Wake Me Shake Me

SUBHEAD: It's coming on springtime and things are breaking loose all over the place. I give Saudi Arabia three weeks before it starts to blow up.By James Kunstler on 28 February 2011 for Kunstler.com - (http://kunstler.com/blog/2011/02/wake-me-shake-me.html)Image above: Family members mourn for protester killed in Bahrain demonstration. From (http://beta.toledoblade.com/World/2011/02/18/

Rebel army forming to face Gaddafi

SUBHEAD: With eastern Libya largely under opposition control, the struggle for the west remains paramount.By Leila Fadel, Liz Sly and Tony Faiola on 27 February 2011 for WashPo - (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/26/AR2011022602622.html)Image above: A Libyan defaces image of Gaddafi as protests continue in Algeria, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Libya's Gadhafi to fall

SUBHEAD: Anti-government protests have erupted in capital of Tripoli, as thousands of people converged on the Green Square.By Jonathan Landay, Miret al-Nagger & Erika Bolstad on 20 February 2011 for McClatchy News - (http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/02/20/109081/uprising-in-libya-against-gadhafi.html#ixzz1EbTjh77V)Image above: Protesters massing in Benghazi, Libya. From (http://

Mubarak Toppled

SUBHEAD: Mubarak resigns as Egypt's president as armed forces take control of country. Who's next?By AP Staff on 11 February 2011 for Huffington Post -(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/11/mubarak-red-sea-egypt_n_821812.html)[Editor's note: For live video coverage of people's victory this morning watch Democracy Now! (http://www.democracynow.org/) and Al Jazeera (http://english.aljazeera.net/

Mubarak refuses to step down

SUBHEAD: The rapidly moving events raised the question of whether a rift had opened between Mubarak and the military command.By AP Staff on 10 February 2011 for Huffington Post -(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/10/mubarak-speech-egypt-vice-president_n_821568.html)Image above: Detail of poster for "The Mummy". From (http://chasness.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/whered-he-come-from-the-mummy/).