With Mubarak being removed from power by the Egyptian Army on the 32nd anniversarry of the overthrow of Mohammed Reza Shah in Iran. While going over farah's memoirs last night I noticed that Ali-Reza was murdered on the 32nd anniversarry of the guadeloupe meeting where carter, callaghan, d'estaing, and schmidt agreed to remove Mohammed Reza Shah and back khomeini. Interestingly enough not only have farah and reza been silent about their friend Mubarak, but jehan sadat, widow of Mubarak's predecessor Anwar el-Sadat, has been silent too. Curiously jehan sadat was participating in the world affairs council's Middle East world leaders summit from January 3-5 2011. That summit lasted from December 29, 2010-January 12, 2011, and included zalmy khalilzad, jim baker, bill moyers, karen armstrong, joan brown campbell, and aaron david miller, just days before the riots broke in the Arab countries. Coincidence, I think not.
Peter Khan Zendran
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
More on Egypt/cfr connection NOT being reported
Today acting on a hunch I decided to check the
watson institute's website, rmembering what happended there and at brown
regarding egypt in 2005. I found that someone from watson has been in
with the crowds in Egypt
http://watsoninstitute.org/news_detail.cfm?id=1460
Also this event got my attention
http://watsoninstitute.org/news_detail.cfm?id=1458
Do some digging on cammett and you'll see she was in Lebanon when israel
invaded, coincidence? The other speaker ian straughn was one who helped
pirated my work on wikimapia.
Also notice this program as well
http://www.watsoninstitute.org/news_detail.cfm?id=1455
The choices program is the same one that did a half-assed program on
Iran which could not answer detailed questions about Iran's history and
government.
The new world order at work here folks.
Peter Khan Zendran
watson institute's website, rmembering what happended there and at brown
regarding egypt in 2005. I found that someone from watson has been in
with the crowds in Egypt
http://watsoninstitute.org/news_detail.cfm?id=1460
Also this event got my attention
http://watsoninstitute.org/news_detail.cfm?id=1458
Do some digging on cammett and you'll see she was in Lebanon when israel
invaded, coincidence? The other speaker ian straughn was one who helped
pirated my work on wikimapia.
Also notice this program as well
http://www.watsoninstitute.org/news_detail.cfm?id=1455
The choices program is the same one that did a half-assed program on
Iran which could not answer detailed questions about Iran's history and
government.
The new world order at work here folks.
Peter Khan Zendran
Mubarak hands power over to Army
This is suprising, not only as Mubarak had vowed to hold on to power, but that the Army was able to do this without killing him. Notice also that Mubarak is not fleeing Egypt, but is staying in the South Sinai. What is not being asked is who persuaded the Army to do this, and of the reprecussions this will have on the region. Even stranger is the role al-jazeera has played in inciting these riots, instead of acting impartial they have played into the hands of the cfr controllers, as the editorial below by mark levine discussing a new world order demonstrates. Notice also the date this occured, exactly 32 years after the cia/mi6 guadeloupe backed khomeini seized control in Iran. This is NOT a popular uprising removing a dictator, this is history repeating itself as western factions incite the masses to remove someone they percieve as a threat.
Peter Khan Zendran
Middle East
Hosni Mubarak resigns as president
Egyptian president stands down and hands over power to the Supreme
Council for the Armed Forces.
Last Modified: 11 Feb 2011 16:19 GMT
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Pro-democracy protesters in Tahrir Square have vowed to take the
protests to a 'last and final stage' [AFP]
Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has resigned from his post,
handing over power to the armed forces.
Omar Suleiman, the vice-president, announced in a televised address that
the president was "waiving" his office, and had handed over authority to
the Supreme Council of the armed forces.
Suleiman's short statement was received with a roar of approval and by
celebratory chanting and flag-waving from a crowd of hundreds of
thousands in Cairo's Tahrir Square, as well by pro-democracy campaigners
who attended protests across the country on Friday.
The crowd in Tahrir chanted "We have brought down the regime", while
many were seen crying, cheering and embracing one another.
Mohamed ElBaradei, an opposition leader, hailed the moment as being the
"greatest day of my life", in comments to the Associated Press news
agency.
"The country has been liberated after decades of repression,'' he said.
"Tonight, after all of these weeks of frustration, of violence, of
intimidation ... today the people of Egypt undoubtedly [feel they] have
been heard, not only by the president, but by people all around the
world," our correspondent at Tahrir Square reported, following the
announcement.
"The sense of euphoria is simply indescribable," our correspondent at
Mubarak's Heliopolis presidential palace, where at least ten thousand
pro-democracy activists had gathered, said.
Pro-democracy activists in the Egyptian capital had marched on the
presidential palace and state television buildings on Friday, the 18th
consecutive day of protests.
Anger at state television
At the state television building earlier in the day, thousands had
blocked people from entering or leaving, accusing the broadcaster of
supporting the current government and of not truthfully reporting on the
protests.
"The military has stood aside and people are flooding through [a gap
where barbed wire has been moved aside]," Al Jazeera's correspondent at
the state television building reported.
He said that "a lot of anger [was] generated" after Mubarak's speech
last night, where he repeated his vow to complete his term as president.
'Gaining momentum'
Outside the palace in Heliopolis, where at least ten thousand protesters
had gathered in Cairo, another Al Jazeera correspondent reported that
there was a strong military presence, but that there was "no indication
that the military want[ed] to crack down on protesters".
Click here for more of Al Jazeera's special coverage
She said that army officers had engaged in dialogue with protesters, and
that remarks had been largely "friendly".
Tanks and military personnel had been deployed to bolster barricades
around the palace.
Our correspondent said the crowd in Heliopolis was "gaining momentum by
the moment", and that the crowd had gone into a frenzy when two
helicopters were seen in the air around the palace grounds.
"By all accounts this is a highly civilised gathering. people are
separated from the palace by merely a barbed wire ... but nobody has
even attempted to cross that wire," she said.
As crowds grew outside the palace, Mubarak left Cairo on Friday for the
Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Shaikh, according to sources who spoke to Al
Jazeera.
In Tahrir Square, hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered, chanting
slogans against Mubarak and calling for the military to join them in
their demands.
Our correspondent at the square said the "masses" of pro-democracy
campaigners there appeared to have "clear resolution" and "bigger
resolve" to achieve their goals than ever before.
However, he also said that protesters were "confused by mixed messages"
coming from the army, which has at times told them that their demands
will be met, yet in communiques and other statements supported Mubarak's
staying in power until at least September.
Army statement
In a statement read out on state television at midday on Friday, the
military announced that it would lift a 30-year-old emergency law but
only "as soon as the current circumstances end".
IN VIDEO
Thousands are laying siege to state television's office
The military said it would also guarantee changes to the constitution as
well as a free and fair election, and it called for normal business
activity to resume.
Al Jazeera's correspondent in Tahrir Square said people there were
hugely disappointed with that army statement, and had vowed to take the
protests to "a last and final stage".
"They're frustrated, they're angry, and they say protests need to go
beyond Liberation [Tahrir] Square, to the doorstep of political
institutions," she said.
Protest organisers have called for 20 million people to come out on
"Farewell Friday" in a final attempt to force Mubarak to step down.
Alexandria protests
Hossam El Hamalawy, a pro-democracy organiser and member of the
Socialist Studies Centre, said protesters were heading towards the
presidential palace from multiple directions, calling on the army to
side with them and remove Mubarak.
"People are extremely angry after yesterday's speech," he told Al
Jazeera. "Anything can happen at the moment. There is self-restraint all
over but at the same time I honestly can't tell you what the next step
will be ... At this time, we don't trust them [the army commanders] at
all."
An Al Jazeera reporter overlooking Tahrir said the side streets leading
into the square were filling up with crowds.
"It's an incredible scene. From what I can judge, there are more people
here today than yesterday night," she said.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters havehered
in the port city of Alexandria [AFP]
"The military has not gone into the square except some top commanders,
one asking people to go home ... I don't see any kind of tensions
between the people and the army but all of this might change very soon
if the army is seen as not being on the side of the people."
Hundreds of thousands were participating in Friday prayers outside a
mosque in downtown Alexandria, Egypt's second biggest city.
Thousands of pro-democracy campaigners also gathered outside a
presidential palace in Alexandria.
Egyptian television reported that large angry crowds were heading from
Giza, adjacent to Cairo, towards Tahrir Square and some would march on
the presidential palace.
Protests are also being held in the cities of Mansoura, Mahala, Tanta,
Ismailia, and Suez, with thousands in attendance.
Violence was reported in the north Sinai town of el-Arish, where
protesters attempted to storm a police station. At least one person was
killed, and 20 wounded in that attack, our correspondent said.
Dismay at earlier statement
In a televised address to the nation on Thursday, Mubarak said he was
handing "the functions of the president" to Vice-President Omar
Suleiman. But the move means he retains his title of president.
Halfway through his much-awaited speech late at night, anticipation
turned into anger among protesters camped in Tahrir Square who began
taking off their shoes and waving them in the air.
Immediately after Mubarak's speech, Suleiman called on the protesters to
"go home" and asked Egyptians to "unite and look to the future."
Union workers have joined the protests over the past few days,
effectively crippling transportation and several industries, and dealing
a sharper blow to Mubarak’s embattled regime.
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
The shaping of a New World Order
If the revolutions of 2011 succeed, they will force the creation of a
very different regional and world system.
Mark LeVine Last Modified: 06 Feb 2011 15:07 GMT
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Armed women on guard at one of Tehran's main squares at the start of the
Iranian Revolution [Getty]
I remember the images well, even though I was too young to understand
their political significance. But they were visceral, those photos in
the New York Times from Tehran in the midst of its revolutionary moment
in late 1978 and early 1979. Not merely exuberance jumped from the page,
but also anger; anger fuelled by an intensity of religious fervour that
seemed so alien as to emanate from another planet to a "normal" pre-teen
American boy being shown the newspaper by his father over breakfast.
Many commentators are comparing Egypt to Iran of 32 years ago, mostly to
warn of the risks of the country descending into some sort of Islamist
dictatorship that would tear up the peace treaty with Israel, engage in
anti-American policies, and deprive women and minorities of their rights
(as if they had so many rights under the Mubarak dictatorship).
I write this on February 2, the precise anniversary of Khomeini's return
to Tehran from exile. It's clear that, while religion is a crucial
foundation of Egyptian identity and Mubarak's level of corruption and
brutality could give the Shah a run for his money, the situations are
radically different on the ground.
A most modern and insane revolt
The following description, I believe, sums up what Egypt faces today as
well as, if not better, than most:
"It is not a revolution, not in the literal sense of the term, not a way
of standing up and straightening things out. It is the insurrection of
men with bare hands who want to lift the fearful weight, the weight of
the entire world order that bears down on each of us - but more
specifically on them, these ... workers and peasants at the frontiers of
empires. It is perhaps the first great insurrection against global
systems, the form of revolt that is the most modern and the most insane.
One can understand the difficulties facing the politicians. They outline
solutions, which are easier to find than people say ... All of them are
based on the elimination of the [president]. What is it that the people
want? Do they really want nothing more? Everybody is quite aware that
they want something completely different. This is why the politicians
hesitate to offer them simply that, which is why the situation is at an
impasse. Indeed, what place can be given, within the calculations of
politics, to such a movement, to a movement through which blows the
breath of a religion that speaks less of the hereafter than of the
transfiguration of this world?"
