World Unrest in the Middle East

[eellem1]

I was waiting for this to happen. They were just looking to see the outcome in Egypt!!

 

[pr0-assasin]

Iran is what you can call muslim extremists

 

[The Helper]

Iran is what you can call muslim extremists

or Muslim Extremists in Power.

 

[Jedimindtrixxx]

oh. i see
in that case
VIVA LA REVOLUCION

i should ask my iranian friend what he thinks 'bout this

 

[Slayer4000X2008]

The Middle East has been called an unchaging place. Well this unchanging place is now begining to change. The question is, for the better of for the worse?

 

[Jedimindtrixxx]

Only time will tell.

 

[xPass]

Wait a minute...

First, it was Iran-Kuwait conflict.
Then, it was Isreal and the other country's (forgot the name sry ) conflict.

AND NOW, it's going to be the Iran-Isreal conflict?

Seems like them both do love wars

 

[Hatebreeder]

Wait a minute...

First, it was Iran-Kuwait conflict.
Then, it was Isreal and the other country's (forgot the name sry ) conflict.

AND NOW, it's going to be the Iran-Isreal conflict?

Seems like them both do love wars

No one loves wars.

Besides, it's probably because one feels threatenend by the other ( probably in things like values ).

Other than that, power to the people of Iran. Their walls need a new streak of color.

 

[Wiseman_2]

Ironically, the regime in Iran came to power a few decades ago through revolution, and though there have been leadership changes, the "elections" have almost definately been rigged.

Also, it is worth noting that Israel is the only true democracy in the entire Middle East (out of about 30 countries in the area).

 

[xPass]

Ironically, the regime in Iran came to power a few decades ago through revolution, and though there have been leadership changes, the "elections" have almost definately been rigged.

Also, it is worth noting that Israel is the only true democracy in the entire Middle East (out of about 30 countries in the area).

Seriously? that's cool of them...

 

[The Helper]

More trouble for Dictators - Libya and Bahrain

Inspired by the events in Egypt and Tunisia both Libya and Bahrain are vigorously protesting repressive regimes.

Protesters in Bahrain, inspired by revolts that have toppled Arab rulers in Tunisia and Egypt, poured into the Gulf island kingdom's capital on Wednesday to mourn a demonstrator killed in clashes with security forces.

Over a thousand joined a funeral procession for the man, who was shot dead on Tuesday when fighting broke out at the burial of another protester. Some 2,000 were camped out at a major road junction in the center of Manama, hoping to emulate the rallies on Cairo's Tahrir Square and demanding a change of government.

The Interior Ministry has promised to take legal action over the two deaths if it finds police used "unjustifiable" force.

Bahrainis have a history of protest and the current unrest, in its third day, has been driven by familiar complaints of economic hardships, lack of political freedoms and sectarian discrimination by the Sunni rulers against the Shi'ite majority.

Bahrain protesters rally for third day

and

Hundreds of people clashed with police and government supporters overnight in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, a witness and local media said, in a rare show of unrest in the oil exporting country.

Libya has been tightly controlled by leader Muammar Gaddafi for over 40 years but has also felt the ripples from popular revolts in its neighbors Egypt and Tunisia.

Libyan state television said that rallies were held in the early hours of Wednesday morning across the country in support of Gaddafi, who is Africa's longest serving leader.

Reports from Benghazi, about 1,000 km (600 miles) east of the Libyan capital, indicated the city was now calm but that overnight, protesters armed with stones and petrol bombs had set fire to vehicles and fought with police.

Riot breaks out in Libyan city of Benghazi

 

[xPass]

For the Ancestors!!!!

Well, won't there ever be a day of World Peace?

 

[The Helper]

For the Ancestors!!!!

Well, won't there ever be a day of World Peace?

Not as long as the Israelis believe that Jerusalem is the Holy Land and the Palestinians think it is there home. There will always be conflict there because the extreme factions of both lands are together and extreme factions tend to not like compromise because it involves compromising there beliefs, imho.

