Egypt's govt wondering why foreign embassies are closing shop

Canada and UK have closed their embassies since last week.  Before that, in November, Germany  closed theirs and Australia might do same soon.  Check the area I have highlighted for the possible reason.  Precaution is always better than having to regret later on that one did not have the foresight when needed.

Egypt .... you have a problem....a very BIG one.

Ahmad Jamaleddine writing at AlAkhbar:
The last thing the Egyptian regime needed was for powerful countries, like Britain and Canada, to close their embassies in Egypt. Such a reputation aggravates Cairo, which denies any factual reasons for the closure. The issue has raised the ire of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while diplomatic sources attributed the decision to exaggerated security fears.

Cairo – The embassies of the United States, Canada, Britain, and other countries are located In the upscale neighborhood of Garden City in downtown Cairo, just a few meters away from Tahrir Square, which is why the area is known as the embassy district. It is a diplomatic hub, around which the Egyptian authorities have imposed tight security measures since the events of September 11, 2001 until today. In addition to the high walls, and the surveillance and investigation of residents in surrounding houses, the government has banned the leasing of one of the towers overlooking the British Embassy garden. This means that the area is well-secured.

Here, cars are carefully inspected throughout the day, and more than 500 officers and soldiers protect the neighborhood. Residents, however, feel that their area has become akin to military barracks due to these measures. A bystander scoffs at the security concerns cited by the embassies of Britain and Canada given the tight security in place, despite the Ministry of Interior announcement that it has seized maps of diplomatic premises in Cairo from persons that were recently arrested.

The German Embassy announced that its consulate will be closed on Thursday, November 11. The US Embassy has also warned of the possibility of taking a similar decision based on the security situation, and the Australian Embassy has followed suit. This prompted Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to go on an evening tour around the streets of Cairo, and take pictures with citizens to show that the security situation is stable. He made sure to take pictures just tens of meters away from the headquarters of the two closed embassies........

"Unspecified security reasons" closes Canadian Embassy in Cairo ....

and our supposedly very transparent and very efficient Harper govt continues in the vile habit of keeping Canadians ignorant of what's going on .... because you see dear folks, it's all for our own safety and protection.

From CBCnews:
Canadian Embassy in Cairo closes  for unspecified security reasons
2nd embassy to close in 2 days, with British Embassy still shut

Canada's Embassy in Cairo is closed today until further notice for security reasons, the second diplomatic mission to shut in two days.

"As a security precaution, and to ensure the protection of Canadian staff, we have closed our embassy in Cairo for the day," Adam Hodge, press secretary for Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, said Monday.

He gave no reason for the closure, and said the government does not provide specifics about security precautions.

A message on the embassy's website read: "The ability to provide consular services may occasionally be limited for short periods due to unsettled security conditions." It gave no more details.

The British Embassy in Cairo closed to the public on Sunday, also citing security concerns. A notice on its website on Monday said its services remained suspended.........

Embassies closing in muzzie lands .... do you smell something fishy?

I don't know about you,  but I feel that all this "all of a sudden" warnings of Al Qaeda planning something big and the closing of embassies, etc.  smell real fishy.    I wonder if Obama and gang are trying to prove to all of us that the NSA snooping program is necessary to catch terrorist chatter and that govt. snooping is a necessary evil that we better live with if we want to live at all.  With this guy and his gang anything is possible.  They are devious with  a capital "D".

By closing the embassies in countries that get the biggest bulk of US funding,  is America now admitting that their bribes to those countries don't even warrant basic protection for their embassies by the governments there?  Also, what about other non-embassy Americans living in those countries as foreign workers ... are the terrorists only after embassies and diplomats and not other ordinary Americans or the US companies in muzzie lands?  Are those companies also shutting down and for how long?   Will the terrorists lose their zest to do boom, boom, give up and go away because they can't find Americans between now and the next few days?  Does it make sense to you?  To me it does not and the only possible alternatives .... there are two... one that I mentioned in the first para and the other is that the USA herself is planning something big against something or somebody.  Maybe I am wrong .... but the sceptic in me finds all this very fishy.

