Fed Up Montrealer!!!

Amazing Speech By A War Veteran

2011-03-20T17:53:00.000-04:00

Since this video speaks for itself, I will refrain from commenting on its contents. I will say, though, that viewers should keep an open mind when listening. This is a man that has been there and done that. That counts for a lot in my book.

It stands in sharp contrast to the mindless, idiotic commentary we hear on these topics every day in the mainstream media by people that don't have one iota of the guts displayed by this brave soldier.

"Anonymous" Interview on Al Jazeera

2011-03-06T13:32:00.000-05:00

It's another day and yet another example of how Al Jazeera is taking CNN, BBC and other "top" news networks to school comes to light. Here is a video interview conducted with members of the activist hacker group Anonymous. Wearing the Guy Fawkes masks, and probably using voice synthesizers, they comment on how they helped the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. They also emphasize how they go out of their way to not harm regular people during their operations. Impressive stuff.

Enjoy:

What's particularly hilarious is the story of HB Gary, a security firm whose CEO claimed he knew, and was about to expose, the identities of several leaders of the group. As you saw in the video above, that didn't end so well. Not only did they deface the site and publish thousands of internal company emails, but it now appears there might be a congressional investigation as reported by the Washington Post:

A group of House Democrats is calling on Republican leaders to investigate a prominent Washington law firm and three federal technology contractors, who have been shown in hacked e-mails discussing a"disinformation campaign" against foes of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

In a letter to be released Tuesday, Rep. Hank Johnson(D-Ga.) and more than a dozen other lawmakers wrote that the e-mails appear "to reveal a conspiracy to use subversive techniques to target Chamber critics," including "possible illegal actions against citizens engaged in free speech."

The lawmakers say it is "deeply troubling" that "tactics developed for use against terrorists may have been unleashed against American citizens."

The call for a congressional probe marks the latest development in the controversy over tens of thousands of e-mails stolen from HBGary Federal, whose computer system was attacked in early February by members of a loose collective of unidentified hackers known as Anonymous.

Now, the embattled CEO of HB Gary has reportedly resigned his post!

They really should have apologized when they received this warning:

Oh well, some people only learn the hard way...

Report: Italian Mafia and Ukranian Mercenaries Helping Gaddafi

2011-02-22T13:00:00.000-05:00

A disturbing piece of news is making its way through the blogosphere, and that is that mercenary Ukrainian pilots are flying Libyan MiGs to fire on protesters in Tripoli. The same source indicates the Italian mafia is involved in some capacity in aiding the beleaguered dictator. Here is the text of the report:

According to a STRATFOR diplomatic source in the region, Ukrainian pilots are flying Libyan MiGs to fire on protesters in Tripoli.

The source claims the Italian mafia is also assisting the regime of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and that boats operated by Italians have attacked demonstrators in Benghazi and Tripoli.

The source's information indicated that the Egyptian army has prevented a convoy of trucks carrying aid to Libya from crossing the border, as the Egyptian military is unhappy with potential regime change in Libya.

Meanwhile, demonstrators in Tripoli are planning to reach Bab al-Aziziyya, a bastion for the Libyan regime. The Libyan army unit that guards the road leading to Bab al-Aziziyya has joined the demonstrators, according to the source. The source's information has not been verified.

Additionally, Italian parliamentary sources have been quoted as saying that a large number of Italian air force helicopters and the navy have been ordered south. Also, all Italian air bases have been placed on alert according to the same sources.

Rare Syrian Protest - February 17 2011

2011-02-19T21:30:00.000-05:00

On Thursday February 17, a shop keeper was trying to park his car near hi place of business in downtown Damascus, Syria. He was stopped by a traffic cop who insulted him and called him an ass. Typical verbal abuse by a tool of one of the most brutal dictatorial regimes in the Arab world. The man replied: " you would make 60 asses". The traffic cop then hit the man, still sitting in his car, with his stick. The man jumped out of the car to defend himself and engaged the assailant. At that point two other traffic cops came to the aide of their comrade and thoroughly beat the man...in the middle of the street.

Some people are really dumb.

The screams of the shopkeeper quickly drew other shopkeepers into the street who stood horrified at the sight they saw. Quickly and spontaneously, the shopkeepers closed their shops and marched into the street to confront the police. As word spread, approximately 4,000 people packed the narrow street demanding justice. The police had by then retreated into the doorway of a building and were completely surrounded.

The crowd started chanting " The Syrian people will not be degraded". Soon enough police cars arrived on the scene and right after...the Minister of Interior! The minister then proceeds to plead with the crowd to be calm and patient, assuring them that justice will be served.

Here is the video:

Could the beating of this shopkeeper be the spark that ignites the passions of the Syrian people as was the case in Tunisia? Time will tell.

Ex-CIA Analyst, Ray McGovern, Beaten, Bloodied and Arrested

2011-02-19T16:55:00.000-05:00

Well this is just sad.

In what can be described as the epitome of irony, ex-CIA senior analyst Ray McGovern was beaten, bloodied and arrested as he stood in silent protest at a speech by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week.

The topic of Mrs. Clinton's speech? Why freedom of expression of course!!

Here is a video interview with McGover, post attack and with bruises to show, with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now:

What's shocking is that Mr. McGovern is not a nobody in political circles. Here is an excerpt from his Wikipedia profile:

McGovern was a mid-level officer in the CIA in the 1960s where his focus was analysis of Soviet policy toward Vietnam. McGovern was one of President Ronald Reagan's intelligence briefers from 1981–85; he was in charge of preparing daily security briefs for Reagan, Vice President George H.W. Bush, the National Security Advisor, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Cabinet. Later, McGovern was one of several senior CIA analysts who prepared the President's Daily Brief (PDB) during the first Bush administration.

Upon retirement, McGovern was awarded the Intelligence Commendation Medal from Bush (which he later returned, see below^[1]) and worked for Washington-based non-profits before becoming co-director of the Servant Leadership School in Washington. Now, McGovern works with Tell the Word, the publishing arm of the Church of the Saviour in Washington, D.C.

However, McGovern also has a conscience:

McGovern has been an outspoken commentator on intelligence-related issues since the late 1990s.^[2] He was heavily critical of the government's handling of the Wen Ho Lee case in 2000.^[3] In 2002 he was publicly critical of President George W. Bush's use of government intelligence in the lead-up to the war in Iraq.^[4]

In 2003, together with other former CIA employees, McGovern founded the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity or VIPS. The organization is dedicated to analyzing and criticizing the use of intelligence, specifically relating to the War in Iraq. In January 2006, McGovern began speaking out on behalf of the anti-war group Not in Our Name. According to the group's press release, McGovern served symbolic "war crimes indictments" on the Bush White House from a "people's tribunal."

Here is a video of McGovern calling Rumsfeld out on the lies that led to the 2003 invasion of Iraq:

This man should be honoured for his service, consulted with because of his experience and respected for his opinions. He should be put on a pedestal!

It's a shame that's not the case.

From Bahrain to Saudi - Cracks Appearing

2011-02-19T14:25:00.000-05:00

By now virtually everyone on the planet has heard of the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt as well as the pro-democracy movements in several Arab countries.

One of the more vicious government reactions to these protests has been that of Bahrain. The government sent in the military which proceeded to brutally fire on the crowds with live ammunition. These military thugs were shooting to kill, generating many head and upper body injuries. In fact, the first two protesters killed were SHOT IN THE BACK!!!

So far there are at least 5 deaths and thousands of injuries reported.The bulk of the wounded are taken to the Salmaniya Medical Complex, which is struggling to cope with the volume of wounded.Doctors are appealing for medical supplies...

Keep in mind that Bahrain has a total security force of 20,000 and a population of almost 800,000 people. Additionally, and unlike Egypt, the military is reviled because it is made up of foreign expats from countries like Yemen, Jordan and Pakistan. They are MERCENARIES.

Yesterday the Gulf Cooperation Council (whose member states are Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman) said they will go as far as using military force to protect the Bahraini regime and insure that protests don't spread to their countries. Oh and by the way , they sit on 45% of the world's crude oil reserves.

Today there are reports of Saudi military convoys entering Bahrain through the bridge that links the two countries. In this YouTube video, at the 0:50 mark, a driver captures part of the military convoy zooming past the traffic in a dedicated lane:

The unrest has spread to Saudi Arabia where today a small group of Saudi Shiites protested in the eastern province town of Awwamiya asking for the release of shiite political detainees who are being held in prison without trial.

Here is a YouTube video showing the small group of protesters and the line of police vehicles driving towards them as is captured by the driver:

Also today, Reuters is reporting that:

JEDDAH, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Saudi authorities have detained several activists who tried to set up the kingdom's first political party, human rights activists said on Saturday.

The top oil exporter and U.S. ally is an absolute monarchy that does not tolerate any form of public dissent, does not have an elected parliament or any political parties.

Saudi Islamists and opposition activists this month launched a political party called the "Islamic Umma" in a rare challenge to authority inspired by unrest triggering regime change in Tunisia and Egypt.

"There are four in custody now. Five were arrested, two were outside the country and the others were questioned and released," said Mohammed al-Qahtani, a Riyadh-based activist and head of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association, who has been following the case.

By the way Jeddah is all the way on other side of the country in the western province on the Red Sea. It's inhabitants are almost 100% Sunni, not Shiite.

IT'S ON.

Mubarak Thugs Kill Lone Unarmed Protester!!!

2011-02-05T17:04:00.000-05:00

This video is the reason why governments should fear the people and not the other way around. At around minute 1:35 you will see a lone, unarmed, male protester advance up the alley trying to prevent the police from firing on the protesters behind him by turning himself into a human shield. His arms raised he stares defiantly at the police, whose guns are trained on him.