The thing is, it was offered not by some astute commentator of the
current moment, but rather by the legendary French philosopher Michel
Foucault, after his return from Iran, where he witnessed firsthand the
intensity of the revolution which, in late 1978, before Khomeini's
return, really did seem to herald the dawn of a new era.
Foucault was roundly criticised by many people after Khomeini hijacked
the revolution for not seeing the writing on the wall. But the reality
was that, in those heady days where the shackles of oppression were
literally being shattered, the writing was not on the wall. Foucault
understood that it was precisely a form of "insanity" that was necessary
to risk everything for freedom, not just against one's government, but
against the global system that has nuzzled him in its bosom for so long.
What was clear, however, was that the powers that most supported the
Shah, including the US, dawdled on throwing their support behind the
masses who were toppling him. While this is by no means the principal
reason for Khomeini's successful hijacking of the revolution, it
certainly played an important role in the rise of a militantly
anti-American government social force, with disastrous results.
While Obama's rhetoric moved more quickly towards the Egyptian people
than did President Carter's towards Iranians three decades ago, his
refusal to call for Mubarak's immediate resignation raises suspicion
that, in the end, the US would be satisfied if Mubarak was able to ride
out the protests and engineer a "democratic" transition that left
American interests largely intact.
The breath of religion
Foucault was also right to assign such a powerful role to religion in
the burgeoning revolutionary moment - and he experienced what he called
a "political spirituality", But, of course, religion can be defined in
so many ways. The protestant theologian Paul Tillich wonderfully
described it as encompassing whatever was of "ultimate concern" to a
person or people. And today, clearly, most every Egyptian has gotten
religion from this perspective.
So many people, including Egypt's leaders, have used the threat of a
Muslim Brotherhood takeover to justify continued dictatorship, with Iran
as the historical example to justify such arguments. But the comparison
is plagued by historical differences. The Brotherhood has no leader of
Khomeini's stature and foreswore violence decades ago. Nor is there a
culture of violent martyrdom ready to be actualised by legions of young
men, as occurred with the Islamic Revolution. Rather than trying to take
over the movement, which clearly would never have been accepted - even
if its leaders wanted to seize the moment, the Brotherhood is very much
playing catch up with the evolving situation and has so far worked
within the rather ad hoc leadership of the protests.
But it is equally clear that religion is a crucial component of the
unfolding dynamic. Indeed, perhaps the iconic photo of the revolution is
one of throngs of people in Tahrir Square bowed in prayers, literally
surrounding a group of tanks sent there to assert the government's
authority.
This is a radically different image of Islam than most people - in the
Muslim world as much as in the West - are used to seeing: Islam taking
on state violence through militant peaceful protest; peaceful jihad
(although it is one that has occurred innumerable times around the
Muslim world, just at a smaller scale and without the world's press
there to capture it).
Such imagery, and its significance, is a natural extension of the
symbolism of Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation, an act of jihad that
profoundly challenges the extroverted violence of the jihadis and
militants who for decades, and especially since 9/11, have dominated the
public perception of Islam as a form of political spirituality.
Needless to say, the latest images - of civil war inside Tahrir Square -
will immediately displace these other images. Moreover, if the violence
continues and some Egyptian protesters lose their discipline and start
engaging in their own premeditated violence against the regime and its
many tentacles, there is little doubt their doing so will be offered as
"proof" that the protests are both violent and organised by the Muslim
Brotherhood or other "Islamists".
A greater threat than al-Qa'eda
As this dynamic of nonviolent resistance against entrenched regime
violence plays out, it is worth noting that so far, Osama bin Laden and
his Egyptian deputy, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, have had little - if anything -
of substance to say about the revolution in Egypt. What they've failed
to ignite with an ideology of a return to a mythical and pure beginning
- and a strategy of human bombs, IEDs, and planes turned into missiles -
a disciplined, forward-thinking yet amorphous group of young activists
and their more experienced comrades, "secular" and "religious" together
(to the extent these terms are even relevant anymore), have succeeded in
setting a fire with a universal discourse of freedom, democracy and
human values - and a strategy of increasingly calibrated chaos aimed at
uprooting one of the world's longest serving dictators.
As one chant in Egypt put it succinctly, playing on the longstanding
chants of Islamists that "Islam is the solution", with protesters
shouting: "Tunisia is the solution."
For those who don't understand why President Obama and his European
allies are having such a hard time siding with Egypt's forces of
democracy, the reason is that the amalgam of social and political forces
behind the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt today - and who knows where
tomorrow - actually constitute a far greater threat to the "global
system" al-Qa'eda has pledged to destroy than the jihadis roaming the
badlands of Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Yemen.
Mad as hell
Whether Islamist or secularist, any government of "of the people" will
turn against the neoliberal economic policies that have enriched
regional elites while forcing half or more of the population to live
below the $2 per day poverty line. They will refuse to follow the US or
Europe's lead in the war on terror if it means the continued large scale
presence of foreign troops on the region's soil. They will no longer
turn a blind eye, or even support, Israel's occupation and siege across
the Occupied Palestinian territories. They will most likely shirk from
spending a huge percentage of their national income on bloated
militaries and weapons systems that serve to enrich western defence
companies and prop up autocratic governments, rather than bringing
stability and peace to their countries - and the region as a whole.
They will seek, as China, India and other emerging powers have done, to
move the centre of global economic gravity towards their region, whose
educated and cheap work forces will further challenge the more expensive
but equally stressed workforces of Europe and the United States.
In short, if the revolutions of 2011 succeed, they will force the
creation of a very different regional and world system than the one that
has dominated the global political economy for decades, especially since
the fall of communism.
This system could bring the peace and relative equality that has so long
been missing globally - but it will do so in good measure by further
eroding the position of the United States and other "developed" or
"mature" economies. If Obama, Sarkozy, Merkel and their colleagues don't
figure out a way to live with this scenario, while supporting the
political and human rights of the peoples of the Middle East and North
Africa, they will wind up with an adversary far more cunning and
powerful than al-Qa'eda could ever hope to be: more than 300 million
newly empowered Arabs who are mad as hell and are not going to take it
any more.
Mark LeVine is a professor of history at UC Irvine and senior visiting
researcher at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University
in Sweden. His most recent books are Heavy Metal Islam (Random House)
and Impossible Peace: Israel/Palestine Since 1989 (Zed Books).
The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not
necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy.
Source: Al Jazeera
Peter Khan Zendran
Middle East
Hosni Mubarak resigns as president
Egyptian president stands down and hands over power to the Supreme
Council for the Armed Forces.
Last Modified: 11 Feb 2011 16:19 GMT
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Pro-democracy protesters in Tahrir Square have vowed to take the
protests to a 'last and final stage' [AFP]
Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has resigned from his post,
handing over power to the armed forces.
Omar Suleiman, the vice-president, announced in a televised address that
the president was "waiving" his office, and had handed over authority to
the Supreme Council of the armed forces.
Suleiman's short statement was received with a roar of approval and by
celebratory chanting and flag-waving from a crowd of hundreds of
thousands in Cairo's Tahrir Square, as well by pro-democracy campaigners
who attended protests across the country on Friday.
The crowd in Tahrir chanted "We have brought down the regime", while
many were seen crying, cheering and embracing one another.
Mohamed ElBaradei, an opposition leader, hailed the moment as being the
"greatest day of my life", in comments to the Associated Press news
agency.
"The country has been liberated after decades of repression,'' he said.
"Tonight, after all of these weeks of frustration, of violence, of
intimidation ... today the people of Egypt undoubtedly [feel they] have
been heard, not only by the president, but by people all around the
world," our correspondent at Tahrir Square reported, following the
announcement.
"The sense of euphoria is simply indescribable," our correspondent at
Mubarak's Heliopolis presidential palace, where at least ten thousand
pro-democracy activists had gathered, said.
Pro-democracy activists in the Egyptian capital had marched on the
presidential palace and state television buildings on Friday, the 18th
consecutive day of protests.
Anger at state television
At the state television building earlier in the day, thousands had
blocked people from entering or leaving, accusing the broadcaster of
supporting the current government and of not truthfully reporting on the
protests.
"The military has stood aside and people are flooding through [a gap
where barbed wire has been moved aside]," Al Jazeera's correspondent at
the state television building reported.
He said that "a lot of anger [was] generated" after Mubarak's speech
last night, where he repeated his vow to complete his term as president.
'Gaining momentum'
Outside the palace in Heliopolis, where at least ten thousand protesters
had gathered in Cairo, another Al Jazeera correspondent reported that
there was a strong military presence, but that there was "no indication
that the military want[ed] to crack down on protesters".
Click here for more of Al Jazeera's special coverage
She said that army officers had engaged in dialogue with protesters, and
that remarks had been largely "friendly".
Tanks and military personnel had been deployed to bolster barricades
around the palace.
Our correspondent said the crowd in Heliopolis was "gaining momentum by
the moment", and that the crowd had gone into a frenzy when two
helicopters were seen in the air around the palace grounds.
"By all accounts this is a highly civilised gathering. people are
separated from the palace by merely a barbed wire ... but nobody has
even attempted to cross that wire," she said.
As crowds grew outside the palace, Mubarak left Cairo on Friday for the
Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Shaikh, according to sources who spoke to Al
Jazeera.
In Tahrir Square, hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered, chanting
slogans against Mubarak and calling for the military to join them in
their demands.
Our correspondent at the square said the "masses" of pro-democracy
campaigners there appeared to have "clear resolution" and "bigger
resolve" to achieve their goals than ever before.
However, he also said that protesters were "confused by mixed messages"
coming from the army, which has at times told them that their demands
will be met, yet in communiques and other statements supported Mubarak's
staying in power until at least September.
Army statement
In a statement read out on state television at midday on Friday, the
military announced that it would lift a 30-year-old emergency law but
only "as soon as the current circumstances end".
IN VIDEO
Thousands are laying siege to state television's office
The military said it would also guarantee changes to the constitution as
well as a free and fair election, and it called for normal business
activity to resume.
Al Jazeera's correspondent in Tahrir Square said people there were
hugely disappointed with that army statement, and had vowed to take the
protests to "a last and final stage".
"They're frustrated, they're angry, and they say protests need to go
beyond Liberation [Tahrir] Square, to the doorstep of political
institutions," she said.
Protest organisers have called for 20 million people to come out on
"Farewell Friday" in a final attempt to force Mubarak to step down.
Alexandria protests
Hossam El Hamalawy, a pro-democracy organiser and member of the
Socialist Studies Centre, said protesters were heading towards the
presidential palace from multiple directions, calling on the army to
side with them and remove Mubarak.
"People are extremely angry after yesterday's speech," he told Al
Jazeera. "Anything can happen at the moment. There is self-restraint all
over but at the same time I honestly can't tell you what the next step
will be ... At this time, we don't trust them [the army commanders] at
all."
An Al Jazeera reporter overlooking Tahrir said the side streets leading
into the square were filling up with crowds.
"It's an incredible scene. From what I can judge, there are more people
here today than yesterday night," she said.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters havehered
in the port city of Alexandria [AFP]
"The military has not gone into the square except some top commanders,
one asking people to go home ... I don't see any kind of tensions
between the people and the army but all of this might change very soon
if the army is seen as not being on the side of the people."
Hundreds of thousands were participating in Friday prayers outside a
mosque in downtown Alexandria, Egypt's second biggest city.
Thousands of pro-democracy campaigners also gathered outside a
presidential palace in Alexandria.
Egyptian television reported that large angry crowds were heading from
Giza, adjacent to Cairo, towards Tahrir Square and some would march on
the presidential palace.
