Saturday, March 26, 2011

Violent protests in Syria, Bahrain, Yemen – and now Jordan

Amman, Jordan
Jordan today became the latest Arab country to adopt violent repression as its response to protest – inspired, perhaps, by seeing similar tactic used by US allies like Bahrain and Yemen with little retribution from Washington.
This afternoon, police shut down a major protest camp in Amman, using water cannons. Mubarak-style thugs, widely believed to be hired by the regi.....

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Protests

AT least 10 people were killed in southern Syria overnight as protests demanding major reforms continued, prompting thousands of supporters of President Bashar al-Assad to flood the streets of Damascus in counter-demonstrations.
Activists said police fired on protesters in the southern villa...


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