Then their guns go off and he is murdered in plain sight.

I am speechless.

The Tell: What Politicians Really Think About Egypt - UK Version

2011-02-05T16:32:00.000-05:00

This post, and hopefully others to follow, aims to help people analyze the words of politicians and determine where they truly stand and what they think. This will be done using the powerful method of contrasts. The topic at hand is whether all the "talk" of supporting pro-democracy protests and opposition groups is sincere or is simply lip service designed to hedged against the success of these movements.

Let's face it. Politicians talk a good game. That's how they get elected. Voters the world over often suffer from a case of cognitive dissonance a few years after a politician they voted for has been in power. That's because, more often than not, politicians don't follow through on the promises made during their election campaigns. It leaves the voters confused and dismayed, if not disillusioned.

So what are we to do when faced with a great speech on a campaign trail, or anywhere else for that matter?

We have to learn to read between the lines.

Take the case of two prominent UK politicians, both discussing the recent pro-democracy protests in Egypt.

1- Tony Blair, former UK Prime Minister, who is the current official envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East (US, EU, UN and Russia), as well as working with JP Morgan Chase in a "senior advisory capacity". His job is to mediate the peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Interesting choice for a peace broker since he was the UK Prime Minister that sent his countrymen to a war in Iraq based on falsified intelligence, but I digress.

Here he is being interviewed by CNN's Piers Morgan on the events in Egypt (interview starts at minute 2:00):

Now for the analysis of some highlights (author's interpretations between brackets):

BLAIR: The question is, then, what emerges from that? And in particular, I think the key challenge for us, really, is how do we help partner this process of change and help manage it in such a way that what comes out of it is open-minded, fair, democratic government?

(We need to find another, younger, version of Mubarak that will be equally brutal in suppressing his people and will continue to act as our agent in the region. We need to find this man quickly and trick the people into believing that he is their choice when in reality he's ours.)

MORGAN: Nobody seems quite sure what to say about President Mubarak. Depending on who you talk to, he's been a force for good or a force for evil. The people are clearly in Egypt making their feelings clear. Where do you stand on him?

BLAIR: Well, where you stand on him depends on whether you've worked with him from the outside or on the inside. And for those of us who worked with him over the -- particularly now I worked with him on the Middle East peace process between the Israelis and the Palestinians, so this is somebody I'm constantly in contact with and working with.

And on that issue, I have to say, he's been immensely courageous and a force for good. Inside Egypt, and I have many Egyptian friends, it's clear that there's been a huge desire for change. So where you stand on President Mubarak very much depends on, you know, whether you've been dealing with him as an outsider on something like the peace process or whether you're somebody, I think, who's obviously an aspiring middle class there that are wanting now the same types of freedom and changes that people have elsewhere.

(He's not such a bad guy come on Piers! I mean he does whatever we want. I pick up the phone regularly and tell him what to do and what to say. Sure he could be temperamental sometimes but who isn't? I hear some people are complaining he doesn't give them enough freedom, but all those people are inside Egypt so I don't give a $%^&. Notice how he fails to call him a dictator!)

BLAIR: Well, first of all, let's just be very clear, Piers. Hosni Mubarak is not Saddam Hussein. Saddam Hussein took a country that -- when he came to power had a GDP they had roughly the equivalent of Portugal and Spain and devastated it.

Hosni Mubarak, to be fair, has presided over an Egyptian economy that's something like doubled in the last decade. But I don't think the west should be in the slightest bit embarrassed about the fact that it's been working very closely with President Mubarak over the peace process, and it has, by the way, but at the same time, it's been urging change within Egypt.

(He's an obedient poodle, unlike that former puppet of ours, Saddam, that went rogue on us all of a sudden. Mubarak is great because he gave our corporations all the concessions that they wanted and sure he skimmed 50-70 billion dollars off the top but who's counting? Certainly not the 40% of the population that make under $2 a day...until now...gulp)

MORGAN: Can I ask you, Mr. Blair, I mean how do you find your job? I mean many people would argue you've gone into an absolute hornet's nest here because you were a British prime minister through the war in Iraq and indeed Afghanistan.

How do you feel being a peace envoy in an area of the world where a lot of Arabs don't trust you and don't like you?

BLAIR: Well, some do, some don't. I mean not everybody was in favor of keeping Saddam Hussein in place and many people regarded the attacks on America of 9/11 of appalling -- of an appalling nature. So you know you've got different strands of opinion there.

Over, you know, the past and my role, for example, as a strong ally of America or a strong ally of Israel, I never hide that. Not that I could if I wanted to. I make it clear that I'm in favor of democratic government and I'm in favor of bringing about change within the region.

Now I think one part of that change is a viable peace process between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But it's also precisely about making sure that dictators like Saddam can't stay in power.

(Piers! Must you highlight that I'm a tool and nobody outside the corrupt puppet regimes in the region listens to what I say! Yes, I am an agent of America and Israel, and yes I am working here on their behalf, but I will always pay lip service to "democracy" because it doesn't cost me anything to say it and it sounds good. My job is to make sure the Israelis continue subjugating the Palestinians and terrorizing them as well as making sure that all of the puppets stay in line. Otherwise they get what Saddam got.)

2- George Galloway, a former UK member of parliament for 23 years, who has been a very outspoken critic of the war in Iraq, the Bush and Blair administrations, the Israeli abuse of the Palestinians and the dictatorships in several countries in the Arab world, including Egypt.

In fact, he led an aid convoy to the stricken and boycotted people of Gaza, passing through Egyptian territory and due to clashes with Mubarak thugs that were trying to enforce the boycott he was deported and declared persona non grata. The BBC article says that a year before that event (in 2009):

"In a speech last year Mr Galloway described Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak as a "criminal" and "outlaw of the Arab world" and called for his overthrow."

Here he is giving a speech in support of the pro-democracy rallies in Egypt (Wed 2 February 7pm: Public Meeting: Solidarity with the Egyptian Uprising):

Notice the CONTRAST in language:

"When the tyrant will escape with his ill-gotten gains and his family members, but that fools and hirelings like him working for that regime would be lucky to avoid being strung up from the street lamps.

I was wrong Mubarak is not a person without a status. He has a status, and that status is murderer, torturer, dictator and he should be on trial."

(Can language be clearer than that? Not by much if at all, especially when compared to the pussy-footing we saw from Blair earlier)

" 40 Million of whom, are living on less than a dollar a day. We keep hearing this is a revolution being organized facebook and twitter. Well 40 million Egyptians don't have bread! Never mind, mobile phones and computers! This is something not to be forgotten."

(Galloway brilliantly cuts through the "Newspeak" to remind us what is ailing the Egyptian people is hunger and poverty. This is proof of the failed economic policies and rampant corruption of the Mubarak regime that has impoverished a once great nation to the benefit of a dictator and his cronies)

"I tell you these media sources and governments like Cameron's and Obama's support this revolution like a rope supports the hanging man. There's no pleasing them. This revolution if successful cannot possibly be in their interest, therefore they must wish it to fail or be derailed, just as a matter of objective reality."

(Again a brilliant Galloway moment where he speaks the truth about the agenda of the US and UK governments vis a vis the revolution. Wow.)

" If there are any forces in Egypt, on the revolutionary side, who are holding themselves back for the purpose of not seeming like a Muslim revolution, after today WE NEED ALL FORCES ON THE STREETS TO TAKE THIS REVOLUTION FORWARD TO VICTORY."

(Have you ever heard a Western politician so emphatically support the revolution? CONTRAST again with the stuttering, hesitant lip-service of Blair)

"Don't trust the armed forces of Egypt. Don't fall for this guff, that it's a people's army. Yes, fraternize with the ordinary soldiers. Yes, give them flowers. Yes, embrace them. Yes, proselytize for the revolution amongst them. Yes, embrace and try to win them. But the generals and the military brass of the Egyptian armed forces are bought and paid for in Washington and will do exactly what Washington tells them to do."

(Galloway exposes what is obvious to the informed viewers of the unfolding events in Egypt. The Egyptian military brass is bought and paid for. See this, this and this. Galloway is warning the Egyptian people not to fall for the bait and switch game which the powers that be hopes will produce a new Mubarak to maintain the status quo and, at the same time, convince the Egyptian people that they have advanced change and democracy)

In conclusion, I think it's obvious who is speaking his mind truthfully, courageously and backing it up by actions. It is also clear who is being disingenuous, at best, and who's actions are a stark contrast to his words.

Both of these politicians vie for your vote.

Remember that next time.

ITANIMULLI

2011-02-02T19:07:00.000-05:00

Well this is ummm...odd to say the least !

If you type ILLUMINATI backwards you get ITANIMULLI...

Wanna take a guess as to where www.itanimulli.com will take you? Click to find out. You won't believe it....

That's right it takes you the home page of the US National Security Agency. The most secretive of all the US intelligence agencies. Here is an excerpt of the Wikipedia site on the NSA:

"The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) is acryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defenseresponsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S. governmentcommunications and information systems,^[1] which involves cryptanalysis andcryptography.

The NSA is directed by at least a lieutenant general or vice admiral. NSA is a key component of the U.S. Intelligence Community, which is headed by theDirector of National Intelligence. The Central Security Service is a co-located agency created to coordinate intelligence activities and co-operation between NSA and other U.S. military cryptanalysis agencies. The Director of the NSA is also the Commander of the Joint Functional Component Command – Network Warfare.^[2] NSA's work is limited to communications intelligence; it does not perform field or human intelligence activities. By law, NSA's intelligence gathering is limited to foreign communications, although incidents such as the NSA warrantless surveillance controversy have occurred."