Protests are also being held in the cities of Mansoura, Mahala, Tanta,
Ismailia, and Suez, with thousands in attendance.
Violence was reported in the north Sinai town of el-Arish, where
protesters attempted to storm a police station. At least one person was
killed, and 20 wounded in that attack, our correspondent said.
Dismay at earlier statement
In a televised address to the nation on Thursday, Mubarak said he was
handing "the functions of the president" to Vice-President Omar
Suleiman. But the move means he retains his title of president.
Halfway through his much-awaited speech late at night, anticipation
turned into anger among protesters camped in Tahrir Square who began
taking off their shoes and waving them in the air.
Immediately after Mubarak's speech, Suleiman called on the protesters to
"go home" and asked Egyptians to "unite and look to the future."
Union workers have joined the protests over the past few days,
effectively crippling transportation and several industries, and dealing
a sharper blow to Mubarak’s embattled regime.
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
The shaping of a New World Order
If the revolutions of 2011 succeed, they will force the creation of a
very different regional and world system.
Mark LeVine Last Modified: 06 Feb 2011 15:07 GMT
Email ArticlePrint ArticleShare ArticleSend Feedback
Armed women on guard at one of Tehran's main squares at the start of the
Iranian Revolution [Getty]
I remember the images well, even though I was too young to understand
their political significance. But they were visceral, those photos in
the New York Times from Tehran in the midst of its revolutionary moment
in late 1978 and early 1979. Not merely exuberance jumped from the page,
but also anger; anger fuelled by an intensity of religious fervour that
seemed so alien as to emanate from another planet to a "normal" pre-teen
American boy being shown the newspaper by his father over breakfast.
Many commentators are comparing Egypt to Iran of 32 years ago, mostly to
warn of the risks of the country descending into some sort of Islamist
dictatorship that would tear up the peace treaty with Israel, engage in
anti-American policies, and deprive women and minorities of their rights
(as if they had so many rights under the Mubarak dictatorship).
I write this on February 2, the precise anniversary of Khomeini's return
to Tehran from exile. It's clear that, while religion is a crucial
foundation of Egyptian identity and Mubarak's level of corruption and
brutality could give the Shah a run for his money, the situations are
radically different on the ground.
A most modern and insane revolt
The following description, I believe, sums up what Egypt faces today as
well as, if not better, than most:
"It is not a revolution, not in the literal sense of the term, not a way
of standing up and straightening things out. It is the insurrection of
men with bare hands who want to lift the fearful weight, the weight of
the entire world order that bears down on each of us - but more
specifically on them, these ... workers and peasants at the frontiers of
empires. It is perhaps the first great insurrection against global
systems, the form of revolt that is the most modern and the most insane.
One can understand the difficulties facing the politicians. They outline
solutions, which are easier to find than people say ... All of them are
based on the elimination of the [president]. What is it that the people
want? Do they really want nothing more? Everybody is quite aware that
they want something completely different. This is why the politicians
hesitate to offer them simply that, which is why the situation is at an
impasse. Indeed, what place can be given, within the calculations of
politics, to such a movement, to a movement through which blows the
breath of a religion that speaks less of the hereafter than of the
transfiguration of this world?"
The thing is, it was offered not by some astute commentator of the
current moment, but rather by the legendary French philosopher Michel
Foucault, after his return from Iran, where he witnessed firsthand the
intensity of the revolution which, in late 1978, before Khomeini's
return, really did seem to herald the dawn of a new era.
Foucault was roundly criticised by many people after Khomeini hijacked
the revolution for not seeing the writing on the wall. But the reality
was that, in those heady days where the shackles of oppression were
literally being shattered, the writing was not on the wall. Foucault
understood that it was precisely a form of "insanity" that was necessary
to risk everything for freedom, not just against one's government, but
against the global system that has nuzzled him in its bosom for so long.
What was clear, however, was that the powers that most supported the
Shah, including the US, dawdled on throwing their support behind the
masses who were toppling him. While this is by no means the principal
reason for Khomeini's successful hijacking of the revolution, it
certainly played an important role in the rise of a militantly
anti-American government social force, with disastrous results.
While Obama's rhetoric moved more quickly towards the Egyptian people
than did President Carter's towards Iranians three decades ago, his
refusal to call for Mubarak's immediate resignation raises suspicion
that, in the end, the US would be satisfied if Mubarak was able to ride
out the protests and engineer a "democratic" transition that left
American interests largely intact.
The breath of religion
Foucault was also right to assign such a powerful role to religion in
the burgeoning revolutionary moment - and he experienced what he called
a "political spirituality", But, of course, religion can be defined in
so many ways. The protestant theologian Paul Tillich wonderfully
described it as encompassing whatever was of "ultimate concern" to a
person or people. And today, clearly, most every Egyptian has gotten
religion from this perspective.
So many people, including Egypt's leaders, have used the threat of a
Muslim Brotherhood takeover to justify continued dictatorship, with Iran
as the historical example to justify such arguments. But the comparison
is plagued by historical differences. The Brotherhood has no leader of
Khomeini's stature and foreswore violence decades ago. Nor is there a
culture of violent martyrdom ready to be actualised by legions of young
men, as occurred with the Islamic Revolution. Rather than trying to take
over the movement, which clearly would never have been accepted - even
if its leaders wanted to seize the moment, the Brotherhood is very much
playing catch up with the evolving situation and has so far worked
within the rather ad hoc leadership of the protests.
But it is equally clear that religion is a crucial component of the
unfolding dynamic. Indeed, perhaps the iconic photo of the revolution is
one of throngs of people in Tahrir Square bowed in prayers, literally
surrounding a group of tanks sent there to assert the government's
authority.
This is a radically different image of Islam than most people - in the
Muslim world as much as in the West - are used to seeing: Islam taking
on state violence through militant peaceful protest; peaceful jihad
(although it is one that has occurred innumerable times around the
Muslim world, just at a smaller scale and without the world's press
there to capture it).
Such imagery, and its significance, is a natural extension of the
symbolism of Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation, an act of jihad that
profoundly challenges the extroverted violence of the jihadis and
militants who for decades, and especially since 9/11, have dominated the
public perception of Islam as a form of political spirituality.
Needless to say, the latest images - of civil war inside Tahrir Square -
will immediately displace these other images. Moreover, if the violence
continues and some Egyptian protesters lose their discipline and start
engaging in their own premeditated violence against the regime and its
many tentacles, there is little doubt their doing so will be offered as
"proof" that the protests are both violent and organised by the Muslim
Brotherhood or other "Islamists".
A greater threat than al-Qa'eda
As this dynamic of nonviolent resistance against entrenched regime
violence plays out, it is worth noting that so far, Osama bin Laden and
his Egyptian deputy, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, have had little - if anything -
of substance to say about the revolution in Egypt. What they've failed
to ignite with an ideology of a return to a mythical and pure beginning
- and a strategy of human bombs, IEDs, and planes turned into missiles -
a disciplined, forward-thinking yet amorphous group of young activists
and their more experienced comrades, "secular" and "religious" together
(to the extent these terms are even relevant anymore), have succeeded in
setting a fire with a universal discourse of freedom, democracy and
human values - and a strategy of increasingly calibrated chaos aimed at
uprooting one of the world's longest serving dictators.
As one chant in Egypt put it succinctly, playing on the longstanding
chants of Islamists that "Islam is the solution", with protesters
shouting: "Tunisia is the solution."
For those who don't understand why President Obama and his European
allies are having such a hard time siding with Egypt's forces of
democracy, the reason is that the amalgam of social and political forces
behind the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt today - and who knows where
tomorrow - actually constitute a far greater threat to the "global
system" al-Qa'eda has pledged to destroy than the jihadis roaming the
badlands of Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Yemen.
Mad as hell
Whether Islamist or secularist, any government of "of the people" will
turn against the neoliberal economic policies that have enriched
regional elites while forcing half or more of the population to live
below the $2 per day poverty line. They will refuse to follow the US or
Europe's lead in the war on terror if it means the continued large scale
presence of foreign troops on the region's soil. They will no longer
turn a blind eye, or even support, Israel's occupation and siege across
the Occupied Palestinian territories. They will most likely shirk from
spending a huge percentage of their national income on bloated
militaries and weapons systems that serve to enrich western defence
companies and prop up autocratic governments, rather than bringing
stability and peace to their countries - and the region as a whole.
They will seek, as China, India and other emerging powers have done, to
move the centre of global economic gravity towards their region, whose
educated and cheap work forces will further challenge the more expensive
but equally stressed workforces of Europe and the United States.
In short, if the revolutions of 2011 succeed, they will force the
creation of a very different regional and world system than the one that
has dominated the global political economy for decades, especially since
the fall of communism.
This system could bring the peace and relative equality that has so long
been missing globally - but it will do so in good measure by further
eroding the position of the United States and other "developed" or
"mature" economies. If Obama, Sarkozy, Merkel and their colleagues don't
figure out a way to live with this scenario, while supporting the
political and human rights of the peoples of the Middle East and North
Africa, they will wind up with an adversary far more cunning and
powerful than al-Qa'eda could ever hope to be: more than 300 million
newly empowered Arabs who are mad as hell and are not going to take it
any more.
Mark LeVine is a professor of history at UC Irvine and senior visiting
researcher at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University
in Sweden. His most recent books are Heavy Metal Islam (Random House)
and Impossible Peace: Israel/Palestine Since 1989 (Zed Books).
The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not
necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy.
Source: Al Jazeera
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Bamiyan
Something I found going through my archives and which I am posting here for others to read.
When Karabalgasun fell, it fell from its splendor as a gem of the
steppes, from its fame as the easternmost great center of the faith of
Mani, the Illuminator.
It is said that tens of thousands of dark, torch wielding horsemen
descended from north of the Orhon Valley, hailing down from the
monstrous hills surrounding the city before the dark of the night.
Flaming arrows were discharged, raining on palaces, temples and
pagodas like angels of death. The city soon found itself in hell,
perishing on a pit of fire and brimstone.
There was this Uighur prince, Tughlug Arslan Beg, who narrowly
escaped this Kyrgyz onslaught, which would bring the glory of the
Uighur empire to an abrupt end, after which Civilization would not
visit the valley of Karabalgasun for another 500 years. Tired and
dejected, Tughlug rode aimlessly, with a few of his vassals, toward
where the sun sets, where there still were followers of Mani, the
Illuminator.
"Beg, His Valiant Nobleness Arslan Beg, may your thirst of
spirit be quenched by the Light; May this Gobi desert be your ornate
rug; May the Eternal Sky be your yurt…" Rowshan, the jester, beat his
tambourine and started singing, hoping the cheer up his master.
"Rowshan, what's all that--- wouldn't a real yurt be more
helpful at this moment? When will we reach Samarkand?"
"Uh… Beg… Yes my Beg, another 13 days my Beg." --- All fell
silent as they marched on, observing a distant sandstorm ravaging the
ruinous ancient kingdoms of the Tarim Basin.
They finally reached Samarkand, only to find it overrun by
Tajik cavalrymen, who conducted raids of the Buddhist princedom and
garrisoned here, preparing for the investiture of their command of the
region by a certain Tahir ibn Hussein, the beloved of Allah and the
favorite of Caliph Harun al Rashid. There was not a decent Manichaeist
church to be found, all looted and carried to Tahir's fortress in
Balkh.
