Sociological Changes

[Gerard Zwaan]

February 23, 2011. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ahmadinejad-predicts-mideast-unrest-coming-to-america/ Iran's president said Wednesday he is certain the wave of unrest in the Middle East will spread to Europe and North America, bringing an end to governments he accused of oppressing and humiliating people. "The world is on the verge of big developments. Changes will be forthcoming and will engulf the whole world from Asia to Africa and from Europe to North America," Ahmadinejad told a news conference. Ahmadinejad said the world was in need of a just system of rule that "puts an end to oppression, occupation and humiliation of people." [and from another] This correlates with what the Zetas said about the 8 of 10, "These sociological and political dramas are part of the 8 of 10 scenarios, as well as geological and astronomical features. This is the next chapter." https://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blogs/zetatalk-fame The Zetas did say that Ahmadinejad is STO . Did he got his information from reading ZT or is there more too it?

 

Ahmadinejad is speaking as a leader of a Muslim country, viewing the Arab Spring as an uprising against colonialism, imperialism, and western corporate influence. This stance is expected of him because of his political role in Iran. The article makes much of Ahmadinejad's criticism of Gaddafi and his brutal treatment of his people. This is to differentiate between an Arab leader who was considered a puppet, as was Mubarak, and Gaddafi who was considered a leader who resisted western influence and control and thus should be a brother to his people. Does Ahmadinejad read ZetaTalk and have an inside track on the Transformation, the pending 8 of 10 scenarios? Yes on both fronts, as despite disbelief that Ahmadinejad is a Service-to-Other individual, he is a sleeper like Obama, awaiting his opportunities to make a difference in the world. He gives a hint as to the sequence of revolt and discontent - from the Arab Spring to Asia, then Africa, then Europe and thence to N America.

Source: ZetaTalk for June 18, 2011

 

Note: This blog is about his prediction. Keep in mind that political debates are not allowed on the poleshift ning.

[Ryan Giorgis]

Venezuela kicking out 3 US diplomatic officials

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/30/world/americas/venezuela-us-diplomats...

with the US punching back

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/01/politics/venezuela-diplomats-expelled...

[SongStar101]

Egypt braces for More Violence

http://news.yahoo.com/crisis-deepens-egypt-braces-more-violence-070...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt is bracing for more violence after the Muslim Brotherhood called for nationwide marches after Friday prayers and a "day of rage" to denounce this week's unprecedented bloodshed in the security forces' assault on the supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president that left more than 600 dead.

The government has authorized the use of deadly force against protesters targeting police and state institutions while the international community has urged both sides to show restraint and end the turmoil engulfing the nation.

At least 638 people were confirmed killed and nearly 4,000 wounded in Wednesday's violence, sparked when riot police backed by armored vehicles, snipers and bulldozers smashed the two sit-ins in Cairo where ousted President Mohammed Morsi's supporters had been camped out for six weeks to demand his reinstatement.

It was the deadliest day by far since the 2011 popular uprising that overthrew autocratic ruler Hosni Mubarak and plunged the country into more than two years of instability.

The Health Ministry said that 288 of those killed were in the largest protest camp in Cairo's Nasr City district, while 90 others were slain in a smaller encampment in Giza, near Cairo University. Others died in clashes that broke out between Morsi's supporters and security forces or anti-Morsi protesters elsewhere in the Egyptian capital and other cities.

Violence spread on Thursday, with government buildings set afire, policemen gunned down and scores of Christian churches attacked. An angry crowd stormed the governor's office in Giza, the city next to Cairo that is home to the pyramids. State TV blamed Morsi's supporters for the arson and broadcast footage showing firefighters evacuating employees from the larger building of Giza's government offices.

As turmoil spread, the Interior Ministry authorized the use of deadly force against protesters targeting police and state institutions. Egypt's military-backed government also pledged to confront "terrorist actions and sabotage" allegedly carried out by Muslim Brotherhood members.

The Brotherhood, trying to regroup after the assault on its encampments and the arrest of many of its leaders, called for a mass rally Friday in a challenge to the government's declaration of a monthlong state of emergency and a dusk-to-dawn curfew.

Also Thursday, the U.N. Security Council urged both the Egyptian government and the Muslim Brotherhood to exercise "maximum restraint" and work toward national reconciliation.

