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  collecting comments – PLEASE RESPOND

  so I was just having a discussion with a few Palestinians about the 1000 days for Gaza movement going on, I wanted to put across to them my simple question……….what is this movement doing... Posted Mar 09 2010, 08:38 AM by melicieuse Filed under: Palestine, middle east, Life, Israel, Arab, international, Gaza, Humanity, war, charity, help, UN, siege, Human, voice, Petition, need, good

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  Nine : Then And Now

  The 9th of March is a big day in our Egyptian history. Mohamed Fawzi, Nasser and Abdel Munim Riad from L to R First of all it is the martyr Day , from 41 years ago General Abdel Munim Riad had been killed... Posted Mar 09 2010, 04:03 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Music, Palestine, citizen Journalism, Israel, history, politics, Video, National, war, Egyptian Life, 1967

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  The Children of Fallujah

  Shall I dare and wonder when there will be an international investigation and also accountability on this terrible war crime against Iraq !!?? A sharp increase in birth defects in the Iraqi city of Fallujah... Posted Mar 04 2010, 04:32 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, middle east, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, mideast, America, health, Iraq, war, Activism, Obama, Bush, Dick Cheney, Fallujah

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  Our New Defense Minister

  British Telegraph published a news report about Lord Mountbatten 's daughter who wants to buy back HMS Whimbrel which is currently used as a training ship at Alexandria Naval dockyard. It is very interesting... Posted Feb 18 2010, 05:53 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, citizen Journalism, politics, National, Europe, war, National Security

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  The neocons’ 2012 candidate … or not!

  M.J. Rosenberg writes about Palin having been “kidnapped by neocons.” Nothing surprising there seeing that she was drafted by Kristol and company in the first place and is now being groomed... Posted Feb 14 2010, 06:36 AM by Filasteen Filed under: USA, war, Neocons

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  We Need To Read Camp David More Thoroughtly

  It is already in my to-do list which I do not know when I will do , still it is important to me and to all Egyptians to read by ourselves what is in the camp David accords in order to know what is reality... Posted Feb 08 2010, 12:48 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, media, Israel, history, Arab, politics, Syria, mideast, National, Iran, war, National Security, Nasser, Sinai, Christian Zionism, Sadat, Camp David

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  False Alarm Or Real War Drams

  DEBKAfile claims that Egypt knows that Israel will launch a strike "actually war" against Iran through the Gulf and North Iraq "through Kurdish regions" . The website claims that the... Posted Feb 04 2010, 06:49 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: News, Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, Arab, politics, Syria, mideast, regional, America, Iran, Iraq, war, National Security, Debka

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  Quote of the day

  “It truly wears on a person to be always spotting gloom and doom lying down the road.” Read More... Posted Feb 01 2010, 06:31 PM by Filasteen Filed under: USA, war, Barbarity, Militarism, Imperialism, The Predators, World Order

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  Sri Lanka: No Man’s Land

  Some links on Sri Lankan director Vimukthi Jayasundara’s 2005 film The Forsaken Land (Sulanga Enu Pinisa) are posted here. Read More... Posted Jan 17 2010, 10:08 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Humanity, war, Sri Lanka

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  to shoot an elephant

  To Shoot An Elephant is a documentary by Alberto Arce and Mohammad Rujailah, filmed in Gaza during the war a year ago: This is an embedded film. We decided to be "embedded within the ambulances"... Posted Jan 15 2010, 10:26 AM by bint battuta in bahrain Filed under: Palestine, Bahrain, films, war

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  “Role of diasporas in conflict prevention”

  Here’s an interesting tidbit on that subject from a very informative column: [...] Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer may have attracted ire for their treatise on the Israel Lobby, but human security... Posted Jan 15 2010, 08:17 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Humanity, war

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  Gaza Lives On

  Two and a half years of Siege …….. One year after the Zionist onslaught ………… 42 years years of occupation …………. 1.5 million Palestinians ……………and... Posted Jan 14 2010, 09:25 PM by INTIFADA Filed under: Israel, Gaza, Resistance, Justice, war, Anniversary, Zionist, NEWS & POLITICS, Gaza Lives, Palestinian massacre, gaza speaks, On Palestine