Tughlug clenched his teeth--- his face turned red with zeal---
and called upon his servants: "We will march southwest towards
Babylon, where the Prophet received the Angels of the Light. It is
there that I can find my peace of mind."
A few days on their southwestward journey, they arrived at a
site, a ghost town. They did not hesitate approaching this town, not
without awe and marvel, because--- presiding over the decayed adobes
and broken columns, were two giant statute of the prophet Buddha,
which, although weather beaten, still told of the heydays of a great
empire whose memories were otherwise long buried in the remote
history.
Stopping in front of the cavernous cliff where the Buddhas
were carved out, beholding this wonder of immortal hands, prince
Tughlug forgot about his grief and erupted into a hysterical joy,
covering his ears with both hands, screaming like a frenzied child,
his echo madly bouncing on the rocky walls in the surroundings over
and over again as if incarnating into ceaseless forms of existence
until it finally died down.
An old tattered man appeared in front of the crazed prince---
a dervish? No, a monk? No, a Brahmin, priest? A holy man. He seemed to
have just woken up from a long slumber, wearisome and cynical.
"Say, old man, what province on this great wide world are you
from?" Asked prince Tughlug.
"Young man, I am from Ard-allah, the Earth of God."
Tughlug startled a bit and Rowshan protested: "Over here is
Prince Tughlug Arslan Beg of Karabalgasun, Land of the Uighurs, the
Brave, Noble and Enlightened…"
Tughlug stopped Rowshan, looked up and surveyed around, and
rested his eyes on the old man: " Well then, Elder of Ard-allah… Do
you know… I am quite struck by the immensity of these… images of our
prophet Buddha. Who built it? When?"
"Yes my lord. These are in fact the monuments of the reigns of
Kushanshah Kanishka of old. His empire perished 500 years ago… They
said it wasn't men who destroyed this empire, for such a great empire
cannot be put down by human hands."
Tughlug felt a faintness seizing him, almost bringing him
aground from the saddle, and then he felt moistness blurring his eyes,
and wept. He said: " Old man, if you permit. My nation too, was such
that no mortal could destroy. On the night of its fall, I've seen the
Angels of Death. Now I am without home. Not even the faithful of Mani
are spared the mercy of God--- I just passed through Samarkand, that
city of Light. I saw wanton pillage and the rampage of believers of
the Arab religion. Come, Rowshan, come. Let's pray to Mani, for our
strength and deliverance."
The cynical old man interrupted: " Who is it that you are
praying to?"
"Pardon me?"
" Are you sure you are not praying to a dead man, for a dead
nation?"
Rowshan literally jumped up and, with rage, dragged the frail
old man to ground. He yelled hysterically to the offender: " You will
learn a lesson today, old… old beggar: do not insult a Uighur… do not
insult a Uighur before his Prince the Righteous, Pious and…" Tughlug's
face was also red with intensity.
The old man regained his balance, sat up on the dusty ground
and spoke with a panting voice: " Pri… Prince, a man is the most
powerful when he is without possession, most high when he is without
title. He will only see the true Light without prophets in between."
Tughlug burst in anger: " Lie! Pitiful lie! Mani is the
illuminator illuminated. It is through this window that Man can see
the true Light. He is the prophet of the Uighurs. It is from Mani that
we seek solace in misfortune. Although my nation is no more, my faith
lives on. It is in my prophet that my nation lives on and I know that
I am a noble prince of Uighur. The prophet is the pillar of my people
in exile, the pillar of my existence."
The old man, with a mysterious smile: "Oh no, my Lord the
Prince, don't let your existence blind you. You receive the Light
through the Heart. Your Ego is the curtain of the Heart; Nation is the
Ego of Humanity. Who are the prophets? What are the prophets but the
Light's shadow on Nations?" It took Tughlug quite a while to
contemplate on the old man's words, and then the prince burst into a
malignant laughter: "Hahaha, old fool… haha… I understand, I
understand that you are a mad, mad man…"
Tughlug then gathered his entourage and marched off in the
direction of Babylon again. Miles away from the giant cliffs, Tughlug
suddenly decided to turn back. Rowshan volunteered to go back alone
and chop that old man into pieces. But the prince stopped his horse
and gazed at the cliffs, murmured: " I've dreamed him… I've dreamed
him at the end of Babylon…"
By the way, later the prince bypassed the cliffs and Samarkand
on his way up to the marshes of Syr Darya. It is where he joined the
Oghuz nomads. There he would convert to Islam. One of his sons,
Seljuk, would seize Babylon, then called Baghdad and presided over an
empire reaching from Khorasan to Rum. The sons of Seljuk would see
Baghdad razed to the ground by the Mongols. But then an Oghuz vassal
of the Seljuks would again found a great empire extending from Iraq to
Europe to North Africa. It was these Ottomans, as they were call, who
proclaimed themselves to be the Caliphs of the Prophet, Amir of the
Faithful. And then, inevitably, this empire also fell.
Now the faithful of Islam lament the downfall of the
Caliphate. Some turn their grief and prayers into zeal and answer the
encroaching enemy forces with bullets and bombs.
It is a wintry day when the Taliban of Afghanistan capture
Bamiyan, where the great statues of Buddha stand. A Taliban minister,
as soon as he gets off the jeep, passes through the mortared rubbles
and corpses of Hazara fighters, and walks straight up to the open
ground facing the two badly weathered giants. He beholds these
monuments of awe, face turned red with intense zeal, and murmured:
"I've dreamed him… the mad man… I've dreamed him at the end of the
World…" And then he orders the demolition of the statues.
When Karabalgasun fell, it fell from its splendor as a gem of the
steppes, from its fame as the easternmost great center of the faith of
Mani, the Illuminator.
It is said that tens of thousands of dark, torch wielding horsemen
descended from north of the Orhon Valley, hailing down from the
monstrous hills surrounding the city before the dark of the night.
Flaming arrows were discharged, raining on palaces, temples and
pagodas like angels of death. The city soon found itself in hell,
perishing on a pit of fire and brimstone.
There was this Uighur prince, Tughlug Arslan Beg, who narrowly
escaped this Kyrgyz onslaught, which would bring the glory of the
Uighur empire to an abrupt end, after which Civilization would not
visit the valley of Karabalgasun for another 500 years. Tired and
dejected, Tughlug rode aimlessly, with a few of his vassals, toward
where the sun sets, where there still were followers of Mani, the
Illuminator.
"Beg, His Valiant Nobleness Arslan Beg, may your thirst of
spirit be quenched by the Light; May this Gobi desert be your ornate
rug; May the Eternal Sky be your yurt…" Rowshan, the jester, beat his
tambourine and started singing, hoping the cheer up his master.
"Rowshan, what's all that--- wouldn't a real yurt be more
helpful at this moment? When will we reach Samarkand?"
"Uh… Beg… Yes my Beg, another 13 days my Beg." --- All fell
silent as they marched on, observing a distant sandstorm ravaging the
ruinous ancient kingdoms of the Tarim Basin.
They finally reached Samarkand, only to find it overrun by
Tajik cavalrymen, who conducted raids of the Buddhist princedom and
garrisoned here, preparing for the investiture of their command of the
region by a certain Tahir ibn Hussein, the beloved of Allah and the
favorite of Caliph Harun al Rashid. There was not a decent Manichaeist
church to be found, all looted and carried to Tahir's fortress in
Balkh.
Tughlug clenched his teeth--- his face turned red with zeal---
and called upon his servants: "We will march southwest towards
Babylon, where the Prophet received the Angels of the Light. It is
there that I can find my peace of mind."
A few days on their southwestward journey, they arrived at a
site, a ghost town. They did not hesitate approaching this town, not
without awe and marvel, because--- presiding over the decayed adobes
and broken columns, were two giant statute of the prophet Buddha,
which, although weather beaten, still told of the heydays of a great
empire whose memories were otherwise long buried in the remote
history.
Stopping in front of the cavernous cliff where the Buddhas
were carved out, beholding this wonder of immortal hands, prince
Tughlug forgot about his grief and erupted into a hysterical joy,
covering his ears with both hands, screaming like a frenzied child,
his echo madly bouncing on the rocky walls in the surroundings over
and over again as if incarnating into ceaseless forms of existence
until it finally died down.
An old tattered man appeared in front of the crazed prince---
a dervish? No, a monk? No, a Brahmin, priest? A holy man. He seemed to
have just woken up from a long slumber, wearisome and cynical.
"Say, old man, what province on this great wide world are you
from?" Asked prince Tughlug.
"Young man, I am from Ard-allah, the Earth of God."
Tughlug startled a bit and Rowshan protested: "Over here is
Prince Tughlug Arslan Beg of Karabalgasun, Land of the Uighurs, the
Brave, Noble and Enlightened…"
Tughlug stopped Rowshan, looked up and surveyed around, and
rested his eyes on the old man: " Well then, Elder of Ard-allah… Do
you know… I am quite struck by the immensity of these… images of our
prophet Buddha. Who built it? When?"
"Yes my lord. These are in fact the monuments of the reigns of
Kushanshah Kanishka of old. His empire perished 500 years ago… They
said it wasn't men who destroyed this empire, for such a great empire
cannot be put down by human hands."
Tughlug felt a faintness seizing him, almost bringing him
aground from the saddle, and then he felt moistness blurring his eyes,
and wept. He said: " Old man, if you permit. My nation too, was such
that no mortal could destroy. On the night of its fall, I've seen the
Angels of Death. Now I am without home. Not even the faithful of Mani
are spared the mercy of God--- I just passed through Samarkand, that
city of Light. I saw wanton pillage and the rampage of believers of
the Arab religion. Come, Rowshan, come. Let's pray to Mani, for our
strength and deliverance."
The cynical old man interrupted: " Who is it that you are
praying to?"
"Pardon me?"
" Are you sure you are not praying to a dead man, for a dead
nation?"
Rowshan literally jumped up and, with rage, dragged the frail
old man to ground. He yelled hysterically to the offender: " You will
learn a lesson today, old… old beggar: do not insult a Uighur… do not
insult a Uighur before his Prince the Righteous, Pious and…" Tughlug's
face was also red with intensity.
The old man regained his balance, sat up on the dusty ground
and spoke with a panting voice: " Pri… Prince, a man is the most
powerful when he is without possession, most high when he is without
title. He will only see the true Light without prophets in between."
Tughlug burst in anger: " Lie! Pitiful lie! Mani is the
illuminator illuminated. It is through this window that Man can see
the true Light. He is the prophet of the Uighurs. It is from Mani that
we seek solace in misfortune. Although my nation is no more, my faith
lives on. It is in my prophet that my nation lives on and I know that
I am a noble prince of Uighur. The prophet is the pillar of my people
in exile, the pillar of my existence."
The old man, with a mysterious smile: "Oh no, my Lord the
Prince, don't let your existence blind you. You receive the Light
through the Heart. Your Ego is the curtain of the Heart; Nation is the
Ego of Humanity. Who are the prophets? What are the prophets but the
Light's shadow on Nations?" It took Tughlug quite a while to
contemplate on the old man's words, and then the prince burst into a
malignant laughter: "Hahaha, old fool… haha… I understand, I
understand that you are a mad, mad man…"
Tughlug then gathered his entourage and marched off in the
direction of Babylon again. Miles away from the giant cliffs, Tughlug
suddenly decided to turn back. Rowshan volunteered to go back alone
and chop that old man into pieces. But the prince stopped his horse
and gazed at the cliffs, murmured: " I've dreamed him… I've dreamed
him at the end of Babylon…"
By the way, later the prince bypassed the cliffs and Samarkand
on his way up to the marshes of Syr Darya. It is where he joined the
Oghuz nomads. There he would convert to Islam. One of his sons,
Seljuk, would seize Babylon, then called Baghdad and presided over an
empire reaching from Khorasan to Rum. The sons of Seljuk would see
Baghdad razed to the ground by the Mongols. But then an Oghuz vassal
of the Seljuks would again found a great empire extending from Iraq to
Europe to North Africa. It was these Ottomans, as they were call, who
proclaimed themselves to be the Caliphs of the Prophet, Amir of the
Faithful. And then, inevitably, this empire also fell.
