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Ce soir à 21h connectez-vous sur France5 et france.tv pour un super film sur #MbZ et les #Emirats on @lemondeenface⁩. Honoré de figurer parmi les commentateurs avec ⁦@Abdulkhaleq_UAE⁩, ⁦@benjbarthe⁩, ⁦@berlinest⁩ & autore. CC: ⁦@ECFRParis
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PM #Modi’s body language with France’s President is very different. With other leaders he is seen passing jokes and hugging, but with Macron he shares a diff chemistry. The videos will show it more clearly! I have noticed the same vibe when he’s with #MBZ (UAE’s president).
Adding Netanyahu (Israel) and Abe (Japan) to the list. Its a lil diff with the current leaders of the same countries.
Go ahead rate PM Modi’s bonding with others. Rate them out of 10
1️⃣Netanyahu
2️⃣ Shinze Abe
3️⃣Macron
4️⃣Biden
5️⃣ MBZ (UAE’s president)
6️⃣MBS (Saudi Arabia’s crown Prince)
7️⃣ Justin Trudeau
8️⃣ Fumio Kishida
9️⃣ Naftali Bennett
10. Donal Trump, 11. Putin
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BREAKING: #UAE President #KhalifabinZayed just died. Crown Prince of #AbuDhabi since 1969, and Abu Dhabi Ruler & President since his father Sheikh Zayed died in 2004. The #BurjKhalifa was initially named to honor him.

A few words on him + what happens now in a thread. 1/
After #KhalifabinZayed suffered a stroke in 2014, his younger brother Mohammad bin Zayed (#MbZ) became de facto leader of the #UAE. Now the Federal Supreme Council (including the rulers of the 7 Emirates) will ratify #MbZ as official President of the #UAE. Basically guaranteed 2/
The more interesting thing is who will be appointed #UAE Crown Prince. Options include #MbZ’s brother & #security czar #TahnoonBinZayed, another brother, or #MbZ’s son #KhalidBinZayed.

While #SaudiArabia moved to primogeniturial succession, the #UAE might do the opposite. 3/
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#Syria's nominal ruler #Iran/#Russia dependent), Bashar al-Asad, was greeted in the #UAE on 18 March 2022, in Dubai by its emir, Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. This is Asad's first visit to an Arab state since the uprising began, exactly eleven years ago. reuters.com/world/middle-e…
The @DXBMediaOffice released pictures of the visit by #Syria's tyrant, Bashsr al-Asad, to the #UAE, including this one [from left to right]: Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad; Asad; Dubai's ruler, Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum; and Dubai's Crown Prince, Hamdan ("Fazza").
#Syria's tyrant, Bashar al-Asad, met #UAE's de facto overall ruler, Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (#MBZ) [left], and "was also photographed with the owner of Manchester City Football Club, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan" [right]. bbc.in/36rbiJA
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"Aí, maluco, #Biden achou mesmo que a gente aumentaria a produção de #petróleo em 2022, só para os #EUA pagarem menos de U$5 no galão de #gasolina... Viajou na maionese!".
#MBS e #MBZ não estão nem aí para o desespero dos EUA e #Europa. Não faz sentido algum para os dois déspotas aumentar a produção e reduzir o preço do barril para algo próximo a U$130.

Eles querem o barril a U$300. Bom para #ArábiaSaudita e #EmiradosÁrabesUnidos.
Bom para a #Rússia (que está prestes a dominar a #Ucrânia de #Zelenskyy e avançar). Bom para a #Venezuela e #Canadá. Ótimo para a #Noruega. E perfeito para a #China.

Nenhum dos esforços diplomáticos de Biden deu certo nessa seara em 03/2022.
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Un thread sur la résistance palestinienne à #Gaza.

Pourquoi #Israel concentre toute sa propagande sur le #hamas?

Pourquoi les officines israéliennes en occident attaquent les frères musulmans?

