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Tear Gas Fired At Kuwait Demonstrators
Domino #2. If a peaceful protest results in tear gas, one wonders what the napalm content of the response would be if anyone makes any false moves.
Per Reuters:
Kuwait riot police fired tear gas Friday to break up a small, peaceful demonstration by stateless Arabs who were demanding greater rights in the oil-rich Gulf nation.
Police in protective gear advanced on around 200 protesters who had gathered in a district of Kuwait City following morning prayers. They then fired volleys of tear gas at the crowd, sending the group running for cover.
The demonstrations follow protests held by several hundred Kuwaitis Tuesday, who demanded a change of the Gulf state's prime minister and more political freedom.
The stateless Arabs, known as "bedoun," are longtime residents of Kuwait. They clashed with police last month demanding citizenship, free education, free healthcare and jobs -- benefits which are available to Kuwaiti nationals.
This year's uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt have fuelled Arab discontent in the Gulf, which was once thought to be immune to unrest thanks to its enormous oil wealth and often generous welfare system.
Besides Kuwait, protests were also expected Friday in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, while tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators also took to the streets of the poorest nation in the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen.
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China Daily:
BEIJING - China, the largest US creditor, should stop buying US Treasuries because the "cost" of lending to a nation that may face a default on its debt is too high, said former Chinese central bank adviser Yu Yongding.
The US may reach its congressionally-mandated debt limit of $14.3 trillion in a few months, which could lead to a default, Yu said on Thursday. If the US were a euro-zone nation, a default or bailout would have happened long ago, said Yu, who is president of the China Society of World Economics and a former adviser to the People's Bank of China.
"China has kept on lending money to the US to keep its export machine going, and to prevent losses" on its holdings of Treasuries, said Yu. "Perhaps it is too late to do anything about the existing stock without causing a serious political and financial backlash. But at least China should stop continuing building up its holdings."
Mar-06
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Air Force has launched a second experimental space plane that resembles a small shuttle.
An Atlas 5 rocket blasted off with the unmanned space plane Saturday afternoon from Cape Canaveral. Air Force officials aren't saying much about the X-37B orbital test vehicle. It's the second of its type to be launched. The first rocketed into orbit last spring. It landed in California in December following a 270-day mission.
The X-37B is 29 feet long with a wing span of 15 feet.
The Air Force says the newest craft will serve as a test platform for satellite sensors and systems. Officials say the voyage will build upon what was learned during the first mission, though they won't say what that was.
The ultimate purpose of the X-37B and details about the craft largely remain a mystery.
Bedouns want education and jobs?! Now that's bizzarre. Have they given up their culture?
These "bedoun" are soon to be in charge of Saudi.
Puppet state, if there ever was one. Real flash pont though, whith hundreds of thousands of expats of all colours, beliefs and the lower rung (bottom heavy pyramid) live like slaves and are threated as such.
Every flash-point has it's own unique markers...
ORI
That tiny little spec?
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=109584595788299&oid=120421158025587&comments
Meanwhile, in Saudi Arabia.
Sorry about the Facebook video, but it's not yet found on YT.
Also note that is today in Qatif.
That facebook page is now reporting military helis are involved in Saudi.
but was it expired American tear gas complete with stories showing the town that manufactured it?
one might note that the Russian hardware being used to waste Libyan Rebels is not getting its fair share of media attention. we do not see stories detailing which russian or eastern european city made the bombs that are being dropped on civilians. we do not see stories detailing which french towns earned money selling deadly fighter jets to a maniacal dictator.
some human interest stories just aren't worth covering i guess.
Looks like the Saudi Arabia protests are being quelled or censored as it would be "systemically important not to disrupt the markets". What a shame when we have to take the market concerns over one's basic liberties and rights.