9.15am: The Syrian army is reported to have moved into another town in the north west of the country as opposition activists sent out details of today’s protests. AP reports: Syrian troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships swept into another northwestern city early Friday, just days after laying siege to it, activists said. Syria-based [...]
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Protest against driving laws – Saudi Arabia 9.38am: It’s still early but there are already a few reports of women taking to the roads in Saudi Arabia, writes Brian Whitaker. In what seems to have been a nighttime excursion before the official start, @FouzAbd tweeted: Only mom is driving and I don’t see any other [...]
Strike Updates: Syria
Posted: May 31, 2011 in Strike Updates, TortureTags: assad, CIA, color, Obama, protest, revolution, Syria
Human rights activist Mustafa Osso said Syrian security forces opened fire at demonstrators in the northeastern town of Deir el-Zour on May 27th according to a Reuters report. Syrian troops and security forces have killed at least 1,100 civilians in their two-month campaign to crush pro-democracy demonstrations, Syrian human rights organization, Sawasiah, said Tuesday [May [...]
Strike Updates: Color Revolutions (by Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman (I))
Posted: May 31, 2011 in Obama, Strike UpdatesTags: CIA, Egypt, Iran, Libya, Lieberman, Obama, Syria
The Obama administration has been using Government-Organized Non-Governmental Organizations (GONGOs) close to the CIA like Freedom House and the NED to remove or threaten dictators in Tunisia and Egypt. Further “color revolutions” in Yemen, Algeria and Jordan are in the making. The aim of US policy is to replace these dictators with less repugnant US-friendly [...]
Strike Updates: Saudi Arabia
Posted: May 24, 2011 in Obama, Strike Updates, TortureTags: jail, prison, protest, saad, Saudi_Arabai
Hundreds of thousands of Saudi protesters took to the streets in Riyadh, to join anti-government protests in other cities in the country, calling for the release of political prisoners. Protesters gathered in front of Al-Rajhi Mosque in the eastern part of the capital, chanting anti-government and anti-corruption slogans. Witnesses say Saudi security forces detained at [...]
Strike Updates: SYRIA
Posted: April 26, 2011 in China, Obama, Strike Updates, TortureTags: CIA, Congress, human_rights, Liberman, Obama, Syria
Razan Zeitounia, a human rights activist in Damascus, said electricity, water and mobile phone services were cut. Security agents armed with guns and knives conducted house-to-house sweeps, neighborhoods were sectioned off and checkpoints were erected before the sun rose. 11 people were reported killed and 14 more were wounded. Video and stills shot by activists [...]
Strike Updates
Posted: April 21, 2011 in Strike UpdatesTags: blackops, CIA, Cuba, Eastbloc, Lieberman, pope, strike
Strike Updates was original published in 08/09 exclusively at OpEdNews.com. by a team of independent writers/editors. We took a year off to re-organize and will be publishing Strike Updates again shortly. We will publish protest and general strikes worldwide, before they happen, why they’re happening and the outcomes. We’ll also expose which are fakes and [...]
We will inform you about protest and general strikes worldwide, before they happen, why they’re happening and the outcomes. But wait there’s more: We’ll also expose which are fakes and which are C.I.A. ops. (Like the Green revolution in Iran, the Bay of Pigs in Cuba, Kurdish uprising in Iraq, Contras in Nicaragua, etc.) All [...]
