Kuwait

Kuwait’s turmoil brings rare protest partnership

by News Sources 10.28.2012

The Associated Press reports: For Kuwait’s embattled rulers, clashes earlier this week with anti-government protesters were more than just a sign tensions may be mounting. The crowds themselves showed the widening nature of the Gulf nation’s political crisis: Stirrings of a rare alliance of convenience between liberals and Islamists against Kuwait’s Western-backed leadership. While it’s [...]

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Kuwaitis protest electoral law changes

by News Sources 10.22.2012

Al Jazeera reports: Police in Kuwait have used teargas, stun grenades and baton charges to disperse tens of thousands of demonstrators protesting against changes to the electoral law, which the opposition has called a “constitutional coup” by the government. Protesters gathered in various parts of the capital, Kuwait City, on Sunday to march towards the [...]

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Bahrain regime promoting sectarian division

by News Sources 03.16.2011

Marc Lynch writes: While the American and international debate over Libya continues, the situation in Bahrain has just taken a sharp turn for the worse. A brutal crackdown on the protestors followed the controversial entry of security forces from Saudi Arabia and three other GCC states. Media access has been curtailed, with journalists finding it [...]

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A great change is sweeping Arab political culture

by News Sources 02.25.2011

Issa Khalaf writes: As soon as news emerged that the Libyan protestors were also planning to take to the streets, I was horror-struck. This wasn’t going to be Egypt or Tunisia, or even frightened emirs, sultans, and monarchs. Libya has neither Egypt’s vibrant civil society nor developed institutions, nor a military that can easily challenge [...]

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Uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt reveal potent challenge to Middle East seats of power

by News Sources 02.14.2011

The New York Times reports: As protesters in Tahrir Square faced off against pro-government forces, they drew a lesson from their counterparts in Tunisia: “Advice to the youth of Egypt: Put vinegar or onion under your scarf for tear gas.” The exchange on Facebook was part of a remarkable two-year collaboration that has given birth [...]

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The National Security State of America

by News Sources 01.23.2011

An American teenager, forced into temporary exile and then tortured in Kuwait– almost certainly with the knowledge of the Obama administration — has been freed. A Northern Virginia teen who had been barred from flying home from Kuwait landed in Washington on Friday morning, four weeks after being detained, allegedly beaten by Kuwait authorities and [...]

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Obama administration apparently complicit in the torture of an American teenager

by News Sources 01.06.2011

Glenn Greenwald writes: Gulet Mohamed is an 18-year-old American citizen whose family is Somalian. His parents moved with him to the U.S. when he was 2 or 3 years old, and he has lived in the U.S. ever since. In March, 2009, he went to study Arabic and Islam in Yemen (in Sana’a, the nation’s [...]

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