visionary Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 (edited) YEMEN http://twitter.com/#!/AlArabiya_Eng Troops loyal to Yemeni President Saleh opened fire on pro-democracy protesters in Sanaa killing 4 and wounding many more: Medics 8 hours ago http://twitter.com/#!/tomfinn2 Look at the boy in yellow, bullets flying, camera phone resolutely in hand. Iconic image. #Yemen 8 hours ago SYRIA http://twitter.com/#!/blakehounshell Incredible scene as unarmed Syrian protesters overwhelm armored vehicle (via @KareemLailah) 8 hours ago hzNGaTRm9HQ http://twitter.com/#!/alihashem_AJA Arab league meeting is to be held with Lebanon, Algeria, Iraq, Sudan, and Yemen, opposing any measure against Assad's regime 14 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/Reuters Arab League to discuss suspending Syria: delegate http://reut.rs/nPxd4N 15 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/MagdyBasha123 Live broadcast of protesters in front of ArabLeague http://www.ustream.tv/channel/alexanderpage 13 minutes ago Edited October 16, 2011 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 (edited) http://twitter.com/#!/SultanAlQassemi Syrian ambassador to Cairo (at Arab League): We once again call on the Arab league to issue a statement to support democracy 35 minutes agoSyrian ambassador to Cairo (at Arab League): We will go forward with the reforms promised by President Bashar & protect Syria from terror 35 minutes ago Al Jazeera: Arab League ministerial committee chaired by Qatar FM will seek national dialogue that includes the Syrian Opposition Council 28 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/AlArabiya_Eng An Arab League proposal gives Syria two week to implement immediate reforms: sources to Al Arabiya 32 minutes agoSyrian security forces kill six people in Homs and Damascus suburbs: AFP 12 minutes ago Edited October 16, 2011 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/AlArabiya_Eng BreakingNews: 24 killed in Syria today: activists 49 minutes ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) Watch this: -qcV2aAfbDM http://shabablibya.org/news/libyas-new-leaders-recognize-syrian-opposition TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A senior Libyan official says the country’s transitional government has formally recognized the Syrian opposition’s council as the country’s legitimate representative, making it the first country to do so.Members of the Syrian National Council are visiting the Libyan capital to drum up support for their 7-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad. The Syrian council is a broad-based opposition umbrella group that was formed in September. http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/Syria 11 hours 13 min ago - Syrian activists say at least 12 protesters were killed on Tuesday. Armoured personnel carriers were seen in the town of Saqba. This video was uploaded on Youtube and sent to us by activists. Al Jazeera cannot independantly verify any third party content. 1 hour 4 min ago - Syrian security forces and pro-government gunmen killed at least 10 people in a rebellious central province Wednesday, activists said, just as tens of thousands of Syrians were demonstrating in the northern city of Aleppo. Pro-government gunmen killed two people in Homs, long a center of anti-government protests, and eight others were killed in nearby villages and towns, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. -Associated Press Assad kills about a dozen or more a day. Edited October 19, 2011 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) http://twitter.com/#!/tomfinn2 RT @yementribune: Yemen vice president declines Saleh's offer to be the ruling party's candidate for any future elections. 6 minutes ago Hmmm...did he really? Although after the way Saleh's son was able to control everything while Saleh was in SA...maybe the vp decided he wouldn't really have any power. Also the people there are a bit fed up with him as well. http://twitter.com/#!/tomfinn2 Sounds the same as the last RT @glcarlstrom: UN SC circulating another draft on Yemen urging all sides to show restraint & Saleh 2 sign GCC 3 minutes ago I read yesterday that Saleh had some luxury houses in the US...maybe we should consider turning them into homeless shelters if he doesn't stop playing around.... ---------- Post added October-19th-2011 at 01:37 PM ---------- http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/19/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?eref=edition Fifteen civilians were killed and dozens injured Wednesday as clashes and shooting broke out across the Syrian city of Homs, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.Seven members of the Syrian Army also died as a result of fighting with alleged army defectors, the activist group said. The Syrian Observatory and the Local Coordinating Committees, an opposition group that organizes protests, said three sisters from one family were killed in Qoseir, near Homs, when security forces and the army shelled homes in response to defections. The three sisters, from the Zoghby family, were aged 17, 15 and 11, the groups said. More than 20 people died Monday in Homs during intense clashes between security forces and defectors from the military, activists reported. The United Nations estimates