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2005-06-11 Arabia

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Posted by Spavirt Pheng6042 2005-06-11 10:52|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 20 years is enough, but how ofter do you hear of a dictator stepping down? Be realistic, there is only one kind of end for a dictator.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-06-11 11:45|| 2005-06-11 11:45|| Front Page Top

#2 A while back I tried to make sense of what is happening in Yemen in terms we would understand. Sunnis vs Shiias, socialists vs democrats, fundamentalists vs pragmatic reformers. The best I could do is that there is an unfinished civil war with shifting alliances. I didn't conclude the president was a despot, more Mubarack than Saddam, but I really don't know.

Posted by phil_b 2005-06-11 16:37|| 2005-06-11 16:37|| Front Page Top

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