Now the faithful of Islam lament the downfall of the
Caliphate. Some turn their grief and prayers into zeal and answer the
encroaching enemy forces with bullets and bombs.
It is a wintry day when the Taliban of Afghanistan capture
Bamiyan, where the great statues of Buddha stand. A Taliban minister,
as soon as he gets off the jeep, passes through the mortared rubbles
and corpses of Hazara fighters, and walks straight up to the open
ground facing the two badly weathered giants. He beholds these
monuments of awe, face turned red with intense zeal, and murmured:
"I've dreamed him… the mad man… I've dreamed him at the end of the
World…" And then he orders the demolition of the statues.
More Ali-Reza oddness
I just checked the facebook page for Prince Ali-Reza. The link to my new article about his murder apparently has been taken down. Looks like someone is afraid of my getting the truth out.
Peter II, Khan-e-Mazendaran
Peter II, Khan-e-Mazendaran
Saturday, February 05, 2011
Ghatl e Ali-Reza; Taman shud Pahlavi
The death of Prince Ali-Reza on January 4, 2011 of a gunshot to the head under mysterious circumstances in Boston is one of great importance for Iran and World affairs. With the death of Ali-Reza the Pahlavi dynasty is effectively at an end, for reza Pahlavi has no proper heirs, and by this reza has demonstrated a complete neglect of duty and a pattern of disgraceful behavior which goes back to the 1980’s, and the handling of Ali-Reza’s death is the latest in this series of events.
Had the Pahlavi’s really cared about the death of Ali-Reza they would have made sure a thorough investigation was done into his death. Instead of making sure the Boston police did a thorough investigation of Ali-Reza’s death. Instead, they were quick to go along with reza Pahlavi’s lame excuse that his death was a suicide brought on by depression. It was the Iranian community in the Boston area, be they royalists or not, to notice that the Boston police did not do a proper investigation, that is not examining the neighbors, not checking for signs of forced entry, not handling the suicide note that was supposedly found and examining it properly, no proper ballistics test on the gun which supposedly killed Ali-Reza, in short doing everything to give cause to suspect his death was not a suicide. On top of it all reza Pahlavi chose to remain in Boston only for January 5, leaving that day and not attending any memorial services there for his brother or to meet with members of the Iranian community there who were effected by his loss.
As with any murder we must ask the question who benefits and who has benefitted. Certainly the Iranian community have not benefitted, that includes the mullahs. After all, as much as the mullahs were against Mohammed Reza Shah they as Muslims never would sanction any assassination that would create a topkill scenario for any family of their believers as this has done. Furthermore, there is an impending crisis over who would succeed ali khameni when he dies, and many mullahs are related to Iran’s royal families, and would be partial to a possible restoration, and as both reza and Farah have worked with the alavi foundation the mullahs have demonstrated they are not averse to Iran’s royals. This leads us to the Royalists. The same goes for Royalists, as many people forget that there are dozens of houses related to Iran’s royal dynasties, that despite their differences with the Pahlavi’s they would not want something like this to happen. The only benefit for royalists is that now Iran’s other royal houses will come into prominence as it is clear the Pahlavi’s are no longer in charge of Iran’s royalists.
This leads to the question who would want Ali-Reza dead. Clearly someone who wants to harm Iran. At present it has become clear that both the American government and the Zionists are having a hard time menacing Iran, be it by direct military invasion, economic and technological attrition, or by subversion within the country. After all, had Mohammed Reza Shah lived to 1982 without disruption Iran would have become strong enough to keep any country out of the Gulf, America included, and would have assisted the Palestinians in their struggle. Furthermore, there are transnational groups like the council on foreign relations who want Iran weak. Nor should we forget other factions in Asia and the region who would benefit from a weak Iran. As it is clear now who would want Ali-Reza dead we must now ask would someone have had the opportunity readily available to kill Ali-Reza? Were one to spend time in his neighborhood one would notice many hangouts for anarchists, political activists, and other radical action groups in the area, be they at colleges, bookstores, restaurants, or clubs, in other words plenty of place a potential assassin or terrorist would have to hang out while staking out Ali-Reza without drawing too much attention to themselves. The one remaining thing to succeed would be to have enough influence to make sure that the authorities would regard it as a suicide. At present not only have the Boston pd done a botch job in investigating Ali-Reza’s death no federal law enforcement agency is willing to investigate as well. This same scenario occurred around the strange deaths of Prince Shahriar, Princess Leila, Queen Soraya and Bijan Bakhtiari, Shabour Bakhtiar, Fereydoun Farrokhzad, which leads one to conclude that there was endorsement at some government level of any assassination.
As to the role of Farah and reza in covering up the true nature of Ali-Reza’s death one of two explanations abound. The first is that they are too distraught with grief, however if that were so they would not be acting so reclusive in avoiding the public, including those who share their grief. The second and most likely is that they know who did it, and if so there may be a degree of complicity in Ali-Reza’s death. If one would question why observe the behavior of Farah and reza since 1991 and you will see they have done everything to ruin the chances of a restoration in Iran. Consider their cremating Ali-Reza’s remains. Were the Pahlavi’s true Muslims they would not have done this, as Islam forbids cremation, were they closet Zoroastrians they would not have done it as Zoroastrianism expressly forbids cremation. However cremation would be an excellent way to cover up the true cause of death, which the Pahlavi’s clearly do not want know. Bear in mind that in Farah’s memoirs she clearly states she authorized a doctor to perform a procedure on Princess Leila which resulted in Leila’s death, after Leila had told Farah she did not want any contact with her.
Consider also why reza would not remain in Boston after January 5, nor would he and Farah attend any memorial services for Ali-Reza outside of Bethesda. Clearly they were afraid that someone in the Iranian community would have confronted them about the inconsistences with Ali-Reza’s death. Furthermore, form their behavior and the way the media related the news, I for instance did not learn the details until the morning of January 5 while doing work for RI’s Judiciary, it is clear the days of power and influence for the Pahlavi’s are over.
Had the Pahlavi’s really cared about the death of Ali-Reza they would have made sure a thorough investigation was done into his death. Instead of making sure the Boston police did a thorough investigation of Ali-Reza’s death. Instead, they were quick to go along with reza Pahlavi’s lame excuse that his death was a suicide brought on by depression. It was the Iranian community in the Boston area, be they royalists or not, to notice that the Boston police did not do a proper investigation, that is not examining the neighbors, not checking for signs of forced entry, not handling the suicide note that was supposedly found and examining it properly, no proper ballistics test on the gun which supposedly killed Ali-Reza, in short doing everything to give cause to suspect his death was not a suicide. On top of it all reza Pahlavi chose to remain in Boston only for January 5, leaving that day and not attending any memorial services there for his brother or to meet with members of the Iranian community there who were effected by his loss.
As with any murder we must ask the question who benefits and who has benefitted. Certainly the Iranian community have not benefitted, that includes the mullahs. After all, as much as the mullahs were against Mohammed Reza Shah they as Muslims never would sanction any assassination that would create a topkill scenario for any family of their believers as this has done. Furthermore, there is an impending crisis over who would succeed ali khameni when he dies, and many mullahs are related to Iran’s royal families, and would be partial to a possible restoration, and as both reza and Farah have worked with the alavi foundation the mullahs have demonstrated they are not averse to Iran’s royals. This leads us to the Royalists. The same goes for Royalists, as many people forget that there are dozens of houses related to Iran’s royal dynasties, that despite their differences with the Pahlavi’s they would not want something like this to happen. The only benefit for royalists is that now Iran’s other royal houses will come into prominence as it is clear the Pahlavi’s are no longer in charge of Iran’s royalists.
This leads to the question who would want Ali-Reza dead. Clearly someone who wants to harm Iran. At present it has become clear that both the American government and the Zionists are having a hard time menacing Iran, be it by direct military invasion, economic and technological attrition, or by subversion within the country. After all, had Mohammed Reza Shah lived to 1982 without disruption Iran would have become strong enough to keep any country out of the Gulf, America included, and would have assisted the Palestinians in their struggle. Furthermore, there are transnational groups like the council on foreign relations who want Iran weak. Nor should we forget other factions in Asia and the region who would benefit from a weak Iran. As it is clear now who would want Ali-Reza dead we must now ask would someone have had the opportunity readily available to kill Ali-Reza? Were one to spend time in his neighborhood one would notice many hangouts for anarchists, political activists, and other radical action groups in the area, be they at colleges, bookstores, restaurants, or clubs, in other words plenty of place a potential assassin or terrorist would have to hang out while staking out Ali-Reza without drawing too much attention to themselves. The one remaining thing to succeed would be to have enough influence to make sure that the authorities would regard it as a suicide. At present not only have the Boston pd done a botch job in investigating Ali-Reza’s death no federal law enforcement agency is willing to investigate as well. This same scenario occurred around the strange deaths of Prince Shahriar, Princess Leila, Queen Soraya and Bijan Bakhtiari, Shabour Bakhtiar, Fereydoun Farrokhzad, which leads one to conclude that there was endorsement at some government level of any assassination.
As to the role of Farah and reza in covering up the true nature of Ali-Reza’s death one of two explanations abound. The first is that they are too distraught with grief, however if that were so they would not be acting so reclusive in avoiding the public, including those who share their grief. The second and most likely is that they know who did it, and if so there may be a degree of complicity in Ali-Reza’s death. If one would question why observe the behavior of Farah and reza since 1991 and you will see they have done everything to ruin the chances of a restoration in Iran. Consider their cremating Ali-Reza’s remains. Were the Pahlavi’s true Muslims they would not have done this, as Islam forbids cremation, were they closet Zoroastrians they would not have done it as Zoroastrianism expressly forbids cremation. However cremation would be an excellent way to cover up the true cause of death, which the Pahlavi’s clearly do not want know. Bear in mind that in Farah’s memoirs she clearly states she authorized a doctor to perform a procedure on Princess Leila which resulted in Leila’s death, after Leila had told Farah she did not want any contact with her.
Consider also why reza would not remain in Boston after January 5, nor would he and Farah attend any memorial services for Ali-Reza outside of Bethesda. Clearly they were afraid that someone in the Iranian community would have confronted them about the inconsistences with Ali-Reza’s death. Furthermore, form their behavior and the way the media related the news, I for instance did not learn the details until the morning of January 5 while doing work for RI’s Judiciary, it is clear the days of power and influence for the Pahlavi’s are over.
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Odd censorship around Arab riots, facts few realize
Last night ny call to coasttocoastam was cut off during conversation. Clearly someone listening in did not want me disclosing facts about the riots that are not being reported. Those include how rami khoury told Egyptian students at brown in september 2005 that in order to improve things in Egypt they had to get rid of Mubarak, or how brown let one of the 2005 Egyptian presidential candidates speak there during the spring 2005 semester when the entire Middle east studies dpt was on sabbatical. Most people forget the interconnections brown's faculty has with goldman sucks and the cfr, as many faculty there serve with those organizations, or how those groups manipulate elections in america and around the world. In america most people are familiar withacorn thuggery, most don't realize that acron and brown helpped rig the 2010 RI governor's race for linc chafee and the congressional race for Patrick Kennedy's seat.