From CBS: 
 ....Terrorists Already Have Orders, Could Be In Place For Attacks.  U.S. intelligence officials are dealing with the most credible terrorist threat in years as 19 diplomatic posts in the Middle East and Africa remain closed through this upcoming Saturday.

CBS News reports that a large-scale attack may be imminent as al-Qaeda terrorists in the Arabian Peninsula already have their orders and could be in place for execution of the alleged plot.

Juan Zarate, a CBS News security analyst, says this recent plot is similar to one from 2010 in which several European sites were targeted.

“People were worried about Mumbai-style attacks coming from the al-Qaeda core,” Zarate said, adding, “It never materialized but officials were worried that they actually had operatives in place. And, that’s a great concern here.”

The State Department said 19 diplomatic posts will remain closed through Saturday “out of an abundance of caution.” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the decision to keep the embassies and consulates closed is “not an indication of a new threat.”

Diplomatic facilities in Abu Dhabi, Amman, Cairo, Riyadh, Dhahran, Jeddah, Doha, Dubai, Kuwait, Manama, Muscat, Sanaa, Tripoli, Antananarivo, Bujumbura, Djibouti, Khartoum, Kigali, and Port Louis are instructed to close for normal operations through Saturday, Aug. 10...........

Wonder what's up! Some USA embassies worldwide to close on Sunday August 4

Only in the Muslim world, Sunday is a working day.  Muslim countries have Fridays as their official weekly holiday.  Embassies in non-Muslim countries  would be closed on Sundays anyway .... so the logical conclusion is that the mighty USA  has info on harm being planned for them in the countries they consider to be their allies.

From NYTimes:
....The United States said it would close an unspecified number of embassies around the world on Sunday over security concerns.
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf on Thursday called the step “precautionary” but declined to specify the threat or list which missions would be closed.
“The Department of State has instructed certain US embassies and consulates to remain closed or to suspend operations on Sunday, August 4,” Harf told reporters.
The decision was taken “out of an abundance of caution and care for our employees and others who may be visiting our installations,” she said.
Harf said that the embassies would be closed specifically on Sunday, with an assessment afterwards on whether to reopen them.
“It is possible we may have additional days of closing as well,” she said..........

Canada evacuates embassy staff in Mali ....

and urges all Canadians currently in Mali to get out of the country.  Westerners in the capital Bamako, which is in the south of Mali and far away from the conflict, might  think that the islamists can't reach them in that far away modern city .... and therein lie the  folly of liberal thinking. They never learn even when the truth is pushed into their faces and expect even savages like the islamist terrorists to behave like human beings.   **sigh**

The Canadian Press via CTVNews:
 OTTAWA - The federal government has evacuated most of its staff and their families from the embassy in Mali, and is urging any Canadians still in the country to get out now.
The Department of Foreign Affairs says all non-essential staff and all 29 dependents of the workers and diplomats there have been relocated from the mission in the capital of Bamako.
The situation in Mali has been volatile for nearly a year, with Islamist radicals taking over northern parts of the country following a coup.

A Loud "Hip Hip Hooray" to Charlie Hebdo and the Left in France

Who says all lefties are appeasers of muzzies?   Obviously, the French lefties are anything but.  They are doing  exactly what America, the nation that's supposed to be "the beacon of freedom on Earth"   should have been doing if Shariah's cancerous rot  had not already started to destroy the Democrats.

Yes .... pouring oil on fire is exactly what's needed to show the world how utterly mad and monstrous the muzzies are and how damned and disgusting is the ideology they have the audacity to call a "religion" and  of "peace" no less.  We have had enough of these illiterates and had more than enough of the appeasers sitting in our governments... waiting for their fat pensions while letting us bear the brunt of their foolishness.

Charlie Hebdo mag makes fun of everybody with the most outrageous cartoons.  Catholics, Jews,  Pro-Choicers, Conservatives, Liberals, Popes, politicians are all lumped together and nothing and nobody  is sacred.... so why should any leeway be given to the muzzies ?????  If you muzzies can't take it, too bad.. let's see more of your loud and ferocious antics so those who had their eyes tightly shut to your eternal tricks will now have no recourse but to pry open their eyes and see your ugly mugs for themselves.

