11th of 9/11: V for Vengeance

by Loren Coleman ©2012

The 11th anniversary of 9/11 was dangerous and tragic. The symbolism of 11s has been significant to terrorists for years (which I detailed in The Copycat Effect). Thus, I was upset to see what unfolded, but I was not startled.

The sign reads, "Remember Your Black Day 11 September," 

placed during protests in Cairo, Egypt, on September 11, 2012.

That the Guy Fawkes mask should show up in the middle of the new Arab protests is synchromystically surprising, as well. (I am pondering, again, what I wrote in my exchange with Guy Edwards about these Guy Fawkes/V for Vendetta masks, see here, under #1.)

Egyptian protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks pose for a photo 

in front of graffiti on a wall of the U.S. embassy during a protest 

in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, September 11, 2012. Photo Nasser Nasser.

By the end of September 12, 2012, the official Obama administration position was that an allegedly spontaneous mob in Libya, said to be angry over an YouTube video criticizing Islam, was used as a cover. A coordinated, planned terrorist attack on the Libyan diplomatic mission on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks allegedly occurred. (On September 12th, protests in the Muslim world had spread to Tunisia, Morocco, and Sudan, with upcoming worldwide gatherings planned for Friday, September 14, 2012. The embassies in Armenia, Burundi, Kuwait, Sudan, Tunisia and Zambia, along with the embassy in Egypt, which was hit by a protest on Tuesday, all issued warnings on Wednesday advising Americans to be particularly vigilant.)

Sadly, the American ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, 52, was killed when he died from smoke inhalation in the fire begun by rocket attacks causing the burning of the embassy. Two (as yet) unidentified U.S. Marines and a Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith, 34, were apparently shot and died.

The timing of the attack appears to happened after, first, a protest occurred at the US embassy in Egypt. Although four were photographed together, at least one Guy Fawkes masked individual appears in various photos of that event (below).

Clearly the Guy Fawkes mask was part of these 9/11 Egyptian protests.

Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, September 11, 2012. Egyptian protesters, largely ultra conservative Islamists, have climbed the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, went into the courtyard and brought down the flag, replacing it with a black flag with Islamic inscription, in protest of a film deemed offensive of Islam, according to the Associated Press. 

Photo: Mohammed Abu Zaid.

Were any demonstrators seen with Guy Fawkes masks in Libya?

A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask during an anti-war demonstration on March 13, 2012, in Beirut, Lebanon. The sign reads: "War again? Are you serious?" 

Photo: Marwan Tahtah.

A protester, wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, stands in front of Egyptian military police standing guard near the Ministry of Defense in the Abbassiya district of Cairo on April 20, 2012. 

Photo: Mohamed Abd El Ghan.

A Palestinian protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask gestures as he stands near a burning effigy of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad during a demonstration against the high cost of living on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, in Hebron, Palestine. 

Photo: Mussa Qawasma.

The Guy Fawkes masks have come into use since 

the 2006 film, V for Vendetta, was released. 

Little imitation of the "V" character occurred after the Alan Moore graphic novel began appearing in 1982. It was the movie adaption V for Vendetta's mass-produced masks that began the copycats. "V" was portrayed as a mysterious masked revolutionary who worked to destroy the totalitarian government, profoundly affecting the people he encountered.

The "vendetta" has merged into vengeance, revenge, and anarchy protests of all kinds. The masks have been used to hide the identities of Occupy Wall Street protesters, as well as people representing Anonymous at Scientology demonstrations in Los Angeles, London, and other locations. Now it has moved into the Arab Fall protests.

The first Guy Fawkes masks were employed to depict the best-known member of the Gunpowder Plot who attempted to blow up London’s Palace of Westminster in 1605. Although the original plotters were unsuccessful, Fawkes has remained infamous due to the yearly festivals in the United Kingdom, where effigies of Guy Fawkes (often with homemade masks) are burnt on fires across the nation. 

The famed children's rhyme, along with the yearly November 5th bonfires, was an official government attempt to have the population realize that terrorism and treason would be harshly punished. But in recent years, Guy Fawkes has become a folk anti-hero.

