OCCUPY! OCCUPY! OCCUPY!

Tunis, not Wall St.

OCCUPY!

It did not start on Wall Street.

Some months ago, the CIA organised the OCCUPATION of down town Tunis.

Tunisia now has an Islamist government.

Tunisia now has more poverty and more crime.

On 10 November 2011, we learn that Tunisia's economy is now in big trouble.

Economic Indicators Cause for Concern

Foreign currency reserves have fallen and now cover only 115 days of imports.

There has been a big drop in tourism receipts and remittances from Tunisians living abroad.

The unemployment rate has shot up to 18.3%.

GDP has fallen by 5 per cent in recent months and is not expected to be above 0-1 per cent for the year as a whole.

Cairo, 20 November 2011.

Who benefits from the CIA's Arab Spring which is leading to the destruction of North African countries?

Who benefits from the destruction of Moslem countries such as Pakistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya...?

RIGGED ELECTIONS LEAD TO VIOLENCE IN TUNISIA

Tunisians know their election was rigged.

Tunisia WAS a wildly successful country.

The former president, Ben Ali, made Tunisia peaceful, moderate and prosperous.

Many Tunisians are not happy that:

1. The CIA toppled Ben Ali

2. And the fascist CIA has now rigged the October 2011 elections in order to put its fascist Islamist friends into power.

National Guard building wrecked after the October 2011 election results were announced

Tunisians protest after the October 2011 rigged election.

Tunisia after the CIA toppled Ben Ali.

The fascist CIA has put its fascist Islamist pals into power in Tunisia.

If you are a mafia drugs baron, Tunisia could be a good place to invest, or a good place for a holiday.

Tunisia's new prime minister Hamadi Jebali.

Maghreb Confidential reports ''contacts at the highest level" by Hamadi Jebali during his recent visit to Washington. Jebali reportedly met Joe Libermann.

After the October 2011 election this Palais de Justice is set on fire.

Ennahda (THE CIA PLAN FOR THE MOSLEM WORLD)

In the Tunisian elections of October 2011:

40% of those eligible to vote did not bother to vote.

The turnout was 60%.

(58% according to some sources)

75% of those who voted did not vote for the 'CIA's' Islamist Ennahda Party.

The 'CIA's' Islamist Ennahda Party got around 25% of the vote.

But, the 'CIA's' Islamist Ennahda Party will get at least 41% of the seats in the assembly.

Ennahda are the winners.

The 75% who did not vote for Ennahda wasted their votes on a vast number of tiny little parties.

"Because of a system of strict proportional representation, exacerbated by what in some districts were as many as 100 choices on ballots, a third or so of all votes cast actually counted for nothing, having been wasted on small local lists that failed to garner enough numbers to return a seat...

"Failure to unite cost Ennahda's secular opponents what should have been a clear majority."

(Tunisia's general election - Islamists to the fore)

This has led to protests.



(Tunisian troops confront crowds)

"In the town of Sidi Bouzid, the birthplace of the uprising that ousted Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, more than 2,000 young people marched on the headquarters of the Ennahda party and pelted security forces with stones after they learned that votes for an opposition party had been discounted.

"Witnesses said the group broke doors and windows of the Ennahda building and set alight tyres on the town's main road. The mayor's office was also set on fire. Reports say police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.

"A similar protest was under way in the town of Regueb, some 30 miles from Sidi Bouzid, where a gunshot was fired at the local Ennahda offices."

The Ennahda Office in Sidi Bouzid, 28 october 2011.

According to The Economist (Tunisia's general election Islamists to the fore):

Many liberal Tunisians mourn the end of an era.

"Given a sagging economy and a well of social grievances, the immediate test will be hard. Once a new constitution is in place, and elections are held next year for a proper parliament, Nahda may start to look a bit less shiny."

ELECTION FIASCO IN TUNISIA

Ennahda (THE CIA PLAN FOR THE MOSLEM WORLD)

In the Tunisian elections of October 2011:

40% of those eligible to vote did not bother to vote.

The turnout was 60%.

75% of those who voted did not vote for the 'CIA's' Islamist Ennahda Party.