that about 3,000 people have died in Syria in the seven months since the government's crackdown on protesters demanding democratic reforms began. Edited October 19, 2011 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) http://www.chron.com/news/article/Syria-holds-former-VP-incommunicado-daughter-says-2226443.php Syria holds former VP incommunicado, daughter saysA former Syrian vice president who became one of the country's most prominent dissidents was kidnapped in Lebanon five months ago while visiting his daughter and is believed to be secretly imprisoned by the Syrian regime as it tries to crush a 7-month-old uprising, his daughter and Lebanese police said. The abduction of Shibli al-Aisamy, an 88-year-old who holds permanent U.S. residency, has raised alarm among some in Lebanon that members of the country's security forces are helping Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime in its crackdown on anti-government protesters, effectively extending it into Lebanon to prevent it from becoming a safe haven for the Syrian opposition. She said he quit politics in 1992 and eventually got a green card, making him a legal United States resident. He has lived in Fairfax, Virginia, since 2009, she said. A prominent dissident over the years, al-Aisamy was a founder of the ruling Baath party and served as a vice president to Amin al-Hafez for three years until radical Baathists overthrew them in 1966. He has lived in exile ever since, in Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt and now the United States. His decades in Iraq solidified his position as a strong opponent of the Syrian regime. Al-Aisamy held senior posts in the Baath party in Iraq, which was a key rival to the branch of the party that still rules Syria. He left Iraq after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that overthrew Saddam Hussein and moved to Egypt, where he stayed with his son. In 2009 they moved to the United States. Edited October 20, 2011 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40132&Cr=security+council&Cr1= Nine countries compete in upcoming Security Council electionsNine countries are formally campaigning for elections tomorrow that will decide which States will occupy five non-permanent seats on the Security Council during 2012-13. Three countries from Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, one from Eastern Europe and one from Latin America and the Caribbean will be chosen to succeed Gabon, Lebanon, Nigeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Brazil, whose terms all expire on 31 December this year. Member States will meet in the General Assembly tomorrow morning to elect the Council members by secret ballot, with winning candidates needing two thirds of those countries present and voting. Balloting will continue until enough candidates reach that threshold, even if only one country is competing for a seat in a particular region. Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo are vying for the three seats for Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, while Azerbaijan, Hungary and Slovenia are contesting the Eastern European category. Guatemala is the only declared candidate for the Latin America and the Caribbean region. The new members will join Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal and South Africa, whose terms end on 31 December 2012, and the five permanent Council members, which each wield the power of veto – China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. I wish they would get rid of the damn veto....or make it less powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 SYRIA http://twitter.com/#!/libyanproud 20th time i watch this Syria celebrating with Libya last night in Homs @Dima_Khatib @arwaCNN 1 hour ago xWlRMA6kidA http://twitter.com/#!/BreakingNews Protesters are pouring into Syria's streets, cheering the death of Moammar Gadhafi, activists say - @AJELive http://bit.ly/q1F0IU 1 hour ago http://twitter.com/#!/LeShaque Protest in Baldat Khattab in Hama chanting congratulations for Libya. 1 hour ago Protest in Menegh in Aleppo chanting congratulations for Libya. 27 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/LeShaque Witness / AJA / Houran: Bashar forces surrounded the cemetery and opened fire on mourners just as we finished burying our dead. 46 minutes agoWitness / AJA / Houran: We have not even been able to count the new dead and injured. 46 minutes ago Bashar forces laid siege to all the mosques in Qaboon. Addounia TV crew filmed "calm in the city" under protection of tanks. 44 minutes ago Addounia's cameras focused only the door of one mosque, ignoring the myriad Bashar forces around. 43 minutes ago The residents of Qaboon, angered by the behavior of state media in their town, protested despite the presence of Bashar forces. 43 minutes ago At least nine killed by Bashar forces in Homs alone today. 39 minutes ago SRGC: 14 killed by Bashar forces today, at least one was killed by snipers in his home. 29 minutes ago ---------- Post added October-21st-2011 at 08:29 AM ---------- http://twitter.com/#!/LeShaque Suheir Atassi: Protests today are of a celebration of Libya's victory. 7 minutes agoSuheir Atassi: State media came to Qaboon and tried to film "the calm" but the residents protested anyway, asking for Bashar's head. 7 minutes ago Suheir Atassi: I differ from others on the issue of #Aleppo, I still have faith it will rise and join the revolution. 