Why China Fears a 12-Year-Old Egyptian Boy

July 12, 2013, 6:33 p.m. ET
Why China Fears a 12-Year-Old Egyptian Boy

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YouTube sensation Ali Ahmed's talk of people power and constitutionalism makes Beijing nervous.
By DAVID FEITH  CONNECT

China is an increasingly confident power, right? That's the message we're supposed to take from Beijing's investments in military hardware, assertiveness against neighbors on the high seas, and swagger through the halls of international diplomacy. So why censor a YouTube video of a 12-year-old kid talking politics on the streets of Cairo?

Young Ali Ahmed became a global Internet star this week, as footage went viral of him standing by a political demonstration and articulately denouncing Egypt's government. "I'm here today," he says in Arabic to a woman off-camera, "to help prevent Egypt from becoming a commodity owned by one person and to protest the confiscation of the constitution by one single party. We didn't get rid of a military regime to replace it with a fascist theocracy."

Recorded at a rally last October and aired online with English subtitles, the precocious boy's indictment captures the mood of the millions of Egyptians who took to the streets this month and—helped by the military—threw President Mohammed Morsi out of office. "The social objectives of the [2011] revolution are yet to be achieved. Economic empowerment, freedom, and social justice," says Ali with confidence. "There are still no jobs. The police still jail people randomly. As for social justice, how can a news anchor get 30 million Egyptian pounds, while some people still pick food from the garbage?"

By Monday evening, versions of the video with Chinese subtitles were spreading across Chinese social media—and apparently making Beijing nervous. As the South China Morning Post reports, the video "ranked as the third most popular microblog post overnight until Tuesday, before it was quietly taken down from the ranking."

The specter of people power always spooks China's Communist authorities, but perhaps most alarming in this case was Ali's talk of constitutionalism, a concept that Beijing has railed against particularly hard in recent months.

"Politically speaking," says the boy in the video, "where is the constitution that represents us? For example, women are half of the society. How come there are only seven ladies in the Constituent Assembly, six of whom are Islamists? . . . Even if the constitution is nice but the assembly that drafted it is bad, we will end up with something bad. Don't bring me 80 good articles and 20 bad ones that will ruin the country, and then tell me this is a constitution." In China, Communist Party fiat is the law of the land and no nominal Constitution or National People's Congress stands in the way.

The case of Ali Ahmed is hardly the first time that Chinese censors have gotten nervous over news from Egypt. In 2011, as street protests were forcing longtime strongman Hosni Mubarak from power, major Chinese Internet sites such as Weibo (akin to Twitter) and Sina.com blocked searches for "Egypt." When Chinese Internet users responded to the Arab Spring two years ago by calling for a "Jasmine Revolution" at home, censors began quashing digital references to jasmine in all its forms—tea, flower, etc.

With Chinese diplomats in Washington this week for the latest round of great-power diplomacy (the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue), observers spoke of mutual respect, common interests and China as a responsible stakeholder in the world order. Publicly and privately, Chinese officials sought respect as a fellow superpower.

Yet at home China's censors kept working. They signal weakness, not strength—a government afraid of its own people and the butterfly effect of a street vendor lighting himself on fire in Tunisia. Afraid even of a 12-year-old talking into a camera in faraway Egypt.

Mr. Feith is an editorial writer at The Wall Street Journal Asia.

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A Very Wise Egyptian Boy!

Since I became a father in 1994, I have found great hope in what I see in this generation of children. They are wise beyond the years.

The people of Egypt have been through much, I hope people listen to the wisdom of this young boy.

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Veterans Today: “Game Over” for Morsi, Israel

Opponents of Morsi hold protest rallies in Cairo on July 3, 2013.

I don't often publish articles from Veterans Today anymore once I figured out it was an outlet of US military Intelligence even given its links to Iran's Press TV (I know that's confusing but such is the world at this moment in time - if you think the world works like the TV News paints it - you'll be lost).  VT has published some remarkable pieces on the middle east most of which I think were truthful, but discernment is always advised.  As long as you know the bias there's good data in the web site.  Similarly with Russia Today, it publishes some remarkably accurate stories about the USA that our corporate media won't touch, but don't expect Russia Today to give the straight scoop on Russia.  The network has little to do with daily life in Russia.

