14 Years old Bahraini boy killed

The story in Bahrain and around the world today seems to be the 14 year old martyr Ali Jawad Alshaikh from Sitra. It was reported in almost every reputable news agency and in Amnesty International- Teenage activist killed in Bahrain protest.

Remember when the 13 year old Syrian boy was tortured? It caused chaos around the world and became the face of the uprising. Well, Bahraini authorties today did not only torture a boy but killed him with a tear gas canister fired by riot police. A direct shot in the head, and what is worse is that doctors refused to treat him in the hospital where he was taken. Instead of questioning the doctors, the police went to arrest the hospital security guards. 

Nabeel Rajab, president of Bahrain Center of Human Rights accompanied three eye witnesses to the ministry of interior (MOI) to give their statement that riot police fired at Ali from close range at around 8:40am while he was protesting. 

American president Barrack Obama called the king of Bahrain earlier, I am not sure what they talked about after they exchanged greetings on Eid. I wonder which of the below list of newspapers Mr. Obama reads, but I'm pretty sure he would come across at least one of them, and when he does we expect him to speak up and condemn such police brutality. It is morally unacceptable for Mr. President to remain silent while his Bahraini ally keeps killing. 

There were reports of an intiative from Gulf leaders to resolve the ongoing issues in Bahrain. Saudi and Bahrainis, as reported, rejected it. This could be one of the reasons that even Aljazeera Arabic reported the story today [Direct Link]. In a U-Turn Iran (Asaad closest ally) last week urges Asaad to consider some of his people's demands in an unexpected turn of events. When will Bahrain's allies, such as The United States and The United Kingdom, condem the brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters?

Story in the media:

The Associated press.

New York Times.

The Financial Times.

Washington Post.

Bloomberg.

CNN International.

BBC World.

Aljazeera English.

Voice of America.

The Jerusalem post.

Canada Views.

This is a call to Mr. Hague and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to start acting and condemning the human rights violations in Bahrain. Wake up, and forget about your interests for once. Human lives are much more important than oil and trade!

رداً على شعراء البلاط

المدعو عبدالله المشيقح احد شعراء البلاط يكتب قصيدة يذم فيها دوار العز والكرامة (دوار الؤلؤ) ظنناً منة ان البحرينين سيسكتون عن ترهاتة. هنا يآتية الرد من شاعر بحريني ينرل علية كالصاعقة. 

إلى دوار أبي لؤلؤة المجوسي 

شعر عبد الله المشيقح-القصيم 

الويـلُ ثمّ الويـلُ يـا دوّارُ *** فعليكَ دائرةُ البوار تـُدارُ

اخسأ وذقْ ذلَّ الحُطامِ فقد أتى *** يومٌ ترى نقـْعَ الهشيمِ يُثارُ

اخسأ بعَارِكَ قد تقيأنا دماً *** بروائحٍ نَتِنَتْ بها الأزهارُ

اخسأ فقد آذيتَ أنظارَ الورى *** بمشاهدٍ يرتجُ منها العَارُ 

وكفرتَ باليمنى التي مَدّت إليكَ *** كنوزَها فاستأصلتها يَسارُ 

حتى الرزانُ تلامزتها ألسُنٌ *** تهتزُ منها الأرضُ وهي حِجارُ

زوجُ النبيِّ وبنتُ أصدقِ صاحبٍ *** يُرمى عليها الإفكُ يا فُجّار! 