7 minutes ago Tadmour protest on "Martyrs of the Arab Deadline" Friday, many Libya flags http://bit.ly/qK0cFn 2 minutes ago IhBZFjA7nhk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 (edited) SYRIA http://twitter.com/#!/AlexanderPageSY 19 killed in syria today 16 from homs (live at http://ustre.am/DXDd)17 minutes ago YEMEN http://twitter.com/#!/alguneid Russia, China won't veto UNSC resolution" Yemen NC in Moscow اليمن: مقتل القذافي جعل صالح يضطرب: http://almasdaronline.info/index.php?page=news&article-section=1&news_id=24780#.TqFt5cJfq1k.twitter 1 hour ago We'll see. http://twitter.com/#!/SultanAlQassemi Al Arabiya: Correspondent: UN Security Council will vote on Yemen resolution today 26 minutes ago Edited October 21, 2011 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/BreakingNews Pakistan, Morocco elected to UN Security Council for 2012-2013 - @Reuters27 minutes ago More: Guatemala elected to UN Security Council for 2012-2013 - @Reuters 26 minutes ago SYRIA http://twitter.com/#!/SultanAlQassemi Bashar has massacred 27 Syrians today, and it's not even 7pm yet. (Source: Al Arabiya via activists) 36 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/RulaAmin Now SRGU says 28 people were killed in Syria today32 minutes ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 (edited) http://twitter.com/#!/SultanAlQassemi Al Arabiya: UN Security Council votes unanimously on resolution 2014 that demands Saleh step down from power in Yemen 1 minute ago http://twitter.com/#!/BreakingNews UN Security Council condemns Yemen's 'excessive violence' against protesters, urges swift deal based on Gulf Arab plan - @Reuters 7 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/imothanaYemen Breaking UN Security Council calls on Yemen's Saleh to step down!1 minute ago I'm a bit surprised today. Russia, China (and a couple others) had opposed most resolutions on Yemen so far. I guess the question now is...what happens when he doesn't step down? Edited October 21, 2011 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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visionary Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45004356/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/ Tunisians go to the polls in first Arab Spring electionTUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisians waited in lines for hours under the sun to vote Sunday in the nation's first truly free elections, the culmination of a popular uprising that set off similar rebellions across the Middle East. Voters — women with headscarves and without, former political prisoners, young people whose Facebook posts helped fuel the revolution in the North African country — are electing a 217-seat assembly that will appoint a new government and then write a new constitution. The party expected to come out on top is the moderate Islamic movement Ennahda, whose victory, especially in a comparatively secular society like Tunisia, could have wide implications for similar religious parties in the region. Voters are definitively turning the page on the 23-year presidency of Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, who was overthrown by a monthlong uprising on Jan. 14 stirred by anger at unemployment, corruption and repression. Halfway through election day officials were exulting that turnout was high and had already exceeded expectations, without giving any exact figures. Soldiers were helping keep order, though no problems were reported in the first part of the day. The unexpected revolution in this quiet Mediterranean country — cherished by European tourists for its sandy beaches and desert oases — set off a series of similar uprisings against entrenched leaders, an event now being called the Arab Spring. If Tunisia's elections produce an effective new government they will serve as an inspiration to pro-democracy advocates across the region, including in next-door Libya, where longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi was killed last week by rebel forces. ---------- Post added October-23rd-2011 at 01:07 PM ---------- http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/10/2011102310438603928.html?utm_content=automateplus&utm_campaign=Trial6&utm_source=SocialFlow&utm_term=tweets&utm_medium=MasterAccount Attacks on Yemen protests continue in Sanaa Last Modified: 23 Oct 2011 11:49 Dawn gunfire in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, has killed one person and wounded six others, with anti-government protesters accusing snipers of targeting their protest camp. The day after streetfighting between troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and soldiers and armed tribesmen who defected to the opposition, tens of thousands of demonstrators set off on a protest march on Sunday from Change Square. Change Square is the street intersection next to Sanaa University on the capital's ring-road where the opposition has set up camp. "There are one dead and six injured due to firing in the south of Change Square at dawn," Dr Mohammed al-Qubati, the head of a field hospital set up in the protest camp, said. Protesters said it had been government snipers shooting at them. Medics and