 

[The Helper]

Clashes rock Bahraini capital

The Bahrain capital of Manama was rocked by sporadic clashes, hours after riot police attacked a makeshift encampment of pro-reform protesters in the centre of the city, killing at least six and injuring dozens of others.

An Al Jazeera correspondent, who cannot be named for security reasons, said on Thursday that "clashes were no longer limited to one place...they are now spread out in different parts of the city".

He said that the hospitals are full of injured people after last night's police raid on the protesters.

"Some of them are severely injured with gunshots. Patients include doctors and emergency personnel who were overrun by the police while trying to attend to the wounded."

More.

 

[The Helper]

Bahrain forces fire on protesters; 50 injured

MANAMA, Bahrain – Soldiers opened fire Friday on thousands of protesters defying a government ban and streaming toward the landmark square that had been the symbolic center of the uprising to break the political grip of the Gulf nation's leaders.

Officials at the main Salmaniya hospital said at least 50 people were injured, some with gunshot wounds. Some doctors and medics on emergency medical teams were in tears as they tended to the wounded. X-rays showed bullets still lodged inside victims.

"This is a war," said Dr. Bassem Deif, an orthopedic surgeon examining people with bullet-shattered bones.

Protesters described a chaotic scene of tear gas clouds, bullets coming from many directions and people slipping in pools of blood as they sought cover. Some claimed the gunfire came from either helicopters or sniper nests, a day after riot police swept through the protest encampment in Pearl Square, killing at least five people and razing the tents and makeshift shelters that were inspired by the demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

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[The Helper]

Gaddafi flees Tripoli as protesters set the Libyan parliament building alight

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is believed to have fled the capital Tripoli after anti-government demonstrators breached the state television building and set government property alight.

Protesters appear to have gained a foothold in Tripoli as banks and government buildings were looted while demonstrators have claimed they have taken control of the second city Benghazi.

It is thought up to 400 people may have died in the unrest with dozens more reported killed in Tripoli overnight as protests reached the capital for the first time and army units were said to have defected to the opposition.


Read more here.

 

[Wiseman_2]

I think the world is on the brink of something big here. Most of the North African countries around the Mediterranean are in revolt or otherwise have successfully overthrown the leading regimes; we could see a wave of democracy spreading South and granting greater equality to the peoples of Africa. Of course, we could also see more corrupt tyrants passing through, but there is real opportunity here.

 

[The Helper]

Libya Spirals Out Of Control; Air Force Bombs Protestors

Violence in Libya escalated Monday as thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets in Tripoli. Eyewitness reports said that protesters had torched public buildings in the capital overnight.

One of the buildings that was set on fire was the General People’s Congress, or parliament, which meets when it is in session in the capital.

Al-Jazeera reported Monday that the Libyan air force has bombed protesters who were on their way to an army base, according to eyewitness testimony.

The protesters were reportedly heading to the army base to obtain ammunition, but witnesses said the air force bombed the demonstrators before they could get there.

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[The Helper]

Key Libyan diplomats disown Gadhafi's regime

UNITED NATIONS – Key Libyan diplomats disowned Moammar Gadhafi's regime for its brutal crackdown on protesters and the country's deputy U.N. ambassador called for an urgent meeting of the U.N. Security Council that will take place Tuesday.

The Libyan ambassador to the United States urged Gadhafi to step down, the ambassador to India resigned as did the ambassador to Bangladesh who protested the killing of family members by government troops.

Almost all Libyan diplomats at the United Nations backed deputy ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi's pleas to Gadhafi to end his 40-year rule and to the international community to intervene.

The U.N. spokesperson's office said late Monday that the Security Council had scheduled consultations on the situation in Libya for Tuesday morning. Earlier, Dabbashi had called for an urgent meeting of the council to take action to stop the bloodshed.

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[Wiseman_2]

Libya is turning into something very serious. Apparently two pilots who were ordered to assault the protesters refused and flew to Malta to claim political asylum; soldiers who refused to fire on protesters were shot in cold blood. Considering that most of his political allies in Libya have abandoned him, Gaddafi must know he stands on a precipice; not all the army is behind him, as his son claims, and when the people catch up with him, they will be more than happy to push him off the edge of that precipice.