Magus
February 16th, 2011, 09:08 AM
With the revolutionary events in Tunisia and Egypt as their inspiration, rebels have begun or are continuing protests throughout North Africa and the Middle East. Every country's unique history and current circumstances are shaping what happens, but these ad hoc resistance movements all have one thing in common: they are heavily youth-based even though older people participate, and tools like Facebook and cell-phone texting play a major role in what's happening.
Iran: Thousands of Iranians clashed with security forces Monday in Tehran. Police fired tear gas and paintballs in the first major street demonstrations since December 2009, when eight protesters were killed. Arriving silently in small groups, protesters appeared in Azadi (Freedom) Square despite a government ban. Among the chants were "Death to the Dictator!" Reports said that, in some cases, young protesters retaliated against security personnel by beating them. Iranian authorities earlier in the day surrounded the house of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to keep him from attending the protest.
Bahrain: The pungent smell of tear gas was also evident Monday in villages around Manama, the capital city of Bahrain. Rubber bullets were fired into peaceful crowds. The government, which is Sunni Muslim, tried cash payments to buy off the country's Shi'ite majority ahead of today's protests, which took place under the name "Day of Rage." The following cell-phone video showing security forces clashing with protesters was taken in the Karazan, near Manama, around 5 p.m. local time Sunday.
News source: And more about it (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/14/944369/-Resistance-spreads-in-Iran,-Yemen,-Bahrain,-Algeria,-Libya?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29)
Another news source (http://www.care2.com/causes/politics/blog/protests-continue-in-iran-bahrain-yemen-and-libya/)
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So, I was wrong about Bahrain and Libya, there is a revolution going on.
And yeah! I hope the Iranians get rid off of those "supreme" religious f:censored:
Iran: Thousands of Iranians clashed with security forces Monday in Tehran. Police fired tear gas and paintballs in the first major street demonstrations since December 2009, when eight protesters were killed. Arriving silently in small groups, protesters appeared in Azadi (Freedom) Square despite a government ban. Among the chants were "Death to the Dictator!" Reports said that, in some cases, young protesters retaliated against security personnel by beating them. Iranian authorities earlier in the day surrounded the house of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to keep him from attending the protest.
Bahrain: The pungent smell of tear gas was also evident Monday in villages around Manama, the capital city of Bahrain. Rubber bullets were fired into peaceful crowds. The government, which is Sunni Muslim, tried cash payments to buy off the country's Shi'ite majority ahead of today's protests, which took place under the name "Day of Rage." The following cell-phone video showing security forces clashing with protesters was taken in the Karazan, near Manama, around 5 p.m. local time Sunday.
News source: And more about it (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/14/944369/-Resistance-spreads-in-Iran,-Yemen,-Bahrain,-Algeria,-Libya?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29)
Another news source (http://www.care2.com/causes/politics/blog/protests-continue-in-iran-bahrain-yemen-and-libya/)
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So, I was wrong about Bahrain and Libya, there is a revolution going on.
And yeah! I hope the Iranians get rid off of those "supreme" religious f:censored: