Middle East: Obama’s counter-revolution by Thierry Meyssan http://www.voltairenet.org/article169126.html

Western press agencies have been trying hard to portray Mahmoud Jibril as a "democratic intellectual", concerned for a long time about the evolution of his country and who has drawn up a project known as Libyan Vision. In fact, he occupied a seat next to his friend al-Djeleil within the Gaddafi government as Minister of Planning and Development. Similarly to what occurred during the first days of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, high-ranking members of the regime broke away from the Libyan dictator in order to remain in power. They believe this objective can be best achieved by hijacking the revolutionary process and bowing to imperial interests. They can now be seen waving the red-black-and-green flag emblazoned with the King Idriss crescent [5], while Mohammed al-Hassan al-Reda al-Senoussi, the exiled Crown Prince, can be heard spouting from London through Saudi television channels that "He is ready to serve His people".

Since 14 February 2011, demonstrations have escalated on the Island. Organized at first by the Wefaq Khomeinist party, the protests denounced the system of corruption and repression. They aimed to reform the monarchy but not to abolish it. However, the resonating popular impact of the movement and the brutality of the repression quickly led to its radicalization, notwithstanding a lukewarm attempt on the part of the Crown Prince towards dialogue [12].The monarchy lost its legitimacy following revelations of its increasingly close ties with the Zionist movement. Since 2007, the Khalifas established connections with the American Jewish Committee. According to the Bahraini opposition, they were consolidated thanks to Alain Bauer, French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s adviser who has been tasked with revamping the police system in Bahrain.