I am not sure what to make of this. It could be a practical joke, although that is doubtful considering the secretive nature of the NSA. One possibility is that it is a method of tracking the spreading of this link throughout the internet in an effort to identify those sites and or individuals that are interested in and/or are anti-establishment (which often translates into conspiracy theories about Freemasonry, Illuminati, Builderberger, Trilateral Commission, CFR etc...).

Whatever the reason, this is just a tad bit too spooky for my taste...

Saudi King Supports Mubarak!!!

2011-01-29T13:38:00.000-05:00

If there has ever been a WTF moment in Saudi politics this is it.

News wires are alive with a report that Saudi King Abdullah is publicly endorsing Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak whom Egyptian protesters want out of power.

Saudi Arabia’s state news agency reported that King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud criticized the protestors (claiming they are instigated by "infiltrators") and strongly backed Mubarak.

The king said protesters were "exploited to spew out their hatred in destruction . . . inciting a malicious sedition” and that outside agitators “infiltrated into the brotherly people of Egypt, to destabilize its security."

"No Arab or Muslim can tolerate any meddling in the security and stability of Arab and Muslim Egypt by those who infiltrated the people in the name of freedom of expression, exploiting it to inject their destructive hatred," King Abdullah was quoted as saying.

"As they condemn this, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its people and government declares it stands with all its resources with the government of Egypt and its people," the Saudi agency added.

In addition, the king reportedly phoned Mubarak early Saturday and "reassured” him about the situation in Egypt.

Who is advising this guy? Is he trying to piss his population off? Doesn't he know that many Saudis are already outraged by his permission to Ben Ali, the deposed Tunisian dictator, to live in Saudi Arabia? Doesn't he know that practically every single person in the "Arab Street" is virulently anti Mubarak?

This is sure to have some repercussions.

Jeddah Protest - Jan 29 2011

2011-01-29T02:35:00.002-05:00

It's official, the demonstration in Jeddah is taking place in front of the Municipality in protest of the severe lack of infrastructure, and corruption, that led the city to be inundated this week causing billions of dollars of damages for the second time in two years.

The protest has it's own twitter feed : #JeddahProtests

News reports are saying that at least 50 people have been arrested by the police.

Here is a video of the peaceful demonstration:

Saudi Hiccup?

2011-01-29T01:50:00.000-05:00

As riots raged in Cairo on Friday and dominated the news wires around the globe, Saudi Arabia, it appears, may be getting ready to join the list of Arab nations protesting their governments.

In the port of Jeddah relatively heavy rainfall combined with a non-existent drainage system to wreak havoc on the city and its 4 million inhabitants. The city is literally flooded and the torrential, and very rare, rains have caused around $ 1 Billion USD worth of damages.

So far there are 11 dead and over 100 injured as a result. Incredibly, over 11,000 cars were stranded in floodwaters as water levels were reported to be 4 meters (13.2 feet) deep in some areas. Rescue helicopters have ferried almost 500 people to safety!

Oddly enough, and unfortunately for the government, the same scenario happened in 2009!

Back then it was dubbed Saudi's "Katrina Moment". Over 122 people were killed (some estimate it was more like 500) and hundreds injured as the government fell on its face during the response effort.

That led to widespread discontent and a fury of criticism of the local government mainly via, you guessed it...Facebook. The main theme was "Where are the billions in oil revenue going?".

Back in 2009 and according to the CS Monitor:

Mr. Khair, the lawyer, says he intends to file a class action suit against Jeddah's municipality. He does not think any official will be forced to resign, he adds. "In Saudi Arabia, we didn't hear about someone leaving his office."

The attorney says that the Facebook page was a useful alternative because street protests are illegal in the kingdom. The Internet "is the only way. We don't have another way," he says.

The episode has demonstrated "how technology allows people to shout out loud. I have never seen this before in Saudi," says Asaad, the lecturer. Even if people commenting on Facebook "use pseudonyms, it's a start," she adds. "But nowadays, people are using their real names."

Which brings us to today.

A mass blackberry messenger message has gone out in Jeddah calling for a demonstration on Saturday, the 29th. It says:

“On Saturday there will be a demonstration in front of the municipality for Jeddah … gather as many people as you can,” the message ran. “We need brave men and women. We don’t want any more lies … We have to do something.”

Another message also sent via Blackberry urged all government and private sector employees to hold a general strike next week in protest at the authorities’ neglect of the city’s infrastructure.

This is very serious news if it happens. The ruling Saud family's main areas of support are centered around the capitol city, Riyadh. There are long standing historical tensions with the people of the western provice, Hijaz, of which Jeddah is the largest city. Jeddah is also the second largest city in Saudi Arabia overall and is the port of arrival to the more than 2 million Muslims who make the pilgrimage to Mecca every year.

Also, in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia are most of the shunned Shia Muslims of the country. They are regarded as infidels by some hardline Wahhabists and face a glass ceiling when working in public bureaucracies. There have been tensions there also and several protests.

Here is an excellent paper about the ethnic and religious background of Saudi Arabia.

In addition to the religious and social tensions in Saudi, perhaps the economic tensions are the greatest of all. According to a recent report by Booz & Co., unemployment in Saudi Arabia is estimated to be 13-14% in 2008. Additionally, 48% of Saudis between the age of 20-24 are unemployed as well as 31% of Saudis between 25-29.

70% of the population is under the age of 34 and the Median age is 24.9.

In other words, the powder is dry...

Here is a video of the clashes between police and Saudi Shia's (keep in mind the source is Iran's Press TV)

Here is a video of the catastrophic floods in Jeddah this week:

Anonymous Hacker Group Joins Egypt Resistance

2011-01-27T20:43:00.000-05:00

The famous hacker group Anonymous has just announced that it is joining the Egyptian resistance and has launched "Operation Egypt".

"Anonymous wants you to offer free access to uncensored media in your entire country," it said in a Facebook posting.

"When you ignore this message, not only will we attack your government websites, we will also make sure that the international media see the horrid reality you impose on your people!" it said.

Here is the video announcement:

US Senate To Reintroduce Internet "Kill Switch" Bill

2011-01-27T20:17:00.000-05:00

According to an article in CNET, the US Senate is planning on reintroducing a bill, initially introduced last year by Senators Lieberman(I-Conn.) and Collins (R-Maine), that would allow the US president to take control over privately owned computer systems in the case of a "National Cyber Emergency".

Here's the kicker...that act "shall not be subject to judicial review"

In light of the events in Egypt, where the government has reportedly shutdown internet access ahead of tomorrow's planned mega protest, this should send a chill down the spine of every freedom loving American.

Hopefully this will never come to pass, but the mere presence of this proposed legislation should settle the argument about "that would never happen over here".

More from CNET:

The revised Lieberman-Collins bill, dubbed the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, works this way: Homeland Security will "establish and maintain a list of systems or assets that constitute covered critical infrastructure" and that will be subject to emergency decrees. (The term "kill switch" does not appear in the legislation.)

Under the revised legislation, the definition of critical infrastructure has been tightened. DHS is only supposed to place a computer system (including a server, Web site, router, and so on) on the list if it meets three requirements. First, the disruption of the system could cause "severe economic consequences" or worse. Second, that the system "is a component of the national information infrastructure." Third, that the "national information infrastructure is essential to the reliable operation of the system."

At last week's event, Milhorn, the Senate aide, used the example of computers at a nuclear power plant or the Hoover Dam but acknowledged that "the legislation does not foreclose additional requirements, or additional additions to the list."

A company that objects to being subject to the emergency regulations is permitted to appeal to DHS secretary Janet Napolitano. But her decision is final and courts are explicitly prohibited from reviewing it.

President Obama would then have the power to "issue a declaration of a national cyberemergency." What that entails is a little unclear, including whether DHS could pry user information out of Internet companies that it would not normally be entitled to obtain without a court order. One section says they can disclose certain types of noncommunications data if "specifically authorized by law," but a presidential decree may suffice.

"No amount of tightening of what constitutes 'critical infrastructure' will prevent abuse without meaningful judicial review," says Berin Szoka, an analyst at the free-market TechFreedom think tank and editor of The Next Digital Decade book. "Blocking judicial review of this key question essentially says that the rule of law goes out the window if and when a major crisis occurs."

For their part, Lieberman and Collins say the president already has "nearly unchecked authority" to control Internet companies. A 1934 law (PDF) creating the Federal Communications Commission says that in wartime, or if a "state of public peril or disaster or other national emergency" exists, the president may "authorize the use or control of any...station or device."

In congressional testimony (PDF) last year, DHS Deputy Undersecretary Philip Reitinger stopped short of endorsing the Lieberman-Collins bill. The 1934 law already addresses "presidential emergency authorities, and Congress and the administration should work together to identify any needed adjustments to the act," he said, "as opposed to developing overlapping legislation."

Egypt Boiling Over - Day 3

2011-01-27T15:24:00.001-05:00

There are several confirmed riots all over Egypt on this third day of anti-government protests. The police are now using real ammunition in addition to the standard tear gas and water cannons. There are

The confirmed cities where the riots are taking place are: Cairo, Alexandria, As Suways (Suez), Port Said and Sallum (on the border with Libya).

The riots appear to be particularly violent in As Suways, a port city with a population of 500,000 which sits at the entry way to the Suez canal (on the Red Sea), a critical link for global shipping routes. It appears from the videos below that the city is in a state of chaos and there are even reports of tanks having entered the city. Any disruption to the operation of the canal could have a dramatic impact on commodity pricing and availability.

Here is a video of the violence in As Suways during the day (the 27th)

Then in the early evening...

and at night...