The most logical thing to do would be for all Judeo-Christian nations to close their embassies, schools and all government interests in each and every Muslim country, not just temporarily, but for good.... and start trading with non-Muslim countries ONLY.   Also, put a halt to all muzzie immigration. Yes ... it can be done if only  politicians grow a spine and think of the future of their countries instead of just thinking of a conflict-less career for themselves.

France will close its embassies and schools in around 20 countries    on Friday because of fears of a hostile reaction to a magazine's publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, its foreign ministry said today.

Laurent Fabius, the foreign minister, earlier announced that he had ordered special security measures "in all the countries where this could pose a problem".

Riot police took up positions outside the Paris offices of a satirical French weekly that published crude caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed today that ridicule the film and the furor surrounding it.
The provocative weekly, Charlie Hebdo, was firebombed last year after it released a special edition that was “guest edited” by the Prophet Mohammed and took aim at radical Islam. The investigation into that attack is still under way.

"In France we have freedom of expression, very well, this principle must not be infringed." But he added, "Is it pertinent, intelligent, in this context to pour oil on the fire? The answer is no," Mr Fabius said on French radio today.

An umbrella group for French Muslims, the CFCM, issued a statement expressing its "deep concern" over the latest Charlie Hebdo caricatures and warned that "in a very tense context, it risks exacerbating tensions and provoking reactions.
"It urged French Muslims to "not cede to provocation and ... express their indignation in peace via legal means."

Meanwhile, Paris is also barring a planned protest over the anti-Islam film The Innocence of Muslims.
Jean-Marc Ayrault, the prime minister, said that organisers of the planned demonstration on Saturday will not receive police authorisation for the protest.

"There's no reason for us to let a conflict that doesn't concern France come into our country. We are a republic that has no intention of being intimidated by anyone," Mr Ayrault said on French radio.

German and UK Embassies in Sudan attacked, burning

Nice going lovable ones.

I want to see the anti-islam movies that the UK   and Germany     must have made that set off the mad dogs in Sudan against them.    Remember... Obama and Hillary and the entire bing-bang degenerates at the lefty media keep saying that the "anti-islam" movie made by an American has started the anti-American riots.  So.... going by that logic there must be an anti-islam movie made by a German and another made by a Britisher that has upset the cuties  .... or could it be that all infidels look alike?

And, do you think lefty journalists look like  infidels or Martians?  The fucking idiots don't understand that to the muzzies they are all infidels, however, with one difference... the lefties are cowardly, grovelling infidels.  The very worst kind that the muzzies would love to behead.

Liberal MP Irwin Cotler's statement re. Iran

Good to see that the Liberal party of Canada still has some individuals with  common sense. Someone like MP Irwin Cotler makes up for at least five of his nutty colleagues.  

This MP is absolutely right.  Closing our embassy in Iran and expelling the Iranian diplomats from Ottawa is not enough.  Iranian agents in the guise  of  "freedom of speech" activists, have to be rooted out and expelled as well or if they are Canadian citizens then they should be tried as traitors.

The Conservative govt. must go the extra mile to safeguard our country.

....The Canadian government’s decision  to close the Canadian Embassy in Iran and expel Iranian diplomats from Canada is as important for the reasons underlying the decision as for the decision itself. In a word, Iran has emerged as a clear and present danger to international peace and security.

The Iranian threat is fourfold. Iran is in standing violation of international law prohibiting nuclear weaponization; Iran has already committed the crime of incitement to genocide prohibited under the Genocide Convention; Iran is a leading state sponsor of international terrorism, and, finally, Iran is engaged in the massive domestic repression of the rights of its own people.

Certainly three other considerations underpinned the Canadian decision: Iran’s complicity in Syria’s atrocities; Iran’s complicity in assaults upon diplomats from Central Asia to Central America, and the intimidation of Canadian-Iranians living in Canada.