In the Arab World most are not aware that the cfr/goldman sucks has a beef with the hashemites of Jordan and Morocco. The brown cronies in the cfr/goldman sucks are mad at the Hashemites as King Abdullah II, Prince Hassan, and Queen Noor pulled their donations and involvement from brown in 2008, as they are sick of the exceses of the cfr/godman sucks crew. If any trouble is to come in Jordan on belhalf of the cfr/goldman sucks crew expect it from the al-toukan family.
Notice also that Morocco is in the process of an arms expansion, which the cfr sees as a potential threat to their aims, and bear in mind that every major regime change in the Muslim World that has occured has happened when one of those countries has become strong enough to defend itself.
Peter Khan Zendran
In the Arab World most are not aware that the cfr/goldman sucks has a beef with the hashemites of Jordan and Morocco. The brown cronies in the cfr/goldman sucks are mad at the Hashemites as King Abdullah II, Prince Hassan, and Queen Noor pulled their donations and involvement from brown in 2008, as they are sick of the exceses of the cfr/godman sucks crew. If any trouble is to come in Jordan on belhalf of the cfr/goldman sucks crew expect it from the al-toukan family.
Notice also that Morocco is in the process of an arms expansion, which the cfr sees as a potential threat to their aims, and bear in mind that every major regime change in the Muslim World that has occured has happened when one of those countries has become strong enough to defend itself.
Peter Khan Zendran
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Who's behind the Egypt riots?
It's a good thing I heard about this piece last night on the savage
nation.
I remember back in 2005 brown university was hosting some of the 2005
Egyptian presidential candidates, at a time when the entire Middle east
Studies dpt was on sabbatical, and I shold not have to repeat the
goldman sucks/cfr connections brown has. If things get worse in Egypt
and spread to Jordan and Morocco, you will know the cfr has a hand in
this like in Iran in 2009.
Peter Khan Zendran
Egypt protests: America's secret backing for rebel leaders behind
uprising
The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the
Egyptian uprising who have been planning “regime change” for the
past three years, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
By Tim Ross, Matthew Moore and Steven Swinford 9:23PM GMT 28 Jan 2011
The American Embassy in Cairo helped a young dissident attend a
US-sponsored summit for activists in New York, while working to keep his
identity secret from Egyptian state police.
On his return to Cairo in December 2008, the activist told US diplomats
that an alliance of opposition groups had drawn up a plan to overthrow
President Hosni Mubarak and install a democratic government in 2011.
The secret document in full
He has already been arrested by Egyptian security in connection with the
demonstrations and his identity is being protected by The Daily
Telegraph.
The crisis in Egypt follows the toppling of Tunisian president Zine
al-Abedine Ben Ali, who fled the country after widespread protests
forced him from office.
The disclosures, contained in previously secret US diplomatic dispatches
released by the WikiLeaks website, show American officials pressed the
Egyptian government to release other dissidents who had been detained by
the police.
Mr Mubarak, facing the biggest challenge to his authority in his 31
years in power, ordered the army on to the streets of Cairo yesterday as
rioting erupted across Egypt.
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets in
open defiance of a curfew. An explosion rocked the centre of Cairo as
thousands defied orders to return to their homes. As the violence
escalated, flames could be seen near the headquarters of the governing
National Democratic Party.
Police fired rubber bullets and used tear gas and water cannon in an
attempt to disperse the crowds.
At least five people were killed in Cairo alone yesterday and 870
injured, several with bullet wounds. Mohamed ElBaradei, the pro-reform
leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, was placed under house arrest after
returning to Egypt to join the dissidents. Riots also took place in
Suez, Alexandria and other major cities across the country.
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, urged the Egyptian government to
heed the “legitimate demands of protesters”. Hillary Clinton, the US
Secretary of State, said she was “deeply concerned about the use of
force” to quell the protests.
In an interview for the American news channel CNN, to be broadcast
tomorrow, David Cameron said: “I think what we need is reform in
Egypt. I mean, we support reform and progress in the greater
strengthening of the democracy and civil rights and the rule of law.”
The US government has previously been a supporter of Mr Mubarak’s
regime. But the leaked documents show the extent to which America was
offering support to pro-democracy activists in Egypt while publicly
praising Mr Mubarak as an important ally in the Middle East.
In a secret diplomatic dispatch, sent on December 30 2008, Margaret
Scobey, the US Ambassador to Cairo, recorded that opposition groups had
allegedly drawn up secret plans for “regime change” to take place
before elections, scheduled for September this year.
The memo, which Ambassador Scobey sent to the US Secretary of State in
Washington DC, was marked “confidential” and headed: “April 6
activist on his US visit and regime change in Egypt.”
It said the activist claimed “several opposition forces” had
“agreed to support an unwritten plan for a transition to a
parliamentary democracy, involving a weakened presidency and an
empowered prime minister and parliament, before the scheduled 2011
presidential elections”. The embassy’s source said the plan was
“so sensitive it cannot be written down”.
Ambassador Scobey questioned whether such an “unrealistic” plot
could work, or ever even existed. However, the documents showed that the
activist had been approached by US diplomats and received extensive
support for his pro-democracy campaign from officials in Washington. The
embassy helped the campaigner attend a “summit” for youth activists
in New York, which was organised by the US State Department.
Cairo embassy officials warned Washington that the activist’s identity
must be kept secret because he could face “retribution” when he
returned to Egypt. He had already allegedly been tortured for three days
by Egyptian state security after he was arrested for taking part in a
protest some years earlier.
The protests in Egypt are being driven by the April 6 youth movement, a
group on Facebook that has attracted mainly young and educated members
opposed to Mr Mubarak. The group has about 70,000 members and uses
social networking sites to orchestrate protests and report on their
activities.
The documents released by WikiLeaks reveal US Embassy officials were in
regular contact with the activist throughout 2008 and 2009, considering
him one of their most reliable sources for information about human
rights abuses.
nation.
I remember back in 2005 brown university was hosting some of the 2005
Egyptian presidential candidates, at a time when the entire Middle east
Studies dpt was on sabbatical, and I shold not have to repeat the
goldman sucks/cfr connections brown has. If things get worse in Egypt
and spread to Jordan and Morocco, you will know the cfr has a hand in
this like in Iran in 2009.
Peter Khan Zendran
Egypt protests: America's secret backing for rebel leaders behind
uprising
The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the
Egyptian uprising who have been planning “regime change” for the
past three years, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
By Tim Ross, Matthew Moore and Steven Swinford 9:23PM GMT 28 Jan 2011
The American Embassy in Cairo helped a young dissident attend a
US-sponsored summit for activists in New York, while working to keep his
identity secret from Egyptian state police.
On his return to Cairo in December 2008, the activist told US diplomats
that an alliance of opposition groups had drawn up a plan to overthrow
President Hosni Mubarak and install a democratic government in 2011.
The secret document in full
He has already been arrested by Egyptian security in connection with the
demonstrations and his identity is being protected by The Daily
Telegraph.
The crisis in Egypt follows the toppling of Tunisian president Zine
al-Abedine Ben Ali, who fled the country after widespread protests
forced him from office.
The disclosures, contained in previously secret US diplomatic dispatches
released by the WikiLeaks website, show American officials pressed the
Egyptian government to release other dissidents who had been detained by
the police.
Mr Mubarak, facing the biggest challenge to his authority in his 31
years in power, ordered the army on to the streets of Cairo yesterday as
rioting erupted across Egypt.
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets in
open defiance of a curfew. An explosion rocked the centre of Cairo as
thousands defied orders to return to their homes. As the violence
escalated, flames could be seen near the headquarters of the governing
National Democratic Party.
Police fired rubber bullets and used tear gas and water cannon in an
attempt to disperse the crowds.
At least five people were killed in Cairo alone yesterday and 870
injured, several with bullet wounds. Mohamed ElBaradei, the pro-reform
leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, was placed under house arrest after
returning to Egypt to join the dissidents. Riots also took place in
Suez, Alexandria and other major cities across the country.
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, urged the Egyptian government to
heed the “legitimate demands of protesters”. Hillary Clinton, the US
Secretary of State, said she was “deeply concerned about the use of
force” to quell the protests.
In an interview for the American news channel CNN, to be broadcast
tomorrow, David Cameron said: “I think what we need is reform in
Egypt. I mean, we support reform and progress in the greater
strengthening of the democracy and civil rights and the rule of law.”
The US government has previously been a supporter of Mr Mubarak’s
regime. But the leaked documents show the extent to which America was
offering support to pro-democracy activists in Egypt while publicly
praising Mr Mubarak as an important ally in the Middle East.
In a secret diplomatic dispatch, sent on December 30 2008, Margaret
Scobey, the US Ambassador to Cairo, recorded that opposition groups had
allegedly drawn up secret plans for “regime change” to take place
before elections, scheduled for September this year.
The memo, which Ambassador Scobey sent to the US Secretary of State in
Washington DC, was marked “confidential” and headed: “April 6
activist on his US visit and regime change in Egypt.”
It said the activist claimed “several opposition forces” had
“agreed to support an unwritten plan for a transition to a
parliamentary democracy, involving a weakened presidency and an
empowered prime minister and parliament, before the scheduled 2011
presidential elections”. The embassy’s source said the plan was
“so sensitive it cannot be written down”.
Ambassador Scobey questioned whether such an “unrealistic” plot
could work, or ever even existed. However, the documents showed that the
activist had been approached by US diplomats and received extensive
support for his pro-democracy campaign from officials in Washington. The
embassy helped the campaigner attend a “summit” for youth activists
in New York, which was organised by the US State Department.
Cairo embassy officials warned Washington that the activist’s identity
must be kept secret because he could face “retribution” when he
returned to Egypt. He had already allegedly been tortured for three days
by Egyptian state security after he was arrested for taking part in a
protest some years earlier.
The protests in Egypt are being driven by the April 6 youth movement, a
group on Facebook that has attracted mainly young and educated members
opposed to Mr Mubarak. The group has about 70,000 members and uses
social networking sites to orchestrate protests and report on their
activities.
The documents released by WikiLeaks reveal US Embassy officials were in
regular contact with the activist throughout 2008 and 2009, considering
him one of their most reliable sources for information about human
rights abuses.
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Prince Ali-Reza's Boston Memorial Service
I would like to thank those who turned out last night on the Boston Common to attend and participate in Prince Ali-Reza's Memorial Service. Below is a video of my closing prayer at the service
Links to more photos of that event and other Memorial services can be found at the link below
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=192162287465823&id=176036349103848
JAVID IRAN
Peter II, Khan-e-Mazendaran
Links to more photos of that event and other Memorial services can be found at the link below
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=192162287465823&id=176036349103848
JAVID IRAN
Peter II, Khan-e-Mazendaran
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Oddness in Prince Ali-Reza’s death
As of late there are inconsistencies in the reports of Prince Ali-Reza’s untimely death. Here they are.
1. The boston police have refused to rule his partner, Sara Tabatabai, or any of his neighbors as a murder suspect, insisting on Sara’s story that it was a suicide.
2. The boston police did not properly contain the crime scene, literally allowing people to freely access the building and neighborhood during the investigation, thus not allowing to check if anyone had broken in or had behaved suspiciously.