Ahead of the mega demonstration planned for tomorrow, Friday which is part of the weekend, which millions of people are expected to turn out for, it looks like the Mubarak regime's situation can be summed up as follows:

Egypt Boiling Over - Past Midnight

2011-01-25T19:34:00.000-05:00

It is now well past 2 AM in Cairo and tens of thousands of protesters are still gathered in one of Cairo's largest squares, which is appropriately named Liberation Square.

There are confirmed reports of at least two civilians killed, one police officer killed, several hundred wounded and several hundred arrested.

Twitter is alive with reports of police following protesters down side roads and arresting them. Many reports of live ammunition being used along with the tear gas and water cannons we saw before.

Here is a video from Liberation Square in Cairo showing the police firing tear gas:

Here is a video from a demonstration in Alexandria, also at night, where a building sized picture of President Mubarak is set on fire to cheers from the crowd:

Egypt Boiling Over - At Night

2011-01-25T17:43:00.000-05:00

Here is another set of videos showing the protests going on well into the night as it is now past midnight in Cairo!

Unconfirmed reports are circulating on Twitter that Egyptian workers at Heathrow have spotted the wife of President Mubarak, Suzan, arriving in London!

Video of a crowd in downtown Cairo chanting "The fall of the regime is what the people want"

Here is a video from the BBC Arabic service showing that the protesters are not affiliated with any political parties and are just regular citizens expressing their frustration and demanding their rights!

The reporter says that most of the protesters have been peaceful despite the tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons.

Video of the Secretary of the National Democratic Party (Mubarak's party) youth chapter burning his membership card!

Egypt Boiling Over

2011-01-25T14:27:00.001-05:00

Warning: Graphic material. Not for the faint of heart.

Here is a an excellent live update stream from the Guardian about the demonstrations taking place all over Egypt today, many of which have turned violent. The government forces are cracking down on the protesters with batons, tear gas and water cannons.

Here are some videos sent to this blog by various Egyptians:

MUST SEE VIDEO: As the police bring in a water cannon (minute 1:23), a brave Egyptian protester stands in front of the truck, all alone, halting its path and gets hit with the full force of the water!!! Inspiring and energizing the crowd!

Reminiscent of the "tank man" in Tienanmen Square!

Video of a badly beaten police officer being carried by protesters who are screaming for an ambulance:

Video of protesters climbing to rip up a large poster of Mubarak!

Video of a crowd chanting "Revolution, Revolution until victory"

Video of a demonstration in the city of Bour Said

Algeria Next?

2011-01-25T00:14:00.000-05:00

Over the past 60 days, the world watched with bated breath as the people of Tunisia ousted President Ben Ali, their dictator of more than 23 years. The protests were sparked by the self immolation of a young man, Muhammad Bouazizi. Only 26 years old, Bouazizi set himself on fire in front of a local governor's office after failing to find a job. Immediately riots erupted all over the country in exasperation due to high unemployment, rampant corruption and sky-rocketing food prices.

Less than a month later, Ben Ali had fled the country to Saudi Arabia.

The world wondered, could this spread? If so, who's next?

Soon enough riots erupted in Jordan, Morocco, Yemen, Egypt, Algeria, Sudan and even Saudi Arabia.

The commonalities are clear. Fed up with rising food prices, raging unemployment and massive government corruption, the people of these Arab countries are no longer willing to tolerate the status quo. Combine that with years of living in a pressure cooker of no political freedom, no freedom of speech, no freedom to congregate and all the other niceties that come with living under dictatorial regimes and you have a very incendiary, pun not intended, situation.

The rulers of these countries have been attempting to control the situation by putting in place various measure, such as price controls on food, to help appease the people.

It doesn't look like it's working...

The most violent protests have been in Algeria.

A bit of background first. Algeria is a country situated in North Africa along the Mediterranean coast. It had a population of 35 Million and a nominal GDP/capita of $ 4,477 in 2010. Its inhabitants are of Arab or Berber ethnic origin and over half of them can speak French as a second language. Algeria gained independence from France in 1962 after an incredible 1 million plus people gave their lives in resistance to the French occupation*.

Since its independence, Algeria has been plagued with corrupt regimes and semi constant civil war. In the 90's the Algerian civil war claimed another 200,000 lives.

It now looks like things are flaring up again. Already two people have set themselves on fire and there are reports the number is as high as seven.

A peaceful protest turned violent on Saturday, the 22nd of January, as riot police tried to disrupt the march, resulting in 42 injuries. As in Tunisia, they were protesting high unemployment, high food prices, high inflation and a high degree of indifference from the ruling class!

As I'm a big believer in the power of video as a means of communication, here are some assorted videos related to the unrest in Algeria:

Even the famous hacker group Anonymous has gotten in on the action and has issued the following warning to the Algerian government:

To be sure these are troubled times. People can tolerate many things...but hunger isn't one of them.

*This is a conservative estimate.

Fed Hides Major Accounting Change

2011-01-22T15:03:00.000-05:00

(via Economic Policy Journal)

I have always wondered how the Fed, via the MBS purchase program, could take onto its balance sheet $ 1.3 Trillion dollars worth of toxic assets (e.g. worthless paper) that toppled Lehman, Bear, AIG and brought the global economy to its knees without taking massive losses.

Well now we have our answer:

Concerns that the Federal Reserve could suffer losses on its massive bond holdings may have driven the central bank to adopt a little-noticed accounting change with huge implications: it makes insolvency much less likely.

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United States Federal Reserve

The significant shift was tucked quietly into the Fed's weekly report on its balance sheet and phrased in such technical terms that it was not even reported by financial media when originally announced on Jan. 6.

But the new rules have slowly begun to catch the attention of market analysts. Many are at once surprised that the Fed can set its own guidelines, and also relieved that the remote but dangerous possibility that the world's most powerful central bank might need to ask the U.S. Treasury or its member banks for money is now more likely to be averted.

"Could the Fed go broke? The answer to this question was 'Yes,' but is now 'No,'" said Raymond Stone, managing director at Stone & McCarthy in Princeton, New Jersey. "An accounting methodology change at the central bank will allow the Fed to incur losses, even substantial losses, without eroding its capital."

The change essentially allows the Fed to denote losses by the various regional reserve banks that make up the Fed system as a liability to the Treasury rather than a hit to its capital. It would then simply direct future profits from Fed operations toward that liability.

This enhances transparency by providing clearer, more frequent, snapshots of the central bank's finances, analysts say. The bonus: the number can now turn negative without affecting the central bank's underlying financial condition.

"Any future losses the Fed may incur will now show up as a negative liability as opposed to a reduction in Fed capital, thereby making a negative capital situation technically impossible," said Brian Smedley, a rates strategist at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch and a former New York Fed staffer.

"The timing of the change is not coincidental, as politicians and market participants alike have expressed concerns since the announcement (of a second round of asset buys) about the possibility of Fed 'insolvency' in a scenario where interest rates rise significantly," Smedley and his colleague Priya Misra wrote in a research note.

Joe Rogan on The American War Machine

2011-01-21T09:55:00.000-05:00

Here is an interesting, and profanity laced, tirade by Joe Rogan on the general state of affairs in the US. Known for his color commentary for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), here he talks about the left/right political paradigm, war, 9/11 and much more.

Enjoy.

JP Morgan: King of Food Stamps

2011-01-20T00:21:00.000-05:00

(via The Economic Collapse)

Ever wonder who is processing the transactions of the record 43.2 million member food stamp program?

Yup, you guessed it. JP Morgan.

You couldn't make this stuff up. So after ruining an economy by placing bets on trillions of dollars of worthless derivatives, forcing the government (people) to bail you out at gunpoint, getting endless amounts of money from the Fed at almost zero interest and front-running said Fed in the Treasury market and making billions in profits for literally nothing, JP Morgan wants to benefit from the growing misery and hunger of the US population?

I actually feel sick. This is a dangerous precedent that aligns corporate interests of profit-making with an increase in poverty among the people.

Below is an excerpt from the Economic Collapse post:

"JP Morgan is the largest processor of food stamp benefits in the United States. JP Morgan has contracted to provide food stamp debit cards in 26 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. JP Morgan is paid for each case that it handles, so that means that the more Americans that go on food stamps, the more profits JP Morgan makes. Yes, you read that correctly. When the number of Americans on food stamps goes up, JP Morgan makes more money. In the video posted below, JP Morgan executive Christopher Paton admits that this is "a very important business to JP Morgan" and that it is doing very well. Considering the fact that the number of Americans on food stamps has exploded from 26 million in 2007 to 43 million today, one can only imagine how much JP Morgan's profits in this area have soared. But doesn't this give JP Morgan an incentive to keep the number of Americans enrolled in the food stamp program as high as possible?

There are just some things that are a little too "creepy" to be "outsourced" to private corporations. The JP Morgan executive in the interview below does his best to put a positive spin on all this, but it just seems really unsavory for a big Wall Street bank to be making so much money off of the suffering of tens of millions of Americans...."

4130 US Government Economists Got It Wrong

2011-01-19T16:34:00.000-05:00

(via Marginal Revolution)

The book The Economist's Oath: On the Need for and Content of Professional Economic Ethics, by George F. DeMartino. contains an intriguing chart on page 24 about where economists (as defined by title, not Ph.d.) work in the federal government, not counting the Federal Reserve System.

1. Department of Labor, 1262 economists, 30.5 percent of the total, 1208 of those are at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

2. Agriculture, 533 economists

3. Treasury, 473

4. Commerce, 462

5. Defense, 225

6. Energy, 168

7. EPA, 163 (is that enough?)

8. HHS, 137

9. Transportation, 88

10. Interior, 86

11. FTC, 74

12. HUD, 62

13. Justice, 61

14. FDIC, 61 (do bank examiners produce the real value there?)

15. All others, 275. The total is 4130 economists in the Federal government, as of 2008, and I believe those numbers are not counting consultants.

