"The United States cable news channel CNN has apparently censored the voice of a US Army corporal who was speaking against a potential Washington military intervention in Iran at the behest of Israel."
Free Palestine
Sunday, March 04, 2012
Egyptians gather in protest outside US Embassy in Cairo
Egyptians have gathered outside the US Embassy in the capital Cairo in another anti-American rally, aimed at showing support for Bahrainis and Palestinians.
Shouting anti-US slogans, protesters demanded the expulsion of the Bahraini envoy to Egypt.
Demonstrators also chanted slogans in solidarity with the people of Bahrain and Palestine.
Demanding an end to their country’s gas exports to Israel, they also voiced support for Palestinian resistance against Israel.
The rally comes as reports indicate the US has sent weapons to Bahrain to further the deadly Saudi-backed crackdown on protesters.
Since the country’s revolution which led to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, anti-US and Israeli sentiments have intensified.
Egypt was the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Tel Aviv in 1979, but the situation has drastically changed since the Egyptian revolution.
A number of Egyptian political parties are now calling for changes to the US-sponsored peace treaty as Israeli-Egyptian ties have suffered major setbacks in recent months.
UK energy bills to increase for a decade
The head of British Gas has warned that the British nationals would face huge increase in energy bills including gas and electricity, following green taxes and upgrading cost of the National Grid.
Phil Bentley, the managing director of British Gas, stressed that Britain should invest between £80 billion and £100 billion in order to improve the National Grid and other power networks over the next 10 years, suggesting millions of householders would face higher bills.
Moreover, the green energy taxes would add about £140 to the average household bill over the next eight years.
“People will have to pay more per unit [over the next 10 years] and they are therefore going to have to be more diligent in saving energy," Bentley said.
He asked for a “sensible debate” about the economic priorities of the people. “How many people are saying to Vodafone ‘I want a discounted tariff because I can’t afford a mobile phone’? That’s what we [offer].
In 2011, the average dual fuel British Gas bill was £1,024.
Bentley declared that more investments in nuclear energy would also increase the energy bills, “while government plans to simplify household tariffs could have the unintended consequences of removing cheap deals from the market.”
His remarks came after British Gas increased the prices by 17 per cent last year, arousing widespread accusations of taking advantage of the situation when people were facing harsh cuts imposed by the coalition government.
Meanwhile Brentley insisted that his company has profit scopes of 5 per cent and said the public should reconsider “what is important.”
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