3. Neither reza Pahlavi or the boston police are willing to release any copy of the suicide note or make it available for examination by experts.
4. His family is insisting he suffered from depression when he exhibited no signs of it throughout his life.
5. despite reportedly being at the Fairmount Copley Place hotel reza Pahlavi has not organized any funeral service arrangements in boston, despite the large Iranian community there no memorial services there are planned, and plans to cremate Ali-Reza’s body, which goes against Muslim practice, and dump the ashes in the Caspian Sea, despite the Pahlavis being unable to enter Iran at present.
On a personal note the last time I was at an event with Prince Ali-Reza was exactly 5 years ago today at a casmii forum at MIT, and I regularly walked by his house during my trips to boston.
Peter II, Khan-e-Mazendaran
1. The boston police have refused to rule his partner, Sara Tabatabai, or any of his neighbors as a murder suspect, insisting on Sara’s story that it was a suicide.
2. The boston police did not properly contain the crime scene, literally allowing people to freely access the building and neighborhood during the investigation, thus not allowing to check if anyone had broken in or had behaved suspiciously.
3. Neither reza Pahlavi or the boston police are willing to release any copy of the suicide note or make it available for examination by experts.
4. His family is insisting he suffered from depression when he exhibited no signs of it throughout his life.
5. despite reportedly being at the Fairmount Copley Place hotel reza Pahlavi has not organized any funeral service arrangements in boston, despite the large Iranian community there no memorial services there are planned, and plans to cremate Ali-Reza’s body, which goes against Muslim practice, and dump the ashes in the Caspian Sea, despite the Pahlavis being unable to enter Iran at present.
On a personal note the last time I was at an event with Prince Ali-Reza was exactly 5 years ago today at a casmii forum at MIT, and I regularly walked by his house during my trips to boston.
Peter II, Khan-e-Mazendaran
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Prince Ali-Reza 1966-2011
Last night I heard the news of the death of Prince Ali-Reza, son of
Mohammed Reza Shah, in Boston.
Like many, this news has shocked me, but we must keep ourselves calm in
this time.
We must seek the truth regarding his death, as the press reports are too
dismissive. Like Princess Leila, Queen Soyara, Bijan Bakhtiari, and
other untimely deaths of Iranians, this is another shocker and must be
investigated. We must not let grief cloud our judgment.
Of importance as well is how his passing will be observed. Personally
distressing is he died on the last day of Maidyarem Ghambar. Even more
distressing is the fact that with all the press regarding his death no
memorial services have been planned.
As with any tragedy we must work together to become stronger from a loss
like this.
Peter II, Khan-e-Mazendaran
Mohammed Reza Shah, in Boston.
Like many, this news has shocked me, but we must keep ourselves calm in
this time.
We must seek the truth regarding his death, as the press reports are too
dismissive. Like Princess Leila, Queen Soyara, Bijan Bakhtiari, and
other untimely deaths of Iranians, this is another shocker and must be
investigated. We must not let grief cloud our judgment.
Of importance as well is how his passing will be observed. Personally
distressing is he died on the last day of Maidyarem Ghambar. Even more
distressing is the fact that with all the press regarding his death no
memorial services have been planned.
As with any tragedy we must work together to become stronger from a loss
like this.
Peter II, Khan-e-Mazendaran
Responding to leslie yeransian's whacko rants
Recently I reactivated my phone at the urging of those who said you might have gotten your act together and wanted to contact me. Instead, I found you are more of your fuckup self detached from reality.
Not only will people not let me forget how you lied to me and used me in 2008 your name continues to be mentioned constantly in connection with mine. And not only is it from people on the street, but from people in positions of authority who are fed up with your behavior, be it your lies or starting confrontations.
You can complain about me all you want, but the more you do so the more people will see you for the piece of human shit you are.
BRING IT ON
Not only will people not let me forget how you lied to me and used me in 2008 your name continues to be mentioned constantly in connection with mine. And not only is it from people on the street, but from people in positions of authority who are fed up with your behavior, be it your lies or starting confrontations.
You can complain about me all you want, but the more you do so the more people will see you for the piece of human shit you are.
BRING IT ON
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
More oddness around Zendran impersonation
Recently marjan/persia dicided to take things further with her site. That is that she decided to leave only selected comments up and switch to wordpress for all other comments. However, when you try to log in with your wordpress account it does not let you log on with your wordpress acount. Either she knows shit about the web or is up to her headfucking again.
Speaking of comments I'm suprised she's avoided my public page on facebook after I posted that video of my State Quarter collection, I guess she's afraid to see what a real loser she is when it comes to real cash. Or to follow that video to the youtube video message I made which gave dick holbrooke his fatal heart attack, removing the scourge which menaced Iran and who came up with the idea of sparking the green movement so america could control Iran's opposition movement.
What a divoneh jendeh-e-yahudamrika.
Speaking of comments I'm suprised she's avoided my public page on facebook after I posted that video of my State Quarter collection, I guess she's afraid to see what a real loser she is when it comes to real cash. Or to follow that video to the youtube video message I made which gave dick holbrooke his fatal heart attack, removing the scourge which menaced Iran and who came up with the idea of sparking the green movement so america could control Iran's opposition movement.
What a divoneh jendeh-e-yahudamrika.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Zendran impersonations removed
I just checked those links and found that those comments have been removed. I wonder why?
Also interesting that marjan has not mentioned this on her sites, yet she is clearly following me online, as I have traced her views back to her santa clara neighborhood.
As I have said before, if you are going to follow me online be honest about it.
Also interesting that marjan has not mentioned this on her sites, yet she is clearly following me online, as I have traced her views back to her santa clara neighborhood.
As I have said before, if you are going to follow me online be honest about it.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Zendran impersonated online
Within hours of my making that last post marjan/aka persia decied to impersonate me on her site. Below are links to comments she made on her website which she made using my name.
First one
http://www.clubpersiapele.com/biography/#comment-429
Second one
http://www.clubpersiapele.com/persia-pele-pictures/persia-pele-in-her-slutty-black-boots/#comment-426
Third one
http://www.clubpersiapele.com/persia-pele-pictures/persia-pele-so-sexy-in-her-glasses/#comment-427
Not only did I NOT make those comments they were made when I was NOT online whatsoever. This jendeh-e-yahudamrika is begging for trouble.
Peter Z
First one
http://www.clubpersiapele.com/biography/#comment-429
Second one
http://www.clubpersiapele.com/persia-pele-pictures/persia-pele-in-her-slutty-black-boots/#comment-426
Third one
http://www.clubpersiapele.com/persia-pele-pictures/persia-pele-so-sexy-in-her-glasses/#comment-427
Not only did I NOT make those comments they were made when I was NOT online whatsoever. This jendeh-e-yahudamrika is begging for trouble.
Peter Z
Saturday, December 18, 2010
More online oddness
Recently I noticed on wednesday through friday major oddness on facebook. Currently I have been working on a project there on naval satellite imaging, which tuesday night revieved support from members of the us military. From wednesday to friday I experienced trouble on my facebook account when uploading images or editing that page, but not since then. During those days someone linked up to me there who uses the name persia pele, real name marjan faritous of santa clara, got it in her head to pull another of her crazy acts, this time directing it at me by bragging she was a cia snitch. Since friday I have blocked that jendeh-e-amrika from my sites, as this kind of behavior in this day and age is inexcusable, and certainly not coincidental. It certainly is not coincidence that this occured imeadeatly after my celebrating dick holbrooke's death and the stuxnet virus being stopped. As we say where I live you join the snitches you get stiches.
Peter Z
Peter Z
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Good riddance dick holbrooke
To say the least I am overjoyed to hear that this piece of human shit
who has caused suffering for me personally and for millions got his, I
am only sad I did not whack this fucker myself. Not only was he
responsible for the legal problems I experienced at brown and the watson
institute by falsely claiming I was menacing him and giving the brown
pigs permission to use his third floor office as a stakeout point
against me, not to mention taking my writings from Chapter 8 of my first
book and twisting my material to cause problems in Iran, Afghanistan,and
Pakistan, he also created conflict in Easterm Europe,in short caused
suffering to people in lands my father's family comes from. My
condolonces go to Jovanka Tito, Mira Markovic, and those in Eastern
Europe and Western and Central Asia and throughout the World, even in
america, who felt his menaced in the name of peace for america,and I
must thank Chris Lydon for tipping me off in the summer of 2008 that
holbrooke was the evil genius responsible for my legal hell year in
2008. The World would have been better off had he never been born, and
I hope he rests in pieces in hell.
Also notice 2 other odd coincidences,there is no definitive biography of dick holbrooke,and his aorta rupture which lead to his death happened within hours of my posting a video message aimed at himand others on youtube. Coincidence?
http://www.watsoninstitute.org/news_detail.cfm?id=1433
In Memoriam: Richard Holbrooke, Peace Negotiato
December 14, 2010 Ambassador Richard Holbrooke is being remembered at
Brown and around the world today for his wide-ranging diplomatic
achievements, following his death yesterday at the age of 69. University
President Ruth Simmons issued a statement last night mourning the loss
of a man who was a commanding figure on the world stage but also an
engaged member of the Brown community, as a graduate of the
University’s class of ’62, former editor of the Brown Daily Herald,
honorary Brown doctor of law, former member of the Watson Institute’s
board of overseers, and most recently, Brown professor at large based at
the Institute.
While a professor here, prior to assuming the role of US special envoy
to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Holbrooke focused his attention on students
– holding study groups on such subjects as “Secrets of Diplomatic
Styles” and urging students to get involved in the world around them.
“You’ve got to get engaged and you mustn’t despair,” he said in
a major lecture on campus in October 2007. “It’s your opportunity to
participate and I urge you to do so.”
He also contributed his singular insight in collaboration with faculty
members on such research activities as the Human Terrain documentary on
US military strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq and on the book project for
Blue Helmets, Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of
Sarajevo.
Holbrooke, who is most recognized as the chief architect of the 1995
Dayton peace agreement that ended the war in Bosnia, “lived a life of
courage, usefulness and reputation,” President Simmons said. “Though
we will miss his presence and determination, his legacy will endure,
inspiring generations to strive for peace.”
who has caused suffering for me personally and for millions got his, I
am only sad I did not whack this fucker myself. Not only was he
responsible for the legal problems I experienced at brown and the watson
institute by falsely claiming I was menacing him and giving the brown
pigs permission to use his third floor office as a stakeout point
against me, not to mention taking my writings from Chapter 8 of my first
book and twisting my material to cause problems in Iran, Afghanistan,and
Pakistan, he also created conflict in Easterm Europe,in short caused
suffering to people in lands my father's family comes from. My
condolonces go to Jovanka Tito, Mira Markovic, and those in Eastern
Europe and Western and Central Asia and throughout the World, even in
america, who felt his menaced in the name of peace for america,and I
must thank Chris Lydon for tipping me off in the summer of 2008 that
holbrooke was the evil genius responsible for my legal hell year in
2008. The World would have been better off had he never been born, and
I hope he rests in pieces in hell.
