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News @ 6:00pm pst
Tunisian government spokesmen says cabinet reshuffle is imminent.
Schools were closed today and many students joined the protests
Tunisian army chief says military will 'guarantee' the revolution. {thanks, but no thanks is my opinion}I take that back, found out this is the general that refused Ben Ali's order to crack down and shoot people. He's being celebrated as a hero. All in all, it is much better to have the army on the people's side in a revolution. Tends to be less blood shed that way.
Tunisian TV station owner arrested for treason yesterday has been released.
Paris prosecutors have opened a case against Ben Ali and his property in France has been seized. (France is shocked, shocked, to find Ben Ali has ill got gains stowed away in France. But surprise, they knew just were to find them!)
Sarkozy says "The French people support the Tunisian people." Sure we know that. What about you and the other French Imperialists?
Now I'm going to take a break from the North Africa story. I'm going to watch American network news at 6:30 were I'm likely to hear nothing about it for half an hour.
Back again. Katie Couric and CBS was a safe choice. Tunisia who? Oprah squeezed the story out.
Update: 4:08pm pst. France24 is now reporting that committee will replace Ghannouchi's interim government. France has seized Ben Ali's assets in France, said to be worth millions, and is investigating.
This Monday morning in Tunis, thousands of protesters joined hundreds that had violated the curfew and camped out overnight in front of the PM's Headquarters. They are demanding that Ghannouchi step down. There is reportedly a cabinet re-shuffling underway but there is also a demand that the current interim government be replaced by a council of elders.
But the there is more tension in the air of Tunis this morning because the police have set up barricades around the PM Headquarters and aren't letting people in or out thus cutting off the protesters behind barbed wire. Look for updates here latter as I get more info, you'll get more.
Protests also continued yesterday in Algeria, Libya, Jordan, and Yemen.
It remains to be seen what effect the latest leak of "the Palestinian Papers" will have on the uprising in Arab North Africa.
This morning France24 reported on the new uprisings in Algeria and the support Anonymous is giving this. I recorded this with my camcorder from the TV and put it on YouTube which accounts for the quality. You'll find the original of Elias's footage below in the Algeria update section, some of which was used in this France24 report. This illustrates how even the major media outlets that are covering this story are getting much of their matertial. It will also give you a clue as to how I can sometimes scoop them here on the DailyKos without ever leaving Los Angeles. It's a different world. BTW the best source of up to the minute coverage I found is the FRANCE24 live feed. They have people on the ground in North Africa and do regular updates.
The latest on Tunisia: This morning's France24 on the situation in Tunisia, also brought to you via the camorder - YouTube method.
Tunisians Thank Anonymous
Demonstration Freiheit für Tunesien in Köln am 15.01.2011
English translation
First - in the name of all Tunisian people - I want to thank Anonymous. Anonymous were the only ones to help us. Anonymous has blocked all governmental websites [of Tunisia] because they [the Tunisian government] have blocked? our internet access so we may not get information. Thank you Anonymous! We want to let you know that you have found new allies and that there are many more people living in oppression.
And that you have won us to aid you in this fight against all dictators that still remain in this world.
We will never forget. We will never forgive. We are Anonymous. We are legion.
More Unrest in Tunisia, Spreading to Other Arab Countries. James LaGiglia Reports
Anyone wanting to know more about Anonymous, OpTunisia or OpAlgeria should definitely checkout barrettbrown's diary.
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