Friday, February 18, 2011

Protests Spread, and Al Jazeera is There

While Egypt celebrates and honors the Army that refused Mubarak's orders to run them down with tanks, protesters in Libya and Bahrain are not so fortunate.

10:55pm More footage of the shooting by the Bahraini army - watch this video to the end! Protester: "They had machine guns, not riffles or hand weapons, machine guns and they shot people who ran away."

There are fresh protests in Iraq.

Violent protests have taken place at various locations in Iraq, with anti-government protesters rallying against corruption, poor basic services and high unemployment.

And Djibouti:

Police use tear gas to disperse thousands demonstrating in East African nation to demand Ismail Omar Guelleh step down.

And Yemen observes "Friday of Fury":

At least three killed as tens of thousands of demonstrators, both pro- and anti-government, march in several cities.

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