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Saudi intellectuals call for sweeping changes
USA Today: More than 100 leading Saudi academics and activists are calling on the oil-rich country’s monarch to enact sweeping changes, including setting up a constitutional monarchy, as mass protests that have engulfed other Arab nations lapped at Saudi Arabia’s … Continue reading
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Islamophobic Hate Comes to OC
This is utterly unbelievable. I mean, they’re not even trying to disguise it. When right-wing organizations began publishing the cartoons defaming the Prophet Muhammad a few years ago, they tried to hide their Islamophobia by saying that they were doing … Continue reading
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Egypt: Subverting Democracy Part IV
It’s good news that the interim Mubarak-selected PM has just resigned, but the struggle for democracy in Egypt has a long way to go.  al Jazeera English: The arrest and sentencing of Amr Abdallah Elbihiry, 33, an Egyptian activist, has sparked outrage … Continue reading
The Issue of a No-fly Zone in Libya
In 1991, in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, then-President George H.W. Bush called upon Iraqis to rise up against Saddam. The Bush administration, after “liberating” (I put it in quotes because I hardly consider the re-installation of the … Continue reading
Libyan militias prepare to join forces before assault on Tripoli
If Sirte falls, then it paves the way for the battle for Tripoli. The Guardian: Groups of revolutionaries are starting to move towards western Libya in an attempt to link up with opposition militias near Tripoli, setting the stage for … Continue reading
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Interim government set up in Benghazi
The government aims not to be a government of the east, but a temporary one until Tripoli is liberate and it can be transferred there. See the declaration here.
Libya’s growing resistance
See the video here.
iPouya on Twitter
For those who would like more updates on the historic events unfolding in the Middle East/North Africa region, I’ve been updating my twitter account much more frequently. You can find it here.
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Closing in on Tripoli/Qaddaf
His days are numbered, mark not my words, but the words of those revolutionaries in Libya. See the video here detailing how the movement in Libya is closing in on Qaddafi. Experts now say that 90% of Libya is now … Continue reading
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Could the next Mideast uprising happen in Saudi Arabia?
Washington Post: Tunisia. Egypt. Yemen. Bahrain. And now the uprising and brutality in Libya. Could Saudi Arabia be next? The notion of a revolution in the Saudi kingdom seems unthinkable. Yet, a Facebook page is calling for a “day of … Continue reading
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Obama: Qaddafi must leave Libya now
Obama should apply the same standard to allies in the region that are clinging to power via the use of violence against their people, i.e. Bahrain and Yemen.When it came to Egypt, the Obama Administration came out more forcefully only … Continue reading
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Egypt: Subverting Democracy Part III
al-Jazeera: There are reports of Egyptian army using force to disperse activists gathered at Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demand the removal of Hosni Mubarak loyalists from the interim cabinet. Egyptian soldiers fired in the air and used batons in the … Continue reading
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Libyan Rebels Plan Offensive Against Tripoli
NPR: Â Eastern Libya is now completely under the control of forces loyal to the rebellion against President Moammar Gadhafi. Libyan army troops that have defected to join the pro-democracy rebels are trying to organize an offensive against the regime, according … Continue reading
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If Qaddafi fell at the hands of his own people
More and more cities have fallen to the opposition. Dozens of regime officials and diplomats have resigned in protest of Qaddafi’s crackdown. Generals and soldiers have defected to the people. Indeed, fighter pilots ordered to fire on the people have … Continue reading
The US: Applying lessons learned from Iran of ’79 to Egypt of ’11
I hate being quoted because journalists often do such a terrible job of correctly conveying the sentiment, sometimes even taking things out of context, but I’m happy with The Michigan Review for quoting me properly: “While the events unfolded, the … Continue reading