Tunis and now Egypt

[milanbenes]

tulip, couple of weeks ago it was Tunis,

now it's kicking off in Egypt


Egypt protests: Government shuts down internet ahead of biggest demonstrations yet | Mail Online

they've shutdown the internet over there and also the mobile phone networks !


wonder if this is the beginning of a trend

Milan.

[Spacecadet]

Yemen has the same problem
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12295864

[wobbegong]

I find all this more than a little worrying. Is there not the likelyhood that when the secular governments are toppled, the way is paved for the Islamic extremists to make their move for power?

[TykeMerc]

I find all this more than a little worrying. Is there not the likelyhood that when the secular governments are toppled, the way is paved for the Islamic extremists to make their move for power?

There is that risk I'm sure.

[RichardCranium]

Is there not the likelihood that when the secular governments are toppled, the way is paved for the extremists to make their move for power?

Do you mean the CIA?

[PRC1964]

Watch out for Sudan too. They are about to declare independence for the South which will mightily piss off the North.

[Spacecadet]

Watch out for Sudan too. They are about to declare independence for the South which will mightily piss off the North.

From what I've heard the break up is fairly mutual

[RichardCranium]

Watch out for Sudan too. They are about to declare independence for the South which will mightily piss off the North.

The opposite. They have been in a civil war for over 20 years; the split should stop it.

[PRC1964]

From what I've heard the break up is fairly mutual

The North will lose around 80% of the oil reserves, and there are many who don't like it. They have also said that the North will become an even more extreme Islamic state.

[xoggoth]

I find all this more than a little worrying. Is there not the likelyhood that when the secular governments are toppled, the way is paved for the Islamic extremists to make their move for power?

I suspect the backward countries like Yemen may, people in the more prosperous ones like Tunisia and Algeria won't want it. Educated better off people have less need of religion.