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NYT writer Nick Kristof is in Bahrain covering it, sounds like the ruling family is trying to get him kicked out: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/18/opinion/18kristof.html?_r=1 http://twitter.com/NickKristof
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Radio! posted:Anyone else watch that interview with the UK advisor on Bahrain just now? Was it Ian Henderson? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Henderson_(police_officer)
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Lascivious Sloth posted:If the Saudis get involved on the ground, unless covertly, there will be worldwide backlash -- I doubt that will happen. I was under the impression the Saudis were already peripherally involved - with the Shiite majority in Bahrain, the Al Khalifas have been drawing their security forces mainly from foreign Sunni Muslim recruits, with the Saudis providing a lot of hardware as well. There's been reports from a lot of the clashes that the Bahraini security forces had been speaking Arabic with Saudi and Jordanian accents. That seems to have been the difference so far between Egypt and Bahrain. It's a lot easier to go Tienanmen Square on protesters if you don't see them as countrymen.
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Giant Squid posted:Where are my local idiots getting the whole "this is step one of establishing a global Islamic caliphate" thing from? Glenn Beck probably. Seriously.
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SauceNinja posted:I'm pretty sure Iran was announcing the protests/revolt in Egypt was an "Islamic" movement/revolt/uprising. These two entities together in this endeavor makes me curious in a way I've not thought about previously. That's only because Iran's trying to deflect attention away from the suppression of their own protesters.
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AJE's reporting that Saudi Arabia is declaring a ban on all marches and protests.
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Mr.Hotkeys posted:Where are you guys watching this, mostly? AJE? I've been watching MSNBC and it's been decent, but a lot of dumb EXPERT OPINIONS I could care less about. US channels are worthless: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/
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A Winner is Jew posted:And that situation turned out fantastic since it's largest (and richest) supporter turned out to be a proponent of socialism. ... so? If that's what people vote for then what's the problem?
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Oh! Sorry, thought you were being sarcastic. I'm use to people waving socialism around like it's a boogie man.
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Sky News is awesome right now. Bullets fired straight up aren't dangerous, if they're fired at an angle it's really bad.
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Aug 21, 2011 23:13
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Xmas Pterodactyl posted:Are they shooting the hell out of that banner? Looks like it. Oh god I hope no one's in that house.
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Cable Guy posted:Perhaps an attic shall I seek...
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This is a guy who ordered AA guns to be used on protesters.
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Wow someone has actually come into this thread and started quoting Ibrahim as a credible source. What's next, Baghdad Bob?
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This Zintan/Defense Ministry/Saif thing is turning out to be a giant mess. Does not look good for the credibility of the NTC.
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The-Mole posted:That was definitely confirmed. Remember, early on a bunch of British special forces guys got picked up by the rebels in a checkpoint for looking like natives with machine guns and no coherent cover story. That was a totally classic, "when you do your job right no one knows you exist" fuckup. The SAS and its long history of mess ups in Benghazi.
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And Russia is still cockblocking diplomatic efforts at every turn. Is Turkey basically the best hope for Homs right now? Is there any political will there to intervene in the massacre?
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What's the reaction to the incident from the people and media in Turkey? Is there starting to be more of a groundswell of support for more direct involvement in Syria, or more of a wait-and-see approach like their government?
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Just wanted to thank Brown Moses for his updates here and on Twitter. It's like a never ending stream of depression coming in these last few days, and the tweets of everyone else I follow are completely banal juxtaposed against that. But that's good.
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Crasscrab posted:gently caress no. It's purely a symbolic thing. God, I'm sure the Copts in Egypt and Sudan are just thrilled with that rear end in a top hat right now.
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Sounds like the Turks are pissed about the 5 dead in Akçakale, but what could they conceivably do about it right now? We went through this with the downed jet and all that resulted was some strong words.
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Brown Moses posted:You'll be calling me Goody Brown Moses next. Yeah Fraps you have to pay for, Microsoft Expression Encoder could do it but I don't know about the voice track. Ask in the Let's Play tech support thread maybe.
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