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Thirst for freedom goes unslaked as authoritarian regimes stand their ground
Ten years ago, in an act of protest and rejection at being humiliated, an impoverished Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire outside a government office in his small hometown of Sidi Bouazid. Within days, Mohamed Bouazizi, 26, was dead, but his deed sparked the winds of change throughout the Middle East.
Tunisia became the birthplace of what was called the “Arab Spring,” as hundreds of thousands of people, fed up with decades of authoritarian rule and living in poverty, packed the streets of their capitals in surreal scenes, chanting as one: “The people want to topple the regime.”
Justice Dept. charges Libyan man in 1988 Pan Am-Lockerbie bombing
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Attorney General William Barr speaks during a news conference to provide an update on the investigation of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 on the 32nd anniversary of the attack, at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Pool Photo by Michael Reynolds/UPI | License Photo
Attorney General William Barr (C) provides an update Monday on the investigation of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 at the US Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Pool Photo by Michael Reynolds/UPI | License Photo
The terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 occurred December 21, 1988, killing all 259 people on the plane and eleven on the ground. Pool Photo by Michael Reynolds/UPI | License Photo
The Tawerghis Look to Rebuild in Libya
Upon the NATO-backed assassination of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, militias from close port city Misrata took revenge on his believed supporters in particular the entire town of Tawergha, about 200 kilometres east of the capital Tripoli.
The inhabitants felt the wrath of their revenge laying siege to the town and pounding it with artillery.
Consequently, 40,000 Tawergha residents were forced to flee leaving most of the town s population violently displaced, according to Human Rights Watch, which denounced what it called collective punishment and a possible crime against humanity.
The people were banished, living in grim destitution in basic shelters on a windswept desert plain and for several years, militias blocked people from returning.
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