The 'CIA's' Islamist Ennahda Party got around 25% of the vote.

But, the 'CIA's' Islamist Ennahda Party will get at least 41% of the seats in the assembly.

Ennahda are the winners.

The 75% who did not vote for Ennahda wasted their votes on a vast number of tiny little parties.

"Because of a system of strict proportional representation, exacerbated by what in some districts were as many as 100 choices on ballots, a third or so of all votes cast actually counted for nothing, having been wasted on small local lists that failed to garner enough numbers to return a seat...

"Failure to unite cost Ennahda's secular opponents what should have been a clear majority."

(Tunisia's general election - Islamists to the fore)

This has led to protests.



(Tunisian troops confront crowds)

"In the town of Sidi Bouzid, the birthplace of the uprising that ousted Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, more than 2,000 young people marched on the headquarters of the Ennahda party and pelted security forces with stones after they learned that votes for an opposition party had been discounted.

"Witnesses said the group broke doors and windows of the Ennahda building and set alight tyres on the town's main road. The mayor's office was also set on fire. Reports say police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.

"A similar protest was under way in the town of Regueb, some 30 miles from Sidi Bouzid, where a gunshot was fired at the local Ennahda offices."

The Ennahda Office in Sidi Bouzid, 28 october 2011.

According to The Economist (Tunisia's general election Islamists to the fore):

Many liberal Tunisians mourn the end of an era.

"Given a sagging economy and a well of social grievances, the immediate test will be hard. Once a new constitution is in place, and elections are held next year for a proper parliament, Nahda may start to look a bit less shiny."

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THE CIA PLAN FOR THE MOSLEM WORLD

The CIA have put the extremists into power in Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Tunisia...

Israel Today magazine warns of the the Islamic Winter and the Tunisian and Libyan 'liberation' leading to Sharia

"Top Israeli officials have warned that the Arab Spring is about to give birth to the Islamic Winter."

Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda Party is expected to take control of Tunisia's parliament with a healthy majority.

Ennahda has supported the Ayatollahs in Iran.

Ennahda's ideology is based on that of the CIA's Muslim Brotherhood.

Ennahda leader Rachid Ghannouchi wants "moderate" Sharia Law.

Post-Gaddafi Libya will have Sharia Law as the "basic source" of its civil laws, declared interim leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil on 23 October 2011.

In Egypt, the CIA's Muslim Brotherhood is expected to do well in coming elections.

The Islamists have also been increasing their power in Turkey.

General Eyal Eisenberg, head of Israel's Home Front Command, has warned of radical ideology increasing the likelihood of all out war.


THE ARAB SPRING?

The CIA's Arab Spring has brought:

(a) an improvement to Tunisia and the rest of North Africa?

(b) disaster to Tunisia and the rest of North Africa?

On 23 October 2011, Tunisians went to the polls e

The Guardian describes Tunisia after its Arab Spring:

Today, lawyers complain of police brutality and torture.

Corruption has worsened.

A human rights activist says of present day Tunisia: "We are overwhelmed with cases of human rights abuses.

"Torture is the way things are done, it's systematic."

She described the case of an alleged robber who was transferred to hospital from prison with a stomach complaint.

While in hospital, she claims, he was brutally beaten and sexually assaulted.

She found him with his legs chained to the bed and severe injuries to his genitals.

In the same hospital she found another prisoner lying in the emergency ward, his body festering with worms and covered in excrement.

He had, she says, been there for a month.

Unemployment has soared.


ISRAEL SHOULD NOT BE WORRIED BY THE NEW GOVERMENTS?

The CIA-MOSSAD-NATO plan is for North Africa to copy Turkey.

The key figure influencing Turkey, Fethullah Gulen, is a friend of Israel.

Gulen and friend.

On 6 August 2011, The Economist reported on a Moslem who is friendly towards Israel (A hard act to follow).

This Moslem reportedly has links to heroin. (Funded by Heroin Via the CIA ...)

"These days the religious teacher who wields most influence over the Turks is Fethullah Gulen," says The Economist.

In 2010, nine Turks, taking supplies to Gaza, were killed by Israeli commandos.

Gulen said it was partly the Turkish side's fault: the flotilla should not have defied Israel.