government officials said the total death toll from Saturday's fighting had risen to 20, including four civilians and five soldiers. Dozens of others were wounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/AJELive Voter turn-out in Tunisian election now estimated at over 90 per cent | http://aje.me/o2qUkd 9 minutes ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/201110244341892454.html Vote counting is under way in Tunisia after the country's first-ever democratic elections to choose an assembly to re-write the constitution, nine months since former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was toppled from power.However, with an unexpectedly large number of ballot papers to count, it remained unclear when election officials planned to announce the results of Sunday's vote. There was huge turnout in Sunday’s elections as voters exercised their rights to choose the 217-seat assembly which will choose a new interim government and set dates for parliamentary and presidential elections. Boubaker Bethabet, the secretary-general, independent ISIE polling commission, said 90 per cent of some 4.1 million citizens who registered ahead of the poll cast their votes. No figures were available for the other 3.1 million voters who did not register but also had the right to vote. Some early forecasts suggested a moderate Islamist party, al-Nahda, would emerge with the biggest share of the vote, with Tunisian state radio reporting on Monday that incomplete counts in two provincial cities, Sfax and Kef, had al-Nahda in the lead. The Congress Party for the Republic, a leftist secular party, was in second place in Sfax, and Ettakatol, another socialist group, was running second in Kef, the radio said. Al-Nahda, citing its own, unofficial tally from votes cast by the large Tunisian diaspora, said indications were that it had done well. Overseas voting was held days before Sunday's election. Zied Mhirsi, a prominent Tunisian blogger, told Al Jazeera: "It is clear al-Nahda has a majority, the question is "to what extent? Will they be the only ones forming a government?'" "Every party is basically trying to see to what extent they can compromise with al-Nahda to organise a government," he said. "I don't expect our revolution to become an Islamic Revolution but, at the same time, I expect Islam to be a part of Tunisian life, the way you could see it in Turkey. "Al-Nahda has already shown a commitment to the declarations on human rights." http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/tunisia-oct-24-2011-1411 Mon, 24 Oct 2011, 12:11 GMT+3 - Tunisia There's been a major upset in the electoral district of Zaghouan, where a leading member of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD by its French acronym) who was the head of the list for the Ettakol party, has not won a seat she was expected to take easily, the IRIE says. Instead, Al-Nahda has won two seats, while the CPR, the PDP and an independent list each took one. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/10/2011102411211844410.html US envoy leaves Syria over security fears The US ambassador to Syria has left the country over security concerns, with Washington blaming Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government for what it called "credible threats against his personal safety". Mark Toner, the state department spokesman, said on Monday that Robert Ford, who has visited several hubs of anti-government protest during the months-long uprising against Assad's rule, had returned to Washington this weekend. Toner said Ford's return to Damascus depended on a US "assessment of Syrian regime-led incitement and the security situation on the ground". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/2011102421511587304.html?utm_content=automateplus&utm_campaign=Trial6&utm_source=SocialFlow&utm_term=tweets&utm_medium=MasterAccount Al-Nahda claims victory in Tunisia pollThe moderate Islamist party al-Nahda has claimed that it has won more than 40 per cent of seats in Tunisia's 217-member consitutent assembly, following the country's historic election. "The first confirmed results show that al-Nahda has obtained first place nationally and in most districts," Abelhamid Jlassi, the party's campaign manager, said at a news conference citing its own election monitors' reports. The party's claim that it won 90 seats came ahead of an announcement by ISIE, the country's independent election commission, of the provisional results for overseas seats. The leaders of two leftist parties, the Congress Party for the Republic (CPR) and Ettakol, said they were fighting for second place, while the leader of the centre-left Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) conceded defeat on Monday evening. "Al-Nahda is certainly the majority, but there are two other democratic entities, Ettakatol and the CPR, who were weak at the start but now find themselves in the position to contribute to political life and usher a rational modernity in this Arab-Muslim country," Khalil Zaouia, Ettakatol's number two, said. Late on Monday, the Reuters news agency, citing senior al-Nahda official Ali Larayd, reported that al-Nahda was considering forming a coalition with both Ettakol and the CPR. Overseas seats followed the trends established for domestic districts, with nine of the 18 seats reserved for overseas Tunisians going to al-Nahda, four to Ettakatol, three to the CPR, and one each to the Democratic Modernist Coalition (PDM) and Aridha Chaabia, according to an announcement by the country's election commission. Samir Dilou, a member of al-Nahda's political bureau, said that his party had won "not far from 40 per cent" of the vote. "The trend is clear. The PDP is badly placed. It is the decision of the Tunisian people. I bow before their choice," PDP leader Maya Jribi told the AFP news agency at her party's headquarters in Tunis earlier in the day. "We will be there to defend a modern, prosperous and moderate Tunisia," she said, adding the PDP would "clearly be in opposition". http://twitter.com/#!