E7m.
Bottom line: you can enjoy raping as many girls as you want and if she even considered going to court, she will be whipped around hundred times!! It's a dream come true.
YES, YOU CAN! YES, WE CAN! Move now and enjoy the luxury and peace in a place where women and men are treated as they deserve.
(P.S This note is
Sarah G.
16 years old Egyptian Girl
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Cover the hair and leave the back
When it becomes a concern and veneers a concept of our lives and our religiosity surface of the platform, and it is difficult to flatten and hide any logic, with the spread of the hijab and the veil and Isdal of Darkness Iran entails and what clothes and alien to our society are not unrelated to religion, not clothing and appearance, but is behavior and performance, and Acts of Worship, it is true that Islam has encouraged us to chastity and modesty in clothing, but if things turned for the suppression of micro-suppressed desires, this will be reflected in the large, often there are many sins committed by the bearded and veiled and veiled or even Almtsdlat, lesson you are not the masters of interesting things with the omission of sub-essence of true religion, and customs, but these had been worn from the dark to us, known to extend the result of the Saudi through which those who have worked there from the beginning of the seventies, and then made clothes backward habits and the spread of fire to spread like wildfire in our society and delicate religious nature, and then followed the evolution and development of the veil and Isdal and the rest came, and here we see the evolution that has taken place of the girls in the hijab is not covering it is only hair, we have seen the cover of her hair and wear tight clothes or transparent or revealing, because it wants to be the fashion, and young girls want to live and age, but they freed and underdevelopment facing the community and their families, society as a whole, which has become a society of the veil, we are not against the veil, but must be by the right tenets which urged that the religion and lives of every child's age, and even choose what you want to move away from repression to the existing culture of the community away from the hair and leave it covered until the rest do not fall under the "Oh Oh Oh Oh," the opinion of Mr. Tawfiq Aldakkin
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
hashish addicts culture in the nomination of stores and shops
I do not know how to choose the names of the shops in Egypt, and each one has its culture and its constitution and the state it finds itself where it pleases without any taste or culture or anything.
On My Daily route to Heliopolis and the new view of the busy road, with the distance and slow to get into the damn traffic signal, even walk away from the signal bridge, of Suez Shore street, driven by four soldiers, with the incisive mind one and the ideas and vision insightful reference to his genius standing beside the cabin and the signals that there is our other genius friend the other hand, even with a hand signal from red to green or vice versa, then a third pass through the offer of his hand and wielding the street in front of the car until it stops, and the fourth is the role of genius in running the opposite direction to give gracious reference to the cars to pass, and this, to escape from this scenario which you could see twice in the same stand where any reference twice in a row until you reach the front line of relief, it is important and to escape, it was suggested to the driver of the taxi to go in an other road behind the Suez Faculty of Education, and on the way to find the names drawn up by the tragedy of Jean Hash Hash People in Egypt's "Azaablaity" Yes Azaablaity, will replace a large restaurant and a cafeteria attached to the so-called Semsma, but after the mergers and the economic transformations of the region became known as "Azaablaity" The truth is I I do not know who is Azaablaity, but I think it's one of Abu Za'abal lords and why do not employers have become Oramedan as it was formerly known, became proud and boast about their stay in Abu Za'abal or Tura This instrument, which is obtained by the fame and reputation, and ability can come out the inmate to become a popular business and enter the world of business or as they call Saboba interest and depth, and if the search will find many terms that abound in the random glossary or dictionary to find Alhchachen Azaablaity and Za'abal and Kawana and others, and we are waiting for the new edition of the always-renewable Glossary Alhchachen and Alemtemsalehyn
