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If youre rebelling against a dictator whos been a thorn in Americas side, you get airstrikes and UN resolutions; if youre rebelling against tyrants who are forthcoming with their oil or ports, you're lucky if the Secretary of State will bestir herself for a round of finger-wagging as your comrades are coldly murdered in the streets.

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/18/where-are-the-un-res.html


From Information Clearing House

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Media Ignores Brutal Crackdowns by US Allies Bahrain and Yemen

Zaid Jilani, Think Progress: 'One of the major factors in the success so far of the 'Jasmine Revolution' ? the wave of pro-democracy revolts across the Middle East ? has been the empowering international press coverage of the protests. Yet in recent weeks, this coverage in the United States has been overwhelmingly focused on just one country where these revolts are occurring ? Libya. While the events in Libya, where rebels are battling the Qaddafi dictatorship, certainly merit coverage, the American press has unfortunately failed to provide the same detailed coverage to the events in Yemen and Bahrain, two U.S. allies where mostly nonviolent protesters are being brutally put down by the armed forces in those countries.'

http://www.truth-out.org/no-coverage-zone-media-ignores-brutal-crackdowns-by-us-allies-bahrain-and-yemen68616

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Bahrain and Yemen Declare War on Their Protesters
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/03/20-0

Saudi-Backed Crackdown in Bahrain Exposes US Hypocrisy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/20-0



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