So basically 4130, whose salaries probably cost north of $ 300 Million annually, couldn't see the housing bubble and the economic collapse it sparked coming? Not a very good return on investment.

Especially when you have people like Peter Schiff going on CNBC and explaining exactly how and why it will happen.

What a shame.

Here's a collage of Peter Schiff predicting the collapse:

I really admire the logical, coherent and CLEAR nature of Schiff's arguments. This isn't a case of someone calling a top or bottom in a market and catching a lucky break, as many do. It's a macroeconomic call based on sound analysis.

If only the US government had more Peter Schiffs...

David Rockefeller Gets Welcomed In Chile

2011-01-17T23:58:00.000-05:00

(via Cryptogon)

Well at least the Chileans know how to roll out the welcome mat :)

The video below shows an irate Chilean telling David Rockefeller and his friend Augustin Edwards Eastman that they are not welcome in Chile, nor is their "New World Order"

Upon reading the wikipedia page on Mr. Eastman, we find this interesting nugget:

He is accused of involvement in promoting the coup against President Salvador Allende , accredited to the fact that Mercury , along with other Chilean media, was funded by the CIA with the consent of Henry Kissinger with order to destabilize the Allende government. ⁵It is also alleged to have imposed on their means to an editorial that justified, or at least silent, the human rights abuses committed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet . In fact, it was not until long after the publication of the Rettig Report "in 1991 , the El Mercurio abandoned the use of the adjective " alleged disappeared "to refer to victims of human rights violations. ⁶In an interview year 2000 , Edwards defended himself against the accusation saying: "I sincerely believe that we always strive to report what happened. But there were serious limitations that could overcome any means " . ⁷On August 12th of 2009 , a Chilean newspaper released declassified CIA files. ⁸correspond to a translation of a collection of information regarding operations Coihueco , code name the murder of Tucapel Jimenez , Valkyrie , codename for the assassination of former President Eduardo Frei and Condor 2, code name for the murder of chemist Eugenio Berrios , who recorded entries for 1984, 1986 and 1999.The English original was sent to Washington DC , under the classification Secret-3290, while the annotation Eyes Only means that it is a read-only document, indicative of its secrecy. ⁸The report adds that Pinochet personally ordered planning, development and implementation of operations Coihueco Valkyrie and the then largest Valdés Arturo Silva . Furthermore, argues that the two procedures are used to serving and retired Army, which was transferred, in the words of the document, the private security of Agustín Edwards Eastman and Agustín Edwards del Río , "collaborators and informants of this dependency since 1968. " Adds that was used as links to Arturo Silva Valdés, Nelson Hernandez Franco, Marcelo Sandoval, Nelson Roman, Erika Silva and Eduardo Martínez Wogner.

hmmm....

Tunisia: The Fascist Regime of Ben Ali

2011-01-15T16:36:00.000-05:00

Dear readers, a good Tunisian friend of mine recently sent me an article which lays out in excruciating detail the corruption and abuse of power that led to the fall of the Tunisian government and the flight of former President Ben Ali.

The article was written by respected Tunisian author and journalist Abdelaziz Belkhodja. The original article is in French and what you see below is the Google English translation of the article.

The article shows how entire sectors of the Tunisian economy were co-opted by Ben Ali, his family and friends. The result was a fascist state that collapsed, finally, under its own weight. As this blog has a global audience, I encourage all the readers of this article to look closely at their own countries and the powers that be. Open your eyes, just as the Tunisian people have.

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

THE TRUE NATURE OF THE PLAN OF BEN ALI

The self-immolation of young Mohamed Bouazizi sparked a revolt in Tunisia ever.

The sacrifice is not suicide, it is an act of courage for the crowd to show the absolute rejection

of the practices of power that prevents you literally live and that is why the people have

decided once and for all put an end to the dictatorship.This document is intended to inform

readers of the true nature of the regime established by Ben Ali, a man who has distributed to

his immediate resources of the country and plays the role of arbiter between the various

holders of wealth, removing giving to each other in a dance of allegiances which completely

removed from the realities of Tunisia. This logic of power has led to serious decay if the

values that society derives quickly and surely to decay or when religious fundamentalism,

seen as the last refuge of dignity.

Besides the crowd movements as spontaneous revolts Redeyef in 2009 and Sidi Bouzid,

which have spread to the entire republic and where the crowd chanted slogans were directed

against the corruption of the family of Ben Ali, a multitude of writings and articles since 1988

have condemned the excesses of the regime, whether political or financial.On political excesses,

just read the statement of 7 November 1987 to be convinced of the total lack of political will

and the absence is confirmed by the fact that Ben Ali accepts and covers the criminal practices

of his immediate entourage, and this , in full sight of everyone and with the complicity of

many members of all branches of the state.

The case we present target actions performed by the immediate surroundings of Ben Ali.

The list is not complete as some close to the government operating through nominees and

monitoring of operations becomes more difficult. Although all sectors of the economy has

been affected by the greed of the relatives of Bin Ali, these are obviously the big markets

and the best in the country were targeted first. Thus, privatization has all been made

illegally and in total contradiction with the law and regulations.

The first major victim of these operations is the Tunisian state, a state that has been

completely gutted by Ben Ali and his entourage, and this, to ensure his grip on the country by

eliminating any dissenting voice and up to create from scratch a puppet opposition.

The Committee of Public Hi

Regarding the "business" which became the main activity of Ben Ali and his entourage, we

present below an initial list of wealth accumulated by Ben Ali and his family, and this, with an

arrogance that sheds light on the mentality those individuals who have no political

consciousness, who are convinced that Tunisia is theirs and which substitute for the state.

As discussed below, the weight of Ben Ali and his relatives in the country's economy is

increasingly important, so that the economic game is heavily affected. The locking of the

economy and prevents any development investment in key sectors, which causes a flattening

of the economy from the bottom. Clearly, the opaque management of the economy and the

phagocytes of economic instruments lead the country towards a disaster unprecedented in the

history of Tunisia, especially since the termination of this state of affairs is impossible because

of locking of the total Information and blocking - organized by Abdelwahab Abdallah - any

emergence of a civil society.

This dynamic contributes very quickly to the disintegration of the Tunisian society and the

emergence of extremes.

THE BANKING SECTOR

Clan Ben Ali began its enrichment through the credits without guarantees provided by national

development banks. These practices, pushed to extremes, have undermined these institutions.

So to have a free hand, the clan decided to appropriate financial institutions.

THE ARAB BANK OF TUNISIA

The takeover of BIAT was operated in a completely opaque by a family close to the

government. Mabrouk brothers drew a forceful takeover of that bank, one of the jewels of the

Tunisian banking sector. Family Mabrouk, who was already wealthy under the former regime,

and even before independence, has always maintained close ties with the ruling regime.

She now has a trading and financial empire that was built from the union with Ben Ali,

on-going rights and nudges "from above".

BANK OF TUNISIA

The Bank of Tunisia, one of the oldest banking institutions in the country, known for his

professionalism and excellent management, has fallen into the hands of Mr. Belhassen

Trabelsi, brother of Mrs. Ben Ali. The takeover of the bank was made in a way that

resembles a real holdup. Several large shareholders have been presented with a fait

accompli and the bank's management was given to Ms. Abdullah's wife Abdelwahab

Abdallah, who, with Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, is one of the two pillars of the regime, which, as

we shall see later, the man who blocked any emergence of a civil society in Tunisia.

TWO NEW BANKS

While the World Bank and IMF in denouncing their reports sent to the Tunisian authorities'

surbanking "of the country (too many banks relative to the needs of the economy) and

mentioned the need to make mergers and mergers of banking institutions The government,

through the governor of the central bank, bank issues two licenses to two sons-President of

the Zaytuna Bank for Mr. Matri and MEDIOBANCA for Mr. Slim Zarrouk.

PRIVATIZATION OF THE BANK OF SOUTH

It is not about taking control of a bank, but an insider who has deprived the state of a

considerable income for the benefit of the family. It should be noted that the sale of the

South Bank to the group Hispano-Moroccan ATTIJARI BANK has made through insider

trading co-opted by the state: Sakhr el Matri, son of Ben Ali had bought a cheap hand

shares of the Bank of the South and sold them with a big capital gain, at the time of the

takeover bid launched by the Hispano-Moroccan group.

CONTROL BOARD TO TRANSFER TO THE CENTRAL BANK

Huge abuse were recorded in the transfer of money overseas, movements of funds from

several hundreds of billions are made in complete contradiction with the Tunisian law on

currency transfers.

A commission of inquiry must be held to stop this scourge leak currencies enjoyed Ben Ali

and his relatives.

THE TRANSPORT SECTOR

SOCIETE ENNAKL:

Volkswagen - Audi - Porsche - Seat - KIA

The national society has been virtually ENNAKL offered to son Ben Ali, Sakhr el Matri, who

without any personal contribution, through loans (no guarantee) by the BNA, found himself

at the head of this company . The latest check of 17 million dinars filed by Sakhr El Matri as

security at the Ministry of Finance would not have been paid to date.

It is also worth mentioning that according to experts, the real value of the company would

be at least 300% greater than the value of the transaction.

Upon taking control of the company by Mr. Matri, import licensing of vehicles, which were

granted in dribs and drabs as the country's needs, were given with a vengeance and we

even got to import Porsche that cost a little less than 500 thousand dinars! This is absolute

nonsense in a country like Tunisia.

Regarding KIA, Korean manufacturers have come up in Tunisia for an industry

manufacturing parts, and again, it is close to Ben Ali, Sakhr El Matri, who took over the

import license and vehicle distribution.

