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Aiming to Preserve Autocratic Mideast Rule, Saudi Arabia Helps Crush Uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen

Posted on June 16, 2011 by dandelionsalad

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Democracy Now!
June 16, 2011

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While the United States remains heavily involved in the Libya conflict, it has been noticeably silent on the violent suppression of popular uprisings against autocratic regimes in Bahrain and Yemen, both of which are close allies of Saudi Arabia. In March, Bahrain called in Saudi troops to help crush massive pro-democracy protests. We discuss the role of Saudi Arabia in recent regional uprisings with Toby Jones, assistant professor of history at Rutgers University and a former Persian Gulf analyst with the International Crisis Group.

via Aiming to Preserve Autocratic Mideast Rule, Saudi Arabia Helps Crush Uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen.

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 on Jun 16, 2011

Saudi Arabia Helps Crush Uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen- Democracy NOW!

see

20-Year-old Poet and others imprisoned in Bahrain

“How can you have a dialogue with someone who is holding a gun to your head?” by Timothy V. Gatto and Finian Cunningham

Finian Cunningham: Protesters brutally beaten facing military courts, others disappeared, interviewed by Timothy V. Gatto

Nabeel Rajab: Bahrain situation beyond explanation + Protesters sentenced to death

http://vodpod.com/dandelionsalad/tag/bahrain

http://vodpod.com/dandelionsalad/tag/yemen

Predatory Policy: US, UK enter Yemen with deadly drone strikes, choppers

CIA Building Mideast Base to Launch Drone Attacks in Yemen – Democracy NOW!

Chossudovsky: Questionable US Motives in Bahrain

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9 Responses

  1. Bahrain: Washington and London Endorse Dialogue With Tyrants, War Criminals and Torturers by Finian Cunningham « Dandelion Salad, on July 24, 2011 at 5:25 PM said:

    [...] Aiming to Preserve Autocratic Mideast Rule, Saudi Arabia Helps Crush Uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen [...]

    Reply
  2. Canadian Citizen Tortured in Bahrain… But Harper Government Keeps Silent « Dandelion Salad, on July 17, 2011 at 12:52 PM said:

    [...] Aiming to Preserve Autocratic Mideast Rule, Saudi Arabia Helps Crush Uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen [...]

    Reply
  3. Hamid Dabashi: Bahrain and the Democratic Uprising « Dandelion Salad, on July 15, 2011 at 2:01 AM said:

    [...] Aiming to Preserve Autocratic Mideast Rule, Saudi Arabia Helps Crush Uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen [...]

    Reply
  4. Saeed al-Shahabi: Bahrain talks doomed to failure « Dandelion Salad, on July 13, 2011 at 10:11 PM said:

    [...] Aiming to Preserve Autocratic Mideast Rule, Saudi Arabia Helps Crush Uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen [...]

    Reply
  5. Response to an Article by Syrian Arab News Agency Which Contained a Number of Mistranslations by Dennis Kucinich « Dandelion Salad, on June 29, 2011 at 10:58 PM said:

    [...] Aiming to Preserve Autocratic Mideast Rule, Saudi Arabia Helps Crush Uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen [...]

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  6. Response to an Article by Syrian Arab News Agency Which Contained a Number of Mistranslations by Dennis Kucinich « Dandelion Salad, on June 29, 2011 at 10:58 PM said:

    [...] Aiming to Preserve Autocratic Mideast Rule, Saudi Arabia Helps Crush Uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen [...]

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  7. Syria/Libya versus Bahrain: A BBC factoid? by William Bowles « Dandelion Salad, on June 22, 2011 at 5:37 PM said:

    [...] Aiming to Preserve Autocratic Mideast Rule, Saudi Arabia Helps Crush Uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen [...]

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  8. Finian Cunningham Deported From Bahrain by Timothy V. Gatto and Finian Cunningham « Dandelion Salad, on June 20, 2011 at 10:40 PM said:

    [...] Aiming to Preserve Autocratic Mideast Rule, Saudi Arabia Helps Crush Uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen [...]

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  9. Yemen Newslinks for 16 June 2011 « William Bowles.info, on June 17, 2011 at 6:06 AM said:

    [...] Aiming to Preserve Autocratic Mideast Rule, Saudi Arabia Helps Crush Uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen

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