In Cairo, weeping relatives filled the mosque-turned-morgue near the gutted pro-Morsi protest camp in Nasr City, spilled into the courtyard and the streets. Inside, the names of the dead were scribbled on white sheets covering the bodies, some of them charred, and a list with 265 names was plastered on the wall. Heat made the stench from the corpses almost unbearable as the ice brought in to chill the bodies melted and household fans offered little relief.

Many people complained that authorities were preventing them from obtaining permits to bury their dead, although the Muslim Brotherhood announced that several funerals had been held Thursday.

A woman cradled the head of a slain man in her lap, fanning it with a paper fan. Nearby, an anguished man shouted, "God take revenge on you el-Sissi!" a reference to the powerful military chief, Gen. Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi.

Slumped over the body of his brother, Ihab el-Sayyed said the 24-year-old was getting ready for his wedding next week. "Last time I heard his voice was an hour or two before I heard of his death," he said, choking back tears.

Elsewhere on Thursday, a mass funeral was held in Cairo for some of the 43 security troops authorities said were killed in Wednesday's clashes. Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, who is in charge of the police, led the mourners. A police band played solemn music as fire engines bore the coffins draped in white, red and black Egyptian flags in a funeral procession.

Wednesday's deadly crackdown drew widespread condemnation from the Muslim world and the West.

President Barack Obama canceled joint U.S.-Egypt military exercises scheduled for next month, although he gave no indication that the U.S. planned to cut off its $1.3 billion in annual military aid to the country. The U.S. administration has avoided declaring Morsi's ouster a coup, which would force it to suspend the military aid.

"While we want to sustain our relationship with Egypt, our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets and rights are being rolled back," Obama said, speaking from his weeklong vacation in Massachusetts.

Egypt's interim government issued a late night statement saying the country is facing "terrorist actions targeting government and vital institutions" by "violent militant groups." The statement expressed "sadness" for the killings of Egyptians and pledged to work on restoring law and order.

The statement also warned that Obama's position "while it's not based on facts can empower the violent militant groups and encourage them in its anti-stability discourse."

The biennial Bright Star maneuvers, long a centerpiece of the deep ties between the U.S. and Egyptian militaries, have not been held since 2009, as Egypt grappled with the fallout from the revolution that ousted Mubarak. Morsi, a member of the Brotherhood, was elected president in 2012 during Egypt's first democratic elections.

Attackers also set fire to churches and police stations across the country for a second day Thursday.

In the country's second-largest city of Alexandria, Islamist protesters exchanged gunfire with an anti-Morsi rally, leaving scores injured, witnesses and security officials said. Attempts to storm police stations in the southern city of Assiut and northern Sinai city of el-Arish left at least six policemen dead and others injured.

Ishaq Ibrahim of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights said his group had documented at least 39 cases of violence against churches, monasteries, Coptic schools and shops in different parts of the country on Wednesday.

Fearful of more violence Friday, some main streets were closed and people in many neighborhoods set up cement blocks and metal barricades. Residents checked IDs in scenes reminiscent of the 2011 revolution when vigilante-style groups set up neighborhood watches to prevent looting and other attacks.

The turmoil is the latest chapter in a bitter standoff between Morsi's supporters and the interim leadership that took over the Arab world's most populous country following a July 3 coup. The military ouster came after millions of Egyptians took to the streets to demand Morsi step down, accusing him of giving the Brotherhood undue influence and failing to implement vital reforms or bolster the ailing economy.

Morsi has been held at an undisclosed location ever since. Other Brotherhood leaders, including several arrested Wednesday, have been charged with inciting violence or conspiring in the killing of protesters.

The Brotherhood has spent most of its 85 years as an outlawed group or enduring crackdowns by successive governments. The latest developments could prompt the authorities to once again declare it an illegal group and force it to go underground.

[Tracie Crespo]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/10/us-irish-violence-idUSBRE...

Northern Ireland clashes leave 56 police, 2 civilians injured                       

 

 

 

                                             

                

1 of 2. People walk past a burning car after loyalist protesters attacked the police with bricks and bottles as they waited for a republican parade to make its way through Belfast City Centre, August 9, 2013.

Credit: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton

 
By Ian Graham

BELFAST |          Sat Aug 10, 2013 10:15am EDT        

BELFAST (Reuters) - Fifty-six police officers and two civilians were injured in clashes in central Belfast in the latest flare-up in tensions between Northern Ireland's Protestant and Catholic communities, authorities said on Saturday.

