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LIBYA, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen News, May 20, 2011

.Egypt's tensions show strain in 'season of change'The Associated Press
Other regimes took note. When protests broke out in Syria and the Gulf
state of Bahrain, security forces answered with smothering assaults,
arrests and crackdowns. The uprising in Bahrain appears to have collapsed
under the pressures. ...
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Syria hits sanctions
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
Syria blames “armed gangs” for the bloodshed. In imposing the
sanctions, the US administration stopped short of saying Assad had lost his
legitimacy to rule, a formula Washington has applied to Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi, whose forces are fighting ...
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Factbox: Protests in Middle East, North Africa
Reuters
On April 21 he lifted Syria's 48-year state of emergency and abolished a
hated state security court. A day later, security forces and gunmen loyal
to Assad killed at least 100 people when they fired at protesters. * LIBYA:
Libya's government denied ...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/19/us-mg-obama-mideast-protests-factbox-idUSTRE74I5PI20110519>
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The Bahrain Dilemma: a Step Closer to a Solution
The Atlantic
And that is true, today, in Bahrain," Obama said this afternoon. In
pressing Bahrain's regime in the speech, Obama took the same first step
that he took in Egypt, Libya, and Yemen before pushing for those countries'
leaders to step down. ...
<http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/05/the-bahrain-dilemma-obamas-speech-no-solution-but-a-step-closer/239167/>
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Middle East: Obama weaves an uncertain path
The Guardian
The US got caught unprepared for the uprisings in first Tunisia and much
more importantly in Egypt. The other movements in Yemen and Bahrain could
be contained by the US supported leaders of these states and were ignored.
It is Egypt which is the key ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/20/middle-east-barack-obama-uncertain-path>
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Gadhafi's troops fire rockets at redoubts | Philadelphia Inquirer |
2011-05-20
Philadelphia Inquirer
Egypt's military rulers announced that they were suspending prison
sentences for 120 people who participated in protests after the revolution
that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. Bahrain: A security court sentenced a
prominent Shiite cleric and eight ...
<http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/122281749.html>
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What Obama could not possibly say
Asia Times Online
How could Obama possibly admit that the weapon of choice of the
counter-revolution is the anti-Shi'ite card - against Persian Shi'ites in
Iran as well as Arab Shi'ites in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman
and Syria; and that makes it, ...
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Bin Laden Praises Middle East Uprisings in Posthumous Message
Voice of America
... in Tunisia and Egypt, predicting the "winds of change" will spread
across the entire Muslim world. He makes no specific reference to Libya,
Syria, Bahrain and Yemen, where pro-democracy supporters have had less
success in toppling the government. ...
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Prince Alwaleed Comments On Obama's Speech
NPR
What's different about Bahrain? Why isn't that the same situation? Prince
ALWALEED BIN TALAL: Oh, for sure, Bahrain cannot be compared to what
happened in Egypt, Tunis and what's happening right now in Libya, Syria and
Yemen. The Bahraini matter is ...
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Michael Hudson on Arab uprisings «ScrollPost.com
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