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US Silent as Bahrain
Acts Just Like Libya

Nicholas Kristof

Mar 17, 2011 1:57 PM CDT

US Silent as Bahrain Acts Just Like Libya

Just because they're allies doesn't make the crackdown right: Nicholas Kristof

(Newser) - Bahrain's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators is getting more and more violent , and the regime is now getting help from another US ally, Saudi Arabia. Where, wonders Nicholas Kristof, is the outrage from American officials? It's easy to condemn the likes of Moammar Gadhafi, but things get pretty quiet when our...

The Arab League Wants a No-Fly Zone in Libya. Great, Let Them Handle It

Let Libya's Neighbors Step Up

OPINION

Mar 17, 2011 12:49 PM CDT

Let Libya's Neighbors Step Up

If they want a no-fly zone, let them do it: Leslie Gelb

(Newser) - The Arab League wants a no-fly zone over Libya, as does France and Britain. Great, writes Leslie Gelb at the Daily Beast . Go right ahead and put one up. Instead, these "strategic moralists" are waiting for the UN to act, knowing full well that Russia and China will veto...

US Ready
to Back
Airstrikes
on Libya

Mar 17, 2011 7:46 AM CDT

US Ready to Back Airstrikes on Libya

Fears no-fly zone is too late, backs broader resolution

(Newser) - With a siege in Benghazi looking like a distinct possibility, the White House is suddenly looking to use some muscle in Libya. After weeks of discussion, the administration has concluded that a no-fly zone would likely be “too little, too late” to save the rebels, the New York Times...

Bahrain Protests: Government Detains Six Opposition Leaders

Bahrain Detains
Opposition
Activists

Mar 17, 2011 7:06 AM CDT

Bahrain Detains Opposition Activists

Security forces take control of central Manama

(Newser) - Bahraini security forces detained at least six prominent opposition activists today, the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights tells the AP . According to the society, two of those taken were also among the 25 Shiite activists who were released earlier in a bid to ease tensions. Their arrests suggest authorities...

VIDEO: Bahrain Cops Shoot Protester in Tiananmen Square Moment

Out of Bahrain, a
Tiananmen Square
Moment?

Mar 16, 2011 9:14 AM CDT

Out of Bahrain, a Tiananmen Square Moment?

Graphic video shows horrific face-to-face shooting

(Newser) - The news out of Bahrain is bad— six reported dead in an assault on anti-government protesters today—but this video is worse. The extremely graphic and disturbing footage shows an altercation between a protester and a handful of police, who shoot the man from just a few feet away. New ...

Libya Protests: Moammar Gadhafi's Forces Take Ajdabiya, Last Town Before Rebel Capital of Benghazi

Gadhafi Forces Clear
the Way to Benghazi

Mar 16, 2011 7:54 AM CDT

Gadhafi Forces Clear the Way to Benghazi

Troops take Ajdabiya, last town before rebel capital

(Newser) - Just one day after Moammar Gadhafi’s forces reportedly took back the Libyan rebels’ last western stronghold , they seized another key town: Ajdabiya, the last town between Gadhafi’s forces and the rebel capital of Benghazi. Fighter jets bombed the town yesterday, leaving the city “in ruins,” says...

Rebel Squatters Seize Gadhafi London Home

Squatters Give Tour of Gadhafi's London Home

Mar 16, 2011 2:39 AM CDT

Squatters Give Tour of Gadhafi's London Home

Posh $17M home belongs to Libyan people, they say

(Newser) - An opulent London home belonging to one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons was taken over by squatters last week who have vowed to stay put until the dictator is ousted. This week, Laurie Penny gets a tour. The activists, who have links to Libyan rebels, have opened up Seif al Islam...

Libyan Rebels Lose Last
Western Stronghold

Mar 15, 2011 6:32 AM CDT

Libyan Rebels Lose Last Western Stronghold

Gadhafi's forces have captured Zwara, witnesses say

(Newser) - Libyan rebels lost their last western stronghold yesterday, the AP reports. According to witnesses, Moammar Gadhafi’s forces captured Zwara, which was the last city west of Tripoli formerly held by the rebels. The victory gives Gadhafi a complete hold on Libya’s western stretch of coastline, and though rebels...

Saudi Arabia Sends 1K Troops Into Bahrain

Mar 14, 2011 1:26 PM CDT

Saudi Arabia Sends 1K Troops Into Bahrain

Opposition groups call move war threat

(Newser) - More than 1,000 troops from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries entered Bahrain today to protect important oil and power facilities, a Saudi official tells the Wall Street Journal . The move comes a day after violent protests rocked Bahrain, notes Reuters , and mostly-Shiite opposition groups are likening it to...

Hundreds Protest in Riyadh

saudi protests

Mar 13, 2011 4:33 PM CDT

Hundreds Protest in Riyadh

More than 200 gather outside Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry

(Newser) - More than 200 Saudis were allowed to protest outside the Interior Ministry today to demand the release of detainees in the largest demonstration in the capital since the regional outbreak of pro-democracy unrest. A massive show of force snuffed out a Facebook-based effort to stage unprecedented pro-democracy protests in Riyadh...