/AJEnglish Opinion: International observers are happy with the conduct of yesterday's Tunisian elections, says Larbi Sadiki http://aje.me/r2k87s 8 hours ago http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/10/20111024103643494261.html Turkey earthquake death toll nears 300 http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/Syria 1 hour 53 min ago - Syrian national council member, Mohamed Amin has told Al Jazeera that tomorrow's visit by an Arab league delegation will be marked by nation-wide general strikes and 'disobedience'. 1 hour 11 min ago - German news agency, Deutsche Presse-Agentur is reporting that a strike among private businesses throughout Daraa todayhas led to the Syrian army into the southern province. Lebanon-based Syrian activists have said that telecommunications had been cut in the province, confining many to their homes. "The people are angry because the level of killings is increasing day by day and they have no choice but to try every means to confront this brutal regime," an activist by the code name of Omran Shaker told the DPA. 1 hour 10 min ago -The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is reporting that defectors have attacked a state security convoy at the entrance to the Maarat Alnumaan in the north. Seven security forces, including an office, are said to have been killed. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/24/world/europe/un-security-council/index.html?eref=edition Azerbaijan was awarded the open seat on the U.N. Security Council Monday after Slovenia dropped its bid.Four countries, including Pakistan, were elected last week to join the Security Council in January as non-permanent members for two-year terms. Also elected, via secret ballot, were Guatemala, Morocco and Togo. Edited October 25, 2011 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 (edited) http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/10/201110261378634467.html Arab mediators meet Assad over Syria unrestAn Arab League delegation has held talks with Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, amid reports of more deadly clashes betwen security forces and army deserters backing protesters demanding the president's resignation. The delegation, led by Qatar's prime minister, arrived in Syria on Wednesday as tens of thousands of pro-government supporters packed into Omayyad square in the heart of Damascus, chanting "The people want Bashar al-Assad". Delegates included the foreign ministers of Algeria, Egypt, Oman and Sudan, in addition to Nabil al-Arabi, the head of the Arab League. "They are going to meet again on Sunday - and that puts more faith in that initiative than people had anticipated in the beginning. Now it doesn't mean that it will work, but at least it isn't failure from the first meeting," she said. At an urgent session in Cairo on October 16, the 22-member Arab League called for "national dialogue" between Syria's government and the opposition by the end of October to help end the violence and avoid "foreign intervention" in Syria. Syria has rejected previous Arab initiatives, and it was not clear if this would be different, or if the regime was trying to gain time to try to crush the uprising. The meeting came as the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that 15 more people, including nine government soldiers, had been killed on Wednesday in the latest clashes between Assad loyalists and forces backing anti-government protests. "Nine servicemen, including an officer of the Syrian regular army, were killed by a rocket, fired by armed men, probably deserters. The soldiers were on a vehicle in Al-Hamrat village, on the Hama-Salamiyah road," the rights group said. Clashes between security forces and soldiers who have deserted and joined the opposition have become more frequent in recent week, particularly in the centre of the country. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/10/20111026164441431354.html Yemeni women burn veils in crackdown protestHundreds of Yemeni women have set fire to traditional female veils in protest against the government's brutal crackdown on the country's popular uprising, as overnight clashes in the capital and another city killed 25 people, officials said. Women spread a black cloth across a main street in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday and threw their full-body veils, known as makrama, onto a pile, sprayed it with oil and set it ablaze. As the flames rose, women activists handed out leaflets appealing for help and protection. "This is a plea from the free women of Yemen; here we burn our makrama in front of the world to witness the bloody massacres carried by the tyrant [President Ali Abdullah] Saleh,'' the leaflets read. Yemeni women have taken a key role in the uprising against Saleh's rule since March, inspired by revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. Their role came into the limelight earlier in October, when Yemeni woman activist Tawakkul Karman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, along with two Liberian women, for their struggle for women's rights. Edited October 27, 2011 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 (edited) http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/congress-backs-bahrain-protesters-when-the-white-house-wont/2011/10/25/gIQAgYCEKM_story.html Congress backs Bahrain protesters when the White House won’t Even as the regime staged unfair trials of peaceful opponents in special security courts, dismissed thousands from government jobs for participating in protests and violently repressed demonstrations in restless villages, the administration notified Congress in September that it intended to sell Bahrain $53 million in military equipment, including 40 armored Humvees. Fortunately, Bahrain’s abuses — documented and denounced by every major Western human rights group — prompted a reaction in Congress. Legislation was introduced to block the arms sales, and a group of five Democratic senators, led by Robert P. Casey Jr. (Pa.), wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Oct. 12 to ask that the sale be put on hold. A separate letter was dispatched by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). Rather than tying itself to this uncertain process, the United States should set its own conditions for continued good relations with Bahrain. These should include accountability for the torture and killing of protesters; the release of all political detainees; and the initiation of meaningful political reform that enfranchises the country’s Shiite majority. The current status quo in Bahrain is unsustainable; reinforcing it with U.S. military sales would be foolish as well as unconscionable. ---------- Post added October-27th-2011 at 03:24 PM ---------- http://twitter.com/#!/libyanproud “@FlashNewsPlus: Homs [sYRIA] 27/10/2011 " The people want a No Fly Zone! " via @youtube 9dl_nBAik4c Edited October 27, 2011 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/CFKlebergTT Today's death toll in Syria rose to 18 of which 2 are children LCC activists tell me. 7 in Homs 7 in Hama Subs 2 in Daraa 2 in Tartous.6 minutes ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 (edited) http://twitter.com/#!/AJELive BREAKING | Saudi Arabian Interior Minister Prince Nayef named as new crown prince. We'll have more details for you soon. 4 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/AlArabiya_Eng Saudi king names Prince Nayef as the Kingdom's heir, deputy prime minister and interior minister 11 minutes ago ---------- Post added October-27th-2011 at 06:09 PM ---------- TUNISIA ISIE: 90 seats in total for Ennahdha representing 41% of the constituent assembly 1 hour agoISIE: CPR: 30 seats representing 13.83 % of the total seats 1 hour ago ISIE: Al Aridha 19 seats in total 1 hour ago ISIE: Ettakatol (FDTL) 21 seats in total 1 hour ago ISIE: PDP got 17 seats in total 59 minutes ago ISIE: PDM will have 5 seats, Initiative: 5 seats, Afek : 4 seats, POCT (The alternative revolutionary) Got 3 seats 53 minutes ago The Aridha list in France would be cancelled because the head of the list is one of those who asked BenAli to candidate in 2014 52 minutes ago Hachmi Hamdi withdraws his participation and all the 19 seats in the constituent assembly, now live on MosaiqueFM 43 minutes ago Edited October 27, 2011 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 (edited) Particularly Nasty Bloodbath in Syria Today: http://twitter.com/#!/Samsomhoms Army men and security forces are opening live fire on us . We were on huge protest in insha't i'm hidinig there Homs 2 hours agoWe were outing from mosque and almost reach the place where we protest then security forces and snipers open live fire on us 2 hours ago http://twitter.com/#!/blakehounshell Consider this: Syrians are dying at a rate faster than U.S. troops in Iraq at the peak of the war 1 hour ago http://twitter.com/#!/ZainSyr Documented death toll today TILL NOW rose to 24 martyrs, half of them (12) in Homs, 9 in Hama, 2 in Daraa and 1 in Idlib RIP 44 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/freedom4libya Al-Arabiya: 20 peaceful protesters killed in Syria so far today.1 hour ago Al-Arabiya: the number of dead protesters in syria stands at 30 today. 