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Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« on: January 14, 2011, 11:37:52 AM »
...Sources at Tunis Airport also indicated the country's Army had taken control of the airport and that airspace had been closed....

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Tunisia-Tunisia-National-Emergency-As-Riots-Escalate-Leaving-13-Dead/Article/201101215894951?lpos=World_News_Top_Stories_Header_0&lid=ARTICLE_15894951_Tunisia%3A_Tunisia%3A_National_Emergency_As_Riots_Escalate%2C_Leaving_13_Dead


Latest word is that President Ben Ali has left the country
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2011, 11:46:20 AM »
Now it's Tunisia.  Ivory Coast, Sudan, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Lesotho, Liberia.  What a continent of malcontents.  Fence it off and forget about it!
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2011, 12:41:24 PM »
Tunisian president quits

http://www.euronews.net/2011/01/14/tunisian-president-quits/

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Tunisian President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali has stepped aside after failing to quell the worst anti-government unrest in his two decades in power.

In a television address, Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi says he has taken over on an interim basis.

Ghannouchi said he would respect the constitution and restore stability. “I vow that I will respect the constitution and implement the political, economic and social reforms that have been announced … in consultation with all political sides including political parties and civil society,” he said in a live address.
Meanwhile as the World implodes, Obama uses the death of 6 people to get himself re-elected.
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2011, 03:40:12 PM »
Quote from: cavegal on January 14, 2011, 12:41:24 PM
Tunisian president quits

http://www.euronews.net/2011/01/14/tunisian-president-quits/
 Meanwhile as the World implodes, Obama uses the death of 6 people to get himself re-elected.

Not with gas going to $4 a gallon . . . and maybe $5 a gallon.
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2011, 04:33:21 PM »
This is serious, a President stepping down in Tunisia. Africa has some serious problems, like Latin America.
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2011, 04:37:18 PM »
Quote from: Ptarmigan on January 14, 2011, 04:33:21 PM
This is serious, a President stepping down in Tunisia. Africa has some serious problems, like Latin America.

Honestly, I think Africa's problems tend to be much greater than Latin America's
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2011, 04:46:03 PM »
Quote from: Celtic Rose on January 14, 2011, 04:37:18 PM
Honestly, I think Africa's problems tend to be much greater than Latin America's

That's true. Most of Africa is really hopeless when you look at it. Africa has some of the bloodiest wars in recent history. Reason I mentioned Latin America is because they often have coups and they are very corrupt, like Mexico, Argentina, and Peru. Bolivia has many coups, the most of any nation in the world. Also, Latin America is often a destination for evil people. Many Nazis fled to Argentina after World War II. Some Nazis did flee to Africa, Namibia and South Africa. Many Islamic terrorists operate in Latin America and Africa.
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2011, 04:48:07 PM »
Quote from: Celtic Rose on January 14, 2011, 04:37:18 PM
Honestly, I think Africa's problems tend to be much greater than Latin America's

Well just take a look at who's running it....they would all be Obama voters if they could....hell, maybe they did.
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2011, 04:50:25 PM »
I just don't understand...Spike Lee just told us yesterday that we, the United States, are the most violent country on earth.   :banghead:
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2011, 07:56:08 PM »
Quote from: cmypay on January 14, 2011, 04:50:25 PM
I just don't understand...Spike Lee just told us yesterday that we, the United States, are the most violent country on earth.   :banghead:

Perhaps he has something of a point:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=635-7lQT_Ec&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biL46vtpGLY&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2011, 07:28:13 AM »
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2011, 05:27:56 AM »
Tunisa makes nothing, has nothing and is nothing to the USA.

I'm sure it will make a fine jihadi recruiting center when the islamists co-opt the revolution that threw out the dictator, as they did in Iran 30 years ago.


Tunisa can be barry's iran.
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2011, 09:25:24 AM »
Quote from: H Minus on January 17, 2011, 05:27:56 AM
Tunisa makes nothing, has nothing and is nothing to the USA.

I'm sure it will make a fine jihadi recruiting center when the islamists co-opt the revolution that threw out the dictator, as they did in Iran 30 years ago.


Tunisa can be barry's iran.

