Arab spring uprises Tunisia/Egypt/Libya/Syria

Nah, the USA goes in to protect the oil fields and lob the occasional bomb towards anything scary coming their way.
 
Al-Qaeda has put a price on the head of the Houthi rebel leader, Abdel-Malek al-Houthi, and it's a hefty one. 20 kilo gold.

Former Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh has also been placed on their hit list, but there's no stack of gold for his head.
 
Dennisch
Al-Qaeda has put a price on the head of the Houthi rebel leader, Abdel-Malek al-Houthi, and it's a hefty one. 20 kilo gold.

Former Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh has also been placed on their hit list, but there's no stack of gold for his head.
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Iran is not doing a good job convincing their proxies to kill if there isn't gold involved.
 
Nothing more than yet another non aggressive move by Iran ;)

I said a while back I thought Saudi Arabia should support the Houthi. I know it sounds crazy but they have much more to offer than Iran does, and they also have more interest for peace in Yemen. As Dennisch pointed out, they're showing some good faith in giving humanitarian aid, they're willing to negotiate and give concessions imo. From Dotini's link...
U.S. officials say they hope the airstrikes will force Houthis to the negotiating table in order to restore stability in Yemen, where America faces a terrorist threat from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

“We're assisting the Saudis to protect their own territory and to conduct operations that are designed to lead ultimately to a political settlement to Yemen,” said Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Thursday.

“That's good for the people of Yemen, first and foremost. It's good for Saudi Arabia that doesn't need this on its southern border. And … it's good for us, among other reasons, because of AQAP's presence in Yemen. But for that to occur, it'll require more than military action,” he added.
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I'm hoping they can figure this out sooner rather than later, I watched a documentary on PBS where a young female journalist traveled around Yemen reporting on civilians, Houthis, Al Qaeda, and ISIS. It gives a pretty good insight as to what's going on and how it all works.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/front...nd-in-yemen-six-questions-with-safa-al-ahmad/

Some good links from that page along with a mini interview with the girl, Safa Al Ahmad. I'd suggest watching the FRONTLINE episode 'The Fight for Yemen' if your interested in this stuff 👍
 
Welp. Poop is going down it seems in the Gulf of Aden. The US has sent the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt to the region to prevent that Iran can supply the Houthi rebels with weapons.
 
Former President of Egypt Morsi has been sentenced to 20 years for the death of several protesters.

And Saudi Arabia is getting ready to invade Yemen. Let's see how long it takes before they encounter Iranian soldiers.
 
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It seems that Iran doesn't want to brawl with the USA. An Iranian fleet of (reported by Fox) weapon carrying ships on the way to Yemen did a 180 when they encountered the US fleet in the Gulf of Aden.

Positive news, I'd say.
 
I was kinda surprised by that news. I wonder how many riots that will spark in Egypt.
 
Dennisch
I was kinda surprised by that news. I wonder how many riots that will spark in Egypt.
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I doubt very many will riot. In Egypt, the firm hand of a benevolent military dictatorship seems to be preferred over a democracy.
 
Dotini
I doubt very many will riot. In Egypt, the firm hand of a benevolent military dictatorship seems to be preferred over a democracy.
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Buyer's remorse. Once that idiot got caught gunrunning for Hamas, the logical solution for the military was to take over the government. They are doing alright, all things considering.
 
The attack in France was the bigger news so it seems but Tunisia has had their fair share of misery today.

In the tourist city of Sousse, 2 hotels were attacked and so far 37 confirmed death. Most of them tourists. Germans, Brits and Belgians.

The assailant(s) came onto the beach with a rubber boat and starting spraying their AK's at the public.

....
 
And last but not least.

Kuwait has also been the target today.

A Shiite mosque has been attacked by (as they claim) IS. A suicide bomber blew himself up inside the mosque, killing at least 25 and wounding over 200.

A fine day for inner Islamic struggles.
 
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/15/barack-hillary-and-the-libya-crime/
Hillary Clinton is the villain in the story because of her cackling celebration of Gaddafi’s murder and because Libya continues in a state of crisis. There has been very little questioning of the idea that the United States has a right to decide who runs that country or any other. Imperialism is still acceptable if it is carried out seamlessly. It is only the mess that makes Americans uncomfortable, and Democrats are no different from Republicans in this regard.
 
Gaddafi was well on his way of empowering all of Africa which none of the west wanted but to make matters worse his demand for gold was a threat to the west's economy. We've been so twisted up in it all, it was a terrible choice that had to be made in their eyes.

The fact that Hillary takes the fall is to preserve their second messiah's legacy, which oddly enough will boil down to a failing medical bill and a few drone strikes lol.
 
You do not know very much about the man do you, take a closer look for yourself unless you want to come back all "you made the claim you prove it" in which case I will.

He wasn't so great on many fronts I freely admit, either are other men of power throughout our history but that doesn't mean he wasn't doing great things for the country and continent. We hail some atrocious leaders of our past, I'm not hailing him a hero I'm saying he was doing great things.

Take a look and then decide.
 
squadops
take a closer look for yourself unless you want to come back all "you made the claim you prove it" in which case I will.
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Sigh. You made the claim, you prove it.

It'll have to be better than the "gold dinar"/"United States of Africa" plan though... introducing an eschatological currency that only 45% of the continent's inhabitants could have supported would have hardly been "empowering to the continent". Nor would making the dinar non-Islamic (as if there was a way), Africa already has plenty of gold and little internal empowerment. The actions of Libya would be irrelevant in Eritrea, Lesotho, Sudan, Somalia, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria and so on. The only beneficiaries would be the far-northern states like Libya. It was hardly empowerment, it was about "morally justified" currency control that could quickly have the support of some populations.
 
Gaddafi was a strongman. That's all. His greatest feature was his wardrobe, followed by his virgin entourage. His absence illustrated how well he knew his enemies compared to what we thought. Now Libya is a terror haven.
 
http://www.alternet.org/world/exclu...-oil-money-bribes-and-killing-osama-bin-laden

KK: You write that Obama authorized a ratline wherein CIA funneled arms from Libya into Syria and they ended up in jihadi hands. [According to Hersh, this operation was coordinated via the Benghazi consulate where U.S. ambassador Stevens was killed.] What was Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s role in this given her significant role in Libya?

SH: The only thing we know is that she was very close to Petraeus who was the CIA director at the time ... she’s not out of the loop, she knows when there’s covert ops. ... That ambassador who was killed, he was known as a guy, from what I understand, as somebody who would not get in the way of the CIA. As I wrote, on the day of the mission he was meeting with the CIA base chief and the shipping company. He was certainly involved, aware and witting of everything that was going on. And there’s no way somebody in that sensitive of a position is not talking to the boss, by some channel.
 
Dotini
http://www.alternet.org/world/exclu...-oil-money-bribes-and-killing-osama-bin-laden

KK: You write that Obama authorized a ratline wherein CIA funneled arms from Libya into Syria and they ended up in jihadi hands. [According to Hersh, this operation was coordinated via the Benghazi consulate where U.S. ambassador Stevens was killed.] What was Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s role in this given her significant role in Libya?

SH: The only thing we know is that she was very close to Petraeus who was the CIA director at the time ... she’s not out of the loop, she knows when there’s covert ops. ... That ambassador who was killed, he was known as a guy, from what I understand, as somebody who would not get in the way of the CIA. As I wrote, on the day of the mission he was meeting with the CIA base chief and the shipping company. He was certainly involved, aware and witting of everything that was going on. And there’s no way somebody in that sensitive of a position is not talking to the boss, by some channel.
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Try repeating that from a legitimate news site that actually does some investigation. You won't.
 

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