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former spokesman, Khanfar appointed Sheikh Yusuf al- Qaradawi—whom Nasser had stripped of his Egyptian nationality—as the channel's "spiritual counsellor’. former spokesman, Khanfar appointed Sheikh Yusuf al- deregulation of Libya's socialist economy and the Qaradawi—whom Nasser had stripped of his Egyptian __ privatisation of its public enterprises. nationality—as the channel's "spiritual counsellor’. Through his JTrack training activities, Mahmoud Jibril established personal relationships with almost all the The 2011 Shift Arab and Southeast Asian leaders. He had offices in With the revolutions in North Africa and the Arabian Bahrain and Singapore. In addition, Jibril created Peninsula, Wadah Khanfar dramatically changed Al trading companies, including one dealing with Jazeera's editorial policy. The Group played a central Malaysian and Australian timber in partnership with his role in lending credence to the "Arab spring" myth, — French friend, Bernard-Henri Lévy. according to which the people—eager to live in a Mahmoud Jibril started his university studies in Cairo, western-style society—had risen to overthrow their where he met and married the daughter of one o dictatorial regimes and switch to Nasser's ministers. He later parliamentary democracies. No continued his studies in the United distinction was made between the States, where he assimilated the events in Tunisia and Egypt and those . libertarian views that he tried to injec in Libya and Syria. As for the popular ar | replica of into Gaddafi's anarchist ideology. movements in Yemen and Bahrain, . rr) But, more importantly, Jibril joined hey did not draw enough viewers! Tripoli s Green the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya. I In reality, the Anglo-Saxons tried to Square and was in this capacity that he placed his ake advantage of the popular revolts . oe co-religionists, Brothers Wadah o replay the same "Arab spring" Bab al-Azizia was Kanfhar and Yusuf al-Oaradawi, in A scenario that they had staged in the built in the studios Jazeera. 920s to take possession of the former A During the first half of 2011, the Ottoman provinces and install puppet of | Jazeera Qatari channel became the preferred parliamentary democracies under in Doha, where instrument for pro-western propaganda. It went to grea lengths to obscure the anti- imperialist and anti-Zionis aspect of the Arab revolutions, and in each country it picked the actors it intended to support and those it decided to deprecate. Not surprisingly, it supported the King of Bahrain (a student o Mahmoud Jibril), who had his own people gunned down, while Al Jazeera's spiritual counsellor, western tutelage. Al Jazeera's coverage of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolts was designed to dampen the flames of revolution and legitimise the governments aligned with the United States and Israel. In Egypt, the uprising was harnessed in the interest of a single element of the opposition: the Muslim Brotherhood, embodied by the channel's star preacher, Sheikh Yusuf al-Oaradawi. Sheikh al-Qaradawi, was calling Outraged by the new editorial over the air for a jihad against al- policy and the increasingly frequent recourse to lies,» a | Gaddafi and Syria's al-Assad, falsely accusing them o number of journalists, including Ghassan Ben Jeddou, —_ murdering their own people. footage of false images was shot, portraying pro-US “insurgents” entering Tripoli. walked out, slamming the door behind them. With Jibril as Prime Minister of the rebel governmen of Libya, the height of duplicity was reached when a Who’s Pulling the Information Strings? replica of Tripoli's Green Square and Bab al-Azizia was Nevertheless, it wasn't until the Libyan episode that built in the studios of Al Jazeera in Doha, where footage he masks started to fall. In fact, the boss of JTrack and __ of false images was shot, portraying pro-US "insurgents" mentor of Wadah Kanfhar is none other than Mahmoud _ entering Tripoli. Need I mention the insults I received ibril (the "J" in "JTrack" stands for "Jibril"). This friendly, | when I denounced this manipulation in the columns of brilliant, yet shallow manager had been recommended __ Voltairenet.org? Yet Al Jazeera and Sky News broadcas o Muammar al-Gaddafi by his new American friends to these false images on the second day of the Battle o pilot the economic opening of Libya after the Tripoli, sowing confusion among the Libyan people. I normalisation of its diplomatic ties. Under Saif al-Islam — was actually only three days later that the "rebels"— Gaddafi's control, he was appointed both Minister of | almost exclusively from Misrata—entered Tripoli, Planning and Director of the National Economic devastated by NATO's bombs. Development Board, thus becoming de facto the number- The same goes for the announcement by Al Jazeera o! wo man in the government, having authority over other Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's arrest and the confirmation of his ministers. At breakneck speed, he forged ahead with the — capture by the Prosecutor of the International Crimina ...a replica of Tripoli’s Green Square and Bab al-Azizia was of Al Jazeera in Doha, where footage of false images was shot, portraying pro-US “insurgents” entering Tripoli. Who’s Pulling the Information Strings? Nevertheless, it wasn't until the Libyan episode that he masks started to fall. In fact, the boss of JTrack and mentor of Wadah Kanfhar is none other than Mahmoud ibril (the "J" in "JTrack" stands for "Jibril"). This friendly, brilliant, yet shallow manager had been recommended o Muammar al-Gaddafi by his new American friends to pilot the economic opening of Libya after the normalisation of its diplomatic ties. Under Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's control, he was appointed both Minister of Planning and Director of the National Economic Development Board, thus becoming de facto the number- wo man in the government, having authority over other ministers. At breakneck speed, he forged ahead with the NEXUS ° 13 built in the studios DECEMBER 2011 - JANUARY 2012 www.nexusmagazine.com