I spent some time in Tunis in 1992, playing a series of gigs for the U.S. embassy there. Even the poor bastards at the embassy had that "oh-shit-I-screwed-up-so-they-sent-me-to-this-hellhole" look.

They put us up in what they called their 5-star hotel. Super8 motels in Abilene, Kansas, are better than that.
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2011, 11:36:30 AM »
Quote from: cavegal on January 14, 2011, 12:41:24 PM
Tunisian president quits

http://www.euronews.net/2011/01/14/tunisian-president-quits/
 Meanwhile as the World implodes, Obama uses the death of 6 people to get himself re-elected.

Nah, the election is a million years away, in news cycle time.  Though I'm sure they'll try to wheel Ms. Gifford out, physically if at all possible, when it comes time to campaign in earnest.
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2011, 03:01:40 PM »
It's spreading . . .

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Tunisian inspired demonstrations in Yemen and Algeria violently put down

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Sunday 23rd January, 2011



Unrest has continued to spread across North Africa and the Middle East with demonstrators in Yemen on Saturday demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, while riot police in Algeria clashed with demonstrators, injuring dozens.

The demonstrations in Yemen appear to have been inspired by the public revolt that took place in Tunisia, leading to the resignation of Ben Ali, who had ruled the country for more than twenty years.

Yemeni President Saleh has been in power for 32 years and is accused of overseeing a government riddled by corruption and mismanagement. Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East, is running out of water and is also one of the most restrictive, with few political freedoms.

Public demonstrations against the president and his government have been rare, however, a line few dared cross.

The protest at the University of Sanaa, attended by 2,500 activists, students and opposition groups, was therefore unprecedented, not only in its size but also in its brazen demands, calling for President Saleh to resign and comparing him mockingly to the former president of Tunisia, Ben Ali.

http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/735037/ht/Tunisian-inspired-demonstrations-in-Yemen-and-Algeria-violently-put-down
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2011, 11:55:06 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on January 21, 2011, 09:25:24 AM
I spent some time in Tunis in 1992, playing a series of gigs for the U.S. embassy there. Even the poor bastards at the embassy had that "oh-shit-I-screwed-up-so-they-sent-me-to-this-hellhole" look.

What was so bad about it?  I've heard quite the opposite from others who've been there.  That while it is a Muslim country, it was incredibly open and safe for Jews and Christians.  As well as being like Morroco, an incredibly Western Friendly country that was mostly developed and civilized.  It is almost as large of a Euro tourist destination as Morroco, no?
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #16 on: January 24, 2011, 11:34:13 AM »
Quote from: Gratiot on January 23, 2011, 11:55:06 PM
What was so bad about it?  I've heard quite the opposite from others who've been there.  That while it is a Muslim country, it was incredibly open and safe for Jews and Christians.  As well as being like Morroco, an incredibly Western Friendly country that was mostly developed and civilized.  It is almost as large of a Euro tourist destination as Morroco, no?


I don't know about the tourist aspect of either place, so I can't comment toward that. Let me put it this way, though - there weren't a lot of people on our aircraft other than the band and there weren't a lot of people at the airport.

To be sure, I was never accosted or otherwise assaulted. But I cannot in clear conscience call Tunis "open and safe for Jews and Christians" only because I saw the looks that many of these people gave us. It wasn't a friendly atmosphere at all. The best I could call it would be "barely tolerated".

I'm going largely on the vibes I felt while I was there. They were negative and they were directed toward us. We were not made to feel welcome and we were not "embraced".

Now, since we were NOT tourists and NOT there to spend scads of money, that could very well be the reason why we were looked upon the way we were.

No, we were there to support the embassy. That's what we did. Then we got the hell out of there.
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Re: Tunisia: Riots Trigger National Emergency
« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2011, 01:14:56 PM »
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Police destroy protest camp at Tunisian PM's office

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian riot police on Friday destroyed the makeshift camp set up by anti-government protesters outside the prime minister's office, while Islamists marched through central Tunis demanding religious freedom.

The riot police tore down the protesters' tents on the fifth day of their round-the-clock sit-in, staged to demand the resignation of the interim government, and chased protesters away after scattering them with teargas.

The police action began after protesters pelted them with rocks. The encampment had cut off access to the city's casbah, blocking trading there for several days.
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