Saturday, October 22, 2011

Social networks: Arabs warn Assad, Saleh, they're next...

The capture and death of Libya's ousted strongman Moamer Gathafi has sparked an online frenzy in the Arab world, with social networking sites warning Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh their time is up.

"Gathafi called his people rats. He ended his life in a hole like a rat," tweeted @al4a10m in Arabic. "Tyrants, here is the lesson: your end is inevitable."

For activists and bloggers across the Arab world, Gathafi's demise breathed new life into the popular revolts in Yemen and Syria, where months-long popular revolts have failed to oust the autocratic leaders of both countries.

Pictures of Gathafi, bloodied and bruised, were plastered on the front pages of newspapers across the region as online opinions ranged from glee to disgust. Full story...

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  6. Bahrain state terror continues...

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