The decision highlights — and indeed calls for — a set of initiatives to combat these Iranian threats, including:
Listing the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist entity under Canadian law — something the federal government has yet to do.

Enhancing sanctions for Iran’s defiance of international law in its nuclear-weaponization program.
Sanctioning major human-rights violators in the Iranian political and juridical leadership for their criminal violations of the human rights of the Iranian people.

Undertaking mandated legal remedies under international law to hold the Iranian leadership to account for its state-sanctioned incitement to genocide, which has intensified dramatically of late.

In this last regard, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has, yet again, issued a statement condemning the recent “offensive and inflammatory statements” of the Iranian leadership. Curiously, while the statement also cited international law as authority for the condemnation — that “In accordance with the United Nations Charter, all members must refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State” — it failed to appreciate that international law requires juridical action to sanction such incitement, not just issue mere statements of disapproval.....

h/t: Pam

Canada closes embassy in Iran .... but why not our embassy in Saudi Arabia as well, while we are in this good a mood ???

Our embassy in Iran is closed and the Iranian embassy in Ottawa given 5 days to get their diplomats out of Canada.  Canadians of Iranian origin should feel no affront if you have fully integrated with your adopted country.  This move is against the mad regime in Iran and not your family and friends in Iran.

Being a first generation immigrant, I wonder how I would feel if Canada made a similar move towards the country I was born in.  Hmmmmmm  ... Like my dad used to say, "always put yourself in the other person's shoes to understand their feelings"

From CTVNews:
 ....Canada has closed its embassy in Iran  and expelled Iranian diplomats in Canada, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced on Friday.

Baird said the Iranian regime’s support of Syrian president Bashar Assad, Iran’s refusal to comply with the UN’s resolutions on its nuclear program and its regular threats to Israel make it a significant threat to global peace.

“It is among the world’s worst violators of human rights; and it shelters and materially supports terrorist groups,” said Baird in a statement released Friday.

“Moreover, the Iranian regime has shown blatant disregard for the Vienna Convention and its guarantee of protection for diplomatic personnel. Under the circumstances, Canada can no longer maintain a diplomatic presence in Iran. Our diplomats serve Canada as civilians, and their safety is our number one priority.”
Baird said diplomatic relations between Canada and Iran have been suspended and all Canadian diplomatic staff have left Iran.

Iranian diplomats in Ottawa have been instructed to leave within five days....

All-knowing NATO and the UN readying to play God

At least, we the ordinary people, don't side with those who killed 3000 innocents on 9/11 and continue killing innocents to date. Let our governments tango with Al Qaeda and do the cha-cha with the Muslim Bros when they get in the mood for the vampiric sucking of  blood  from the milder  muslim dictators while hugging the worst of them.  Some of us, the less hypocritical citizens, will stay firm in our own convictions of Right and Wrong.

Canada
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Oh-Uh .....what sweet hell is this?

Someone somewhere in Egypt has something nasty in mind for Saudi Arabia. I like it. I like it very much !!See how quickly they "temporarily closed" their embassy before the incident became like it did with the Israeli embassy last year. They always avoid world attention on themselves and an Israeli-like attack on their embassy would have done that .... so they slither away in the dark.  Manipulators extraordinaire.  No other nation can come even within a mile of Saudi Arabia for craftiness and pure unadulterated evil.

....Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador to Egypt for “consultation” and temporarily closed its embassy and consulate in Cairo, Al Arabiya television reported.

The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that the reason behind the diplomatic move was “unjustified protests” in Egypt and attempts to storm the Saudi embassy and consulates which “threatened the safety of its employees.”

Egyptians have protested outside the embassy over the arrest of an Egyptian lawyer and human rights activist, Ahmad Al Gazawi, in the kingdom. Saudi Arabia said it he was arrested for smuggling drugs. Egyptian activists, however, said Gazawi was detained for filing a complaint against Saudi Arabia for its treatment of Egyptian citizens in Saudi prisons.

