Tearing Down another Wall of Shame

When Israel murdered 5 Egyptian police officers inside Egypt, its citizens demanded the expulsion of Israel's ambassador. Egypt's rulers were hesitant and did not act. Instead, Egypt's military council built a prefab concrete wall designed to protect Israel's embassy. This further enraged Egyptians who see the wall as a symbol of apartheid, a reminder of the separation wall on Palestine's West Bank which remains an emblem of injustice. It also invokes the humiliating peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, a degrading piece of legacy of rewarding the aggressor and the unjust.

So, they, the demonstrators took it upon themselves to force the ambassador and its staff to flee. This is people's power, the very source of authority that makes extraordinary things happen. Israel fears another intifada, it got hurt in Lebanon twice over and it failed to break the people of Gaza. The Arab Spring may well turn out to be its worst nightmare. What dark and dirty secrets lie in those Cairo embassy papers? 

The US is scrambling clutching at citing the Vienna Conventions to protect Israel's interests in Cairo. How hypocritical can one get to flaunt the Geneva Conventions when it was convenient to do so to prolong the torture and torment of Guantanamo, rendition and "black sites" detainees. Israel is now a pariah state and the world would want no part or company with it except for US-Old Europe lobbyists and political expediency.

Libya: Treachery, Made in USA and UK

The Central Intelligence Agency and Gaddafi's Libyan intelligence services developed such a tight relationship during the George W. Bush administration that the U.S. shipped terror suspects (extraordinary rendition) to Libya for torture and interrogation, and suggested the questions they should be asked, according to documents found in Libya's External Security agency headquarters.

The relationship was close enough that the CIA moved to establish "a permanent presence" in Libya in 2004, according to a note from Stephen Kappes, at the time the No. 2 in the CIA's clandestine service, to Libya's then-intelligence chief, Moussa Koussa.

It has been also revealed that Britain's MI6 'worked with the Gaddafi regime'. Evidence has emerged of close cooperation between British intelligence and the regime of Colonel Gaddafi.

Documents found at the abandoned office of Libya’s former spymaster appear to provide new details of the close relations the Central Intelligence Agency shared with the Libyan intelligence service — most notably suggesting that the Americans sent terrorism suspects at least eight times for questioning in Libya despite that country’s reputation for torture.

The documents claim that MI6 supplied its counterparts in Libya with details on exiled opponents living in the UK, and chart how the CIA abducted several suspected militants before handing them over to Tripoli.

They also contain communications between British and Libyan security officials ahead of Tony Blair's visit in 2004, and show that British officials helped write a draft speech for Gaddafi when he was being encouraged to give up his weapons programme. The speech that appears to have been drafted for Colonel Qaddafi was found in the C.I.A. folder and appears to have been sent just before Christmas in 2003. The one-page speech seems intended to depict the Libyan dictator in a positive light.

No wonder Gaddafi kept or stashed his billions of dollars in the US, UK and Europe when it was cosy and convenient, losing it to their sanctions imposition when they decided to ditch him. The new transitional council's leadership (NTC) ought to be wary in dealing with those who brought them to victory, for they might end up like their former Brother Leader Gaddafi.

Al Ghuraba - The Outcast

He came to Afghanistan as a stranger and reached his demise in Pakistan as an outcast. He fits the epitome of the ghuraba. To his enemies, they celebrate his death and he has perished forever prevented from threathening them but by his own mission he has achieved martyrdom.

Being constantly hounded and hunted, he has been hyped according to dubious political agendas. He was alive and well being amazingly able to deliver video messages and communiques with ease in the time of Bush. His persistent threats kept alive Bush's penchant for invasion, occupation and war as well as ensuring Bush's re-election. His death made out Obama as a war hero and rekindled Obama's re-election chances despite rapidly declining popularity.

Who he really was is sketchy and there is much which is unavailable except for rare interviews mostly involving western journalists. He was a recluse who was always on the run and forever a target for assassination ever since he took to undertake jihad in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion. His comrades such as Dr Abdullah Azzam and Sheikh Anwar Shaaban were assassinated as well as many others who were marked with death from the beginning of their global resistance movement.

He was said to be a project manager for his family's construction company responsible for the renovation and enhancement of the Haram al Sharif. In his university days he was moved by the sermons and admired Dr Azzam's call to practical jihad and to rise up to fight injustice. He went to Afghanistan to join the resistance to fight the Soviet occupiers. He set up guest houses for foreign volunteers and he brought construction equipment and expertise to construct infrastructure and underground hospitals for the jihad. His charisma and personal friendship with fellow Saudis to the highest levels ensured material and full support for his efforts.

During those days, he was a hero to Muslims and to the West who were fighting their proxy war against the Russian communists. Reagan once described the mujahideen as similar to America's founding fathers in praising their resolute resistance.

After the Soviets were defeated and left the country, he was disillusioned by the severe and relentless disunity among bickering mujahideen factions leading to protracted civil war and self destruction over again. He was there in a failed gathering among mujahideen leaders to reach a political understanding led by Dr Abdullah Naseef. He kept listening to leaders saying mustahil - impossible - to every option offered.

When he returned to Saudi Arabia, he was especially disappointed with the kingdom's decision to invite US armed forces over Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. He had also enjoined reform supporting dissident ulama in submitting a memorandum to the kingdom's rulers which resulted in a harsh response. Saudi Arabia which once heaped praise on him and gave him support was then not safe for him anymore.