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  Quote of the day

  “Terror is the price of support for despots and dictators.” Read More... Posted Jan 13 2010, 02:15 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Terrorism, war, World Order

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  The First Minister of Information in Egypt Speaks

  Abdel Qader Hatem , the former and the first minister of information is being called the father of Egyptian and Arabic TV. He served in both Presidents Nasser and Sadat cabinets despite their different... Posted Dec 26 2009, 04:00 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: News, Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, politics, mideast, National, war, tv, Egyptian Faces, Egyptians, Nasser, 1973, 1973 war, 1952, ON TV, Sadat, 1956, Abdel Qader Hatem, Minister of information, Yousry Fouda

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  !!!!لا تــعــلــيــق

  الغد - مسيرة حاشدة في غزة احتجاجا على إقامة الجدار الفولاذي الغد - بابا نويل يتصدى بصدره العاري لرصاص الاحتلال وشجرة الميلاد تزينها قنابل الغاز Read More... Posted Dec 25 2009, 11:11 PM by Miss Arafat Filed under: Egypt, Newspapers, Gaza, war, Ramallah

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  Expressive Image

  :'( Read More... Posted Dec 24 2009, 03:07 AM by Miss Arafat Filed under: Palestine, Newspapers, war

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  A Big Decade ; Big Events : Internationally And Regionally

  I do not know if we should wait till year 2010 is over and then we can look back to the first 10 years in the 21st century or we just look back to the past 10 years from 2000 to 2009. I look to those years... Posted Dec 21 2009, 06:57 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, Palestine, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, history, Culture, Arab, politics, Democracy, international, Religion, regional, Lebanon, America, africa, Europe, nature, Economy, Geek, Dubai, Gaza, Hamas, Iran, health, Iraq, Qatar, Global Warming, war, Asia, Obama, Pakistan, Sudan, Darfur, Da Vinci Code, Al Jazeera, Big bang, 911, Harry Potter, fox news, 2010, Twilight, capitalism, tsunami, Paris Hitlon, Al Hariri assassination, Clash of civilization, Banizer Bhutto, Hurricane Katrina, Reality TV, Ardi

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  An Israeli Soldier fighting a little PALESTINIAN KID!

  I shared this image on twitter asking people if there is a way to describe it, I was literally shocked after seeing it: I only have one single question, what were his thoughts at that moment?! Would that... Posted Dec 20 2009, 05:17 PM by Kermit the Blog Filed under: Palestine, Life, politics, war, Children, Stupidity

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  And I Was Right…

  I was right when I said there is something going on in Algeria and the Algerian regime is using the game to divert the people’s attention from something sinister as it is the habit in the third world countries... Posted Dec 12 2009, 06:26 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, middle east, media, Arab, politics, mideast, regional, America, africa, Sports, war, National Security, Algeria, Al Jazeera, North Africa

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  Graph of the day, Iraqi civilian deaths since 2003 [BBC]

  Just saw this graph while reading about the tragedy of the car bombings that swept Baghdad/Iraq earlier today on BBC with 127 killed and over 400 wounded They say a picture is worth a 1000 words, this... Posted Dec 08 2009, 08:10 AM by WEBsessed Filed under: politics, world, Iraq, war, Tragedy, War on Iraq

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  Vietnam Encore

  Why do I feel that the scene of those young US army cadet was a scene from Star Trek !!?? You know the star fleet !!?? Anyhow the decision of Obama to increase the troops in Afghanistan was just a rewind... Posted Dec 02 2009, 01:44 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: history, politics, America, war, Asia, Obama, army, Afghanistan, US army, Taliban

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  Did it happen or Did not It happen ??