A Saudi embassy statement had said Gazawi has not been convicted or sentenced in any case. Instead they said he was being questioned by authorities after airport officials in Jeddah found more than 20,000 anti-anxiety pills hidden inside his luggage. It also said he was not wearing pilgrims' clothes, which they said indicated he was not making a religious pilgrimage as his family maintains.....

World's policeman and allies make ready to "lead from behind"

The crafty new war strategy .... pit brother against brother, divide and rule. What's not to like about that ? The sound of war drums is the preferred music for many.

US closes embassy in Syria, pulls all diplomatic staff back home.

Prez Obama orders new sanctions on Iran.

UK Foreign Secretary says that the govt. of Syria is "doomed'.

Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister expresses great concern over happenings in Syria. Says China and Russia veto on Syria resolution "deeply disappointing".

The writing's on the wall for Iran ....

and for Pakistan too (I hope).  Lots of rumors flying around that a huge number of the Pakistani soldiers actually work on behalf of the Taliban and that there have been several undisclosed incidents (undisclosed to we the people, of course)  of ISI and Pakistani soldiers hand in glove with those killing and maiming NATO soldiers and personnel. Most telling is a little known fact that there are Taliban lineage guys fighting in the Pakistan army.  What could go wrong with that scenerio, huh?
So, about that incident on November 26 ?  Both sides knew exactly what they were doing and why.

Britian: Britain closed the Iranian embassy in London and expelled all its diplomats Wednesday after accusing the Iranian government of tacitly supporting a mob attack on its embassy in Tehran that left the building ransacked, papers destroyed and the Union Jack in flames.  At the same time, Foreign Secretary William Hague announced in a speech to parliament that the Tehran embassy had been officially closed and its staff had left Iranian soil.

France: France's Foreign Ministry says the country is recalling its ambassador to Iran for consultations after an attack on the British Embassy in Tehran.  The ministry says in a statement that France was moved to act "in the face of this flagrant and unacceptable violation of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations and the gravity of the violence."

Germany: Germany summoned the Iranian ambassador to Berlin over the storming of the British embassy in Tehran Tuesday, saying Iran was bound under international law to protect foreign missions.

‘I gave the order today for the Iranian ambassador to be summoned to the foreign ministry,’ Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle told reporters after talks with his Greek counterpart Stavros Dimas. ‘We condemn the storming of the British embassy in Iran, in which the German school there was also damaged, in the strongest terms. This storming is in violation of international law, it is in no way acceptable.’  Westerwelle said Germany stood by Britain in ‘solidarity’ as a European partner, and noted that international law dictates the protection of foreign embassies.

Norway: Norway has closed its embassy in Tehran due to security concerns after Britain's mission was stormed by Iranian protesters, an official said Wednesday.   Hilde Steinfeld, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman in Oslo, said the decision to close the embassy was taken late Tuesday, but that Norway's diplomatic staff have not been evacuated from the country. "They're still in Tehran," she said.

Italy: Italy is considering closing its embassy in Tehran and will summon the Iranian ambassador to ask for guarantees for the safety of the country's diplomats after the assault on the British embassy, Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said on Wednesday. "We're seeking firm guarantees," from the Iranians, Terzi told reporters after testimony in parliament. "We're reflecting rapidly on the presence of our ambassador and our diplomatic personnel (in Tehran)," he said.

Netherlands: The Dutch foreign ministry on Wednesday said it was recalling its ambassador to Iran for "consultations", a day after Islamic militants ransacked the British embassy.

Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal "recalled the Tehran ambassador for consultations. The reason is the violent assault on the British embassy and diplomatic compound yesterday in Tehran", the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Sweden: The Swedish foreign ministry sent for the Iranian ambassador on Wednesday to discuss what officials described as the "unacceptable" attack on the British embassy in Tehran.

Almost all the EU countries are standing in solidarity with the UK.  

I am rather surprised that we have not closed our embassy there or at least recalled our Ambassador to show our support for the UK. I hope the personnel at the Canadian embassy in Iran will stay on high alert and keep safe.