MOTOR COMPANY

Mercedes - Fiat ...

Society ENGINE, one of the jewels of the state, owner of "maps" Mercedes and Fiat, among

others, was privatized under very obscure benefit Cyrine Ben Ali and her husband, Marwan

Mabrouk.

The privatization decision was followed by the shelving of the Secretary of State for

privatization because of the fact that he defended a purchase price much higher.

PEUGEOT

In December 2008, the youngest daughter of Ben Ali has been promised to a young boy in

the family Ben Gaied. The young man was then immediately co-opted as PD-G. Company

STAFIM Peugeot, whose shares were purchased at a discount, if not rated, with BIAT

Mabrouk bank group, allied to Ben Ali.

FORD - Range Rover - Jaguar - Hyundai- MAN

Privatization at a very low price of state-owned company which held the license was made

by Ford Belhassen Trabelsi, brother of Mrs. Ben Ali and his friend Hamadi Touil.

They managed to impose on all public sector buying their vehicles.

Several "maps" of their marks are awarded as Range Rover, Jaguar and Hyundai, excluding

vehicle assembly MAN.

The only fees are those that lower the car!

The automotive market is monopolized by the immediate families of Ben Ali, the only taxes

that fall are those of cars.

These tax cuts are not just popular cars, but also luxury cars that exceed sometimes the

price of a factory.

Tunisair

Tunisair, the flagship of the historic Tunisian airline, has suffered under the Ben Ali era

unprecedented harassment on the part of the family.

The Presidency of the Republic, as if she had no other fish to fry, has crept into all decisions

of the Company and such, designation of the hostesses for the purchase of aircraft, mainly

from On arrival at the head of the notorious Company Rafaa Dekhil who gave body and soul

to the family.

Among the scandals, two are of a legendary dimension. One concerns the purchase by the

company on behalf of the Presidency, a Boeing 737/600 with lounges, bedrooms, offices

(one wonders why).

Notwithstanding the fact that these purchases weigh heavily on the accounts of the company,

one wonders why Ben needs such as a luxury, since Independence, a simple rearrangement

of existing aircraft was sufficient for official travel.

If Mr. Ben Ali had developed an active diplomacy, purchase oversized relative to the size of

the country could be justified on the edge, but the international politics of Tunisia has

completely disintegrated during the reign of Ben Ali, who does is received only by dictators

or, at best, the honorary chairmen.

However, this government aircraft used primarily for private journeys of families who

regularly share their eagerness to appease Rue St Honore and will show off to expense in

St Tropez or elsewhere. As if this were not enough, here's Ben Ali decides to buy a new

plane by Tunisair, which cost an A340, the Airbus catalog prices, 280 million euros, which

must be added the costs of redevelopment that make this aircraft will cost at delivery,

roughly $ 600 billion. What boost the development of several regions of the country and

provide employment to tens of thousands of unemployed.

For comparison, the purchase by the French government used an A320 has caused an outcry

in France. However, the plane of Mr. Ben Ali will cost the price of 8 (eight) A320, and this

for a country whose GDP is hundreds of times less than that of France.

We must also add that after this purchase drowned in a big order of Tunisair, gentlemen

Sakhr El Matri and Belhassen Trabelsi bought two private planes.

Carthago Airlines & Nouvelair

Concerning the licensing of airlines:

Licensed to Slim Chiboub and Aziz Miled for Nouvelair.

Licensed to Belhassen Trabelsi-to Carthago Carthago Airlines and merging and Nouvelair

after the disgrace of Slim Chiboub.

Service Management Tunis airport

The concession of the first private operator to manage the logistics services of OPAT was

granted a full opacity to society MAS. Again, it is a son of Ben Ali, Mr. Slim Zarrouk, who is

the beneficiary. Under what financial conditions and why him?

Tender for the privatization of free shops

The company was chosen for the award of the license-Free Shops is the Sté Weitnauer which

was headed by Ali and Sofia Ben Abderrahmane Tlili. The latter was then taken out of

circuit.

Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation

CTN, shipping company history, which played since Independence an exceptional role in the

economy, is also described by those close to Ben Ali, especially since the young Sakhr El

Matri opened her village to cruise.

Before the planned privatization of the CTN, the company was ordered to command the

tune of hundreds of billions of new vessels will be delivered once the NTC privatized, and

this for the benefit of future lessees who are already chosen by the government.

Imed Trabelsi and CTN

Imed Trabelsi, known for his escapades with theft and receiving stolen yachts and a host of

suspicious transactions, also single-handedly created a new line for the NTC between Sfax

and Tripoli. He left a slate of several hundred thousand dinars to the CTN.

THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR

TUNISIANA

The Tunisian government is stealing hundreds of millions of dinars by the "First Ladies" of

Tunisia and Palestine. Why the second mobile telephony license was it given to El Sawiress,

a friend of Mrs. Arafat? Because Mrs. Arafat has asked her friend, Mrs. Ben Ali to intercede

on his behalf against a staggering sum.

Again, in this case is that the Tunisian government has stolen a sum of about 400 million

dinars.The opening of bids for mobile license revealed that Vivendi was in the best position

to win. But for their own interest, relatives of Mr. Ben Ali warned ORASCOM for him to

make a higher bid-cons than VIVENDI.

Six months after obtaining the license, Orascom had still not solved the Tunisian

government. After several threats from the Department of Telecom to cancel the

transaction, close to Ben Ali and headed Mongi Safra concocted a magic bullet that

will remain in the annals of the history of misappropriation of public property in the world:

a group of financiers met to grant a credit Orascom with a 100% Tunisian banking pool.

And the license granted to a foreign company, has ended up being paid with a check in

Tunisian dinars! It is therefore the Tunisian banks that have offered to Orascom Tunisiana!

This case has caused a stir until the World Bank which, noting the glaring irregularities,

decided to cancel a long-term bank credit of $ 250 million in profit from Tunisia.

This international financial institution since Independence has always supported the

development of Tunisia, now wary of any transaction involving our country.

The case is an episode of TUNISIANA escapades of two "First Ladies" which also hit the

headlines by creating the SAI.

CASE-Watania QTEL / SAKHR EL MATRI

Mobile telephony is a tricky business for the security of the country, Tunisia has not failed,

as is done elsewhere, to condition the sale of shares in telephone companies prior approval.

Watania-Qtel, which owns 50% of Tunisiana, decided to acquire the remaining 50%.

However, to obtain the approval of the Tunisian government, Watania Qtel has "offered" to

Skhar el Matri 25% of the affair in exchange for government approval and the promise of

obtaining a 3G license. While the financial package that is mentioned in the Tunisian media

is pure lies, we will publish later documents proving wrongdoing.

ORANGE

Transactions and are very similar, the third mobile operator license was granted to the

president's daughter, Cyrine Ben Ali, who is also, through Planet Tunisia, the largest ISP in

the country.

The contract signed between Orange and the Tunisian government included a non-compete

clause of one year for the 3G license.The contract stipulated that if the 3G license was

granted in the year to another operator, the State would be forced to pay 70 million dinars

in the amount of the license. It is surprising that the State had failed to wait a year before

allowing another operator with a 3G license. Tunisia has lost 70 million dinars.

THE MEDIA SECTOR

Ben Ali's family is now head of a media empire without precedent in history. This empire

covers all media sectors, the print media to television.

Radio Mosaique FM

It was clear that the media would also suffer the raid of the family of Ben Ali. Not only for

economic reasons but for reasons of political influence. Indeed, in their megalomania,

relatives of Ben Ali has felt able to take power, so they have invested with a vengeance in

the media. Radio, newspapers, advertising agencies. We will stick to the mainstream media

here.

Thus the license of the first private radio station has been given to a group of businessmen

whose Belhassen Trabelsi is coincidentally the brother of Mrs. Ben Ali.

To cut short the rumors, the license was granted for Mr Boutar, nominee and PD-G. of that

radio.

CHAMS FM

Other private radio station, but the same system: FM CHAMS license was granted to the girl

Ben Ali Mabrouk wife. The nominee is Bhouri Fathi, former CEO of Planet Tunisia, which it

also owns.

ZITOUNA FM

Imagination is not part of the close of the scheme: ZITOUNA FM license was awarded to

Sakhr El Matri, son of the president who, through this radio "Islamization," wants to

impersonate a "true Muslim" and acquire favor of the people.

Jawhara FM

Not to be outdone, talk about the FM radio of the Sahel. The license was given to Mr. Neji

Mhiri, a personal friend of Ben Ali and director at the Central Bank of Tunisia when he owes

about 600 million Tunisian dinars to banks!

CARTHAGE TV

Not content with having, with their production company Cactus, completely engulfed with

the national television program sales and purchased a turnkey production series sold in

advance with the ownership of commercial breaks, Belhassen Trabelsi and Sami Fehri

decided to create their own television channel.

Note that Cactus production has appropriated in recent years, 60% of revenues from the

national broadcaster TV7. The directors of the chain have contributed to the erasure of an

entire generation of producers by buying the Cactus one the overwhelming majority of

programs.

Hannibal TV

Same process completely illegal license agreement for the radios.

Mr. Mohamed Nasra, husband of a close to Mrs. Ben Ali received the first license for private

television. Moreover, he made an outstanding contribution to the dumbing down of the

Tunisian society by presenting debates nervous never concern the central issues facing all

Tunisians.

It is also worth mentioning that Hannibal TV needs to tax more than 5 million Tunisian

dinars and that orders to leave to go directly to the President of the Republic!

On the other hand, as if all this were not enough, the boss of Hannibal TV enjoys a de facto

immunity in the courts. It does not pay its supplier chain and pays no right of

retransmission to the Tunisian Football Federation, thus depriving the football clubs of a

very important source of income.

