Facebook-Powered Protesters Take Aim at Bahrain -- The Danger Room
First came Tunisia. Then Egypt, Yemen, and Jordan. One of the next Middle Eastern regimes to get hit with protests just might be the tiny kingdom of Bahrain, according to an analysis from a government-connected consultancy.
In Bahrain, activists are using Facebook to try and to organize their own “Day of Rage” set for February 14. In a statement on their page, organizers accuse the government of “suppress[ing] the legitimate rights of the people” and call for a new constitution and investigations into “economic, political and social violations.” Bahrain, a Gulf kingdom ruled by the Sunni Al-Khalifa family, has seen anger at systematic discrimination against the majority Shia population and its lack representation in government spill out into violent protest in the past.
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Protests Emerge in Jordan, Bahrain -- Wall Street Journal
Hundreds support Egyptian struggle -- Gulf Daily News
Protesters gather at Egyptian embassy in Bahrain -- Earth Times
My Comment: If this spreads into the Persian Gulf .... the next step would then be Saudi Arabia. The consequences then .... with a good portion of the world's oil supply coming from that region .... would be disastrous.
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