Its not a secret that Morsi was universally loathed by the people of Egypt.  He was cruel, heartless, and a despot elected in a rigged election.  He was the choice the choice of the International Banker's.   A Phoenix operation that removed one puppet, Mubarak, and replaced him with Morsi. And they didn't even have to change the monogramed towels in the Presidential Palace. We've seen the same tactics in the USA by the bankers, Bush replaced by Clinton (who was always in the Texas Camp despite being of the other party) followed by another Bush followed by Obama who continued GW Bush's tactics of "pre-emptive war", incarceration without trial, torture, and drone attacks.  We've been "phoenixed" so many times in our own country.

So when I saw the blatently pro-Zionist CNN roundly attack the ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood's Morsi, something smelled bad.  What's wrong with this picture?  Where's Waldo?  CNN placed live images of the pro-Morsi minority in tight camera shots in a split screen against the millions of the Egyptians who wanted him ousted as if there was some 50/50 divide in opinion in Egypt.  There was nothing of the of the kind!  Why would they do this unless they wanted to present in the public mind that further violence would be sectarian in nature? This was public democracy showing in force they didn't accept the rigged and fraudulent election financed by Wall Street, London and Tel Aviv that put Morsi into power.

The Muslim Brotherhood had its start under the Grand Mufti who was the only muslim member of the NAZI SS...the scourge of terror of the Jews during WWII.  So you'd think, anyone truly supporting Israel...would be glad to see this guy go...given the direct lineage of horror, unless the plot was so byzantine and more about Israel's deniable proxy wars in the middle east for the Rothschild clan.  

Gordon Duff makes a remarkable prediction in this article, which from my early morning TV viewing seems to be already coming true...  The good people of Egypt deserve better. -AK


http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/07/05/game-over-for-morsi-israel/

“Game Over” for Morsi, Israel
Friday, July 5th, 2013 | Posted by Gordon Duff at Veterans Today
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By Gordon Duff and Press TV
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“Morsi’s rule was a game, little more, in fact, no more than the selling of a totalitarian regime built on suppression of freedom of thought and expression and the careful grooming of extremism and slavish adherence to what had been intended to be a highly secretive plot, one so complex, so convoluted that discovery was impossible.”

“GAME OVER” is what the massive laser light show in Tahrir Square in Egypt’s capital of Cairo is announcing to the cheering throngs.

The sign is more right than some in Egypt, than all in the West, can begin to understand.

Morsi’s rule was a game, little more, in fact, no more than the selling of a totalitarian regime built on suppression of freedom of thought and expression and the careful grooming of extremism and slavish adherence to what had been intended to be a highly secretive plot, one so complex, so convoluted that discovery was impossible.

The great game, Morsi trying to buy Egypt’s place at the table with the new “Masters of the Universe,” the coalition of Turkey’s resurgent Ottoman dreams, rumored to exist only in Erdogan’s diseased brain, Netanyahu’s endless quest to prove to mankind that depravity knows no bounds, but we only begin.

It goes much further, much deeper, layer upon layer, a grand design clearly intended to end all human moral considerations, replacing them with a new “relativism,” all thinly veiled hucksterism peddled by half-baked carnival conmen.

The con, selling “The Clash of Civilizations” as a “cover and deception” plan , covering the truth, deceiving any seeking enlightenment, meant to obscure the simple reality that a group of secret societies, some many centuries old, men serving an unseen master best described as “Satanic,” believe they have been chosen to oversee the end of humanity.

Insane as it sounds, the list of those seeking membership is endless. I don’t really think this is much of a secret anymore. No rational person could believe otherwise as we are drowning, in some cases literally, in evidence.

Only a fool would fail to see the patterns. Calling them predators is too generous. Our “elites” are more akin to a nasty strain of syphilis. You know the names, Morsi was simply trying to get on the list. Let’s be honest, I don’t think Morsi really made it.

Well, with “Game Over,” one thing is for sure, the people of Egypt and their army weren’t as easily fooled as the American people were after 9/11.

Most agree that the turning point for the army was Morsi’s call for war against Syria. Those still harboring illusions as to Morsi, excusing his behavior as “unbalanced” or “insane,” simply weren’t paying attention.

