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