[…] been in the recent past. The official US view on Israel after 1949, for instance, was that it was a ‘major asset’ in the Cold War. With Egypt and Syria dallying with the Soviet bloc during this period this might have had some validity. However Israel did not join or participate in any way […]
[…] and ordered the UN peacekeeping contingent from its buffer position in the Sinai between Egyptian and Israeli forces. However, as Tel Aviv, London and Washington knew, neither Egypt – whose main combat capability was tied down in a losing war in North Yemen – nor the hapless Syrians were in any position to pose […]
[…] post-war period prior to the mid-1970s involve cooperation between Nazi veterans and/or neo fascists and particular Arab nationalist regimes, most notably those of Jamal ‘Abd al-Nasir in Egypt and Mu’ammar al-Qadhadafi in Libya, or factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). However in these cases, particularly those of the aforementioned regimes, it is quite […]
[…] the sensory deprivation methods of interrogation were a ‘spin-off’ from it. Second, the new methods have not supplanted old-fashioned torture, especially when it is being outsourced to Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The old and new methods continue to be used alongside each other. And third, the sensory deprivation methods he describes were used by […]
[…] state of Palestine, which was on offer in 1936, 1948 and 2000, and could have been established at any time between 1948 and 1967 by Jordan and Egypt. The agenda here remains the extermination of the Jewish state itself. The reason is that the Jews are hated, the hatred is rooted in religion, and […]
[…] in this capacity created the Imperial War Cabinet by adding Dominion Prime Ministers, notably General Smuts. After the war, as Colonial Secretary, Lord Milner negotiated independence for Egypt, self-government for Malta, and was involved in the arrangements for self-government for India (1919) and the partition of Ireland (1921) These then were the politicians of […]
[…] worthy cause that is managing to do something that has been prayed for by young Arab and Muslim intellectuals since the early days of the Wafd in Egypt – the expulsion of the West from their lands, Caliphate or not. It is only a matter of time before Muslim insurgency brings the war into […]
[…] seriously impede democracy assistance in a number of states. This backlash is particularly pronounced in the former Soviet states of Eurasia, as well as in China, Venezuela, Egypt, and Zimbabwe. Representatives of democracy assistance NGOs have been harassed, offices closed, and staff expelled. Even more vulnerable are local grantees and project partners who have […]
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[…] to stop the West from pushing democracy down their throats and to contain or even imprison dissidents. I do not believe that we should criticise Algeria, Yemen, Egypt or Pakistan for ‘trying it on’ nor the US and France but we have every right to criticise our elected representatives and civil servants […]