Don't you Remember,

The Fifth of November,

'Twas Gunpowder Treason Day,

I let off my gun,

And made'em all run.

And Stole all their Bonfire away. 

(1742)

Thanks to CLK for the initial idea for this sync photo essay.

February 17th Revolution

Students hold placards and flowers during a sit-in protest in Beirut January 17, 2011, organized by Lebanese activists and Tunisians living in Lebanon to show solidarity and support for the people in Tunisia. Reuters/Jamal Saidi.

Breaking news on the evening of February 25, 2011, notes that Twitter video shows men said to be Libyan Navy members in Benghazi declaring solidarity with the "Feb. 17th Revolution."

What is the "February 17th Revolution"? It appears to be the name of the group or uprising in Libya that dates to the public actions commencing on that date, which resulted in the severe violent reactions from Gadhafi's henchmen.


Fox News from St. Paul-Minneapolis issued a report on Feb. 22, saying, in part: 

Libyan-Americans living in Minnesota spoke with FOX 9 News about the news coming out of their home country.

“What can I do?” asked one man, who asked only to be identified as Ali. “It’s very shocking.”

Ali is a real estate broker living in Hugo, Minn., but he was born in Libya and still has close family their. He said he is afraid that the crumbling regime may retaliate against his family if his comments were seen.

“Gadhafi is insane,” Ali said. “I don’t think any human being in his right mind would kill his own people.”

Ali said he is keeping up on the latest developments using Arabic media and social networking sites. He said he believes a cousin of his was killed on the first day of what’s coming to be known as the Feb. 17th Revolution. Another few relatives of his are also missing.

Zawya News noted, on Feb. 23,

Libyan officials continued to announce resignations. Following Kadhafi's speech, Interior Minister Abdul-Fatah Younis resigned and voiced support to the uprising, which he described as the "February 17th revolution". According to Aljazeera, a video statement by Younis urged the army to join the people and their "legitimate demands". 

Islam Online asked, on Feb. 23,  

Who exactly is Muammar Gaddafi after his “faults” have been revealed in front of the “Facebook” public in the February 17th revolution?

The Libyan link to February 17th goes back to at least 2006. According to the Los Angeles Times:

For Libyan anti-government activists, Feb. 17 is a symbolic date.

Security forces killed at least a dozen protesters during a peaceful demonstration in Tripoli on Feb. 17, 2006.

The following year, security forces detained 14 anti-government activists after they published an online appeal for a peaceful protest on Feb. 17. The men were initially sentenced to six to 25 years in prison, but were eventually released after the Gaddafi Foundation, headed by the son of longtime Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi, intervened.

One of the men, Jamal al-Haji, was arrested again earlier this month after he called for another demonstration Feb. 17. 

Within synchromystic thought (e.g. etemenanki), the number 17 has taken on some importance. Within the Tunisian revolution, the dates of Dec. 17, 2010 (the beginning) and Jan. 17, 2011 (the spread), were of milestone symbolism.

Christopher Knowles has written extensively of the significance of the number 17 on his blog, The Secret Sun, in "At the Edge of 17."

In Egyptian mythology, Osiris was killed on the 17th day of Athyr, the third month of the ancient calendar. 

The first officially acknowledged Masonic body, the Grand Lodge of England, was established on the Feast Day of John the Baptist in 1717. 

The last manned mission to the Moon was the Apollo 17 mission. The next is the Orion 17.

3/17 is also the date of a Masonically-created holiday, St. Patrick’s Day. The story has it that the holiday was established by high level Freemason, George Washington, allegedly to reward Irish soldiers in the Continental Army.... Considering that the day has become America’s defacto Bacchanal (which takes us back to Osiris) it’s worth noting some of the parallels of this day with Solar mythology.

The 17th card of the Tarot is the Star Trump, which features the water-bearer, associated with the constellation of Aquarius. 

Osiris was believed to be the source of barley, which was used for brewing beer in Egypt.

It’s customary to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day and Osiris was known as the “Green Man”

Look to March 17th this year to be a date linked to much turmoil. Perhaps a major incident of great impact will occur.

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Update: March 15, 2011:

The above was written before I was aware of the "supermoon" event tied to March 19th.

For more details and thoughts, see here.