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Algeria shuts down internet - Vive La Revolution!
Posted by:
tomahawk
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Date: February 13, 2011 07:36PM
Looks like the dominoes are falling in these bananna republics.
Originally Posted by The Telegraph:
Internet providers were shut down and Facebook accounts deleted across Algeria on Saturday as thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators were arrested in violent street demonstrations.
Plastic bullets and tear gas were used to try and disperse large crowds in major cities and towns, with 30,000 riot police taking to the streets in Algiers alone.
There were also reports of journalists being targeted by state-sponsored thugs to stop reports of the disturbances being broadcast to the outside world.
But it was the government attack on the internet which was of particular significance to those calling for an end to President Abdelaziz Boutifleka's repressive regime.
Protesters mobilising through the internet were largely credited with bringing about revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/algeria/8320772/Algeria-shuts-down-internet-and-Facebook-as-protest-mounts.html
Originally Posted by The Telegraph:
Internet providers were shut down and Facebook accounts deleted across Algeria on Saturday as thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators were arrested in violent street demonstrations.
Plastic bullets and tear gas were used to try and disperse large crowds in major cities and towns, with 30,000 riot police taking to the streets in Algiers alone.
There were also reports of journalists being targeted by state-sponsored thugs to stop reports of the disturbances being broadcast to the outside world.
But it was the government attack on the internet which was of particular significance to those calling for an end to President Abdelaziz Boutifleka's repressive regime.
Protesters mobilising through the internet were largely credited with bringing about revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/algeria/8320772/Algeria-shuts-down-internet-and-Facebook-as-protest-mounts.html
Re: Algeria shuts down internet - Vive La Revolution!
Posted by:
Hatemotor
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Date: February 13, 2011 10:02PM
World wide Coup D'Etat!!!!!!!
Re: Algeria shuts down internet - Vive La Revolution!
Posted by:
tomahawk
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Date: February 13, 2011 10:20PM
Revol-fucking-lution
Re: Algeria shuts down internet - Vive La Revolution!
Posted by:
Hatemotor
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Date: February 13, 2011 10:40PM
This seems to fit the theme,,,,
Re: Algeria shuts down internet - Vive La Revolution!
Posted by:
TheMeeper
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Date: February 13, 2011 10:44PM
Hatemotor Wrote:
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> World wide Coup D'Etat!!!!!!!
LOL, I've been listening to the Circle Jerks all day ever since you posted them in the punk rock thread.
Circle Jerks - "When The Shit Hits The Fan"
I doubt most Algerians will have a sense of humor about it.
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> World wide Coup D'Etat!!!!!!!
LOL, I've been listening to the Circle Jerks all day ever since you posted them in the punk rock thread.
Circle Jerks - "When The Shit Hits The Fan"
I doubt most Algerians will have a sense of humor about it.