The American media had no trouble either, saw no inconsistencies in his betrayal of the Palestinians, his systematic sabotage of Egypt’s economy, his curious political alignments, neocons in America, Likudists in Israel and Al Qaeda in Syria.

Americans have gained a delightful “moral flexibility,” an ability to rationalize, to betray, to deceive and be deceived and they seem to love it.

The Egyptian people saw, the army saw. Maybe it is simply that the West has so conditioned itself with absurdity and obfuscation that questioning anything, no matter how fanciful, seems, in itself, a pointless act. Perhaps I am giving too much credit.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out

The ugliness Morsi brought with him, his slavishness to Israel, his soullessness, rode roughshod over Egypt’s people like a pharaoh’s curse.

Yet, as the dust settles, we know it isn’t really over, not yet. “Morsi 2.0” is waiting in the wings.
Morsi was “Mubarak 2.0.” The “Masters of the Universe” aren’t going to give up on destroying Egypt, not so easily.

We can expect the car bombs, the favorite of Mossad’s false-flag ‘bag of tricks.’ Sectarian violence, Tel Aviv hopes, will derail Egypt’s second try for real independence. Consider this a prediction.
Did you get your “talking points” today?

Across the world, the bloggers and pundits are scrambling to save Morsi, their handlers frantically emailing and faxing “talking points.” Coffers will open, cash payments for articles, even for slavish comment board spamming, an Israeli psyops practice carefully tracked by Jim W. Dean of Veterans Today.

As late as this morning, dozens of owned or rented “influencers” were attacking the Muslim Brotherhood as part of the worldwide Islamic conspiracy against all mankind.

Now, as thronging millions march through Egypt’s streets, celebrating the overthrow of a government that makes North Korea look like Iceland, those same “shills,” there is no other word that applies, have turned 180 degrees and are parroting the Talumdic gang’s talking points:

· Military coup
· Suspended constitution
· Morsi was Egypt’s first “freely elected” president

What kind of constitution allowed Morsi to imprison students for unfavorable “tweets?”
Then again, how many opponents did the Muslim Brotherhood “disappear?”

Consider this another prediction.

The lynchpin
Morsi was the Lynchpin to Israel’s strategy. Morsi wasn’t just another “pretty face,” no indeed! This was, and is, a world-class thug.

Taking a lead from the Bush, Blair, Netanyahu playbook, Morsi tried to create a feeling of victimization and hysteria, first unleashing an imaginary jihad on Syria, Egypt’s historical ally and one-time partner in the short-lived United Arab Republic.

His second ploy was a threat of war against Ethiopia based on half-baked rumors that their huge hydroelectric dam would interfere with the flow of the Nile.

The real role of Morsi was to isolate Egypt, turn it into the laughing stock of the Middle East, castrate its military and create base of operations for certain foreign intelligence agencies.

Morsi’s hydra
The events of today are not to be underestimated, they are monumental. Least of all, it can be shown that a real taste for freedom can’t be quelled with repackaged tyranny, except maybe in western nations like Canada, Germany, France and, just maybe, the United States.

Could the “developed nations” be the new political and intellectual “third world?”

As for the importance of Egypt as a slave satellite of Greater Israel, enough can’t be said. One needs only to look to Libya.

After the fall of Gaddafi, more a murder than a fall, actually, there has been a total news blackout on Libya. A carefully coordinated disinformation campaign, the “pro/anti-Zionists” of the left, 99% of whom have always been useless oxygen wasters, along with their “imperialist/bankster” warmongering friends, the other side of the same counterfeit coin, have sought to rob the Libyan people of credit for a very real sacrifice.

Toward that end, our media-mogul fact-twisting friends have sought to erase Gaddafi’s history, not just as a CIA asset and host to 20 years of P2 Gladio terrorism in Europe, but of his long military partnership with Israel, the evidence of which stoked Libyan fires for weeks.

Libya, with its vast oil and petrochemical wealth, has to be reined in. Morsi was part of that effort, holding down one flank, supporting the anti-government militias while conveying jihadists to do Israel’s dirty work in Syria.

In the process, a new generation of Al Qaeda terrorists will spread a generation of suffering, down through Africa, up into Europe and, of course, assuring Libya will suffer the fate of Iraq, war without end.