Gulen lives in America and has been accused of having links to the CIA.

The Gulen movement "forms the apex of a huge conglomerate that includes NGOs, firms, newspapers and college dormitories in Turkey, plus schools across the world."

Several journalists who have tried probing Gulen have found themselves prosecuted or jailed.

People who criticise the movement "can face nasty smear campaigns."

Obama visiting a Gulen school in Washington.

On 29 June 2010, Paul Williams PhD wrote: "Gulen Movement Funded by Heroin Via the CIA ..."

According to paul Williams:

1. "Court records and the testimony of former government officials show that Fethullah Gulen, who presently resides in Pennsylvania, has amassed more than $25 billion in assets from the heroin route which runs from Afghanistan to Turkey.

2. "Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI translator, testified that the drug money has been channeled into Gulen’s coffers by the C.I.A."

According to Sibel Edmonds: 'A lot of the drugs were going to Belgium with NATO planes.

'After that, they went to the UK, and a lot came to the US via military planes to distribution centers in Chicago, and Paterson, New Jersey.'

"Ms. Edmonds further said that Turkish diplomats, who would never be searched by airport officials, have come into the country 'with suitcases of heroin.'

3. "According to Ms. Edmonds and other government witnesses, Gulen began to receive funding from the CIA in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union when federal officials realized that the U.S. could not obtain control of the vast energy resources of the newly created Russian republics because of deep-seated suspicion of American motives.

"Turkey, the U.S. officials came to realize, could serve as a perfect 'proxy' since it was a NATO ally that shared the same language, culture, and religion as the other Central Asian countries...

"The only way to provide Gulen with sufficient funds to topple Turkey’s secular regime and to conduct education jihad within the Russian republics came from the poppy fields of Afghanistan...

"The Obama administration has opted to turn a blind eye to Gulen and his mountain fortress in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania...

"In his native Turkey, Gulen’s vast fortune has been used to create the Justice and Democratic Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma, AKP), which has gained control of the government...

"Abdullah Gul, Turkey’s first Islamist President, is a Gulen disciple along with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Yusuf Ziya Ozcan, the head of Turkey’s Council of Higher Education...

4. "Gulen has purchased newspapers, television networks, construction companies, universities, banks, utilities, technological outlets, pharmaceutics, and manufacturing firms throughout the country.

"In addition, he has established thousands of madrassahs (Islamic religious schools) throughout Central Asia where students are indoctrinated in the tenets of militant Islam...

5. "But the Gulen movement is not confined to Turkey and Central Asia.

"Eighty-five Gulen schools have been set up in the United States as charter academies funded by public funds.

6. "Is Gulen really affiliated with the CIA?

"In support of his application for permanent residency status, Gulen obtained letters of support and endorsement, from Graham Fuller and other former CIA officials.

"His petition was also endorsed by former Under Secretary of State Marc Grossman, and former Ambassador to Turkey Morton Abramowitz."

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aangirfan: THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND TURKEY

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THE NEW TUNISIA - AFTER THE CIA COUP

The New Tunisia.

In Tunisia, the CIA's Islamists are set for big election gains

After the 23 October 2011 elections in Tunisia, the Islamist Ennahda Party is expected to be the biggest party in the assembly.

Already, Islamist Salafists have attacked cinemas and TV stations for showing material that is not sufficiently Islamist.

Under Ben Ali, who was recently toppled by the CIA, tourists were welcomed, polygamy was outlawed, there were no forced marriages and men and women were equal in terms of rights.

Ennahda is said to be behind the attacks by the Salafists.

Ennahda's leader, Ghannouchi, describes the Salafists as "brothers."

Ennahda is reported to have links to the CIA's Muslim Brotherhood.

The New Tunisia

The CIA's revolution in Tunisia has caused a massive downturn in Tunisia's economy.

There are few tourists.

There is massive unemployment.

Tunisia and the other Arab Spring countries have all been hit hard economically.

(The Arab Spring upheaval cost $55bn - BBC.com)

"Their costs to GDP amount to $20.56bn while costs to public finance total $35.28bn.

"These figures do not take into account losses to human life, infrastructure damage and business and foreign direct investment losses."

