"Tunisia’s prime minister resigns; Ouster follows new protests" by Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press / February 28, 2011
TUNIS — The changes occurred amid a groundswell of new unrest in this North African country....
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It was not immediately clear how much the shake-up would mollify the protesters in Tunisia, at a time when the country’s leaders are attempting to rebuild its tourism industry and cope with an influx of Tunisians and others fleeing from violence in neighboring Libya.
The change in the government’s leadership followed renewed street protests. Officials said at least five people have died in violent demonstrations since Friday....
Some Tunisians believe that Ben Ali loyalists in the country have sought to sow discord and discredit the movement that brought the former authoritarian leader down.
It used to be called COINTELPRO here in AmeriKa.
The Interior Ministry, in a statement on Saturday, blamed “provocateurs’’ for fomenting violence in otherwise peaceful rallies and for allegedly using young people as human shields in renewed demonstrations.
Yeah, CALL OUT those CONTROLLED-OPPOSITION, CREDIBILITY-DESTROYING PLANTS!
On Saturday, police and troops backed by tanks used tear gas to disperse hundreds of youths protesting against the interim government. Officers were seen chasing some youths through town after the rally ended.
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"Outside Parliament, youths joined large police patrols to help keep the peace in Tunisia’s tense capital after a weekend of protests and clashes with riot police left at least six people dead, opposition leaders said.
Yeah, firing tear gas on peaceful protesters is considered keeping the peace to the Zionist War Daily.
Looks like not much has changed for the Tunisians.
Tunis saw no new major demonstrations yesterday.
In nearby Ben Arous, an industrial zone, authorities suspended public schools following weekend violence, the official TAP news agency reported. One person was killed while pillaging stores and several delinquents were arrested, the agency said.
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"A Tunisian Islamist party banned for more than 20 years was legalized yesterday, while the country’s most prominent opposition figure quit the unity government amid renewed uncertainty about where Tunisia is headed.
Uh-oh.
The Ennahdha party — branded an Islamic terrorist group by Tunisia’s deposed leader but considered moderate by scholars — has rebounded onto the political scene....
Now I'm suspicious of them.
The party’s activism has fed jitters that extremism may be on the rise in Tunisia, long a Westward-looking nation where women enjoy widespread freedoms, Muslim headscarves are banned in public buildings, and abortions, a deep taboo in most Muslim societies, are legal.
Here we go again! When the Zionist War Media starts wailing away on Muslims over their treatment of women, I stop reading.
The feeling here is that dropping bombs and firing missiles into their homes and villages is way, way worse.
Tunisia’s caretaker government is trying to restore stability after weeks of deadly clashes between police and protesters that led to Ben Ali’s ouster — and sparked revolts across the Arab world.
Tunisia also is struggling with an exodus of refugees fleeing violence and chaos in neighboring Libya. Aid workers at the Libya-Tunisian border, where authorities say up to 75,000 people have fled Libya in just the past nine days, warned that the situation is reaching a crisis.
I'm SURE IT IS NOW that the U.S. has started TOSSING CRUISE MISSILES AROUND!!!
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"Protesters have kept up pressure (Bloomberg News)."
Translation: the people are NOT HAPPY with the CHARADE of CHANGE!
"Tunisia’s new prime minister said yesterday that he will present a new Cabinet in the coming days to help get beyond the renewed bout of violence in the North African country that led his predecessor to quit, and to pull his country back from the abyss (AP)."
"Tunisia sets interim government" by Associated Press / March 8, 2011
TUNIS — Tunisia’s prime minister named a new interim government yesterday and a much-hated police unit was disbanded as the interim leadership of this North African nation seeks to stabilize a country still finding its way after a popular revolt.
Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi kept the heads of the key defense, interior, justice, and foreign affairs ministries, but named new figures to six posts vacated last week. Some ministers who left were seen as too close to the regime of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Others who resigned hope to run for office and were forced out.
Caid Essebsi reiterated that his priorities are reestablishing security, rebuilding Tunisia’s troubled economy, and bringing life back to normal in the country that has long been a tourist draw for Europeans. “Without security, there is no development and investors won’t come back,’’ he said.
Looks like the Tunisians have been TRICKED!!!
Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry announced on its Facebook page that it has abolished the dreaded State Security Department, whose so-called political police spied on and harassed citizens under Ben Ali.
Its disbanding has been one of the demands of the prodemocracy activists who have kept up the pressure on the interim leadership as it seeks to navigate the country into a new era. The Jan. 14 uprising that ousted Ben Ali in turn sparked revolts around the Arab world.
By making the announcement on Facebook, the ministry was also sending a statement to the protesters. Under Ben Ali, Tunisian authorities suppressed independent media and political dissent, but antigovernment movements mobilized on social networking sites to stage demonstrations in December and January. Many protests turned deadly, as police fired on crowds.
Right, a Facebook post made everything fine.
Gimme a frikkin' break, you agenda-pushing pos.
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"A court dissolved the party of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali yesterday and ordered all its assets seized, demolishing a key symbol of his autocratic rule.
Prodemocracy activists cheered in the courtroom and sang the national anthem as the decision was announced to dismantle the Democratic Constitutional Rally.
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The courts are with the people; how about the cops?
"Clashes between police and demonstrators in a mining town in central Tunisia killed two people and injured 20 yesterday, a new outburst of violence in a country struggling for stability after a revolution that inspired the wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world.
The protest came as a member of the deposed president’s much-hated family was sentenced to prison yesterday, amid efforts by Tunisia’s interim authorities to distance themselves from the regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, forced from power in January.
Maybe the TUNISIANS could TEACH YOU something, Americans!!!
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"Authorities ordered a curfew in a mining town amid simmering unrest after a bout of deadly clashes between police and protesters, the latest sign of Tunisia’s struggle to restore stability after a revolution that deposed an autocratic leader and sparked uprisings in the Arab world.
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