  The Houthis are claiming that the Saudi army has committed a new massacre against civilians yesterday at the Mazab area in Saada governorate. The Houthis are saying that the Saudi Air forces launched an... Posted Dec 01 2009, 01:31 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, media, Arab, regional, war

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  The Yemeni Swamp

  I was wondering why Saudi Arabia was away from this Egyptian-Algerian crisis and of course I forgot the Saudis are busy with the front they opened with the Houthis in Yemen. Up till now the Saudis did... Posted Nov 25 2009, 06:34 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Jordan, middle east, media, Arab, politics, Video, mideast, regional, Follow Up, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, war, special forces

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  Psycho Circus

  I am back to my wandering about the human nature which was the focus of my interest in previous posts since what we see around us is simply done by people and ourselves too. In this post, however, there... Posted Nov 13 2009, 03:45 PM by Hicham Maged's blog Filed under: Life, Religion, people, Love, Reflections, Humanity, Peace, war, Allah, God, Critique, Woman, Mankind, coexistence, man, stereotype

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  Remembering

  I just realized that it’s been an entire month since I last wrote on my blog. It hasn’t been that I haven’t had anything to say – that’s never really been a problem for me... Posted Nov 10 2009, 08:32 PM by Suffonsifisms Filed under: Music, Life, history, Memories, Peace, war, Canada, observations, veterans, Remembrance Day

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  This Is Not A Regular War ; This Is A Guerilla War in Mountains People !!

  Officially Saudi Arabia has declared war on the Houthi rebels , I will not discuss if it is its right or not or if it a battle in a bigger regional war but I will discuss the fact that Saudi Arabia mostly... Posted Nov 09 2009, 06:44 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, Arab, politics, Video, mideast, regional, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, war, KSA, Houthi, POW

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  When Haikel Speaks “2”

  I am 86 years old , I do not look for any position but if I can serve my country though saying my opinion , I will say it Ahmed Hassanein Haikel 21/10/2009 Al Masry Al Youm You knew how it had been like... Posted Nov 07 2009, 06:53 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, Democracy, Video, mideast, National, America, Follow Up, Economy, Press, Mubarak, war, Egyptian Faces, Egyptians, National Security, Gamal Mubarak, 1973, 1973 war, Omar Soliman, Haikel, Goldstone, ElBaradei

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  Remembering The 5th Of November

  I really wonder why every time the Suez war or the Suez Crisis is mentioned or remembered in the media , it is considered more of a diplomatic crisis that led to military conformation than from a real... Posted Nov 05 2009, 06:23 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, Israel, history, politics, Video, mideast, National, UK, war, France, Port Said, Suez War, war crimes, 1956, Mohamed Mahran

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  Civilians Matters

  I do not have a problem with “peace” since it is the dream that many human beings want to achieve every where according to the ‘normal’ human nature. It resembles the status where people can live securely... Posted Nov 04 2009, 05:15 PM by Hicham Maged's blog Filed under: Life, Religion, people, decision, Reflections, Occupation, Resistance, Peace, war, Allah, God, Critique, Mankind, coexistence, stereotype

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  From Cairo With Love To Algiers

  Yesterday was the 55th anniversary of the Algerian Revolution of independence aka the Algerian war , I really would like to share our Algerian brothers and sisters their pride with this great occasion... Posted Nov 01 2009, 04:03 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Women, citizen Journalism, history, Arab, politics, regional, National, africa, FOOTBALL, Sports, war, Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian War, Gamila Bouhird

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  RIP Amin Howeidi

  Amin Howeidi , the former spy Chief and minister of war during presidents Nasser  has passed away today after month of severe illness. Amin Howeidi who was born on 22nd of September 1922 was the first... Posted Oct 31 2009, 04:58 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, Israel, history, politics, National, war, Egyptian X-files, Egyptian Faces, Egyptians, National Security, Spy, Nasser, Egyptian intelligence, GIS, Middle East Mideast, Amin Howeidi

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  6th Of October Special: The Flag Of Our Fathers

  “Mohamed Effendi We Raised our Flag” محمد افندى رفعنا العلم This is a popular song the generation of 1973 knows very well , it is about the first man who raised our flag over Sinai , over the Bar Lev Line... Posted Oct 28 2009, 07:05 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, Israel, history, politics, Video, mideast, National, war, Egyptians, Egyptian Life, Vide, 1973, 1973 war, Sinai, Yom Kippor war, flags, Bar Lev