The USA-Israel-NATO wants control of Africa. Website for this image

According to the UK government's Tunisia travel advice:

"Political demonstrations and industrial protests still occur regularly...

"Incidents of pick pocketing and bag snatching and petty theft are on the increase and you are advised to ensure that bags are kept close to your person at all times...

"A number of fringe groups have sought to impose their interpretation of Islamic dress/ behaviour upon others through violence against individuals."

Tunisia's military boss, General Ammar, with his CIA-Pentagon-NATO buddies.

No matter who wins the elections, the CIA-generals will remain in power.

General Rachid Ammar is Chief of General Staff of the Tunisian military.

Reportedly Ammar was part of the CIA plot to topple Ben Ali.

Reportedly Ammar is part of the CIA plot to wreck Libya.

According to "The political elite of the new Libya", by AA Bystrov (Imes – Original Russian):

"The anti-Gaddafi TNC rebels met in the Hotel Tibesti in Tunisia...

"The Chief of General Staff of the Tunisian armed forces, Rachid Ammar, was in charge of supplying arms and ammunition to the Libyan rebels...

"Paris dictated to the Tunisian leadership through figures such as ... Dominique De Villepin."

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THE REAL TERRORISTS IN EGYPT, TUNISIA, LIBYA, INDONESIA?

David Gerbi in Libya

1. David Gerbi is Jewish and originally from Libya.

In the summer of 2011, Gerbi returned to Libya to join the rebellion against Gadhafi.

He rode into the Tripoli with the al Qaeda and other fighters backed by NATO.

Gerbi "has not yet been allowed to join the National Transitional Council as a full representative."

Members of the panel that is now governing Libya said he must wait until fighting has completely ended and liberation is declared.

(Source: Libyan 'revolutionary Jew' to restore synagogue)

Peaceful Moslems.

2. Who fired at the crowds in Egypt and in Tunisia?

Egypt's ruler denies army told to shoot protesters

According to Egypt's top man, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak did not order the army to fire on demonstrators.

Tantawi gave this testimony behind closed doors on 24 September 2011 in Mubarak's trial.

Moslem girls in the world's largest Moslem country.

So, who has been killing demonstrators in the Arab world?

Who were the mysterious snipers on rooftops who shot civilians and helped stir up discontent?

On 16 January 2011, Tunisia TV said that four people had been arrested with German passports

"Tunisian police arrested four people carrying German passports over a shooting incident near the headquarters of an opposition party in the capital on Sunday, state television said, quoting a security source.

Peaceful Moslems.

And, Gunmen held in Tunis had Swedish passports: police

"Two gunmen who fired shots outside the headquarters of Tunisia's PDP opposition party in the center of the capital on Sunday had Swedish passports, Tunisian police said...

"Earlier an opposition party statement said police and military stopped a carload of armed men, who it described as foreigners, after which shots were fired...

"The gunmen were driving two taxis with their weapons hidden inside camera bags, he said."


Friendly Moslems

On 17 January 2011, it was reported that a party of Swedish 'tourists' was attacked after being caught up in the ongoing violence in Tunisia.

They were in the country 'on a hunting holiday' - with weapons in the back of their vehicle.

(Swedish tourists attacked in Tunisia unrest)

NATO special forces?

Israelis with stolen passports?

Peaceful Moslem

According to press reports A group of 20 Israelis were evacuated from Tunisia."

A group of 20 Israelis was evacuated Saturday evening from Tunisia...

"This complicated mission was orchestrated by a number of Israeli authorities, including the foreign ministry.

"The tourists were first transferred ... to Germany and from there to Tel Aviv..."

Moslem kid.

3. The CIA and its friends would appear to be using Facebook and Twitter to destabilise Indonesia.

On 11 September 2011, a deadly riot broke out in eastern Indonesia.

Seven people died and scores of homes and vehicles were damaged after a rumour was spread by Twitter and Facebook that a Muslim had been captured and tortured to death by Christians.

The rumour was untrue.

Indonesia tweets fuel acts of violence

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WRITE ABOUT THE ARAB SPRING

Tunisians by Citizen59



In January 2011, Ben Ali was toppled in Tunisia.