Quel rôle/realtions avec les dictatures arabes alliées d'Israël?

C'est parti⬇️
1. Pendant que #Israel massacre les palestiniens à #Gaza, toute la communication et la propagande israélienne aussi bien en interne mais surout en occident, consiste et peut se résumer à ceci:

"#hamas, terroriste, nous attaque.
Israël, victime, ne fait que se défendre"
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2. La porogande israélienne veut ainsi faire oublier la "root cause": colonisation, massacres, déportations, apartheid...qui sont le quotidien des palestiniens depuis la création d'Israël en 1948...bien avant la création du hamas en 1987.
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#ErikPrince and the Failed Plot to Arm Warlord in Libya

If the #UN approves the report’s findings, Prince would face a travel ban and have his bank accounts frozen. At least four countries have opened CRIMINAL PROBES into the alleged Libya plot

#MOG
theintercept.com/2021/02/26/eri…
The purpose of the mercenary mission was to provide Hifter with a “maritime interdiction capability … but also the capability to identify and strike land targets, and terminate and/or kidnap high-value targets,” the U.N. report concluded.

#MOG
When Trump won the White House, Prince wasted no time in inserting himself into what would emerge as a new Middle Eastern coalition under a new president. In January 2017, he flew to the Seychelles to meet with Zayed, the crown prince and de facto ruler of the #UAE, known as #MBZ
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"The #UAE was the most likely foreign funder of the mercenary operation of #ErikPrince...The report points out that the mercenaries had offices, bank accounts and shell companies in the Emirates."
nytimes.com/2021/02/19/wor…
"#MBZ has longstanding ties to Prince and is probably #Haftar's most important foreign backer...Last year, the #UAE poured tons of weapons into Libya in blatant disregard for the arms embargo..." - Abu Dhabi has still not responded to the #UN Report
#MbZ once famously referred to Erik Prince as "his guy" considering how much the #UAE owed to Prince's mercenary know-how & networks
theintercept.com/2019/05/03/eri…
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La cérémonie de signature de l'accord de normalisation négocié par les États-Unis entre #Israël et les #EAU aura lieu à la Maison Blanche le 15 septembre. Netanyahu et le ministre des affaires étrangères Abdullah Bin Zayed dirigeront les délégations..

axios.com/israel-uae-nor…
Il est frappant de constater que les chefs de gouvernement américain et israélien assisteront à cette cérémonie, mais uniquement le ministre émirien des affaires étrangères...

thenational.ae/uae/sheikh-abd…
Ni #MbZ en tant que leader de facto des EAU ni #MbR en tant que vice-président n'assisteront à la signature de l'accord de normalisation #EAU-#Israël à Washington.
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I’ve connected with dozens of folks from the UAE after #MBZ’s announcement with #Israel. The majority are pained and do not support the step #MBZ has taken. They are suffocated & fear speaking out against it because #MBZ is a dictator & can act with brutality. Thread
State owned media in the #UAE is doing its best propaganda in decades trying to convince people #MBZ made this decision to benefit #Palestine - but it’s becoming clear to most #Emiratis that’s just not the case. They are hearing other views & seeing this action for what it is...
It’s important to remember that #MBZ’s father, Sheikh Zayed, was unequivocal in his support for Palestinian rights and his antagonism to Israel’s crimes. Most #Emiratis have seen videos of him speaking very passionately on this issue, like this one below, which is being shared..
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Historique! Après des années de rapprochement et une alliance qui n'osait pas dire son nom (pro US, anti Iran), #Israel et les #Emirats Arabes Unis annoncent la normalisation complète de leurs relations sous l'égide des #USA
C'est l'aube d'"une nouvelle ère de #paix" entre #Israel et le monde arabe, annonce #Netanyahu, qui se met dans les pas de Menahem Begin (accord de paix avec l'Egypte en 1979) et Yitzhak Rabin (avec la Jordanie en 1994)
#Emirats #EAU
Les #Emirats s'inscrivent aussi dans les pas de Sadate & Hussein de Jordanie avec #Israel. Rappelez-vous, l’ambassadeur des #EAU à Washington avait comparé sa tribune parue le 6 juin dernier en hébreu dans le Yedioth Aharonot au "voyage de Sadate à Jérusalem"
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A welcome development to see #UAE crown prince #MBZ used for torture in #France by #Yemen victims. No more chateau and fine wine excursions to Paris for the emir 😢 france24.com/en/20200717-ab…
@hrw and others extensively documented the role of UAE forces - under command and responsibility of MBZ - along w their proxies in torturing Yemenis:

hrw.org/news/2017/06/2…
And ofc the US knew about these #UAE torture centers in #yemen and interrogated prisoners there anyway.

apnews.com/4925f7f0fa6548…
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1. #Yemen #UN Group of Eminent Experts just released second annual report.

GEE recommend states strengthen their mandate at #UN Human Rights Council this month, incl. to collect + preserve evidence of abuse and report directly to HRC.

Thread below.

ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HR…
2. After release of first report, #Yemen #UAE #Saudi #Egypt refused to cooperate with group.

Despite restrictions, GEE conducted >600 interviews w/ victims, witnesses and other sources, and examined a large volume of documentary and open-source material.
3. Legal context: non-international armed conflict between Houthis and GoY, with coalition as parties (tbd how UAE/Yemen battles impact in future).

Also note other non-international armed conflicts, incl between AQAP and GoY, with IHL applying to US actions against AQAP.
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💰George Nader💰

George Nader, the disgraced & recently indicted child sex trafficker & child porn aficionado is in the thick of Team Trump global shenanigans from the notorious Seychelles meet to Qatar Blockade to Psy Group & more.

MAIN THREAD
Trump’s lack of prep’n for victory & disorganized transition created a vacuum that, as RU/ME sought out access & influence, was quickly filled by a number of people eager to portray themselves as access brokers or to generate personal biz opportunities.
nytimes.com/2019/04/20/us/…
But prior to the 2016elex in addition to RU’s efforts to influence the American electorate in favor of Trump, ME foreign actors also assisted w/ the SocMed influence ops to help Trump & harm Cruz/HRC.

Nader among others were key to these influence ops to swing the elex to Trump
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💰Nader - Kirill Dmitriev

11/9/16, at 9:34 am, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and an informal envoy for President Vladimir V. Putin, sent a text message to George Nader a friend with ties to the Trump campaign. #RDIF #Dmitriev
nytimes.com/2019/04/20/us/…
Erik Prince’s RU contact Kirill Dmitriev:

“I think that we can be helpful in guiding this relationship understanding each of the sides well :). My boss (Putin) sends his warmest greetings and I will see him again early next week.”

thedailybeast.com/erik-princes-r…
Mr. Dmitriev wanted to connect quickly with someone in Trump’s inner circle, By the end of the month, he was in touch with Rick Gerson, a friend of Kushner’s who manages a New York hedge fund.
#Gerson
fastcompany.com/90233994/how-a…
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💣Transcripts💣

"During the call, KISYLAK asked FLYNN to set-up a VTC between President-elect Trump & Russian President PUTIN on January 21st"

"FLYNN volunteered that after the election, he had a closed door meeting with Kisylak & Jared KUSHNER at Trump Tower in New York City"
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“FLYNN explained that other meetings took place between the TRUMP team and various other countries took place prior to the inauguration, and were sensitive inasmuch other countries did not want the then current administration to know about them.” #MbZ
💣Transcripts3💣

"FLYNN described SERGUN as someone the U.S. could work with."

📌1/3/16: Igor Sergun, the head of Russia’s secretive GRU military intel service died of unknown causes just weeks after reportedly being sent to Syria to negotiate with President Bashar al-Assad.
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