22 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/KareemLailah Homs: Qusor protest now 1 hour agoBreaking: Live stream from Talbiseh in Homs now http://j.mp/buDAYk #Wonderful 1 hour ago Huge clashes between Assad troops and defected soldiers in Hama since more than an hour. 1 hour ago about 35 soldiers have just defected in Homs and joined the protesters. Woot Woot 59 minutes ago Woman in Hama went to drag her son's dead body from the street, to be shot dead and fall over her son. 10 minutes ago 17 Martyrs in Syria today, till now... 1 hour ago 23 Martyrs in Syria today... till now!!!! 52 minutes ago 26 Martyrs in Syria today... till now!!!!!! 49 minutes ago 30 Martyrs in Syria today... till now!!!!!!!!!! 26 minutes ago 32 Martyrs in Syria today, 17 in Homs... till now 8 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/RulaAmin like every Friday, # of people killed in syria rising quickly, 30 so far says SRGC 31 minutes ago# of people killed in Syria today is now 36 7 minutes ago Somewhere between 10-20 people are killed by Assad every day in Syria, more on Fridays. (There are a ton of Syrians on Twitter calling for a no fly zone, right now.) (By the way, do people still read this thread? Just curious, because I don't usually see people in here.) Edited October 28, 2011 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I do. I appreciate it too. You know, you should think about starting your own blog. Just do what you do here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 (edited) http://twitter.com/#!/AlexanderPageSY BREAKING FOOTAGE syrian security forces attacking demonstrators Homs Syria 1 hour ago s7iOQfZfBhc http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/28/174186.html More deaths reported in Syria crackdown as protesters renew call for no-fly zoneAs many as 37 people have been killed when security forces opened fire at demonstrators on Friday, Al Arabiya reported citing Syrian activists as protesters called for nationwide rallies to demand the imposition of a no-fly zone over Syria to protect civilians. Demonstrations started after Friday prayers in Hama and Homs despite a heavy military presence, activists and residents said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement received by AFP in Nicosia that the fatalities were in the protest hubs of Hama, in the north, and Homs in the center, and that security forces encircled mosques and made arrests before and after weekly Muslim prayers. The army has been carrying out operations in Qusayr for several weeks, amid fighting there between troops and suspected army deserters, activists say. “Despite the siege, the proliferation of checkpoints and the encirclement of mosques, people staged a mass demonstration in Kafr Nabl,” a town in Idlib, near the Turkish border, demanding the "imposition of a no-fly zone,” the rights watchdog reported. The latest bloodletting comes as activists called for nationwide protests on Friday to demand the imposition of a no-fly zone over Syria to protect civilians and to encourage soldiers to defect. “We call on the international community to impose a no-fly zone so that the Syrian Free Army can function with greater freedom,” said the Syrian Revolution 2011 on its Facebook page. ---------- Post added October-28th-2011 at 12:22 PM ---------- EGYPT http://twitter.com/#!/SultanAlQassemi Happening now in Cairo: Thousands of protesters in Tahrir calling on the military to promptly transfer power to a civilian government - AFP 1 hour ago http://twitter.com/#!/NoonArabia [sIZR=4]Outrage in Egypt for the death of EssamAtta while in captivity in the same method KhaledSaid "allegedly" died. Tahrir's spirit is back.[/size] 37 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/RamyYaacoub It was just announced that KhaledSaid's mother will be speaking in Tahrir right after the EssamAtta procession 25 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/Reem821 Around 20,000 now in tahrir chanting: they've killed Khaled they've killed Essam, carrying Essamatta's coffin 13 minutes ago ---------- Post added October-28th-2011 at 12:26 PM ---------- I do. I appreciate it too. You know, you should think about starting your own blog. Just do what you do here. Thanks. I've thought about doing something like that, but I don't really know where/how to start. Also I worry that it might cause people to focus too much on me. I'd rather they just pay atention to what's going on. Edited October 28, 2011 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 (edited) http://twitter.com/#!/HomsCoalition Homs | Gunfire is coming from inside the medical services building in Al-Midan neighborhood. 30 minutes agoURGENT | Homs | Now four big explosions shake the citadel checkpoint, which is now on fire, and smoke is covering... http://fb.me/yl1VxSp4 13 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/AlArabiya_Eng 90 military personnel have defected, including two officers from Bab al-Seba in Homs: Syrian activists 30 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/LeShaque Reports that an entire battalion including its officers has defected in Bab Sbaa in Homs. 29 minutes agoCorrection: "those still alive" of that battalion, ~90 soldiers and two officers. --I'm guessing there are injuries among the 90. 25 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/CFKlebergTT Unabated bloodshed as today's death toll in Syria hits 40, say LCC activist. 21 in Homs, 14 in Hama, 3 in Daraa and 2 in Idlib 15 minutes ago Edited October 28, 2011 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/LeShaque AJA: Arab League delegation sends letter of discontent to Bashar and says it is looking forward to achieving results on Sunday. 6 hours ago http://twitter.com/#!/freedom4libya Damn you Bashar the total number of dead peaceful protesters today is 45. 3 hours ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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