He left Saudi Arabia and went to Sudan which declared itself as dawlah al tamkin - the state of shariah-undertaking construction work for the fledgling Islamic state. Many followed him to Sudan being their only place of shelter, refuge and sanction. By this time, he already had a very high price on his head. The other members of the mujahideen had been hunted down in their own countries and arrested, there were no place to go. So they all went along to Sheikh Osama.

Others went to fight in Bosnia being well received in the beginning. Later on in Bosnia as they showed themselves to be quite capable in combat operations against the Serbs, Nato came down hard on them forcing them to leave the country which they had helped in the hour of need. Again many were assassinated and arrested.

After a series of terror bombings on civilians in Africa and US military barracks in Khobar, he was publicly declared the terrorist responsible. The US launched cruise missiles against targets in Sudan.

Under severe pressure, Sudan forced the ouster of Osama. The President of Afghanistan invited him back and he returned to the country which was still most welcoming. He was seen to be leaning towards the Taliban in the civil war supporting them and giving them his allegiance when they swept to power in Kabul.

After an attack on a US navy ship in Yemen, the mujahideen camps in Afghanistan were targets for more cruise missiles. He was then already persistently targeted to be killed. He made his infamous declaration of war against the US and its allies blaming them and the Zionists for the gross injustice and occupation of the Muslim lands including the land of the holy places, Saudi Arabia.

After 9/11, he was blamed for the attacks which led to another invasion of Afghanistan and his disappearance for a long time until that fateful day in Abbottabad.

Robert Fisk commented that he should have been brought to justice and allowed due process. In fact Fisk said the injustices suffered by the Muslims throughout has to be addressed so that there was no reason for anyone to decide to attack America or its interests.

Instead Osama was shot and killed by a death squad and his body thrown into the sea out of fear or whatever intriguing reasons still unknown. He remained an outcast hurled into the vast Arabian sea.

Purveyors of Corruption

According to reports, it seems that only countries led by Islamists such as Lebanon, Turkey, Iran and Palestinian Gaza that are receiving well the Egyptian Revolution and celebrating the intifada. The other regimes are keeping silent. They do fear being toppled and losing their illegitimate power. They are said to be frantically working out ways to prevent a similar situation by means of inducements and sweeteners to their population. Subsidies are being given back to the people, government employees get pay raises and the regimes have all of a sudden shown such benevolence. The Yemeni regime even resorted to doling out cash for people to buy food as well giving Qat to make the people happy. Qat is a leafy stimulant categorised as a drug of abuse by anti-drug abuse agencies. It seems some protestors succumb to addiction and dependency.

At the same time, more tear gas, truncheons and those monster water cannon trucks are being procured. The Yemeni regime employed and armed paid supporters and thugs to terrorise protestors who resisted presumably Qat temptations. Even the social media and network are being pursued vigorously to find measures to control and curb its capabilities. This phenomena of trying to control the internet is spreading to other countries which fear political change even in this region and locally. Algeria and Libya has begun arresting almost anyone suspected of being potential protest leaders and prime movers to avert any likely mass movement for change. Algeria is notorious for subduing the Islamic party by violent repression, torture and wide scale brutal massacres in the 90's. Hundreds of thousands died in the hands of the oppressive regime. Libya relishes in its cruelty and megalomaniac tyranny. Its madness knows no bounds. Libya suppressed the Islamic movement by such vicious methods like arresting youths who pray solat Subuh in jamaah - congregation.

Then there are the absolute monarchies. Morocco is where torture is outsourced to. The United States commissions this royal nation for its extraordinary rendition. Muslim prisoners are snatched and kidnapped by American CIA, brought under much covert measures, flown to be tormented in Morocco. The CIA wants intelligence but it sublets the dreadful dirty work. A prisoner once asked his guard why this was happening. The guard nonchalantly told him Morocco had to show gratefulness and provide the best of services to the United States for all that the regime owes for its survival. American and Nato military bases are in their countries. Commercial interests are privatized against public well being. Such are the monarchies, the kings and their extended royal families who plunder their nation's wealth, serving foreign interests, complicit in subjugating Arab and Muslim rights, betraying the Palestinian cause and squandering the future of their young generation. These are the so called Gulf States.

The amount of bribes and illicit commissions are astounding and astonishing for if they were spent prudently for the welfare and needs of their people, they would have been the richest and the model economies for the world today. In Tunisia, the self declared and publicly hated first lady, Leila Trabelsi was a thief who made decisions for the government. When she fled, she took out all the gold in Tunisia's Central Bank. She is the most cursed person and now all of her shady relatives left behind were arrested. Let this be a lesson to all so called first ladies not to interfere in government and do not become crooks.

In exchange, the United States, Britain and Europe indulge in their wilful hypocrisies. Forking out from their twisted language, wishful democracy while wholly collaborating in the corruption of nations and committing crimes against civilization. Washington and London told lies from the beginning of the Tahrir Intifada until now, pragmatically adjusting their pronouncements and positions to suit what they never envisaged. A common theme is however never hidden, the security and interests of Israel first and foremost never fails to be extolled, a question mostly irrelevant to people struggling to free themselves.

It is the United States, Britain and the old Europe that is keeping and sustaining the old corrupt, despotic and despicable regimes of the Arab and Muslim worlds. It is not doing so out of genuine intent or naivety. The US, Britain and the old Europe are really the purveyors of corruption in the world today.