In May 2011, on Facebook, a top Tunisian speculated about the future.



Riots followed!



Farhat Rajhi was Interior Minister of Tunisia from January until March 2011.



In May 2011, he wrote on Facebook that the Islamists might win the elections and then the military might carry out a coup.



"Since independence, political life has been dominated by people from the Sahel (the coast)," he wrote.



"If the results of the forthcoming elections go against their interests, there will be a military coup," he suggested.



(That Other Tunisia)



Rajhi's Facebook remarks led to four days of riots in Tunis.



Banks were burned.



Police stations were stoned.



Shops were looted.



The police force used batons and tear gas and imposed a night curfew.



In July 2011, there were yet more riots in Tunis.



There were also riots again in Sidi Bouzid.



A 14-year old boy was shot dead.





Tunisia by André Pipa



In September 2011, in The Nation, Graham Usher reports on That Other Tunisia



Under Ben Ali, women had equal pay and polygamy was banned.



There is now a fear that the Islamists "will impose Sharia law, ban alcohol, enforce the veil and destroy tourism, on which one in five jobs in Tunisia rely."



Under Ben Ali, the economy was growing fast.



Now, unemployment has risen.



In Sidi Bouzid unemployment may be as high as 30 percent.



In the Gafsa district, unemployment may be be 40 percent, and perhaps one in four families may be living in poverty.



Reportedly, the unemployed youth are likely to support the CIA-backed Islamists.



Is there a MOSSAD plan to wreck successful, moderate Moslem countries?



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INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA

The CIA, with MOSSAD and NATO, began the Arab Spring with their coup in Tunisia, a peaceful, prosperous and moderate Moslem country.



1. On 17 December 2010, a false flag operation apparently took place in in the Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid. The family of a street vendor called Mohamed Bouazizi became very rich.



2. Various CIA mercenaries and NATO special forces reportedly stirred things up by killing a lot of Tunisians.



3. Some treacherous Tunisian dogs, 'coached by Soros NGOs', joined the revolt.



4. And Tunisian generals, 'working for the CIA', forced out Ben Ali.





Note the Indian flags.



On 24 August 2011, we learn that Tunisia's economy "has suffered increasingly this summer".



Tunisian voters do not believe that the CIA-MOSSAD-NATO will give up its grip on Tunisia.



Less than 15% of Tunisia's eligible voters have registered to vote in the election due in October 2011.



Tunisia's Revolution Struggles‎



According to a new poll, by the Applied Social Sciences Forum, optimism amongst Tunisians fell from 32% in April 2011 to 24% in August 2011.



The town of Sidi Bouzid, the birthplace of the uprising, recorded the highest levels of distrust in the progress of Tunisia’s revolution at 62.1%.



Arab Spring Slips Into Tunisian Fall



Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA



The CIA's Arab Spring hit Egypt, which under Mubarak was becoming more prosperous.



In August 2011, European Union Ambassador Marc Franco expressed concern over the Egyptian economy, which he said is in an 'alarming' state.



He praised the former regime of Mubarak for liberalizing the economy and encouraging investment.



Egyptian economy in 'alarming' state, says EU ambassador



On 9 August 2011, Egyptian stocks plunged to their lowest in more than two years as international investors withdrew money.



Egyptian Stocks Fall to Lowest in Two Years on Economic Concern‎



Website for this image



Now Libya is being wrecked.



In Tripoli, there is no water and no electricity.



"NATO's mandate ends in September and without a victory, real or imagined, Libya will become a tactical and political defeat." (Battle for Tripoli & Greater Libya Still On)



Qaddafi’s Leadership Structure is Intact; NATO’s al Qaeda Infantry a Contemptible Rabble; Get Set for a Long War



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Land Destroyer Twitter Account Suspended

PEOPLE POWER WRECKS COUNTRIES - LEBANON AND TUNISIA

Cedar Revolution

The Arab Spring is part of the plot to destabilise all Moslem countries, and some non-Moslem countries.

In 2005, the Cedar revolution took place in Lebanon.