Also notice 2 other odd coincidences,there is no definitive biography of dick holbrooke,and his aorta rupture which lead to his death happened within hours of my posting a video message aimed at himand others on youtube. Coincidence?
http://www.watsoninstitute.org/news_detail.cfm?id=1433
In Memoriam: Richard Holbrooke, Peace Negotiato
December 14, 2010 Ambassador Richard Holbrooke is being remembered at
Brown and around the world today for his wide-ranging diplomatic
achievements, following his death yesterday at the age of 69. University
President Ruth Simmons issued a statement last night mourning the loss
of a man who was a commanding figure on the world stage but also an
engaged member of the Brown community, as a graduate of the
University’s class of ’62, former editor of the Brown Daily Herald,
honorary Brown doctor of law, former member of the Watson Institute’s
board of overseers, and most recently, Brown professor at large based at
the Institute.
While a professor here, prior to assuming the role of US special envoy
to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Holbrooke focused his attention on students
– holding study groups on such subjects as “Secrets of Diplomatic
Styles” and urging students to get involved in the world around them.
“You’ve got to get engaged and you mustn’t despair,” he said in
a major lecture on campus in October 2007. “It’s your opportunity to
participate and I urge you to do so.”
He also contributed his singular insight in collaboration with faculty
members on such research activities as the Human Terrain documentary on
US military strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq and on the book project for
Blue Helmets, Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of
Sarajevo.
Holbrooke, who is most recognized as the chief architect of the 1995
Dayton peace agreement that ended the war in Bosnia, “lived a life of
courage, usefulness and reputation,” President Simmons said. “Though
we will miss his presence and determination, his legacy will endure,
inspiring generations to strive for peace.”
Sunday, December 05, 2010
More on wikimedia discredibility
Below is the exact text of an e-mail from norman pearlstine's people in
regards to comments he made on September 19, 2007 about
wikipedia/wikimedia sources not being credible. Notice what is most
interesting is how he is afraid to be quoted on this, and if wiki-.org
sources are not credible why is he afraid to be quoted? This certainly
gives substance to rumors that wikimedia, including wikileaks, are not
the independent info sources people are lead to believe.
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 2:42 PM
From: "Fasulo, Miranda"
To: "Peter Khan Zendran"
Subject: RE: For Norman Pearlstine, please send to him.
Dear Peter,
Mr. Pearlstine's office phoned and said that they would prefer that he
not be quoted.
Sorry,
Miranda
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Khan Zendran [mailto:peterkhanzendran@fastmail.fm]
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 9:30 PM
To: miranda1@brown.edu
Cc: babara_stallings@brown.edu
Subject: For Norman Pearlstine, please send to him.
Hi
I had asked earlier today about contacting Norman Pearlstine.
The reason is to quote what he said at his lecture on 9/19 aduring the
q&a session of his lecture about wikipedia not being a credible source
of information. I checked the video archive of his lecture and saw the
q&a session was edited out. Recently, I have experienced identity theft
and slander on wikipedia and wikimapia and have been speaking out
against both wikipedia and wikimapia, as they encourage this behavior.
Not only do I wish to quote Mr. Pearlstine on what he said, as his words
lend weight to this argument, but also show him and anyone else at
Watson firsthand evidence of discredible actions, including false info
and slander, on wikipedia and wikimapia.
Sincerely
Peter Khan Zendran
regards to comments he made on September 19, 2007 about
wikipedia/wikimedia sources not being credible. Notice what is most
interesting is how he is afraid to be quoted on this, and if wiki-.org
sources are not credible why is he afraid to be quoted? This certainly
gives substance to rumors that wikimedia, including wikileaks, are not
the independent info sources people are lead to believe.
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 2:42 PM
From: "Fasulo, Miranda"
To: "Peter Khan Zendran"
Subject: RE: For Norman Pearlstine, please send to him.
Dear Peter,
Mr. Pearlstine's office phoned and said that they would prefer that he
not be quoted.
Sorry,
Miranda
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Khan Zendran [mailto:peterkhanzendran@fastmail.fm]
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 9:30 PM
To: miranda1@brown.edu
Cc: babara_stallings@brown.edu
Subject: For Norman Pearlstine, please send to him.
Hi
I had asked earlier today about contacting Norman Pearlstine.
The reason is to quote what he said at his lecture on 9/19 aduring the
q&a session of his lecture about wikipedia not being a credible source
of information. I checked the video archive of his lecture and saw the
q&a session was edited out. Recently, I have experienced identity theft
and slander on wikipedia and wikimapia and have been speaking out
against both wikipedia and wikimapia, as they encourage this behavior.
Not only do I wish to quote Mr. Pearlstine on what he said, as his words
lend weight to this argument, but also show him and anyone else at
Watson firsthand evidence of discredible actions, including false info
and slander, on wikipedia and wikimapia.
Sincerely
Peter Khan Zendran
Thursday, December 02, 2010
New security measures after murders of Iranian Nuclear scientists
Hopefully Iran will make these measures tighter, not only for
scientists, but for it's equipment. Bear in mind with the way the
stuxnet virus was released, Iran's rapid recovery from it, and the
timing of these murders, along with clinton's action in the region and
the saudi king calling for war with Iran, it appears there is an
infiltrator in Iran's military and Nuclear Program, and I don't mean mo
forouzandeh.
News - English
News numbre: 8909110851
2010-12-02 - 19:24
Tehran to Intensify Security Measures for Iranian Scientists
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian official announced that the country has
initiated proper measures to boost security for the Iranian scientists.
"We have been keen on [providing] security for our scientists and
specialists since last year, and based on a recent decision, protection
measures will be multiplied and other protection techniques will also be
applied," Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar
Salehi said on Thursday.
The announcement came two days after Two Iranian university professors
Fereidoon Abbasi Davani and Majid Shahriari were assassinated in
separate terrorist bomb attacks here in Tehran on Monday morning with
the latter killed immediately after the blast.
Another Iranian university professor and nuclear scientist, Massoud Ali
Mohammadi, was also assassinated in a terrorist bomb attack in Tehran in
January.
Tehran Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Sajedinia said a
motorcycle approached Shahriari's car and attached a bomb to the car
which exploded a few seconds later.
He added that in a separate incident terrorists attached another bomb to
Abbasi's car and escaped.
Salehi further said that the enemy has realized that Iran's nuclear
activities are progressing considerably well and have turned into a
power icon for the Iranian nation, so they are trying to deprive the
nation of this power.
www.farsnews.com
©2006 Fars News Agency. All Rights Reserved
scientists, but for it's equipment. Bear in mind with the way the
stuxnet virus was released, Iran's rapid recovery from it, and the
timing of these murders, along with clinton's action in the region and
the saudi king calling for war with Iran, it appears there is an
infiltrator in Iran's military and Nuclear Program, and I don't mean mo
forouzandeh.
News - English
News numbre: 8909110851
2010-12-02 - 19:24
Tehran to Intensify Security Measures for Iranian Scientists
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian official announced that the country has
initiated proper measures to boost security for the Iranian scientists.
"We have been keen on [providing] security for our scientists and
specialists since last year, and based on a recent decision, protection
measures will be multiplied and other protection techniques will also be
applied," Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar
Salehi said on Thursday.
The announcement came two days after Two Iranian university professors
Fereidoon Abbasi Davani and Majid Shahriari were assassinated in
separate terrorist bomb attacks here in Tehran on Monday morning with
the latter killed immediately after the blast.
Another Iranian university professor and nuclear scientist, Massoud Ali
Mohammadi, was also assassinated in a terrorist bomb attack in Tehran in
January.
Tehran Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Sajedinia said a
motorcycle approached Shahriari's car and attached a bomb to the car
which exploded a few seconds later.
He added that in a separate incident terrorists attached another bomb to
Abbasi's car and escaped.
Salehi further said that the enemy has realized that Iran's nuclear
activities are progressing considerably well and have turned into a
power icon for the Iranian nation, so they are trying to deprive the
nation of this power.
www.farsnews.com
©2006 Fars News Agency. All Rights Reserved
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Iran- wiki-media/leak connection NOT being reported
With all the fuss over wikileaks being reported people are forgetting
several important facts about wikimedia/leaks, and also how wikimedia
has been biased against Iran. Last night I got the niac newsletter
discussing wikileaks, however they ignored several important facts.
The first and most important is that wikimedia, be it wikipedia,
wikimapia, or wikileaks, is run by a cabal of some 400 people who are
connected largely by the internet. They are the ones who approve what
is said on wikimedia, whether it is true or not. If you doubt this go
to the discussion board on wikimapia and see how wikimapia created a n
korakine mentions this himself. Below are several excellent examples of
this.
1. Go to wikimapia and go to Bandar Abbas Navy base. There you will
see that the people who run wikimedia/mapia repeatedly edited it as
"main raghead navy base" and that the main dispute on wikimapia began
when a person who had served in the australian navy put up false
information about the Iranian Navy, even disputing the fact that the
Sahand was raised despite the fact one could clearly see the remnants of
the hull of the Sahand in Bandar Abbas drydock. That person made a
slipup when he leaked the adelaide incident, where the australian FFG
adelaide was detained for several hours by Iranian PT Craft near Bandar
Abbas, and the australian navy confirmed this shortly thereafter and
soon decomissioned the adelaide. The e-mail of that individual is
joewhi2000@yahoo.com and he continues to put out false and racist info
about Iran on wikimedia.
2. Check the wikipedia article for Princess Leila. Not only does it
repeatedly put out false info about her life, saying she graduated from
brown university when she in fact dropped out of there in 1991 after
being hazed, it wiwll not allow facts and evidence to be posted about
her murder on wikimedia/pedia, and anyone who tries to correct that
article by showing evidence her death was murder has their work undone.
Furthermore, the editors at wikimedia/pedia will NOT meet with anyone in
person to se any evidence supporting those who say Princess Leila was
murdered, as they do repeatedly with others they do not like and
slander.
Just go to wikimedia and see for yourself how Iran is slandered there,
you will find plenty of evidence.
several important facts about wikimedia/leaks, and also how wikimedia
has been biased against Iran. Last night I got the niac newsletter
discussing wikileaks, however they ignored several important facts.
The first and most important is that wikimedia, be it wikipedia,
wikimapia, or wikileaks, is run by a cabal of some 400 people who are
connected largely by the internet. They are the ones who approve what
is said on wikimedia, whether it is true or not. If you doubt this go
to the discussion board on wikimapia and see how wikimapia created a n
korakine mentions this himself. Below are several excellent examples of
this.
1. Go to wikimapia and go to Bandar Abbas Navy base. There you will
see that the people who run wikimedia/mapia repeatedly edited it as
"main raghead navy base" and that the main dispute on wikimapia began
when a person who had served in the australian navy put up false
information about the Iranian Navy, even disputing the fact that the
Sahand was raised despite the fact one could clearly see the remnants of
the hull of the Sahand in Bandar Abbas drydock. That person made a
slipup when he leaked the adelaide incident, where the australian FFG
adelaide was detained for several hours by Iranian PT Craft near Bandar
Abbas, and the australian navy confirmed this shortly thereafter and
soon decomissioned the adelaide. The e-mail of that individual is
joewhi2000@yahoo.com and he continues to put out false and racist info
about Iran on wikimedia.
2. Check the wikipedia article for Princess Leila. Not only does it
repeatedly put out false info about her life, saying she graduated from
brown university when she in fact dropped out of there in 1991 after
being hazed, it wiwll not allow facts and evidence to be posted about
her murder on wikimedia/pedia, and anyone who tries to correct that
article by showing evidence her death was murder has their work undone.
Furthermore, the editors at wikimedia/pedia will NOT meet with anyone in
person to se any evidence supporting those who say Princess Leila was
murdered, as they do repeatedly with others they do not like and
slander.
Just go to wikimedia and see for yourself how Iran is slandered there,
you will find plenty of evidence.
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