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Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World And Africa UPDATE282

Posted by: lonepaul2441
Burkina Faso capital under curfew after army mutiny


this is new

never even heard of this country either, and i covered Africa in world Geography last year

  • 04.16.2011 7:45 PM PDT

Posted by: lonepaul2441

Posted by: Mereel N7
Posted by: lonepaul2441
Burkina Faso capital under curfew after army mutiny


this is new

never even heard of this country either, and i covered Africa in world Geography last year
There are loads of countries you have never heard of before, some new ones pop up at the Olympics every now and again. I never knew about Bahrain until all this started.


don't worry, unrest and air campaigns is how most the world learns these days. not much different from the 40's or 50's actually.

Rebels are now fleeing Ajdabiya, i have no other reports that can confirm this at this time.

Activists want the Arab league to recognize the Rebel interim government, these are Cairo based to my understanding.

[Edited on 04.17.2011 7:29 AM PDT]

  • 04.17.2011 7:22 AM PDT

UN is calling for a cease-fire now

we all can guess that Gaddafi wont listen to this, as he hasn't in the past

  • 04.18.2011 8:07 AM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

Over the weekend.

The Rebels secured the town of Brega, while Gaddafi forces went around the town under the cover of a sandstorm and attacked Ajdabiya. The Rebels Retreated from Ajdabiya, but reclaimed it after the shelling stopped.

The rebels have now recaptured the area between Ajdabiya and Brega after NATO attacks resumed.

The siege of Misurata continues.

  • 04.18.2011 10:25 AM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

Tripoli says that any aid provided to the people in Misurata would be seen as an act of war. Aid workers would be shot on sight.

  • 04.18.2011 10:30 AM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

In SYRIA protests continue, and the protesters say that at first they were looking for a few reforms, however now that protesters have been killed they now want a regime change.

Protests have been spreading and exist all over the country now.

  • 04.18.2011 10:34 AM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

Mass protests begin in IRAN

  • 04.18.2011 10:35 AM PDT
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Posted by: Phoenix1330
Mass protests begin in IRAN

Source?

  • 04.18.2011 10:37 AM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.


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Posted by: Phoenix1330
Mass protests begin in IRAN

Source?
Al Jazeera

  • 04.18.2011 10:39 AM PDT
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Posted by: lonepaul2441

Posted by: Phoenix1330
Mass protests begin in IRAN
Awesome maybe Iran will stop being a threat. Unless somebody worse gets into power, but it would also be much harder to help the national's due to Iran's military.

There is an Iranian exile group based in Iraq called the People's Mujahedin of Iran. They have been fighting against the Iranian government for many years and they want a secular democracy. I think we should try to help this group.

EDIT:Here is a link about their parliament in exile]

[Edited on 04.18.2011 10:47 AM PDT]

  • 04.18.2011 10:45 AM PDT
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Posted by: lonepaul2441
We can't do much. Iran has a strong military compared to the other nations we are fighting. The west can only use so much propaganda and the people have very strong beliefs which no propaganda will move.

The only thing we can do is a try and help them be democratic but keep the same beliefs ( Not the killing for Allah rubbish though) Its a delicate situation and needs to be handled properly. For example only go in if they ask for help like libya.

We shouldn't help them militarily, but we should be helping them in other ways. Our government put them on the list of terrorist organizations to try to please Iran. Now Iraq is trying to kick them out of the country. We should be trying to remove them off of the list and lobby the Iraqi government to let them stay in Iraq.

The government should try to help the green movement out with things like communications so they can organize protests easily.

  • 04.18.2011 10:59 AM PDT
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"What's up baby, how are you doin'? I hate the sound of my own voice and I been invited here to distract my self from the fact that I wrote all of this garbage."

Posted by: Phoenix1330
Over the weekend.

The Rebels secured the town of Brega, while Gaddafi forces went around the town under the cover of a sandstorm and attacked Ajdabiya. The Rebels Retreated from Ajdabiya, but reclaimed it after the shelling stopped.

The rebels have now recaptured the area between Ajdabiya and Brega after NATO attacks resumed.

The siege of Misurata continues.


Where'd you find this? All I can find on al-Jazeera and Reuters is stuff about Misurata.

  • 04.18.2011 11:15 AM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.


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Posted by: Phoenix1330
Over the weekend.

The Rebels secured the town of Brega, while Gaddafi forces went around the town under the cover of a sandstorm and attacked Ajdabiya. The Rebels Retreated from Ajdabiya, but reclaimed it after the shelling stopped.

The rebels have now recaptured the area between Ajdabiya and Brega after NATO attacks resumed.

The siege of Misurata continues.


Where'd you find this? All I can find on al-Jazeera and Reuters is stuff about Misurata.
If you watch the videos in the blogs or watch the live feed, alot of this comes from those aswell.

  • 04.18.2011 11:24 AM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

over the weekend a total of 8 high ranking military officials have defected from Libya to Tunisia.

  • 04.18.2011 11:28 AM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

over 100 people have been killed in the Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi district just west of Tripoli which is held by the rebels. Gaddafi forces have been shelling it for 24 hours.

  • 04.18.2011 11:40 AM PDT

Posted by: Phoenix1330
Tripoli says that any aid provided to the people in Misurata would be seen as an act of war. Aid workers would be shot on sight.


he really isn't helping himself at this point is he

  • 04.18.2011 11:57 AM PDT