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tabatha

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Sat May-28-11 12:33 PM
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1. Rather like an earthquake, we could be pretty sure it was going to happen

THE POPULAR UPRISING that began in Tunisia last December came as a surprise in one sense, but in another sense it was no surprise at all. Rather like an earthquake, we could be pretty sure it was going to happen, though nobody could say exactly when.

It was obvious, or ought to have been, that at some point something would have to give – and the same can be said of all the Arab countries. If the regimes don't transform themselves radically over the next few years, eventually they are going to fall.

http://www.al-bab.com/arab/articles/text/arabs_and_the_long_revolution.htm

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