Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The last few days in the Middle East....

From Joel Rosenberg's blog

LIBYA
•Gaddafi signals defiance in TV appearance, says he’s in Libya not Venezuela, despite swirling rumors

•LIBYA: Colonels defected to Malta rather than bomb protesters

•NYT: Warplanes and Militia Fire on Protesters in Libyan Capital

•On the run: Gaddafi flees Tripoli as protesters set the Libyan parliament building alight — possibly 400 now dead

•233 dead in Libya in anti-Gaddafi riots; 41 year old son warns that “Libya is at a crossroads. If we do not agree today on reforms… rivers of blood will run through Libya.”

•Gaddafi’s son warns of civil war in Libya

•Libya protests analysis: ‘For Muammar Gaddafi it’s kill or be killed’; Libya’s leader faces the worst unrest since he seized power, but no-one expects him to give up peacefully

IRAN
•Iran cracks down to silence media, opposition

•Iran’s Forces Battle Protests Nationwide

•Iran protests: capital under lockdown; Police and basij militia locked down the centre of Tehran on Sunday night after crowds of anti-regime demonstrators tried to converge on central squares from across the city

•US must be removed from Islamic world: Khamenei

BAHRAIN
•Could the Kingdom of Bahrain Become an Iranian Pearl Harbor?

•Bahrain protesters seek to overthrow royal family

•At least 4 dead in Bahrain as violence continues

•Hillary Clinton: End Violence in Bahrain

YEMEN
•Yemen president rejects demands he step down now

•4 killed in ‘Friday of Rage’ in Yemen

•The Woman at the Head of Yemen’s Protest Movement

•Yemen’s unrest could embolden al-Qaeda – or sideline it amid democratic hopes

MOROCCO
•Tens of thousands march peacefully for reforms in Morocco; The mass rallies in Rabat and other cities are aimed at expanding democratic rights under the monarchy, which at times has been oppressive

•Five dead after Morocco protests

•Fears of Chaos Temper Calls for Change in Morocco

ALGERIA
•Protests increasing in Algeria

•Algerian founding father urges reform

AHMADINEJAD SAYS “THE FINAL MOVE HAS BEGUN”: Revolution in Egypt managed by the Twelfth Imam

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