March 11, 2013
Abu Dhabi: The UAE and Algeria have signed a security cooperation agreement that provides for fighting all forms of crimes and exchanging information and expertise to enable such a partnership.
Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and Dahou Ould Kablia, Algeria’s Minister of Interior and Local Government, signed the agreement in Abu Dhabi yesterday.
The agreement covers cooperation in combating all forms of crimes, including human and drugs trafficking and trade in illegal arms. It also set the legal framework and mechanisms of coordination between both sides in their joint efforts to fight all types of crime and share information and expertise related to security issues.
The agreement calls for setting up a joint committee to follow up on the progress of the security partnership.
Source: http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/government/uae-and-algeria-sign-security-agreement-1.1156982
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"Crime" = Freedom of expression
"Exchanging information" = Exchanging intelligence, monitoring the public.
"Expertise related to security issues" = Expertise in dealing with potential threats to the regime - silencing genuine opposition.
A recent spike in defence spending and now a "security agreement" between a military-run regime and a Gulf state, run by an authoritarian monarchy outwardly adamant against the Arab Spring. < A match made in heaven.
It seems like the Algerian regime is doing everything it can to prepare itself against a future uprising.
But the uprising is inevitable.
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