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    The Arab Uprising: Country by Country

    Kitkat
    Kitkat

    The Arab Uprising:  Country by Country Empty The Arab Uprising: Country by Country

    Post by Kitkat Tue 07 Jan 2014, 10:52

    Tunisia
    The Arab Uprising:  Country by Country Tunisia_80x80- Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Aged 75, Deposed after 23 years
    - "We had a clean revolution. The former president turned out to be a coward. He just ran away. Not like the others - like the poor Libyans, or in Syria - but it lit the fuse to all the other revolutions"


    Egypt
    The Arab Uprising:  Country by Country Egypt_80x80- Hosni Mubarak, Aged 84, Deposed after 23 years
    - "Our country's condition was getting worse and worse. There was corruption, torture, injustice, inequality and no freedom. Someone had to stand up and say 'enough is enough'"


    Libya
    The Arab Uprising:  Country by Country Libya_80x80- Muammar Gaddafi, Aged 68, Killed after 42 years
    - "It's freedom. There's no Gaddafi, unbelievable. I feel the freedom. I smell the freedom."


    Yemen  
    The Arab Uprising:  Country by Country Yemen_80x80- Ali Abdullah Saleh, Aged 70, Deposed after 33 years
    - "If they are trying to scare us, they are wrong. We will continue. Let them come and burn the whole square, we will not leave."


    Syria
    The Arab Uprising:  Country by Country Syria_80x80- Bashar al-Assad, Aged 48, In power since 2000
    - "The Tunisians had already been freed. The Egyptians were on their way to be free. We thought it was our turn to be free too"


    Bahrain
    The Arab Uprising:  Country by Country Bahrain_80x80- King Hamad al-Khalifa, Aged 63, In power since 1999
    - "We don't fear death any more, let the army come and kill us to show the world what kind of savages they are"


    Saudi Arabia
    The Arab Uprising:  Country by Country Saudi_arabia_80x80 - King Abdullah Al Saud, Aged 89, In power since 2005
    - "I don't believe that liberal democracy will be put in place tomorrow but we have to start somewhere. Equality, the rule of law - the country is ready for this. We have to start the process"


    Morocco
    The Arab Uprising:  Country by Country Morocco_80x80- King Mohammed VI, Aged 50, In power since 1999
    - "They dare to voice criticism that they haven't dared to before; they dare say we want a king who does not rule, but who is a symbol. They dare to say and discuss this. Before it was not permitted"


    Algeria
    The Arab Uprising:  Country by Country Algeria_80x80- Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Aged 76, In power since 1999
    - "One day this will be bigger than Tahrir Square - but not today. We will keep returning every week though until things begin to change and Algeria has democracy"


    Jordan
    The Arab Uprising:  Country by Country Jordan_80x80 - King Abdullah II, Aged 51, In power since 1999
    - "We have to keep the pressure on this government. We are in the streets and we'll stay in the streets until we see all these demands working on the ground"


    Oman
    The Arab Uprising:  Country by Country Oman_80x80- Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Aged 73, In power since 1970
    - "Oman's stability was always just a cover... Oman is still a bomb waiting to explode"


    Kuwait
    The Arab Uprising:  Country by Country Kuwait_80x80- Sheikh Sabah Al Sabah, Aged 84, In power since 2006
    - "We have a government that doesn't listen, doesn't see and all it does is deceiving the people."



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