The opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable coalition got 99 seats in the country’s parliament, while the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, founded by the late President Hugo Chavez, won 46 seats. A total of 19.4 million Venezuelans were eligible to vote. The electoral commission recorded a turnout of 74.25 percent. It is the first time in […]
Posts Tagged ‘islamists’
U.S. met with Egypt Islamists: U.S. diplomat
Edmund BlairReuters October 2, 2011 (Reuters) – U.S. officials have met members of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party, a U.S. diplomat said, after Washington announced it would have direct contacts with Egypt’s biggest Islamist group whose role has grown since U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak was ousted. Washington announced the plans in June, portraying such […]
Libyan Islamists must have share in power, warns leader
Ian BlackThe Guardian September 27, 2011 Libya’s Islamist groups “will not allow” secular politicians to exclude or marginalise them in the intensifying battle for power in the post-Gaddafi era, the country’s most powerful Islamist leader has said. Abdel Hakim Belhaj, head of the Tripoli Military Council and founder of a jihadi group that was […]
Islamists’ growing sway raises questions for Libya
Rod Nordland and David D. Kirkpatrick New York Times Sept 15, 2011 TRIPOLI, Libya — In the emerging post-Gadhafi Libya, the most influential politician may well be Ali Sallabi, who has no formal title but commands broad respect as an Islamic scholar and populist orator who was instrumental in leading the mass uprising. The most […]
The Players of World War Three: Globalists And Zionists Vs. Islamists
Saman MohammadiThe Excavator Thursday, September 1, 2011 Globalists, Zionists and Islamists are waging a total war for the heart of the Earth, which stretches from Egypt to Turkey in the North and Pakistan in the East, and includes the capitals Cairo, Tel Aviv, Beirut, Damascus, Baghdad, Tehran, Ankara, Kabul, and Islamabad. The war is being […]