The result of the Cedar revolution, according to The Economist ( theirs):

Lebanon currently suffers from:

Sectarianism,

Corruption,

Insecurity,

A weak central state,

Foreign meddling and

Armed party militias.

Currently being targeted by the CIA and its friends are Indonesia and Malaysia, among others.


Tunisians by patduncan10

Tunisia shows what happens when people are stupid enough to take part in CIA 'people-power'.

Tunisia was becoming the Singapore of Africa - peaceful, moderate and prosperous.

Now it is wrecked.

According to The Economist (Tunisia):

"There have been ... sit-ins, strikes and riots... and several new governments...

"'Tunisia could be an amazing place,' says Jalloul Ayed, the finance minister, a former Citibank man.... 'We have a bright, highly educated population. We’re close to Europe’s markets. We have the right to dream of Tunisia as the Singapore of the Mediterranean...'

"Virtually every opinion poll puts Nahda, the main Islamist party, in the lead...

"No poll suggests that Nahda would come close to getting an outright majority. A recent one gave it 14%; its main rival, the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), in the secular centre, got 5%...

"Again and again, secular-minded Tunisians accuse Nahda of speaking in different tongues to different people. 'They do not understand democracy or freedom,' says Mustapha Mezghani, a businessman...

CIA Logo used in Lebanon, Thailand etc.

In Tunisia, "economic growth... will fall this year to less than 1%.

"Tourism, which accounted for 7% of GDP, has collapsed.

"Youth unemployment is around 23%, according to the labour minister...

"In Kasserine, a town 300km (180 miles) south-west of Tunis... barbed wire surrounds banks and state-owned offices, with armoured cars outside.

"Civic leaders say that 40% of the townsfolk are unemployed.

"Last week two prisoners died in the third jail riot since January.

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ISRAEL AND BANKERS GAIN FROM ARAB SPRING

Who gains from the Arab Spring?



The Arab Spring has weakened and divided Tunisia, Egypt and a number of other Moslem countries.



Israel gains.



The Arab Spring has increased debt in the Arab world.



The Western Bankers gain.





Tunisians by By PilotGirl



On 26 May 2011, the Wall Street Journal updated us on Tunisia n



We learn:



1. Tunisia is now facing sharp drops in tourism and foreign investment.



There is rising crime and unemployment.



2. In Tunis, shop owner Mohamed Guesmi said that things have worsened since the overthrow of former President Ben Ali in January 2011.



Frequent robberies and carjackings on the streets keep customers at home, he said.



Business at his women's clothing store is down 80%.



3. Tunisia's economy is expected to stall this year after a long period of healthy growth under Ben Ali.



4. Police have imposed overnight curfews in Tunis to control street violence.



5. Tourists have been scared away.



6. Under Ben Ali, Tunisia opened up its economy to foreign investment and invested heavily in universities, producing a well-educated middle class.



Under Ben Ali, women in Tunisia gained more rights.





Ben Ali - By PilotGirl



Egypt was booming, under Mubarak.



After the CIA coup, Egypt's economy has slowed to a Crawl (NYTimes.com):



"Khaled Younis, 45, said he had to lay off the eight people he employed...



"'Many people here believe this revolution was a curse on us poor, simple folks,' he said."



Egypt's economy is on the brink of disaster (Global Public Square).



"The tourism sector is waning, factories are paralyzed by strikes and sit-ins, exports have taken a steep plunge, and the construction sector is at a standstill.



"Since February, the country has been losing $40 million (28,5 million euros) each day, and foreign investment is 'nearing zero'...



"Sky-high inflation (12%) contributes to the tense social climate."



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THE FAKE STORY THAT STARTED THE CIA COUP IN TUNISIA

Bouazizi, whose story turns out to be fake.

The 'Syrian Gay Girl blogger' turned out to be an American fake. (Syrian Gay Girl Blog Revealed As Fake Had News Agencies Fooled)

On 17 June 2011 the BBC reported on further doubts about the story of Mohamed Bouazizi, the so called Tunisian martyr. (Perfect symbol?)

1. The media had told us that Mohamed Bouazizi, the poorly educated 'martyr', used the internet to complain about 'injustice' and 'unemployment' in Tunisia.