إن الخسيسَ وإنْ وهبتَ له السما *** والأرضَ فاعلمْ أنّه غدّارُ 

لاتأمَلنَّ من المجوسِ سلامةً *** هيهاتَ يطهرُ بالغسيل الفارُ

لا ينكرُ التاريخُ سوءَ طباعِكمْ *** فلقد تأذّى منكم الأطهارُ 

الصارمِيُّ لكم أجلُّ عطيّةً *** وعلى عمائمكمْ يُراق القارُ

طارت إلى صقرِ العروبةِ صيحةٌ *** يا جارُ هل من نُصرةٍ يا جارُ

من قبلِ أن يرتدَ طرْفُ أنينِها *** سِيقَ الخميسُ وأُشهِرَ البتارُ

لبّتْ نداءاتِ الخليج جحافلٌ *** راياتُها بشهادتينِ تُنارُ

جيشٌ يشقُ البحرَ جَلاّبُ الرَدى *** تصفرُّ من آسادِهِ الكُفارُ 

لمّا أتى أرضَ المنامةِ ناصراً *** لم تبقَ لابنِ رويفِضٍ آثارُ

اللهُ أكبرُ يا جنودَ محمدٍ *** الله أكبرُ أيها الأحرارُ 

إنّا على وجهِ الغبارِ عواصفٌ *** وعلى وجوهِ الساكناتِ قَرارُ

فليعلمِ الصَفويُّ أنّا أمّةٌ *** نبراسُها الآياتُ والأذكارُ 

فُطِمَتْ على الغَرّاءِ خيرِ محَجّةٍ *** من زاغَ عنها سجّرتْهُ النارُ 

عبادُ ربٍ لا عبيد مُسَردَبٍ *** في شَرعهِ يتفيهقُ الخمّار

ياليت شعري كيفَ تصبرُ بُردَةٌ *** فيها على كُثرِ الرجالِ حمار! 

 فرد عليه شاعر بحريني بهذه القصيدة

أبو خديجة البحراني-المنامة

الويل ثم الويل يا أشرارُ *** فعليكمُ تتقيأ الأشعارُ 

فليخسأ الباغون في أحقادهم *** للطائفيةِ ها هنا دوارُ 

أبياتهم من دمنة السوء ارتوت *** فتبرعمت في كفهم أقذارُ 

ونقولُ للآتين من رحم العمى *** العارُ ثم العارُ ثم العارُ 

مهلاً فما للطيش عمرٌ والمدى *** يا ابن المشيقح كله ثوارُ 

حتى الطفولة والبراءة أزهقت *** ما أنت إلا حاقدٌ غدارُ

إذْ جئتَ تزرعُ بذرةً موبوءةً *** سيعيدها مصفرةً أحرارُ

تلك الفلسطين الجريحة تشتكي *** عنها ابتعدتم أيها (المخوار) 

نتن الدناءةِ فاض منه خليجنا *** القردُ قردٌ والحمار حمارُ 

فالهث كما شاءتْ لكم أربابكم *** وانبح يجيبك بالعصا مغوارُ 

شلتْ يمينك فالسطورُ معاولٌ *** والمفردات يلوكها خمَّارُ 

أوالُ فيها للتسنن جنةٌ *** فيها التشيعُ أيها المكارُ 

عاشوا يؤلف بينهم هذا الصفا *** فهمُ همُ الأطهارُ والأخيارُ 

لا لنْ تريقَ بصحنهم من كأسكم *** سماً وكأسُ الخيرين يدارُ 

بحرين رمز الحبِّ تبقى فابتعد *** غطى عيونك يا شقي القارُ 

في حرب إسرائيل أنت نعامةٌ *** ولسفكِ دمِّ المسلمين تتارُ 

إنْ كنتَ مرحبْ في القتال فها أنا *** يا ابن القصيم بوجهك الكرارُ 

إن كان عندك من عنيزة خنجر *** لي ذو الفقار صقيلي البتارُ 

مستنقعاتك في قصيمك لوثةٌ *** منها توضأ فاجرٌ كفارُ 

ولنا المنامةُ والمحرقُ والربى *** من تحتها تتفجر الأنهارُ 

نمْ في المزابل وانتفخْ من أكلها *** إخوانك الخنزيرُ والصرصارُ

Bahrain top twitter trolls!

I quickly wrote this from some tweets I found over the last couple of months. If you think I missed a great troll then please report him providing me with a link and I will update this post. Many thanks to my followers on Twitter who made this post possible. 