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  Lebanese Intelligence Revealed

  I was among the people who were surprised to know that Lebanon as a country , as a state has an active intelligence service, Lebanon is known in the world unfortunately States inside a state. Anyhow I... Posted Oct 28 2009, 02:48 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: middle east, media, Israel, history, Arab, politics, Video, mideast, regional, Lebanon, war, Hezbollah, National Security, Future TV, Spy, Mossad, intelligence, Zaven Kouyoumdjian, South of Lebanon, Lebanese Intelligence

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  Breaking News : People in Sinai Can Join The Army and Police

  I do not know if I should be happy to hear this new or to be sad and angry for this late decision. President Mubarak has issued a presidential decree allowing the people in Sinai to join the arm forces... Posted Oct 22 2009, 07:02 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: News, Human Rights, Egypt, middle east, citizen Journalism, politics, mideast, National, Mubarak, war, Egyptians, Egyptian Life, army, National Security, Sinai

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  6th of October War Special : General Abdel Manam Khalil

  General Abdel Manam Khalil was the commander of the second army in the 6th of October of War , he assumed the commandership of the 2nd army during the war itself when General Saad Mamon fell ill. ... Posted Oct 20 2009, 06:27 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, Israel, history, politics, Video, mideast, people, National, Videos, war, Egyptian Faces, Egyptians, 1973, 1973 war, 1967, Yom Kippur, Abdel Manam Khalil, Port Fouad, Generals

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  Goldstone Defends Himself in Israel

  Richard Goldstone is defending himself in Jerusalem Post , the Jewish judge was under huge fire and criticism from Israel and its supporting lobbies from around the world in a disgusting way simply because... Posted Oct 19 2009, 08:55 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, media, Israel, Arab, politics, international, America, Gaza, war, Caucasus, Russia, Richard Goldstone

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  To Youssry Fouda : Please Stick To Documentaries

  Last week on the 6th of October anniversary Youssry Fouda presented on ON TV his 6th of October special , it was biggest night since leaving Al Jazeera channel. There was an expensive ad campaign in the... Posted Oct 13 2009, 06:53 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, middle east, media, Israel, history, politics, Video, National, Follow Up, Press, war, National Security, 1973, Al Jazeera, ON TV, Youssry Fouda

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  High Hopes

  On Friday, October 9th, 2009, ‘The Norwegian Nobel Committee’ has decided to award the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy... Posted Oct 11 2009, 09:15 AM by Hicham Maged's blog Filed under: Life, people, Reflections, Humanity, Peace, war, Obama, 9/11, UN, Critique, Mankind, coexistence, stereotype

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  Another Crazy Egyptian Pilot : The Black Jaguar Leader

  It is strange that the History Channel’s “Dogfight” focused on the dogfight which took place on the 12th of October 1973 and ignored the one that took place on 15th of February 1973 ; may be because the... Posted Oct 11 2009, 07:37 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, Israel, history, politics, Video, National, Follow Up, Mubarak, war, Audio, Egyptian Faces, Red Sea, Heroes, 1973, 1973 war, IAF, EAF, Sadatm, MIG-21, Al-Mansoury, Ban Sawif, Dog fight, Phantom

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  The Iraqi Scientists Are Not That Lucky Like The Iraqi Gays

  Seriously the Iraqi scientists are not that lucky like the Iraqi gays after all more than 1500 Iraqi scientists were killed systematically since the invasion and nobody cared to rescue or even talk about... Posted Oct 10 2009, 11:53 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, society, middle east, media, Israel, Culture, Arab, politics, mideast, America, Geek, Iraq, war, Mossad, Scientists, CIA, homosexuality, gays

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  Peace On Nobel Peace Prize

  And President Obama has not become the first African American President of the United States but also the first President to receive a Nobel Peace Prize in the first year of his first Presidential term... Posted Oct 09 2009, 02:02 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, Islam, Arab, politics, Democracy, international, America, Iraq, Cairo, war, Obama, Afghanistan, Obama speech, Nuclear weapons, Nobel Peace Prize

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  Is That The Same Person !!??