Group Dar Assabah

Following a dispute within the family that owns the Dar Assabah media group, Sakhr El Matri

took over the case.The group Assabah publishes, among other titles, the newspaper

Assabah and Time.

Control of the media in Tunisia is completed by the system set up by one of the pillars of

the regime, Mr Abdelwahab Abdallah, who control the rest of the media through a state

agency:

The ATCE

The Tunisian External Communication Agency is the body set up by Abdelwahab Abdallah

to rein in the media who would aspire to any freedom of expression and thus control any

emergence of a civil society.

The ATCE manages the advertising budget of all state enterprises and the media use to

submit to the authority of Mr Abdelwahab Abdallah.

Example: A Tunisian media is expressed in a way that does not please the regime.

Immediately the order department of the advertising ATCE is notified and removed this

medium all-state advertisements that are assigned. This leaves only one choice to head the

media in question: to restrict the insertion of the private sector. However, Abdelwahab

Abdallah and his minions are up to influence the choices of private companies advertising

by calling officials to advise them to withdraw their budget to the media in question.

But do not believe that the bulk of this money goes to the media friends. Several million of

ATCE (ie public companies) are intended to finance the external communication of

Mr Abdelwahab Abdallah, paying with a vengeance:

• supposedly independent media (Young Africa, Arabia, Tunisia MORE ...)

• foreign policy makers.

• book authors who are apologists of the regime, like those of journalist-mercenary

Salvatore Lombardo presents Ben Ali as a great personality in international politics, carries

a great humanitarian message.

At the same time, ATCE account anywhere in the world, protected, agents, at the first alarm

policy, write articles and produce reports highlighting the excellent governance of Tunisia.

It is worth noting that these are only the national media that capture the essence of these

articles and reports, and this, in order to deceive the Tunisians wanting to make them

believe that the international media talk about "success in Tunisia Ben Ali "as he is only paid

journalists.

The communication policy of Mr. Abdullah strives also to foreign public opinion, to present

Ben Ali as a shield against radical Islam. Each crisette or crisis, its rogue-agent journalists

cry wolf: "The Islamists want to seize power! Yet the Tunisian population in its

overwhelming majority is always repudiated radical Islamism. Only the behavior

unbecoming and irresponsible of the relatives of the Tunisian regime tries to extremism.

Moreover, we learned that given the current uprising, the political advisers of Ben Ali

discussed the need for greater manipulation to divert the people's legitimate claims.

Indeed, a terrorist act sponsored by the Islamic power would be in the making. That's all

these advisers Ben Ali would have found this to smear legitimate non-violent and revolt.

This recipe is brandishing the specter of radical Islam is an old-fashioned recipe that is not

fooling anyone and that returns each time indefinitely necessary reforms in the country.

The maneuvers are disinformation widely experienced by Tunisia since the early years of the

regime of Ben Ali. But the nullity of the Tunisian political communication has turned the

entire population into foreign channels, Al Jazera first.

In fact, communication policy, headed by Mr. Abdallah is a true national disaster: the total

population does no longer trust the national media have also been badly affected by the

slogans of demonstrators in the winter 2010 / 2011 that are apologists for Al Jazeera.

We must also add to the assets of Mr Abdelwahab Abdallah one of the most stupid of

censorship throughout the world. Indeed, in the late 90s, a book denouncing the excesses

of Ben Ali was published in Paris, Mr Abdullah gave an order to buy all the copies. Thus he

propelled the top-selling book, giving a success and an unexpected notoriety.

This lesson has not even served to Mr Abdullah, because another version of the same

mistake was repeated a decade later on the book "The Regent of Carthage." The complaint

filed without legal basis in the court of First Instance in Paris by Mr. Samia Maktouf, whose

skill was limited to obtaining the favor of Mrs. Ben Ali gave the book a boost advertising

unprecedented since all newspapers have spoken. Another consequence of the intellectual

limitations of these two political advisers Ben Ali: the excavations carried out for months to

Tunisian airports following the publication of "The Regent of Carthage" will be remembered:

the customs and police officers had received order to apply to all entrants in Tunisia:

"Do you have books in your luggage?".Many had believed that books, such as drugs or

explosives were banned in Tunisia.

Sad result for one of the few countries in the world with 3000 years of civilization.

THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR

Make a list of properties and real estate operations on the extended family of Ben Ali is a

lengthy process.

We mention, in the heap, the raid made by Belhassen Trabelsi on houses of Sidi Bou Said

and the acquisition of symbolic dinar tourist village built around the port of Sidi Bou Said

and the hotel group Carthago sold recently in Libya Leico.

A Gammarth, Slim Chiboub and Aziz Miled built a marina.

Zone "Côtes de Carthage" was distributed almost entirely by the Agency for Tourism Real

Ben Ali Trabelsi, Mabrouk, etc. ...

Most real estate transactions in the country are owned by the family. Ben Ali distributes their

entire areas. He has done for Montassar Maherzi (married to the sister of Mrs. Ben Ali) in

Gabes, for himself at the Bay of Angels in Kantaoui, he distributed arms to turn tens of

thousands of hectares of farmland his family (Utica, Zagouan etc. ...).

RESIDENTIAL LAND AGENCY

AFH, state agency which has guaranteed for decades, the Tunisian households of low and

moderate income homeownership has become a real pump money to the benefit of close to

power who use it to bribe those who support.

That is how close to the government are endangering one of the best achievements of the

social history of Tunisia: Homeownership.

THE LAND OF THE SATPEC in Gammarth

The SATPEC, an organization founded for the promotion of Tunisian cinema, has been

granted to a company owned by Tarak Ben Ammar. But where the rub is that before this

operation, all land included in the plot have been removed and sold for real estate

development, always in favor of the family.

THE LAND OF THE STEG

Following the privatization of Ennakl, it has illegally appropriated public land by acres made

available following the closure of the power plant of La Goulette. On the same ground that

has a bank on the banks of the Canal de Tunis, a few hundred meters from the port,

Mr. Matri has built a tourist village includes a dock designed for cruise ships and commercial

center of dozens of shops , all built on land owned and licensed to Holding PRINCESS

(owned 90% to Ben Ali and Matri 10%) without any consultation or bidding.

This real raid on the cruise, which previously benefited the state through the OPAT, also

affects all traders who see tourism slowly cruise lines limit their visit to the tourist port of

Mr. Matri.

Funny way to promote Tunisian tourism by limiting the access of tourists to the canal banks

of Tunis, while the stock of Carthage, one of the most prestigious of the Mediterranean, is

right next door.

THE LAND OF THE SONEDE

The same has not found Mr. Matri best to raise a palace from 1001 nights to build in Sidi

Bou Said, on land belonging to the Tunisian Company of Water: SONEDE.

How is it that land out of the heritage of SONEDE to arrive in Mr. and Mrs. Matri, Tunisians

would like to know. But the flight manifests of state assets is not enough, because the

construction of this palace, the family of Mr. Ben Ali, certainly frustrated by the wealth of the

Gulf royal families, exposed to all eyes of madness sizes because this accommodation of

8 000m2 constructed contains - besides a mosque and a garage several thousand m2 - a

bedroom 700m2, not including the big cats in the garden. The U.S. ambassador has not

failed to qualify it with a mocking humor in a cable revealed by Wikileaks.

In short, stupidity and greed are such that the family of Mr. Matri - a worthy Tunisian family

whose ancestor was a hero of the independence of the country - denying the escapades of

the offspring who went to bed with a power whose practices must be turning in his grave

the great and worthy Mahmoud El Matri.

garden for the benefit of the family

Tunisia has few mythical places of entertainment. He had shaved the last of them, a

nightclub that has made the international reputation of the nightlife in Tunisia. It has

destroyed this place to build a garden dotted with places of entertainment entirely private.

Indeed, a private club and a Thalassotherapy Centre managed by Mrs. Ben Ali and his sister

were built on public land. The investment was funded by the brother of Mrs. Ben Ali,

Belhassen Trabelsi and his partner Hamadi Touil.

One wonders again how local councils - which are so often fussy about their privileges - shall

pass with equal rights of concessions and permits to build on their own areas without any

consultation or bidding.

In fact, it is still the phenomenon of double measures. " The property of the community are

fully devolved to the relatives of Bin Ali for whom no law applies, except that of the strongest.

SECTOR RETAILING

Carrefour

License obtained through Slim Chiboub which has conditioned its intervention against an

incredible sum.

Giant

License obtained by the family with Mrs. Mabrouk Mabrouk, daughter of Ben Ali.

Monoprix

Also entered in the heritage of Mabrouk.

Bricorama

Case completely made by Mr. Mahbouli then confiscated outright by Imed Trabelsi.

INDUSTRY SECTOR

Besides the brickworks which were the subject of a concentration in the hands of discreet

but nevertheless active Slim Zarrouk Ghazoua husband Ben Ali, it is useful to mention the

biggest scandal in financial history of Tunisia:

Carthage Cement

In terms of misuse of public property, Carthage Cement Case is where the most incredible

excesses have been achieved.

An international industrial pool led by Italians proposed to the Tunisian state purchase of

cement from Tunis. After several months of work and after getting most of the necessary

authorizations, when signing the final contract with the Tunisian government,

manufacturers are contacted by Belhassen Trabelsi conditioning the consent of the State to

20% of Case (80 million dinars).

Shocked by these practices, the industry withdrew, leaving Belhassen Trabelsi case they rise.