What is a troll? From the Online Urban Dictionary: “One who posts a deliberately provocative message to newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument.” But I like this definition from the same online dictionary “A dumbass who makes idiotic posts in message boards newsgroups for the sole purpose of pissing people off, often lacking in intelligence”. My own definition of a troll is the person who posts stupid comments and totally believing it to be intelligent and analytical. But don’t bother yourself with definitions, now you will see for yourself.

Believe you me there are so many of them in Twitter and Facebook all over the world and Bahrain is no difference. To give you some examples that came to my attention recently. My top favorite trolls in no particular order:

Bahraini “Professor of International Relations” well its really more like “International Trolling”. Read this. 

So, the 12 edged flag is a Shia creation representing the 12 Imams and this was specifically tailored during the uprising because as he believes the whole revolution is sectarian. Cool I didn’t know that thanks! Do you think he stops there? Oh no no, read this article from Bahrain Independent by the “professor”.  (site currently undergoing maintenance).

Bahraini medical doctor and “President of Bahrain Medical Society” all I can say, God help the patients you treat, if you have any. Here he is addressing the Irish group who visited Bahrain in a fact-finding mission on imprisoned, tortured and sacked Bahraini doctors.

As you notice he is mentioning Doctors Without Borders Organisation in his tweets just to add more embarrassment to himself. "ekri" in his tweet is Dr. Ali AL-Ekri who only happened to be a very respected doctor who volunteered to help in Gaza in 2009 GDN Article

Oh dear God we have great doctors in Bahrain. This “Consultant Surgeon and a Lecturer” is discrediting the Irish delegation simply because they took a picture with Nabeel Rajab and a mini LuLu monument was visible in the picture. Read this!

                    Tweeted link will take you to this picture 

May I just send a message to him: Its only a statue. Why is the government and Pro-alKhalifa hate this lulu thing? OK so if it wasn’t for that picture they would have been credible? You and the above doctor wouldn’t have jeopardized their press conference? I want to believe that.

Now this “University Lecturer” troll tweets in Arabic. And by far this is the most trolloic tweet I have ever read. He thinks that those are not just any group, they are Irish group means they have an agenda..

Translation: "The roots of this matter goes deeper to the relationship between the Khomeini [Iran’s Islamic Revolution] and the Irish Republican Army [IRA] war against the British Monarchy, which was the nucleus idea behind Hezbollah" You gotta love this, right? So Hezbollah was formed based on the success of the Islamic revolution and and and and wait for it.. the IRA bombings.

This troll is probably one of his students because they seem to have similar thoughts and ideas. it’s a conspiracy, everyone is against Bahrain, even Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the United Nations. The whole world has hidden Shia agenda! Help help!

Who is next! The slick troll- we don’t know who he is, but he is very famous cowboy “troller”. He, Mr smarty-pants, thinks that tear gas doesn’t kill you. After the death of martyr  Zainab alJuma he wrote  this 

If you don’t want to take his word for it, then take it from this other  super troll because this one is more clever he provided evidence from the web. I honestly don’t blame them, when the people who are suppose to know about the respiratory system are trolls like the doctors above, what would you expect from 2 idiots?

Then we have Fred oh dear Fred Willie, where do I start with him hmmmm, we believe he is a very dangerous troll using a fake name, if you have any information about him please contact your nearest “Anti-Trolls” organisation. Too bad I didn’t save any of his tweets but read anything here and you will notice that he is a full-time troll

And finally the ultimate troll Mohammed Khalid. I don’t need to choose tweets from his account. Literally all his tweets are as trollic as he is! But to give you a preview of was is waiting for you, here is one of his recent tweets.

Translation: "USA, UK, Iran and their tails [followers] Iraq and Lebanon are conspiring against our Bahrain. Even worse Government is not taking actions against their ambassadors which is the least they could do."


Update: New trolls


We actually have females trolls as well in Bahrain, like this one here she thinks that Hezbollah and America are working together. Translation:  "Why America only classes Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation and why isn't there any international sanctions against Hezbollah like other [terrorist organisations]? Because [Hezbollah] is their agent to achieve their agenda [plan] in the region." Now thats some first class troll tweet! Well done, you Madam, just exposed the Obama administration to the whole wide-world and we thank you...! 

