UPDATE: Everything
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Friday, January 28, 2011
Egypt's Internet Shut Off--But How? The Blackout Explained
UPDATE: Everything
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Egypt uprising, more unrest
First Tunisia. Then Yemen. Now Egypt?
Is there a domino affect happening in the middle east of revolutionary upheaval? Not too long ago Tunisians began violently protesting in the streets driving their ruler out his own country. Sparked by a man who burned himself to death, the protest was in response to his poverty state that caused him to do so, and failure of their government to act on behalf of people like him. Using social media (including videos via facebook and wikileaks), the people said "enough is enough" and planed this uprising.
Now in Egypt, their 82-year old ruler is being "knocked off his throne" also as people protest in the streets. Some think that the people's action will not have any real affect, I beg to differ. Foreign news correspondents are saying that with no current ruler in office possibly violent military or a "muslim brother" groups may seize the opportunity to step in. This could be a threat to U.S. allies since Egypt is one of the larger countries in the middle east region, and it's also near other countries that hold large amounts of the world's oil.
So what other contries may start revolution?
So far it's Yemen (which definately holds large oil reserves) getting in on the action.
This video better explains the situation. This was from two days ago (1/25/2010). Of course the uprisal is still happening. We will see what will happen as the hours approach the muslim day of prayer this friday.
Sources:
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/24/winds.change/index.html?hpt=T1
Also watched The Situation Room on CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/01/27/yemen.protests/index.html
Is there a domino affect happening in the middle east of revolutionary upheaval? Not too long ago Tunisians began violently protesting in the streets driving their ruler out his own country. Sparked by a man who burned himself to death, the protest was in response to his poverty state that caused him to do so, and failure of their government to act on behalf of people like him. Using social media (including videos via facebook and wikileaks), the people said "enough is enough" and planed this uprising.
Now in Egypt, their 82-year old ruler is being "knocked off his throne" also as people protest in the streets. Some think that the people's action will not have any real affect, I beg to differ. Foreign news correspondents are saying that with no current ruler in office possibly violent military or a "muslim brother" groups may seize the opportunity to step in. This could be a threat to U.S. allies since Egypt is one of the larger countries in the middle east region, and it's also near other countries that hold large amounts of the world's oil.
So what other contries may start revolution?
So far it's Yemen (which definately holds large oil reserves) getting in on the action.
This video better explains the situation. This was from two days ago (1/25/2010). Of course the uprisal is still happening. We will see what will happen as the hours approach the muslim day of prayer this friday.
Sources:
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/24/winds.change/index.html?hpt=T1
Also watched The Situation Room on CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/01/27/yemen.protests/index.html
Friday, January 14, 2011
secrets of the peace core
An ABC 20/20 special aired Friday night that revealed some deadly secrets about the Peace Corps that they thought had been long buried and decayed. In 2009, a girl named Kate Puzey was a 24-year old Peace Corps volunteer who was murdered in Benin, a small West African country. What happened was horrendous and unfortunate. But it's what didn't happen, the actions not taken by the organization, that perhaps could have saved her life. It's their attempts to sweep it under the rug that are scrutinized.
The suspect whom Kate's parents and cousin believe slit her throat in the middle of the night while sleeping was a man that she blew the whistle on named Constant Bio, a resident of Benin and her fellow employee. He supposedly assaulted girls sexually (raped them) in the class were Kate was teaching English. Some had even gotten pregnant by him. This man was on staff with the Peace Corps. His brother also so happened to work in the office in Washington, DC. Though Kate asked for her email to Peace Corps authorities about his activities to remain anonymous, her family believes that the brother found out and informed Constant. They also believe Constant lashed out at her after he had been fired.
But that is not the worst part.
When the Peace Corps contacted her parents to inform of her murder, they gave no details of how it happened. The woman who received the email from Kate resigned, and was told not to speak about the matter to anyone.
Now on 20/20 other women who were victims of rape and assaults while volunteering with the Peace Corps came forward to tell their hush stories. I call them "hush" stories because the peace core told them to not speak about the matter to anyone. They did not apologize, and they made some of them feel like it was their own fault. One girl who was gang raped in a back alley in Bangladesh and sent back to the states said that a peace corps staff told her to lie--tell her other fellow volunteers that she was getting her wisdom teeth pulled, and that was why she came back. Another was only offered three sessions of counseling and sent away.
This was simply unacceptable.
And the worst part about it is, the spokesperson from the organization said that she wasn't able to speak on the matter until after the Peace Corps investigation was over. It is two years after Kate died. Some of those rape incidents happened in the late 90's. She was new to the organization and said she had no knowledge of these incidents, until now. She followed this by a half-hearted apology at the end of the interview after being prompted several times by the reporter.
How can such a notable organization started by John F Kennedy one of America's greatest public servants, keep such dirty little secrets?
Stonewalling is not the answer.
The suspect whom Kate's parents and cousin believe slit her throat in the middle of the night while sleeping was a man that she blew the whistle on named Constant Bio, a resident of Benin and her fellow employee. He supposedly assaulted girls sexually (raped them) in the class were Kate was teaching English. Some had even gotten pregnant by him. This man was on staff with the Peace Corps. His brother also so happened to work in the office in Washington, DC. Though Kate asked for her email to Peace Corps authorities about his activities to remain anonymous, her family believes that the brother found out and informed Constant. They also believe Constant lashed out at her after he had been fired.
But that is not the worst part.
When the Peace Corps contacted her parents to inform of her murder, they gave no details of how it happened. The woman who received the email from Kate resigned, and was told not to speak about the matter to anyone.
Now on 20/20 other women who were victims of rape and assaults while volunteering with the Peace Corps came forward to tell their hush stories. I call them "hush" stories because the peace core told them to not speak about the matter to anyone. They did not apologize, and they made some of them feel like it was their own fault. One girl who was gang raped in a back alley in Bangladesh and sent back to the states said that a peace corps staff told her to lie--tell her other fellow volunteers that she was getting her wisdom teeth pulled, and that was why she came back. Another was only offered three sessions of counseling and sent away.
This was simply unacceptable.
And the worst part about it is, the spokesperson from the organization said that she wasn't able to speak on the matter until after the Peace Corps investigation was over. It is two years after Kate died. Some of those rape incidents happened in the late 90's. She was new to the organization and said she had no knowledge of these incidents, until now. She followed this by a half-hearted apology at the end of the interview after being prompted several times by the reporter.
How can such a notable organization started by John F Kennedy one of America's greatest public servants, keep such dirty little secrets?
Stonewalling is not the answer.
Was this a government overthrow, organized via Twitter? hmm
"'...many of them in France and elsewhere in Europe. This means that as soon as a video was linked to their profile, it was on the news feeds of all of their friends and family members abroad making it impossible for Ben Ali to control,' reiterated Rochot over the radio."--A quote from the Huffington Post's rendition of what happened. Romina Ruiz-Goiriena Journalist currently residing in Paris, FranceNews travels fast.
Youth in Tunisia had been uploading videos to facebook of the overthrow of their government, which was apparently mobilized using WikiLeaks. The country's ruler, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, has fled for his life.A balanced view of this happening: http://gigaom.com/2011/01/14/was-what-happened-in-tunisia-a-twitter-revolution/
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