"The Arab world changed today. Now we know how easy it is to depose the malignancies in our midst. My apologies to the American president and secretary of state, but their war of terror will have to stagger on without the dearly departed Ben Ali. No, he's not dead; he's just on a plane to Malta.
Protests have taken place in Algeria and Jordan - and it's my sincere hope that the Panda King (it's a fact that Abdallah looks like a panda) goes next. I'm in Cairo at the moment and things are calm here. The street housing the Tunisian embassy was bookended by checkpoints earlier in the day and Mubarak's mukhabarat were stopping cars and checking IDs. Is there fear? Is Mubarak's mouth dry with it?"
Mondoweiss-Read more
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
First of all, wonderful news for the Tunisian people. I hope it all turns out well for them and their lives are improved.
ReplyDeleteThis does put paid to the notion...or should I say EXCUSE... that the United States' alliances with such dictators prevented mass uprisings.
So now Mohammed Ghannouchi, who was part of the corrupt élite, is to meet other politicians, to form a 'new' government. Meanwhile the people who got rid of Bin Ali are being shot and tear-gassed on the street. Plus ça change ... <span>
ReplyDelete</span>
From Angry Arab -
ReplyDelete"This has not appeared in the US press. The leading Egyptian daily, Al-Masri Al-Yawm ... reports that a Tunisian officer stated that the former chief-of-staff of the Tunisian Army had orders from the US government to 'take control of the <span>situation'</span>."