Lets see what our trolls think of Bahrain national dialogue, because they have to tell the world about it. This troll is talking to the Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt and telling him why there is no royal family presence in the dialouge. I wonder how is she going to explain why the Bahraini Red Crescent Society is part of this as well. 

This troll is "high profile CIO" of a troll still thinks that there is hidden Irish delegation agenda with Reem Khalifa.

 

A message to the western readers, as you can see Arab women are not just to chill at home and cook for the poor husband. If you think that rich Arab women who marry CIO like the above go shopping the whole day then you are wrong! We have philosophers and great troll journalists like this one. 

She supports the revolution in Syria and backs it up 100% but her clever little brain concluded that whats happening in Bahrain is not a revolution but rather a Western/Iranian agenda. Translation: "Isn't this the time to start dealing with the Iranian mercenaries and their delegations in self defence? This is your country and to hell with the Western and Iranian agenda." Man, loads of people are talking about western agenda conspiring against this little island! I started to believe it myself! Thanks guys for opening eyes..

I cant forget this troll he is quite funny. He actually have some secrets that he will share with us about how America is trying to create opposition leadership figure. 

Translation: "I will expose some top secrets on the opposition in the UK in regards to the American attempt to create Wefaq leadership figure acceptable by Sunnis" Oh dear lord!

I had enough for today :-) but please keep an eye on trolls and report them to me.. I will leave with some accounts to have fun with meanwhile. Troll, troll, troll, troll.. and the list goes on and on and on.. and on the the SUPER DR TROLL

This is a bonus from my friends Safybh and Bahrainycitizen. Have a look at one of the most followed trolls in Twitter says he will perform a Hitler style genocide on Shia in Bahrain. I love this troll, he is always sending threats and we have never ever seen any of it in reality. His intelligence never failed to impress me!

Translation: "Rebellion from Shia doesn't mean that Sunnis fear them, we are quite because we respect the law. Once the Sunni community explodes, be sure that there will be a Hitler style massacre in every Shia village." Oppsy daisy! I don't about you guys but I am sh**ing myself now, I am so scared I will stop writing right now!

Adel Flaifel to attend Bahrain’s “National Dialogue”

Only when Bahraini people thought that the political situation wouldn’t get any worse, the Government surprised everyone with a new stunt. It is now confirmed that the infamous torturer of Bahrain Adel Flaifel will be a participant in the national dialogue.

In early June The King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Isa alKhalifa called on a national dialogue, a step forward, the opposition initially welcomed with good intentions thinking that the Crown Prince, as the king mentioned previously, will be leading the dialogue. Observers, journalists, opposition parties and citizens were stunned to learn that MP Khalifa Aldehrani (Primary school drop out) is the person the king nominated to lead the table.

Adel Flaifel in brief:

·      The colonel served under the command of his master Ian Henderson.  He also was his personal interpreter.

·      In 1985 he tied 2 young Shia women to a pole in the police headquarters and was beating them insensible with his fists. Was even reported in the Western media.

·      He performed systematic torture the 90s unrest, Flaifel personally tortured opposition leaders such as Shiekh Abdul Ameer alJamri.

·      Recently, during the 14 February revolution, he was the only one who called publicly to arm Bahraini Sunnis to attack Shia. (Specifically- minute 3:09)

He was famous for being brutal and harsh against prisoners in 1994 when people were calling for the return of the 1973 constitution and the parliament that Sheikh Issa bin Salman alKhalifa dissolved in 1975. He was the man that no prisoner wanted to be interrogated by, he was proud of it.

He fled the country in early 2002 when he was was released from his duties in the police forces in connection with a “financial fraud” he committed. As a matter of fact, he ran away after pressure mounted from human rights organisations to bring him to justice. Bahrainis demanded trail for the torturer but in retun for his crimes King Hamad granted him amnesty in 2002.