It now turns out that it was someone else, a college student calling himself Mohamed Bouazizi, who posted the so called Bouazizi poetry and revolutionary songs on the web.

2. The media had told us that Bouazizi had been slapped across the face by a state official, called Fedia Hamdi.

It turns out that this did not happen.

Fedia Hamdi has been completely exonerated.

3. The media told us that Bouazizi set himself alight in front of the local government offices and later died in hospital.

We have seen no evidence to support this.

4. The mother and stepfather of Mohamed Bouazizi, 'the martyr', are now rich.

They now live in a large house in the upmarket Tunis suburb of La Marsa.

5. Many Tunisians see the original story of Bouazizi as fake.

In Tunisia, some towns renamed streets and town squares after the martyr, Mohamed Bouazizi.

The new signs are often defaced or torn-down, even in his native town of Sidi Bouzid.

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WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WITH BOUAZIZI?

Bouazizi

The revolts in North Africa appeared to begin on 17 December 2010.

That was when, in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, a municipal official, Fedia Hamdi, allegedly slapped 26-year-old fruit vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi.

Mohamed Bouazizi then apparently set himself alight, and the Arab world was set on fire.

On 19 April 2011, we learn that a Tunisian court has dropped the case at the heart of the protests

The case against Fedia Hamdi was closed after the vendor's family withdrew its original complaint.

Faouzi Hamdi, the brother of the accused municipal officer, claims his sister never slapped Bouazizi.

Faouzi Hamdi said the decision to throw out the case showed that in the new Tunisia the judicial system "is now independent."

Mohamed Bouazizi? Website for this image thestar.com

On the morning of 17 December 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi reportedly had an argument with a municipal inspector Ms. Faida Hamdy.

Some reports erroneously call Faida Hamdy a policewoman.

Bouazizi allegedly wrestled with Faida Hamdy.

Faida Hamdy allegedly slapped Mohamed in the face, spat at him, and made a slur against Bouazizi's deceased father. ("Peddler's martyrdom launched Tunisia's revolution".)

According to the new York Times ("Slap to a Man’s Pride Set Off Tumult in Tunisia"):

"Ms. Hamdy, arrested on orders from the now-deposed president himself, is in jail in another town.

"Her colleagues maintain that she is honest and did not take bribes.

"Her supervisor, who requested anonymity for fear of being beaten in the streets, said an investigation found that Ms. Hamdy had never slapped Mr. Bouazizi.

"'Do you really believe a woman can slap a man in front of 40 other people and no one would react?' he said."

Mohamed Bouazizi

Reportedly, Bouazizi went to the local Governor to complain, but the Governor would not see him.

Mohamed then "left a message for his mother on his Facebook page."

The message read: "I'm travelling, mother... I'm travelling and I ask who leads the travel to forget." (Mohamed Bouazizi - Wikipedia)

Around noon, Mohamed reportedly set himself alight with 'paint thinner' or 'petrol', depending on which source you read.

Reportedly, he was taken to a hospital specialising in burns.

On 31 December it was reported that doctors at the hospital where Mohammad was being treated said 'there were positive prognostic factors and that his condition was improving'.

(Man at the centre of Tunisia unrest recuperating, doctors say)

Mannoubia, Mohamed's mother is reported as saying: "The doctors told me that he should be fine."

Reportedly, Mohamed died on January 2011.



According to one report, Mohamed Bouazizi "set himself on fire outside the governor's office". ( Mohamed Bouazizi.)

According to another report, he "set fire to himself at the bus station." (Tunisian riot town stands firm in its fury)

According to this account Mohamed had decided to go to Tunis by bus.

Mohamed's facebook page read: "I'm travelling, mother... I am now going and I will not be coming back... I'm travelling and I ask who leads the travel to forget."

Reportedly, when he arrived at the bus station he found that he had no money.

He then set himself on fire.

Did he have money to buy paint thinner or petrol? (Tunisian riot town stands firm in its fury)

There have been reports that Mohamed Bouazizi still alive? s

Former president Ben Ali visits 'Mohamed' in hospital.

Mohamed 'sold fruits and vegetables on the streets in Sidi Bouzid' in Tunisia.

