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The Washington – “Moderate Islam” Alliance: Containing Rebellion Defending Empire

by James Petras December 16, 2011

The West have agreed to a kind of “power-sharing’ with Islamist parties. The Islamists would be responsible for imposing orthodox economic policies and re-establishing ‘order’ in partnership with pro-multinational bank economists and pro US-EU generals and security officials. In exchange the Islamists could take certain ministries, appoint their members, finance electoral clientele among the poor and push their ‘moderate’ religious, social and cultural agenda.

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Greenpeace seeks help in Kuwait, Qatar and UAE

by Haitham Sabbah February 5, 2007

I don’t know how many of my friends around the Gulf received this alert from Greenpeace, however, here it is for the use of everyone: From: Hussein Fakih [hfakih@diala.greenpeace.org] Date: Feb 4, 2007 10:20 PM Subject: Greenpeace: opinion poll To: [haitham.sabbah@gmail.com] Dear Mr Haitham Sabbah, I am an activist in Greenpeace (the international environmental independent [...]

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by Haitham Sabbah December 1, 2006

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Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006

by Haitham Sabbah November 2, 2006

In the fifth annual Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index, in between 168 indexed countries, our beloved Arab countries makes sure to be among the worst. Here is the list in order from “best” to “worst”: Kuwait – 73 United Arab Emirates – 77 Mauritania – 77 Qatar – 80 Morocco – 97 Lebanon [...]

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Blogging, Aljazeera and the Media (1st round)

by Haitham Sabbah February 4, 2006

This is the first post of few I’m going to write about The 2nd Aljazeera Forum – 2006. Now that I’m back from Doha after attending The 2nd Aljazeera Forum, and after swallowing all the sweet and the bitter of such a huge gathering, I can share with you some of my views and conclusion. [...]

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Bloggers call for Al Jazeera memo publication

by Haitham Sabbah November 30, 2005

In the wake of Boris Johnson, Blairwatch and many other bloggers have put themselves down as being prepared to publish the ‘Bush-Blair Al Jazeera memo’ should it become available. To join the growing call for disclosure and internet publication visit Blairwatch here, and get “I�ll publish the al Jazeera memo” button from here. On the [...]

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Dropping ‘Freedom’ From Above

by Haitham Sabbah November 25, 2005

Al-Jazeera Managing Director, Waddah Khanfar, is on the way to London this weekend to find answers. Mr. Blair, will you grant Al-Jazeera Staff request for an urgent meeting? [Hat tip: Mohammed]

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It Could be Murder!

by Haitham Sabbah November 24, 2005

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Brussels, accuses US Over Killing of Al-Jazeera Journalist in Baghdad. IFJ calls for re-opening of investigation into 2003 US attack on Al-Jazeera; fears the media may have been deliberately targeted. (details here)

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Don’t Bomb Us – A blog by Al Jazeera Staffers

by Haitham Sabbah November 24, 2005

"Don’t Bomb Us – A Blog by Al Jazeera Staffer" Bookmark this http://dontbomb.blogspot.com/ Al Jazeera staff members decided to start a new blog to to give voice to a lot of concern around the office regarding what is going on – and will also serve as a tribute to fallen journalists. [Hat tip: Staff Member [...]

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Bin Laden Sought to Bomb Aljazeera

by Haitham Sabbah November 22, 2005

Opss… did I say Bin Laden? Correction: BUSH sought to bomb Aljazeera! ***More updates below*** Kevin Maguire And Andy Lines of the Daily Mirror from the UK broke this story today – apparently Bush planned to bomb the Al Jazeera HQ in Qatar: PRESIDENT Bush planned to bomb Arab TV station al-Jazeera in friendly Qatar, [...]

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Qatar donates $6mn to Arab-Israeli town

by Haitham Sabbah October 15, 2005

Qatar has donated $6 million to build a soccer stadium in an Arab-Israeli town, the first time that a Gulf Arab state has donated money inside Israel. Ahmed Al Tibi -Arab Israeli MP- said that “It is the first Arab initiative on this scale in support of the Arabs of 1948 [Arab citizens of Israel] [...]

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The Saudi Embassy in Doha-Qatar deprives 1300 journalists from their religious rights

by Haitham Sabbah October 13, 2005

The Arab Committee for the Defense of Journalists, received a large number of complaints from journalists and technicians working in Aljazeera TV station , saying that the Saudi Embassy in Doha-Qatar has been refusing to give them any kind of transit or entry visas , including entry visas for pilgrimage ; Haj and Umrra. Despite [...]

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A Qatari prince killed five Egyptians and injured 20 others in Egypt

by Haitham Sabbah October 10, 2005

Egypt said that it would dispatch a legal delegation to Qatar to question a Qatari prince accused of causing the death of five Egyptians in a high-speed illegal car race accident. The Egyptian authorities accuse Suleiman Saud Al Thani, a member of Qatar’s ruling family, of killing the five and injuring 14 others when his [...]

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Hateful Bureaucracy

by Haitham Sabbah October 9, 2005

Kuwaiti Narcissism and Qatari Democracy.

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U.S. gave the Israelis a wall, and New Orleans gets Flooded!

by Haitham Sabbah September 5, 2005

Sorry, Israel, the clash of civilizations will not happen. Despite all your efforts and the Zionist money to pit Arab against Americans, Arabs Do Not Hate Americans. Contrary to that, Arabs Care About Americans. Have you heard of the donations from Arabs to Katrina victims? From Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, UAE, Libya, Egypt, Algeria, [...]

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