Middle East Revolutions: Current Bahrain protests getting violent

[Zoolander]

Reading comments on anything online is a good way to make yourself mad. Just don't do it lol, nothing good will come of it.

[Callisto]

Reading comments on anything online is a good way to make yourself mad. Just don't do it lol, nothing good will come of it.

Unrelated, but this is the best I've seen re: insane site with even more insane posters: http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=5438

[WahiGuard]

Reading comments on anything online is a good way to make yourself mad. Just don't do it lol, nothing good will come of it.

Lol I will keep that in mind.

[Psion]

I wonder if the anti-government protesters can arrange a sneak attack of sorts, getting a bunch of them to secretly (from the government) agree to take the 1000 bucks to disrupt the crowds... and then after getting paid and any weapons and the like he might give, promptly go back to protesting, now with weapons and resources that can go toward defending themselves.

Assuming they haven't already, of course.

[Cantih]

This is getting tough. Mubarak thugs are choking up entry points to Tahrir, people can't reliably get food & supplies in.
Also, while the square itself is pretty safe, streets around it are dangerous as hell.

[Cantih]

Fighting seems to be ratcheting up.
Journalists are being targeted definitely by mubarak thugs, but can't confirm that the army is also taking them in and "disappearing" them.

[Cantih]

Holy goddamn, the Egyptian PM is either deluded, or spinning so hard it puts some of our media to shame.

[KoD]

UN pretty much can't enter the area else asked by the goverment, but saying that, A international invisagation could take place, on the attacks, and if found gulity that the goverment had sponered or arranged/police beening involved muradak could be charged on human right, and even possible to be charged with war crimes,

Edit: Even thow the PM said they'll invistagate the situation, This would result in nothing beening done even if muradak is found guilty due fact he controlles the goverment, and therefor will jst throw it under the rug and never publish the results! or the result would be fixed

[Mistress Stowastiq]

Just woke up and thank you to everyone posting up helpful "UN For Dummies" info so I can educate myself. I will be reading today.

It was eerie because I fell asleep listening to the news and through a haze of sleep, I see the Egyptian prime minister in his press conference and it seemed all sorts of maniacal the way he was apologizing and chastising the wording of the press's questions and re-wording them like an English teacher. So I need to catch up on what happened over night. I am once again in complete awe of the spirit of the Egyptian people.

[Cantih]

Today is looking like it'll be the roughest day.
Unless something amazing happens, tomorrow will be worse. The government doesn't look like it's going to back down.

EDIT: With the PM's press conference, and the subsequent travel ban and asset seizure of former cabinet members, it looks like there are 3 possibilities

1. Lying through teeth.
2. Higher ups turning on each other, ones speaking out atm have turned to the army as an ally.
3. Honestly will investigate and reform, but wont bend on having mubarak removed from office early.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

Today is looking like it'll be the roughest day.
Unless something amazing happens, tomorrow will be worse. The government doesn't look like it's going to back down.

Yeah blatant denial on their gov'ts part but then also refusal of the people to back down. I am going to remain optimistic, however.


AJE Map of battle zones:

Spoiler: show

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/a...nemap-Copy.png

[Cantih]

It hasn't even hit me that my sigatar is relevant to the thread.
I'm just so used to it being there.

[BardonGaruda]

"Important announcement" from the egyptian vice president expected shortly

[Mytiwar]

The saddest to me is the pillaging of the museum

[Cantih]

Wasn't pillaged much, pro-democracy people stopped it quick enough, just some artifacts got damaged.
iirc, the army has a base at the museum. NOBODY gets in, just passes by.

[Cantih]

I, need sleep.
Your turn Stowa.

[BardonGaruda]

Algeria have said they will lift their state of emergency, that's been in place for 19 years, in the near future. Seems like an attempt to head off something similar happening there.

In Egypt latest news is that a foreigner has been beaten to death.

[Caiyuo]

Yeah blatant denial on their gov'ts part but then also refusal of the people to back down. I am going to remain optimistic, however.

AJE Map of battle zones:

Spoiler: show

http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/a...nemap-Copy.png

:< really hoping the military intervenes by siding with the actual protestors, unless they have already given those target markings, I'm way behind

[KoD]

Vodafone has accused Egyptian authorities of using emergency laws to access its network to send propaganda text messages! I know there was post be4 about this, Does seem they trying save face, or really did have this happen!

[Ragnus]

I wonder if the anti-government protesters can arrange a sneak attack of sorts, getting a bunch of them to secretly (from the government) agree to take the 1000 bucks to disrupt the crowds... and then after getting paid and any weapons and the like he might give, promptly go back to protesting, now with weapons and resources that can go toward defending themselves.

Assuming they haven't already, of course.

That's the problem. Since the protests have been so benign before the thugs were brought in they couldn't do anything without seeming like jackasses. As soon as the anti-regime protesters start doing things like this they will be forcibly suppressed by the government who will immediately put the “violent protests” spin on it. Unfortunately for the protesters, the best thing they can do is to just point out that the only ones being violent are the goons paid by Mubarak to go against them.

I have to agree with a commenter on NPR yesterday when she said that this protest really is do or die for the people involved.