  I can’t believe that the same man who lost a brother in 1948 war believes that Israel is no danger on our national security. I can’t believe that the man who wrote “ A Song on the Pass ” from 30 years... Posted Oct 07 2009, 07:17 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Movies, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, Culture, politics, Video, mideast, National, Peace, films, Videos, war, 1948, Arts, Ali Salem

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  Real Egyptian Heroes

  Via Nawara Negm There is just a sample from our great men , our martyrs who were killed while defending and trying to restore back our land and our dignity. These men were Egyptians , they were from Upper... Posted Oct 06 2009, 07:20 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, middle east, citizen Journalism, Israel, history, politics, mideast, National, Follow Up, war, Egyptian Faces, Egyptians, Egyptian Life, National Security, 1973, Yom Kippor war, Yom Kippur, heros

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  The Quote Of The Week : The Real Hero

  The victory of the 6th October war was contributed to President Sadat’s decision during his life The victory of the 6th October war was contributed to the first air strike during the life of President... Posted Oct 06 2009, 07:30 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, history, politics, Democracy, National, Follow Up, war, Egyptians, National Security, 1973, The Quote of Week, The Quote of the week

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  Uri Milstein : Egyptian Army Won The War

  Let the Israeli experts and sources speak themselves because I am tired from these fabrications Uri Milstein , the famous Israeli military expert made an interview with radio New Jerusalem and Al Masry... Posted Oct 06 2009, 04:09 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, history, politics, mideast, National, Follow Up, interview, Radio, war, 1973, 1973 war, Yom Kippur War, Sharon, Uri Milstein, Saad El-Din El-Shazly

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  El cruce del Canal de Suez en Español

  The crossing of the Suez canal in Spanish ; this clip shows a reenactment for the canal crossing , please spread it. El cruce del Canal de Suez en Español, este clip muestra una representación de cruzar... Posted Oct 05 2009, 10:26 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, Israel, history, politics, Video, mideast, Follow Up, Europe, war, National Security, 1973, Yom Kippur War, Middl East, 6th Of October War, Spanish, Operation Badr

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  The Egyptian Crazy Pilot

  This is a very popular video in Youtube among Egyptians and Arabs , it is known as the Egyptian Crazy Pilot , it was taken from a History channel TV series “ Dog fight ” in “ DOGFIGHTS OF THE HOLY LAND... Posted Oct 03 2009, 04:15 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, history, politics, Video, mideast, war, Egyptian Faces, Egyptians, 1973, 1973 war, IAF, EAF, Yom Kippur, History Channel

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  Just Wondering About The Yemen’s War

  I wondered from couple of weeks ago about this on going war in Yemen which the world seems to ignore despite hundreds of innocent civilians have been killed and thousands have been displaced for months... Posted Oct 01 2009, 06:55 AM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: News, Human Rights, middle east, Islam, Arab, politics, Democracy, Religion, mideast, regional, Follow Up, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, war, Minorities, Shiites, Zaydi, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, Huthis, Sa'dah

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  Laila Abdel Salam Speaks For The First Time on TV

  Honestly I wish that Mona El-Shazely did that interview with Laila Abdel aka the Real Samia Fahmy who is currently working in Al Ahrar newspaper. Laila Abdel Salam speaks with Amr Adib along Ambassador... Posted Sep 21 2009, 06:12 PM by Egyptian Chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, history, politics, Video, National, Follow Up, war, Egyptian Faces, National Security, Spy, 1973, 1967

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  Does Anyone Follow What Is Happening in Yemen ??

  Does anyone follow what is happening in Yemen carefully ? Does any human rights organization follow the attacks on the civilians in the war between the Yemeni army and those Shiites rebels ?? Warning graphic... Posted Sep 17 2009, 05:24 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, middle east, media, Arab, politics, Democracy, Video, mideast, regional, Yemen, war, Minorities

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  Did Mubarak know Assaf Ramon ??