It then proceeds to the appropriation of more than 400ha of land (acquired symbolic dinar)

owned and flagrant foul with all rules, is going public Carthage Cement, which has no

balance, and this thanks to irresponsible bankers. To top it all, the Tunisian Company of

Railways ventures to finance, for Carthage Cement, 15 kms from railway tracks. The

Department of Transportation and the National Assembly there are no disadvantages. Do

not include the Court of Auditors, the Audit Committee of the Securities Exchange or any of

the control bodies set up by the scheme to deceive the world and harass all Tunisians than

those who put their country under the scalpel.

Carthage Cement is certainly the biggest scandal of the Ben Ali era, and this, with the active

complicity of several senior officials.

OTHER BUSINESS

The International School of Carthage.

Land and a subsidy of about 2 million dinars, the Ministry of Education granted

complimentary to Mrs. Ben Ali and Arafat for the creation of a private school!

While Tunisian schools suffer a serious lack of operating budget, while classes are in a state

of disrepair, a national budget is allocated to an elite private school!

As if all this were not enough to compel the Tunisians to enroll their children in school,

Mrs. Ben Ali has used everything in his power to close the main competing institution. The

founder of this institution, Mr. Bouabdella was forced to lead a real international press

campaign, punctuated by the publication of a book, to be able to recover its rights.

Without success.

As revealed by Wikileaks, Mrs. Ben Ali has even rubbed the American School of Tunis by

ordering the Ministry of Finance to cancel the preferential tax regime enjoyed by the U.S.

institution. It should be noted that due to the smallness of these practices, the U.S.

government has revised downward its economic aid to Tunisia.

The banana republic

As was to be become a republic banana banana import was withdrawn at one of the most

prestigious development companies of Tunisia, the STIL, which was launched at the

beginning of independent Tunisia, an exceptional development plan South and enjoyed

several state monopolies. One of these monopolies on the import of bananas was removed

from the national society for development be granted to family members Trabelsi, Moncef,

a former street photographer and Mr. Jarai, his sidekick.

It should be noted that trade ministers flocked to sign their import licenses and obtain

favors from the government.

Candy Bizerte

The import of sugar was a state monopoly, but to better satisfy your sweet, Mr. Belhassen

Trabelsi, brother of Mrs. Ben Ali, decided to replace the state monopoly by creating its own

plant in Bizerte. He even appropriated a part of the port of Bizerte to install its silos. And

this, with the businessman nominee Lotfi Abdenadher.

SPIRITS

Like any developing State, lucrative monopolies were granted, as we have seen above, to

companies for development to upgrade the Tunisian economy. Thus the monopoly of

importing and distributing liquor belonged, too, to STIL. But the liquidation of this

company was not particularly juicy waiting Trabelsi and immediately put his hand over his

various monopolies and even on the black market alcohol, whose distribution must pass by

Imed Trabelsi.

And so the work of Tunisia's development has been abandoned for some people without

scale, for their own benefit.

Whole regions are thus obsolete, abandoned by a fully conscious state became the only

enrichment of Ben Ali and his relatives who in turn reward the corrupt officers of the state

by giving them positions in high places. The explanation for the disqualification of an entire

country appears in all its simple truth.

Trabelsi and the Ben Ali's substitute for customs

A multitude of companies officiate for years with the full knowledge of all the world to

allow some Tunisian merchants from importing goods without tariffs with a fixed price per

cubic meter imported.

Containers pass through customs without any control. This practice had created a scandal

in December 2006 following an attack on fundamentalist Soliman. Everyone wondered if

the fundamentalists had not brought these weapons in containers not inspected.

This practice of importing wild helps to impoverish the whole Tunisian Industry, the

parallel market supplies of goods and stolen objects, causing the bankruptcy of honest

traders.

The main beneficiaries of this trade are Jalila Trabelsi, sister of Mrs. Ben Ali, and Hayet and

Kaies Ben Ali, sister and nephew of the president and other members of the family that we

will quote the next time.

TUNISIAN TUNA, MONOPOLY Mr. Mourad Trabelsi, brother of Mrs. Ben Ali

The export of tuna in recent years become monopoly staff Mourad Trabelsi who is also the

only individual authorized in Tunisia to make the breeding and export.

Fishing Lake of Tunis

The same Mourad Trabelsi has obtained, through an Italian nominee, the monopoly of

fishing in Lake of Tunis. His sole consideration: cleaning algae from the lake.

What is the price of the concession, how has it been granted? Mourad Trabelsi he pays

taxes in return for these enormous privileges?

Tatters

Same system, same beneficiaries. Tatters has not escaped the family of Ben Ali, which

became the preserve!

Conclusion

This list is so off-putting lack of imagination relatives of Ben Ali is experiencing in the

diversion of public goods and other illegal enrichment.

We are preparing a second case where we continue the enumeration of these scandals,

which must never be forgotten that these people who have brought the country to its knees

one day can pay all their misdeeds.

We also warn of scams Tunisians who are already under preparation, as the

decommissioning of the land of IHEC in Carthage. Indeed, relatives of the President

consider that this land, beautifully situated on the slopes of the historic Carthage, be much

more suitable for the construction of dozens of villas on their behalf. The same logic has

been adopted for the stage Zouiten, located in the hills of Belvedere and Mutuelleville. The

same logic has been adopted for the southern slope of the hill of Gammarth, where

construction will soon be initiated by Imed a clone of his namesake trabelsien nominee and

certain family members and has already subdivided land Archaeological between Carthage

and La Marsa, land downgraded by a former leader of the Heritage Institute and complicity

in the Ministry of Culture, we will come back too.

We will also discuss the nephew of Ben Ali, Mr. Mehdi Mlika, and its policy of beautification

of the environment that resulted in the execution of a simple "Avenue of the environment"

in each city in Tunisia. The embellishment of these arteries, which consisted of a few

planters and grass medians and some horror art, cost a fortune whose main beneficiaries

are Mlika and Mehdi Ben Ali, through shady contractors who n have picked up the crumbs.

In short these are the budgets of municipalities and the Ministry of the Environment who

have suffered.

We discuss also the hold-up made for the benefit of Sakhr El Matri and son of Ben Ali in

buying the stock split of the Nestlé Group held by the Banque Nationale Agricole last fifty

years. Nestlé International has reacted violently to these practices worthy of the worst

banana republics.

We discuss also the tenacity with which the family of Ben Ali reserves all procurement in the

country, thereby impoverishing the state by imposing prices that have nothing to do with

the actual bids.

We talk about the monopoly granted to Moncef Trabelsi in the transportation of petroleum

products throughout the country, we will discuss the embezzlement that took place around

the giant real estate projects of Sama Dubai and Boukhater and have garnered such

commissions they eventually flow despite land acquired symbolic and sometimes the dinar

as our own contractors are excluded from these lucrative projects.

Not forgetting the home of St Tropez, which was acquired by Ben Ali and his wife under

the mediation of Sakhr El Matri Benaceur and Francis.

We will not discuss the saga Imed Trabelsi / Faouzi Mahbouli Bricorama concerning because

it is spread wide across the Internet.

By cons, we will return the case to the airport for pilgrims, built without tender or

consultation and costing 10 times its price.

We will also discuss international airport Enfida and concession won by the Turkish Society

TAV. This company, represented by Belhassen Trabelsi and Youssef Zarrouk, was unable to

pay the concession. Belhassen Trabelsi concocted them, with the intervention of Ben Ali, a

bank loan in dinars, while the payment was provided for in dollars. How this credit will be

repaid while the airport remains desperately desert?

We also unveil the next record of other diversions billion dinars at the OACA that the Post

Office in Tunisie Telecom, the chemical group at the Department of Environment, etc..

We call on honest, if it continues to react as quickly as possible by appointing an

independent commission of inquiry which will shed light on all these matters.

We also urge all political leaders to grasp the gravity of the situation and to agree to drop

Ben Ali and the arrest of the whole clique that has made a real dismemberment of the

country.

We must bear in mind that these unscrupulous people are willing to put the country with

fire and blood to glean a few more months in office, what they can finalize their operations.

We must awaken consciences, that politicians and those of national security, including

military, cease to swear allegiance to the lawless individuals who use the prestige of power

to do whatever they want without any sense of responsibility or even the measurement.

All leaders know that whatever is written here is true and we want to warn them that if they

continue to turn a deaf ear, they will in the final position of the accomplices ransacked the

country.

We also call on those responsible for the security of the country to refuse to engage in

conspiracies that aim to change the opinion of the Tunisians and keeping them under a

regime that can only lead to national disintegration.

We thank all my heart all those who have made this record, they did so without any

calculation, simply by nationalism, to defend this country who does not deserve its current

leaders.

We wish again to mention those who sacrificed themselves so that Tunisia would never

again be beholden to people sad. Those marching, fighting, speak and write are the

backbone of our country because they do knowing they are fighting against one of the

worst dictatorships of our time.

We appeal to all Tunisians continue to peacefully express their pissed off, not to touch the

common property.

Finally, we call once again officials to behave with honor and strength and to react to the

sacking of countries by filing Ben Ali, the first responsible for this situation.

We propose an alternative policy of raising the current Prime Minister, Mr Mohamed

Ghannouchi, the post of President of the Republic for a period of one year that will be the

consolidation of civil society born of current events and the organization of a special tribunal.

We urge the convening of a Constituent Assembly for a constitutional change on the role

and mandate of the Head of State in the direction of reducing them so that never again no

individual Tunisians confiscates their country.

More than half a century of dictatorship and cult of personality is enough. We propose that

each future leader of Tunisia has a chance to govern than during a single short term, to

allow the Tunisian civil society, which in recent weeks has beautifully withstood the terrible

system of Ben Ali, the possibility of emerge definitively.

On behalf of all Tunisians worthy.

FLBLQAY