Police Fire on Protesters,
at Least 100 Injured

yemen protests

Mar 13, 2011 2:01 PM CDT

Police Fire on Protesters, at Least 100 Injured

Violence is escalating in Yemen as monthlong protests continue

(Newser) - Police on rooftops fired live bullets and tear gas at protesters in Yemen today, wounding at least 100 people camping out near Sanaa University. The day's violence was the latest evidence that monthlong protests demanding the resignation of Yemen's longtime leader were spiraling out of control. Embattled President Ali Abdullah...

In Underground Jail,
Symbols of Gadhafi Brutality

Mar 13, 2011 11:19 AM CDT

In Underground Jail, Symbols of Gadhafi Brutality

Cells were located under Gadhafi's luxurious compound in Benghazi

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi's Benghazi compound lies in ruins, torched and defaced by angry rebels who made an eerie discovery underground: A series of tiny cinder-block jail cells, evoking the incredible cruelty of which the regime is capable. Few locals seemed to even be aware of the jail's existence, but now the...

Gadhafi Retakes
Oil Hub of Brega

SAYS STATE TV

Mar 13, 2011 8:04 AM CDT

Gadhafi Retakes Oil Hub of Brega

Latest domino in eastern Libya to fall out of rebel control

(Newser) - In the latest domino to fall for Libya's ragtag rebels , state television is reporting that Moammar Gadhafi's forces have retaken the oil town of Brega in eastern Libya. State television has issued faulty reports in the past, notes the AP , but Gadhafi's forces were reportedly 25 miles outside the town...

On Road to Benghazi,
Only Ill-Prepared Rebels

Mar 13, 2011 6:03 AM CDT

On Road to Benghazi, Only Ill-Prepared Rebels

Outgunned, anti-Gadhafi forces can barely fight back

(Newser) - The protesters-turned-troops that make up the anti-Gadhafi rebellion in Libya may be full of hope and determination, but they are also terribly outgunned and outmanned, and now the disorganized rebellion appears on the verge of collapse, reports the LA Times . Along the 140-mile desert highway from the rebels' new defensive...

Gadhafi Forces
Drive Rebels
From Oil Port

Mar 12, 2011 6:07 AM CST

Gadhafi Forces Drive Rebels From Oil Port

Also re-take Zawiya, sealing off eastern third of nation

(Newser) - After days of dogged shelling, forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi today drove rebels from the key oil port of Ras Lanouf, a day after they recaptured Zawiya and effectively reclaimed control of the eastern third of the country. Reports out of scarred Zawiya said rebel bodies were being bulldozed away,...

No-Fly Zone a
No-Brainer
in Libya

NICHOLAS KRISTOF

Mar 10, 2011 12:43 PM CST

No-Fly Zone a No-Brainer in Libya

'This is a pretty easy problem,' Air Force general opines

(Newser) - The US seems to be wringing its hands over whether to impose a no-fly zone over Libya—but Gen. Merrill McPeak has no idea why. “This is a pretty easy problem, for crying out loud,” the former Air Force chief of staff tells New York Times columnist Nicholas...

ElBaradei:
I'm Running
for President

Mar 10, 2011 10:28 AM CST

ElBaradei: I'm Running for President

But the constitution needs to change, Nobel laureate says

(Newser) - It's official: Mohamed ElBaradei will run for president of Egypt, he told a private television channel yesterday. "When the door of presidential nominations opens, I intend to nominate myself," the Nobel laureate said. But he also called on the military to scrap or rewrite the "superficial" constitutional...

France First
to Recognize
Libyan Rebels

Mar 10, 2011 9:53 AM CST

France First to Recognize Libyan Rebels

...as NATO meets to discuss no-fly zone

(Newser) - France today became the first country to recognize the Libyan National Council as the only legitimate representative of the Libyan people, following a meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy and two representatives from the upstart government, the New York Times reports. France says it will soon engage ambassadors with the rebel group,...

Gadhafi Son's
U-Turn Shocks
the World

Mar 9, 2011 1:33 PM CST

Gadhafi Son's U-Turn Shocks the World

Seif al-Islam had been seen as a reformer

(Newser) - Until a few weeks ago, the West thought well of Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, a London-educated Davos man who’d spent years advocating greater democracy and freedom in Libya. So when he promised protesters “ rivers of blood ” in the street, it was just a wee bit unexpected. “Seif...

Libya Will 'Take Up Arms'
Against No-Fly Zone: Gadhafi

Mar 9, 2011 7:58 AM CST

Libya Will 'Take Up Arms' Against No-Fly Zone: Gadhafi

Even so, it appears to be a serious possibility as top leaders discuss

(Newser) - As the possibility of a no-fly zone over Libya looms larger, Moammar Gadhafi has become increasingly defiant. He recently told Turkey’s public television station that Libyans will “take up arms” against any countries that support such a measure, the Telegraph reports. More on the no-fly zone front:

President

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