  PM: Mubarak said, 'I know how hard it is to lose a son or grandson' What is this ?? Already I was growing tired from the Israeli coverage of Assaf Ramon 's death , I feel sorry for his family... Posted Sep 13 2009, 06:41 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, Palestine, citizen Journalism, Israel, Arab, politics, Lebanon, war

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  K.I.A Photo

  This photo may have not reached to the media and to the world if it were not for the internet I believe ,the decision of AP to publish the photo was not enough to create the impact it is creating currently... Posted Sep 04 2009, 10:04 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: News, media, Photos, politics, international, America, war, Afghanistan, Pentagon, AP, Joshua Bernard

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  Bad Time For Private Security Companies in the States

  First it was " Black Water " and now it is " Armor Group " !! Armor Group is a private security company that provided the U.S. embassy in Kabul with guards and it seems that these guards... Posted Sep 02 2009, 06:18 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: media, Photos, politics, international, America, war

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  On the 10th Of Ramadan

  As today is the 10th of Ramadan which from 36 years ago was the 6th of October 1973 I would like to share with you this important documentary from Discovery channel about Youm Kippur war 1973. BY the way... Posted Aug 31 2009, 06:37 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, middle east, media, Israel, history, politics, Video, Syria, mideast, National, war, 1973, Suez Canal, 1967, 6th of October, documentaries, 10th of Ramadan, Saad El-Din Shazaaly, Yom Kippur

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  Out of the Iraqi Frying Pan and into the British Fire

  Such tales as these always induce a deep cringe of shame at the sheer malice of fellow British citizens. When 31-year-old Dr Sarkhell Radha, an Iraqi Kurd, fled Iraq in 2002 he left behind not only torture... Posted Aug 24 2009, 02:38 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: society, middle east, Europe, Iraq, war, Conflict Zones, Britain, England, Kurdistan

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  3 Bases

  Ali El-Din Halal earlier this week said in Cairo that Egypt would not host an American military base and that Mubarak was totally against having foreign military bases on our territories. He defended his... Posted Aug 19 2009, 04:33 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: News, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, history, politics, National, America, Mubarak, war, NDP, National Security, Sadat, Military bases, Ali El-Din Halal

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  West Cairo

  On the way to Cairo-Alexandria road I notice something I was amazed that no one brought it up till now. Of course part of the way to the Cairo-Alex road lays in 6th October governorate now where there... Posted Aug 14 2009, 09:47 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: News, Egypt, middle east, citizen Journalism, politics, mideast, National, Economy, Cairo, war, Cities, Egyptian Life, urban, National Security, Giza, 6th of October, air bases, SODIC, designopolis, EAF, West Cairo

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  The Last Visit’s Price

  Many newspapers in Egypt “ of course unofficial ” are speaking about Mubarak’s coming visit to Washington as his last Visit to D.C while being the President. This won’t be a surprise because most people... Posted Aug 13 2009, 08:05 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: News, Egypt, middle east, citizen Journalism, politics, mideast, National, America, Mubarak, war, National Security, Washington, Military bases

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  Regev’s Pearls of Wisdom

  Ah, how I have missed Mark Regev in recent months, his ears extending skywards like twin satellites channeling the steady flow of steaming refuse that emanates from his mouth: A human rights organization... Posted Aug 12 2009, 05:43 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, middle east, Israel, politics, Gaza, war, Conflict Zones

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  Olbermann on Blackwater’s scandal

  Do Not tell me it is MSNBC Keith Olbermann for 3 three days     Here is the complete Jeremy Scahill ’s reports about Black Water at the national and also here is his book “Blackwater ; the rise... Posted Aug 07 2009, 06:07 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, media, citizen Journalism, Islam, Arab, politics, Video, Religion, America, Follow Up, Iraq, war, Laws, scandals, BlackWater, Erick Prince, MSNBC