Tonight, Morsi no longer sits at that table. Egypt’s security services have been looking at foreign workers, language teachers, tourists who have lingered a bit too long.

Hundreds of young and helpful Israelis, many with “other” passports, have poured into Egypt to assist their blood enemy.

Morsi is gone, but will Egypt remain Israel’s colony?

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Thirty-Three MILLION People. Egypt Rises WITH UPDATES. Morsi Has 48 Hours

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MON JUL 01, 2013 AT 04:00 AM PDT
Thirty-Three MILLION People. Egypt Rises WITH UPDATES. Morsi Has 48 Hours

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You think they're upset?

That's an unofficial number, of course.  But that's the unofficial number of people who are out protesting against the government of Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood today.  Thirty-three million all over Egypt.  The largest protest in the history of the world.

This is what a pissed off country looks like:

My question is, Why hasn't anyone been covering this?  Why has there only been cursory coverage on the TeeVee?  Where are the diaries? Is this not important?  The Muslim Brotherhood may be on its way to being expelled from power.  Muhammad Morsi is rumored to be in hiding, and yet no one is talking about this?

As I've said, everything I've heard has been unofficial.  But it has come from the ground.  A friend living in Dallas met a refugee and they struck a friendship.  She has met more refugees, from Egypt, and from Syria, through Facebook and other social media.  Here is a picture of one of her friends marching with Mohammed ElBaredai:

Marching with ElBaredai

Anyway, there is a Facebook page with news, pictures, and video from the ground.

Also follow the following Twitter feeds: @CairoScene, @TahrirBodyguard, @Ghonim,@sandmonkey, and @USEmbassyCairo Follow the hashtag #June30

And the Egypt Independent is a good news source to follow.

Here are some snippets of things that have been happening on the ground in Egypt:

First, here is video of the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters being attacked.  Notice the sandbags on the windows. The citizens used what they had--rocks, fireworks, Molotov cocktails, what have you.  Also notice the green lasers.

Next we have a picture of the crowd and a Military-style helicopter hovering above the crowd:

Notice the green lasers again.  The protesters are using the lasers to point at the helicopter to blind the pilot.  With the pilot blinded, he cannot attack or land.

Folks--this is one of the biggest stories of the year.  And it may not bode well for us, either.  This crowd is pissed at Morsi.  And they see Obama and the United States as the ones who put him in office.  And they see the United States calling for calm and talk with the Muslim Brotherhood.  Witness this banner seen at the protests.  The woman is US Ambassador Anne Patterson:

Diplomacy with Egypt is walking on eggs.  You don't want to be seen as backing the "wrong" side, but you also don't want to be seen as waiting to see which way the wind blows.  Meanwhile, you are sending money to basically pay for their military, which right now is taking a neutral stance.  At any time they can always clamp down and take over themselves.  Add to that the fact that Egypt has an almost forty year treaty with Israel that is holding steady.  While not best friends, they are at least in a comfortable but wary detente.

The Conventional Wisdom is that Morsi is going to offer "concessions".  But the protesters don't want that.  We'll see.  We may be seeing the overthrow of another Egyptian government.  

And this time, no one's covering it in the media.

UPDATE: While the number of marchers has ranged from "millions" to 14 million, the opposition reports that their petition has received over 22,000,000 signatures (22 MILLION).

THIS JUST IN: Multiple news sources are reporting that the Egyptian Military is giving the Morsi government 48 hours to answer the demands of the protesters

It would offer its own "road map" for peace if the factions failed to reach a deal following deadly clashes, it said.

11:34 AM PT: Via Al-Arabiya: Ten Egyptian ministers have submitted their resignation after huge protests against Islamist President Mohammed Mursi, Al Arabiya correspondent reported Monday.

Earlier, Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil has rejected the resignation request of five ministers, a senior government official told AFP.

Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou, Minister of State for Environmental Affairs Khaled Abdel-Aal, Communication and Information Technology Minister Atef Helmi, Minister of State for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Hatem Bagato, and Water Minister Abdel Qawy Khalifa handed their resignation letters at the same time to Qandil, the official said.

ORIGINALLY POSTED TO ZENBASSOON ON MON JUL 01, 2013 AT 04:00 AM PDT.

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