Many of the injuries were minor, but four officers were taken to hospital after the clashes late on Friday, during which police fired plastic bullets and water cannon after being pelted with missiles for a second successive night.

Belfast remains divided between pro-British Protestants and Catholics who generally favor unification with Ireland, despite a 1998 peace and power-sharing deal that put an end to the worst of the "troubles" in the British province.

Protestants tried to block a march on Friday evening along the city's main thoroughfare, Royal Avenue, by the nationalist side of the community and when police moved in to clear them, they threw bricks, bottles and fireworks.

Burnt-out cars and rubble littered the city centre and shop fronts were damaged. Police said seven people were arrested.

"It was sheer thuggery," said Assistant Chief Constable George Hamilton, who commanded Friday night's police operation.

"There were all sorts of weapons and equipment being used against the police including scaffolding and masonry. People were pulling up the paving stones from the busiest shopping precinct in Belfast."

The Catholic parade, marking the anniversary of the 1971 introduction of internment without trial by British authorities, eventually had to pass along a different route.

Eight were hurt on Thursday night when a crowd at a bonfire to mark the anniversary in a Catholic-dominated part of Belfast threw paint bombs, bottles and masonry at police.

Forty-two years ago, soldiers swept into Catholic districts and arrested more than 340 people as the British government sought to halt growing Irish Republican Army (IRA) violence aimed at extinguishing rule from London.

"Last night's violence and attacks on police officers were shameful," Britain's minister for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers, said in a statement. "Disorder on the streets is a hugely regrettable step backwards."

In all, more than 3,600 people died in a sectarian conflict that began in the late 1960s, including more than 1,000 members of the British security forces. More than 36,000 were injured.

(Writing by Sam Cage; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)

[Tracie Crespo]

More back-up regarding this weeks ZT (Zeta's right again!) about why embassy's are closing...

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/04/19859813-interpol-iss...

Interpol issues global alert after al Qaida-linked prison breaks

A threat of an al Qaeda attack is "real and serious" and "we must not let our guard down," the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has warned after a worldwide alert was issued for all U.S. citizens traveling abroad. NBC's Kristen Welker reports.

By F. Brinley Bruton, Staff Writer, NBC News

International police agency Interpol announced a global security alert advising its members to be more vigilant about possible terror attacks just days after the United States also issued a travel alert and closed 21 embassies worldwide. 

Interpol linked its warnings to a series of prison breaks in Iraq, Libya and Pakistan.

“With suspected al Qaeda involvement in several of the breakouts which led to the escape of hundreds of terrorists and other criminals, the Interpol alert requests the organization’s 190 member countries’ assistance in order to determine whether any of these recent events are coordinated or linked,” the France-based organization said in a statement issued on Saturday.

NBC News counter-terrorism analyst Michael Leiter and NBC's Richard Engel join Lester Holt with more on the al Qaeda threat.

In addition to the recent prison breaks, Interpol pointed to other possible reasons for the heightened security fears. August is the anniversary of deadly attacks in Mumbai, India, and Gluboky, Russia, as well as in Jakarta, Indonesia. The week of Aug. 3 is also the 15th anniversary of the bombings of American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in which more than 200 were killed some 4,000 injured.

More than 20 U.S. embassies and consulates that normally open on Sundays -- mostly in the Muslim world -- were closing this weekend because of the potential threat.

On Saturday evening, Susan Rice chaired a National Security Council meeting at the White... to discuss the latest intelligence regarding a possible al Qaeda attack.

There are different views among analysts -- including whether a plot is already underway, with team members already selected, as reported Saturday by CBS.

At least some present at the meeting said they believed that to be the case, but others disagree. There is no consensus on whether the plot is underway, officials told NBC News.

The threat of an al Qaeda attack is “real and serious” and “we must not let our guard down,” the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence warned on Friday after a worldwide alert was issued for all U.S. citizens traveling abroad.

The State Department warned the terror group and its affiliates “may focus efforts to conduct attacks in the period between now and the end of August.”

"The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the continued potential for terrorist attacks, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, and possibly occurring in or emanating from the Arabian Peninsula," it added.

The travel alert expires on August 31.

