tere posted:

I love how the markets all go. Hey there is unrest in the mid-east. Time to jack up the price of oil!!!

Brown Moses posted:

Early I posted that government forces were heading to Zawiya. The BBC just posted this:

Not sure if it means they defeated the government, or they are yet to be attacked.

Spiky Ooze posted:

House of Saud recruiting:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudis-mobilise-thousands-of-troops-to-quell-growing-revolt-2232928.html

The US is about to have to make a mother of a decision if things go bad there.

Brown Moses posted:

Twitter is saying Washington has recognised them as well, I'm sure other countries will now follow suit.

Xandu posted:

No one knows. I'm not being glib, there's just been no good english (or even French from what I could find) language articles on the subject recently. The Islamist parties (an-Nahda especially) are getting pretty popular, they will be delaying the elections until October to allow more time to prepare. Everything is pretty peaceful at the moment.

Brown Moses posted:

There's reports that the US ambassadors house has now been attacked as well.

ThePutty posted:

I'm going to wear my key out because of this thread.

Hallucinogenic Toreador posted:

The split screen on Al Jazeera English is hilarious.

IRQ posted:

If they exist, NATO let them land.

boner meter posted:

On the Sky feed, what are they chanting?

Torpor posted:

Sultan Al Qassemi
@SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Mohammed Gaddafi just said the final Islamic prayers, he was stuttering, there appears to have been people inside the house. Phone cut off.

https://twitter.com/#!/SultanAlQassemi

Al Jazeera had him on the phone and then gunfire broke out.

Brown Moses posted:

Scratch Monkey posted:

Here's a head scratcher. Rebels found a deep freezer that apparently contained the dead body of a Russian (maybe?) soldier or something that was stuffed in there by GF.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9bf_1314884266

Nuclear Spoon posted:

#tahrir on irc.synirc.net

Meanwhile, the Guardian claim to have a picture http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/oct/20/syria-libya-middle-east-unrest-live

J33uk posted:

Oh man there are a few hints about what'll be in the IAEA report on Iran out there (including China explicitly telling Iran to behave) and ooooh boy. It looks like they're actually trying to develop nuclear weapons. This is going to be a diplomatic clusterfuck

Jarmak posted:

I'd be shocked if they didn't have mortars of some variety in large numbers, they're both stupidly easy to manufacturer and stupidly common. If they can get RPGs they should be able to get light mortars.

edit: it doesn't take that much training to use a mortar system, give me 10 minutes and I can have a guy accurately hitting things within 2k with a 60mm on handheld mode, about an hour to double that range with a tripod

Brown Moses posted:

Apparently RPGs were used against the American embassy in Benghazi by the extremist group Ansar Alsharia.

Mans posted:

Aren't the Wahabists the extremists? These guys are Salafists right? What's the difference?

Glitterbomber posted:

Yes, this has literally never happened, something horrible is about to happen and Assad doesn't want anyone knowing.

BadChipotle posted:

Okie dokie, I hope I don't walk out of here ridiculed (fingers crossed).

Let's start with the back story behind this:

The government reduced 4 votes to 1 concerning the voting of MPs, the opposition believes that this is not fair and only benefits the Kuwaiti government and not the people themselves and will fuel corruption from what I heard. As a result, the opposition are boycotting the upcoming elections and today they held a march through the streets.

Here are the photos.


The signs say "Dignity, Nation"

Kuwaiti MPs speaking about the current situation



A prayer before the march

Demonstrators chanting.


Helicopters, helicopters everywhere!

Human rights worker speaking with a local human rights organization.




Children holding signs with patriotic slogans


Another MP

A popular talk show host (in the middle).

Love this one, opposition demonstrator holding his igal in frustration.

Others follow.




The sign says "for your sake (Kuwait) we protest"


This sign can be seen throughout the demonstration, it says "we are the boycotters"


A protester chanting slogans against the election law.


End of a long day.

McDowell posted:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20576197

I don't think Putin is happy about those Patriots (hasn't expansion of the NATO missile shield into Turkey been an long time issue - now with urgency)

The article tries to put a positive spin on it - energy and trade, guys!

Also I wonder how hosed up Putin is on pain meds and how that is affecting decision making.

Svaha posted:

It's like a post-apocalyptic maker fair. It's sort of mind boggling when you think what could happen in a few decades when 3d printer fabrication is more commonplace and DIY weaponized drones start to enter the mix.

Uncle Jam posted:

I wonder too if they found a ring of those guys operating within France, and didn't really like where it was going.