Kuwait and Djibouti in the mix as list of protest-hit countries grows

[Turborama]

Source: MSNBC

By Kari Huus, msnbc.com senior reporter

Reuters and regional press are reporting that two more countries in the Middle East and North Africa--Kuwait and Djibouti--have been hit by large protests, as well as Syria, where only a small flurry of dissent had been seen during the current wave of demonstrations.

In oil-rich Kuwait, a nation sandwiched between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, more than 1,000 stateless people protested, demanding citizenship on Friday, according to Reuters, and dozens were arrested by police, witnesses said.

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Also new on the turmoil map was Djibouti -- a tiny country on the Horn of Africa -- where protesters were calling for their president to step down.

Al-Arabiya, the Dubai-based news network reports that thousands of opposition supporters, mainly students, were gathered to demand the resignation of President Ismael Omar Guelleh.

Read more: http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/18/6079998-kuwait-and-djibouti-in-the-mix-as-list-of-protest-hit-countries-grows

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This guy's act of protest really did set off a geopolitical earthquake which is still rumbling:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4736968">Tunis renames square after man who sparked protests (by setting himself on fire on December 17 2010)

[jberryhill]

1. Rock Kuwait and Shake Djibouti!

[JCMach1]

2. disruption in the FORCE indeed