The media has reported that Mohamed had a university degree in computer science.

His sister, Samia Bouazizi, has stated that Mohamed never graduated from high school.

(Man at the centre of Tunisia unrest recuperating, doctors say)

In his late teens, Mohamed quit school.

(http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/01/201111684242518839.html)

"It was reported that Bouazizi had recently broken up with his girlfriend."

(Slap to a Man’s Pride Set Off Tumult in Tunisia)

After Mohamed's argument with the official, the protests grew.

"Mr. Zaydi, a high school student, slept during the day, and then he and his friends would take on the police at night."

At the same time, news of the unrest was spread on the Internet by people like Shamseddine Abidi, a 29-year old interior designer who posted videos and updates to his Facebook page.

A journalist from Al Jazeera was one of Mr. Abidi’s Facebook friends, and quickly the Arabic channel ... carried the news abroad. ("Slap to a Man’s Pride Set Off Tumult in Tunisia".)

Mansion - family pleads

This home was allegedly purchased in 2008 by Mohamed Sakher El Materi, the son-in-law of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The Toronto Star reports that the current owners have nothing to do with Tunisia. "They're Hungarian Jews".

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On 21 January 2011, Tunisia’s central bank again denied that ousted president Ben Ali and his wife fled with 1.5 tons of gold.

"There are 5.3 tons of gold in the coffers of the Tunisia Central Bank in Tunis and 1.5 tons at the Bank of England in London," a bank official told AFP. (Tunisia's central bank insists gold stocks unchanged)

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On 11 November 2010, the spooky Guardian was preparing us for change in Tunisia.

Tunisia, our supposedly stable 'friend'.

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CHINA VISITS TUNISIA AND EGYPT

The Chinese have been paying visits to Tunisia and Egypt. Deals are being done. (Website for this image)

What will happen to North Africa?

"Business is booming in Africa thanks mostly to the Chinese."

"In the past two years China has given more loans to poor, mainly African countries than the World Bank."

Chinese in Africa (Economist Blog, April 2011)

By the end of 2010 China had overtaken the US to become Africa’s largest trading partner.

(Africa set for five year China-led boom)



China is ready to increase its investments in Tunisa.

On 21 April 2011, Tunisia's Trade and Tourism Minister met China's deputy Trade Minister in Tunis.

Projects discussed include the building of a 6-star tourist complex and an industrial free-trade zone for the production of household electrical appliances to be marketed mainly in Europe.

A Chinese-Arab Co-operation Forum is be held in China in June 2011.

(China pledges to finance investment projects in Tunisia)


On 20 April 2011, a 40-member delegation of Chinese commerce officials and entrepreneurs, led by the Chinese Deputy Commerce Minister, ended a three-day visit to Cairo

Egypt and China discussed aid worth 9.2 million U.S. dollars.

There is to be technical and economic cooperation; there are to be training programs for government staff; there will be an attempt to expand trade.

The China Development Bank set up a representative office in Cairo in 2009.

1,100 Chinese firms are now registered in Egypt.

China, Egypt Vow to Cement Traditional Ties


China gives money to Africa, while the US drops bombs on Africa.

"Iraq was attacked because of oil, and Libya is also being attacked for its oil," said the overseas edition of China's People's Daily.

The Chinese seem more intelligent than the Yanks?

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TUNISIA IN TROUBLE

Islamists in Tunisia.

On 11 April 2011, we read of the Tough transition in Tunisia after "Arab spring" :

1. In Tunisia today, "protesters shout for jobs."

2. Soldiers "backed by armored vehicles" guard the central Avenue Bourguiba in Tunis.

Some buildings are "ringed with barbed wire".


3. "Economists fear that continued turmoil will scare off investors and tourists."

4. There is "a growing anxiety over the future".


5. Najet Ayari, a 54-year-old widow, says she has no hope things will improve.

She said crime and drug-dealing are up.

Tarek Hamza, a hotel porter, lost his job because tourists are staying away.

6. The Islamist party Ennahda may take power after the July 2011 elections.

Sofiane Chourabi, a Tunisian political analyst, said he believes Ennahda could win a majority in the new assembly.

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