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  The Prince Of The Templar

  I recommend you to read this very important report from The Nation regarding the latest revelation against Blackwater and its founder and chairman Erik Prince . I would like to quote those points that... Posted Aug 06 2009, 08:29 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, middle east, citizen Journalism, Islam, history, Arab, politics, international, Religion, mideast, America, Iraq, war, Laws, Christianty, war crimes, BlackWater, Crusaders, Knights of templar, Erick Prince

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  the idf and french philosophy

  Old news, but fascinating. From We Were Caught Unprepared: The 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli War , an analysis done for the U.S. Army's Combat Studies Institute by Matt M. Matthews: …Brigadier General Shimon... Posted Aug 02 2009, 01:55 PM by bint battuta in bahrain Filed under: Israel, Lebanon, Philosophy, war, France

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  Mohammed al-Dura Memorial

  One of the most enduring and evocative images to emerge from the al-Aqsa Intifada has been rendered in stone in Bamako, Mali: When I used the original image during a lecture on the Intifada one of my students... Posted Jul 30 2009, 01:00 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: Palestine, middle east, Israel, africa, war, Conflict Zones, Mali

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  From the Crayons of Babes

  In a compelling initiative the International Criminal Court is accepting supporting evidence of children’s drawings of the crimes committed in Darfur. The pictures, crudely drawn in crayon and pen... Posted Jul 27 2009, 02:05 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: africa, war, Conflict Zones, Sudan, Darfur, war crimes

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  109 Years Old: Last Canadian WWI Vet

  Ninty-four years ago, a young fifteen year old boy named John Babcock, enlisted in the Canadian forces. He had lied about his age so that he could serve his country, or perhaps for the exciting adventure... Posted Jul 23 2009, 12:38 PM by Suffonsifisms Filed under: Life, Memories, world, war, Canada, veterans, WWI

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  Samar is Back

  I was more than happy and even I was going to cry when I saw again her cheerful childish face full of hope regardless of what happened to her and to her family ; 4 years old Samar is back in the BBC with... Posted Jul 22 2009, 11:37 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: News, Human Rights, Egypt, Palestine, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, Culture, Arab, politics, Follow Up, Europe, Economy, Gaza, health, war, Children, Gulf, war crimes, IDF, Samar, Belgium, BBC News, Medical

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  World War Simple Version

  I stumbled upon this cartoon strip on Deviant Art today. The author depicts the war in a humorous way. It's worth the read. And once you're done with World War One , there's Two as well ! Read More... Posted Jul 22 2009, 04:41 PM by not another blog Filed under: Cartoons, war, deviant art

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  The Magic We Forgot

  Last Thursday I watched a wonderful Egyptian documentary , yes an Egyptian , I know it seems strange , we do not have a real documentary cinema like abroad despite we got big names in the documentaries... Posted Jul 11 2009, 07:06 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, Israel, history, Culture, politics, Video, National, Zionism, Economy, Dream, films, war, 1948, Asia, Egyptian Life, Alexandria, National Security, King Farouk, Egyptian Royalty, Nasser, Nile, 1973, 1952, 1967, Suez War, Wars, 1956, Naguib, Lumiere brothers, Kom Ombo, Cotton, Madkor Thabat

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  Remembering Srebrenica

  14 years have passed on the Srebrenica massacre or rather genocide , Srebrenica is considered  in Europe the largest and worst mass murder in Europe since WWII , more than 8000 men and boys were killed... Posted Jul 10 2009, 07:26 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Human Rights, Photos, politics, international, Europe, war, Caucasus, victims, Wars, Bosnia, Srebrenica, Serbia, ICMP, genocides

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  The Photo of The Week: G8 Meets J8

  Mubarak and Medvedev in the G8 and beside each one of them a young girl representing their countries in the J8 Summit . The Egyptian girl is 16 years old Amira Shendy where as the Russian girl is 17 years... Posted Jul 09 2009, 07:41 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, media, Women, citizen Journalism, Photos, politics, international, National, Europe, Mubarak, war, Caucasus, Russia, Italy, National Security, summit, Medvedev, g8, Photo Of The Week, Amira Shendy, J8