On My Daily route to Heliopolis and the new view of the busy road, with the distance and slow to get into the damn traffic signal, even walk away from the signal bridge, of Suez Shore street, driven by four soldiers, with the incisive mind one and the ideas and vision insightful reference to his genius standing beside the cabin and the signals that there is our other genius friend the other hand, even with a hand signal from red to green or vice versa, then a third pass through the offer of his hand and wielding the street in front of the car until it stops, and the fourth is the role of genius in running the opposite direction to give gracious reference to the cars to pass, and this, to escape from this scenario which you could see twice in the same stand where any reference twice in a row until you reach the front line of relief, it is important and to escape, it was suggested to the driver of the taxi to go in an other road behind the Suez Faculty of Education, and on the way to find the names drawn up by the tragedy of Jean Hash Hash People in Egypt's "Azaablaity" Yes Azaablaity, will replace a large restaurant and a cafeteria attached to the so-called Semsma, but after the mergers and the economic transformations of the region became known as "Azaablaity" The truth is I I do not know who is Azaablaity, but I think it's one of Abu Za'abal lords and why do not employers have become Oramedan as it was formerly known, became proud and boast about their stay in Abu Za'abal or Tura This instrument, which is obtained by the fame and reputation, and ability can come out the inmate to become a popular business and enter the world of business or as they call Saboba interest and depth, and if the search will find many terms that abound in the random glossary or dictionary to find Alhchachen Azaablaity and Za'abal and Kawana and others, and we are waiting for the new edition of the always-renewable Glossary Alhchachen and Alemtemsalehyn
Monday, June 15, 2009
our own barbarism
I do not know what lies ahead of us that we human beings, especially the Egyptians, and in the world, we are led into a ravine, the world planned and address and there are solutions, and we insist on ignorance and backwardness and destroying our future generations with our own hands Here is a rural woman insists on raising birds in her house with her and her children and warned them that if you say my brother is the length of our lives we live in the middle of chicks and ducks and nothing happened, leave it to God and say you BASIT, with the Basset Almighty Allah and not us to take a hands to the doom, Egypt and now the highest rate of infection of bird flu in the world, ahead of China, which has a population of more than A billion, and now we have another problem and is the H1N1 virus and the swine flu, which we have called and got a plain and playfulness and the decisions and the execution of pigs slaughtered, and also fierce resistance owners of farms and pig farmers, and that you and I am against the slaughter of these, but I see an opportunity to get rid of this indiscriminate breeding pigs, and the danger to public health in the presence of the landfill and indiscriminate feeding on garbage, and if we were not moving or are planning, however, the appearance of catastrophe But it is very serious and the problem is not only a problem of the government, whether we agreed or disagreed with it, but we the Egyptian insist on backwardness and barbarism as we are enemies of ourselves, God Help Us
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Welcome to Egypt
President Obama in Egypt to deliver his promised address to the Muslim world, culminating a long and politically sensitive selection process by choosing as his venue an Arab nation governed by an autocratic U.S. ally who faces strong internal Islamic opposition. Those elements will present challenges to Obama as he delivers a speech his advisers described yesterday as the next step in his effort to dispel perceptions in the Muslim world that the United States is in conflict with Islam. Egypt "in many ways represents the heart of the Arab world" Despite "the issues of democracy and human rights which are on the president's mind as well, and there will be a chance to discuss those matters later as Egypt is gaining some Tangible progress in this issue, so today's speech is historical and putting some clear points on the letters, but we can obviously notice the tangible change in the American policy towards us which seems Optimistic in many ways, all we should notice that we are carrying our future in our hands regardless what the American look towards us if we started to free ourselves and our economy which is still a strange mix between the ugly socialism and capitalism due to many changes that happened during last 5 decades after the military coup in 1952, so i hope that Mubarak will release things in political and economical fields to save the country, and that is the only solution that can save Egypt and protect it against any danger from terrorists or socialism agitators who are still remaining although we became in 21st century, finally welcome to you Mr.president and peace upon us all.
Monday, June 1, 2009
The American Dream
When I was young I was always dreaming of being in America soon , it was always the land of opportunities and liberty to me , this dream grown up with me although I did not try to knock the doors of America Except this year, I’m waiting and wondering all the time , will it come the first time I made the application ? will I be lucky ? I know that it is not easy but I do believe in destiny , who knows ! , being in a country you dream of and love with all tools and liberty that man needs to live is a big dream , although that I am sure it is not as I think and there should be some difficulties as any country or society , that is life but we always dream.
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