Now he is a key participant in “shaping Bahrain’s future”. I personally consider this as an insult to every single Shia in Bahrain (over 70% of the population). Furthermore, it is alKhalifa way in humiliating the opposition who are considering participating in this dialogue. Mental image- Ali Salman sitting across Adel Flaifel. Horrible.

Why am I against this Dialogue:

Just look at this list of who is attending it! 

• It stinks of betrayal- we experienced it first hand, over and over. Aljamri times when the king promised reforms, then again with the National Charter, then again in the Parliament. What makes this dialogue any different?

• alKhalifa are not to be trusted- over the past 200 years they have never kept a promise. What makes this promise with "reforms" any difference?

• If this was a genuine dialogue, how come there are no members of the ruling family? Our problem is with the ruling family, not with other group/sect of citizens. 

• Moreover, if this was genuine, why the Saudi troops are still in their barracks in Bahrain? Shouldn't they just go back home?

• Our sisters and brothers are in jail being tortured up until this moment. They are being fired from their jobs everyday. They are being tried before military courts till now.

• Hassan Mushaime, Abdulwahab Hussain, Ibrahim Sharief, Adbulhadi Alkhawaja and co should be present on the table.

• And last, the provocative move in including Falifel in this! 

Bahrain Government is playing Poker, quite badly.

Now that July is near, I feel that there are some points we have to be clear about.

Right now in Bahrain some people are facing this dilemma that is tearing them apart. July 1^st “Dialogue” while some don’t agree with it, others have shown interest, I emphasise, only interest.  Alwifaq did, under conditions.

While the government has set conditions for that dialogue- “we will have a dialogue under one condition, that the dialogue is unconditional.” Huh? I swear you just set a condition yourself.  Don’t get confused, that’s what the Government wants.

Anyways, lets not lose focus here, lets count how many cards the Government played so far:

1.  Sectarian card: They claim that this is not a revolution; it is rather an Iranian agenda to take over Bahrain using Shia. Oh wait, it gets better, they claim that America is part of it as well, supporting Shia.  [Ace]

2.  Media card: They have exploited the state owned BTV, daily press, members of parliament, ambassadors, business men and women and every possible soulless person to help in delivering the above (sectarian) message. [King]

3.  Work and education card: using the above means (Media) to identify protesters, they sacked them from their jobs, expelled them from schools and universities, they threatened their families, they even went as far as to ask other countries not to employ them, in case they fled Bahrain. [Ace]

4.  Marshal Law card: The Government introduced this “National Safety Law” in order for them to easily control village’s entrances and exits to crackdown any small protest. More importantly is to use it as an excuse to humiliate people in checkpoints and in prison. [Jack]

5.  Torture and imprisonment card: Jail in Bahrain is not a joke (been there, done that). The torture there isn’t a joke either. The police know that released prisoners talk about their experience (the near death). They intended releasing some people early to spread the message. Thinking that such traumatizing experience will hold people back from protesting to avoid it. [Ace]

6.  International PR card: Considering the fact that the Government has unlimited amount of cash, or even if they are a bit short- Saudi will pick up the bill. They have contracted firms around the world to help them keep things, as quite as possible and to send the message that what is happening in Bahrain is an Iranian/Hezbollah plan to destroy the country. [Queen]

Though, they have played their high cads already, Kings, Queens, Jacks and a couple of Aces, do not underestimate the 7 of hearts, especially when its coupled with other 2 suited cards. Indeed! Disuniting people, the 7 of clubs did work and Sunnis distanced themselves from their Shia brothers who chanted “Shia, Sunni we all brothers”

So what is the 7 of hearts then? Implementing simple strategy- bluff and bluff all the way. They are now trying to get Shia to fight each other, create a disagreement in regards to the national dialogue. Some Shia refuse it and some put conditions on it, no one welcomed the dialogue. It is not possible for this dialogue to be successful if citizens are still in jail getting tortured and humiliated. Furthermore over 1900 people are out of jobs with no income.

This is a message to the Bahraini people, do not fall in the trap. Keep the unity, our goals are the same, our struggle for freedom is still the same.