Putin: North Africa must be allowed determine its own future

[jakeXT]

Run time: 03:57 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1ncFfnkEDM   Posted on YouTube: February 24, 2011 By YouTube Member: RussiaToday Views on YouTube: 6991   Posted on DU: February 26, 2011 By DU Member: jakeXT Views on DU: 369

 
“Today, we say we're concerned about things happening in Libya. But the North African cell of Al-Qaeda is also concerned about what is happening in Libya. Do you think this is a coincidence?” the Russian PM asked.

“I would like to go back in history a little bit. The former leader of the Iranian revolution – where did he live?! He lived in Paris and as a whole he was supported by the Western community. Now the entire Western community fights against the Iranian nuclear program,” Putin pointed out.

“I remember just recently our partners were very active in supporting democratic elections in the Palestinian autonomy. And Hamas won. And immediately they declared Hamas a terrorist organization and started fighting against it. We need to give people a chance to determine their future themselves. We need to give them an opportunity to take a natural way without any foreign interference to build their future,” he concluded.

http://rt.com/news/ten-day-protest-lybia/

[mrarundale]

1. well he's right

I read in the paper that we had frozen MQ's assets...what right do we have to do that ? Putin makes a mistake, though, I think he means North American Al Qaeda.:-) Also, the "protests" started near one of the major oil fields. It's so so blatant as oil prices soar and everyone talks about it like it's a real "people's revolution". Can't they see that time and time again these "dictators" are blamed for all the countries woes, when really it IMF policies that create the financial problems and privatization of their resources, and the money all gets sent out of the country into western banks - Ivory Coast, Kenya, same thing... The other countries who are having "revolutions", mostly have oil or , like Egypt and the Suez, control some sort of oil transport waterway, or they are in a strategic postion to a country that does have those things.