Sunday
May222011
Arab Spring Alert: Why, Oh Why, Are You Ruining Our Fight Against Terrorism?
Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 7:42 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran
You might think that the "Arab Spring" would bring hope to everyone, given calls for democracy, justice, civil society, political representation, freedom of expression and media.
Nope.
There is one group which is worried that all of these demonstrations and discussions might be aiding terrorism. "European and Israeli intelligence officers" are worried that friendly intelligence services --- you know, Mr Qaddafi's men in Libya, Mubarak's in Egypt, Ben Ali's in Tunisia --- are being disrupted by all this fuss on the streets.
Read on....