Middle East unstable

[kwerk]

Protest in Jordan now too.

3,000 Jordanians protest govt economic policies

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gXy19EsxGXYt26ko0KMimdBEH9Kw?docId=CNG.9964072691a62252d0a98b0308fb8063.171

"On Saturday, about 50 Jordanian trade unionists held a sit-in outside the Tunisian embassy in Amman, shouting "Tunisia's revolution will spread."

 

[Cosimo]

Double post

You are unstable.

 

[Vonhelmet]

Time to get a pair of assless leather chaps and some hockey gear.

Excellent, already got some of them.

 

[scorza]

So nothing to do with a Tunisian man setting himself on fire as a protest about not being allowed to sell fruit and vegetables then?

Did I say that? I did a quick google search for you: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/15/tunisia-wikileaks-ghannouchi

 

[Westyfield2]

I thought 'unstable' was the default position in the Middle East.

Couldn't care less about the Middle East.

Middle East unstable.

In other news, Pope is Catholic and bears **** in the woods.

These!


I assume we can blame the French for Tunisia?


Though since when has Tunisia been in the Middle East?

 

[Helios1234]

Is Tunisia really in the Middle East? If so, does that make Italy also a middle-eastern country?

 

[iamtheoneneo]

depends on your definition of 'middle' and 'east'

 

[scorza]

Is Tunisia really in the Middle East? If so, does that make Italy also a middle-eastern country?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Middle_East

Well you learn something new everyday, apparently Tunisia is part of the G8 defined Greater Middle East area.

 

[Danthus]

Did I say that? I did a quick google search for you: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/15/tunisia-wikileaks-ghannouchi

The trouble began in December, when was that document leaked to the public?

 

[Cosimo]

Is Tunisia really in the Middle East? If so, does that make Italy also a middle-eastern country?

No, it's North Africa but some people call the North African states the Middle East.

 

[kwerk]

Since when are Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia considered the middle east?

Just doesn't seem right calling it Africa. Tunisia and Morocco have a lot more in common with Jordan and Iraq than Mali and Nigeria.

And if there is a domino effect it's not going to spill southward to Cameroon. It will spill to the ME.

 

[kwerk]

...or north to Europe.


There were a lot of Tunisian/Algerian/Libyan/Egyptian Jihadis fighting in the Balkans.

 

[scorza]

The trouble began in December, when was that document leaked to the public?

Do your own research.

 

[Danthus]

Do your own research.

I take it you do not know then?

 

[kwerk]

depends on your definition of 'middle' and 'east'

I'll go by America's definition. Their "Middle East Partnership Initiative" is head-quartered in Tunisia.

http://mepi.state.gov/where-we-work.html

Where We Work

* Algeria
* Bahrain
* Egypt
* Israel
* Jordan
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Libya
* Morocco
* Oman
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Tunisia
* United Arab Emirates
* West Bank and Gaza
* Yemen

 

[OriginalJonty]

The Leaked Document Regarding Tunisia

I can't find a date for when it was released. The revolt has been a combination of rising food prices, low job prospects for young adults, the authoritarian regime and oppression. The availiablilty of leaked document and the guy who set himself on fire occurring in such a small time frame finally pushed the Tunisian's over the edge.

 

[Danthus]

Well it was published on the 7th December, so before the trouble began.

 

[Whackeygrunt]

It's the freaking Middle East. That entire defined region is a blight on this world. Being "unstable" is nothing new.

 

[sanaxe1]

Whats going off in Morocco? I'm going there on the 2nd....

 

[Cosimo]

Whats going off in Morocco? I'm going there on the 2nd....

The usual terrorist threat and some demos in Rabat:

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and...e-by-country/middle-east-north-africa/morocco