Britain has confirmed it was also closing its embassy in Yemen on Sunday and Monday, and France said it was shuttering its embassy in the country for a few days.

Tony Capra, Andrea Mitchell and Catherine Chomiak, NBC News, and Reuters contributed to this report. 

[Stra]

Protests continue to rage across the globe:

 

Egypt: Over 80 dead, hundreds injured in Egypt clashes (27, 28 July 2013)

Source: http://rt.com/news/egypt-dead-clashes-brotherhood-664/

 

Peru: Thousands of anti-govt protesters teargassed by Peru police (28 July 2013)

Source: http://rt.com/news/peru-riots-government-humala-692/

 

Brazil: Brazilian activists ransack banks in protest of govt corruption (27 July 2013)

Source: http://rt.com/in-vision/sao-paulo-protest-rio-govenor/

 

Tunisia: Tunisian police fire tear gas to disperse violent protests (26, 27 July 2013)

Source: http://rt.com/news/tunisia-police-tear-gas-690/

Source: http://rt.com/news/tunisia-opposition-leader-killed-601/

 

Brazil: Brazilians protest splurge on papal tour (23 July 2013)

Source: http://rt.com/in-vision/brazilians-pope-visit-clashes/

 

Turkey: Turkish police fire tear gas at protesters (21 July 2013)

Source: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/07/2013720182057563185.html

 

India: Police clash with protesters in Kashmir (21 July 2013)

Source: http://rt.com/in-vision/india-kashmir-police-clashes/

 

Spain: Spanish anti-corruption protests call for PM's resignation (19 July 2013)

Source: http://rt.com/in-vision/spanish-corruption-rajoy-protest/

 

[KM]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2379657/Egypt-Morsi-More-10...

More than 100 people killed and 1,000 injured in clashes in Egypt as deposed president Morsi is formally accused of murder and conspiracy with Hamas

• Hundreds of thousands turned out across Egypt for pro-army demonstrations but clashed with counter protests
  
• At least 70 people have died in clashes as supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi also lined the streets
• Morsi has been formally accused of conspiring with Palestinian group Hamas and of murdering prison officers
  

By Rosie Taylor and Anthony Bond

PUBLISHED: 00:12 GMT, 27 July 2013 | UPDATED: 15:17 GMT, 27 July 2013

More than 100 people are believed to have been killed at a protest in support of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

Security forces are reported to have started shooting demonstrators shortly before pre-dawn morning prayers at a round-the-clock vigil in Cairo being staged by backers of Morsi, who was removed from power by the army three weeks ago.

Makeshift field hospitals around the area near the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque were overwhelmed, with one doctor telling the BBC that more than 1,000 had been injured.

The state health ministry said 20 people had died and 177 suffered injuries.

Followers: This image released by the Egyptian army of Friday evening's pro-army rally shows the strength of support for the security forces and against the ousted president Morsi

[KM]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-23303727

Belfast trouble: Police attacked for second night

The police have come under attack in north Belfast for a second night

The police have been attacked with petrol bombs in north Belfast as trouble flared for the second consecutive night.

Stones, bottles and fireworks have also been thrown at officers in the Woodvale area. Water cannon have been deployed.

It follows serious rioting on Friday night when 32 police officers and an MP were injured.

Chris Buckler reports from the scene of Saturday's clashes

Another 400 police officers have been brought into Northern Ireland to assist the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

BBC Northern Ireland reporter Mark Simpson said on Saturday: "Hundreds of police officers are trying to stop the violence spreading.

"So far, they are succeeding but the trouble does not seem likely to stop any time soon."

[Gerard Zwaan]

Everywhere is resistance’: Police use teargas and water cannon to d...

[Heather]

It was a LOT more than thousands...from BBC " The demonstrations that began Sunday in Cairo, Egypt against the Muslim Brotherhood government of President Mohamed Morsi have attracted "millions" of supporters and many counter-demonstrators as well, making the protest the largest political event in the history of the world, according to the BBC."

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2013/07/01/several-news-out...

[Howard]

Egypt Erupts with Protests Demanding Morsi Ouster (June 30)

Hundreds of thousands thronged the streets of Cairo and cities around the country Sunday and marched on the presidential palace, filling a broad avenue for blocks, in an attempt to force out the Islamist president with the most massive protests Egypt has seen in two-and-a-half years of turmoil.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/30/egypt-protests.html