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Generational Dynamics Web Log for 25-Apr-2011
25-Apr-11 World View -- Northern Ireland Bombmaking

Web Log - April, 2011

25-Apr-11 World View -- Northern Ireland Bombmaking

Sen. Lindsey Graham recommends strong U.S. military action in Libya

This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com.

N. Ireland security forces find caches of bombmaking equipment

Security forces in Northern Ireland have found three caches of weapons and bombmaking equipment in two days as police on both sides of the Irish border remain on high alert over a renewed dissident republican terror campaign. This comes as republicans commemorate the anniversary of the 1916 Rising against British Rule. Guardian

Sen. Lindsey Graham recommends strong U.S. military action in Libya

Appearing on TV Sunday morning, Sen. Lindsey Graham said:

"The military's strategy of taking U.S. air assets out of NATO I think was a big mistake. ...
So my recommendation to NATO and the administration is to cut the head of the snake off, go to Tripoli, start bombing Gadhafi's inner circle, their compounds, their military headquarters in Tripoli.
The way to get Gadhafi to leave is have his inner circle break and turn on him. And that's going to take a sustained effort through an air campaign. I think the focus should now be to cut the head of the snake off. That's the quickest way to end this. ...
Let's get this guy gone and the way to get him out of Libya is to go after him militarily through the air. You don't need ground troops to do that."

CNN

Two missiles struck Muammar Gaddafi's compound early on Monday, badly damaging the buildings, and temporarily putting three television stations off the air. The blasts are the biggest to hit Tripoli so far. It's not known if there were casualties. BBC

Syria's anti-government uprising creates dilemma for Iran

When the Arab uprisings occurred in Tunisia and Egypt, Iran framed them as an "Islamic awakening," a renew of the Iran's own 1979 Great Islamic Revolution, the rise of a new "Islamic Middle East," and a great blow to the U.S. However, the uprising in Syria is a problem, since Syria is a strategic ally. Iran first blamed the Syria uprising on Israel and the U.S.; next they blamed it on Saudi Arabia and al-Jazeera; next it was the fault of Lebanon's prime minister Saad Hariri. Tehran is helping Syria deal with the uprising, and officials believe they must do so to avert the rise of anti-Iranian sentiment in the Arab region. Jamestown

Iraqi Shia want Saudis to withdraw from Bahrain

Like Bahrain, Iraq before 2003 has a Shia majority population that was government by an oppressive Sunni ruling class. Since Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003, the Shia majority has taken power in Iraq, and Baghdad has uneasy relations with its Sunni neighbors. The Shia majority in Iraq is increasingly sympathetic with the Shia uprising in Bahrain, and hundreds of Shia Iraqs rallied in Baghdad on Saturday to demand the immediate withdrawl of Saudi troops from Bahrain. Reuters

King of Bahrain declines to attend Royal Wedding

Royal Wedding seating plan

Royal Wedding seating plan

Bahrain's Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa

Bahrain's Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa

Bahrain's Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa declined his invitation next weekend's royal wedding in London, after public criticism because of Bahrain's violent crackdown on peaceful anti-government protesters. This comes after the Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni declined to attend, saying that he had more important things to do. Daily Mail

Imran Khan urges Pakistan to deal openly with US drone strikes

Imran Khan, former cricket superstar and now a politician, led a sit-in over the weekend in Peshawar, blocking the major road used by Western forces to deliver supplies to land-locked Afghanistan. Khan is leading the political opposition to U.S. drone strikes. "If the government supports drone strikes, it should come clean and say so. If, on the other hand, it genuinely opposes them, then it should order the Pakistan Air Force to shoot them down." Independent

Cambodia and Thailand renew border clashes

It's been a while since the February border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia. (See "17-Feb-11 News -- Thailand vs Cambodia border clash damages ancient Hindu temple.") But now the clashes have begun again have begun again, killing 10 shoulders and forcing thousands of civilians to evacuate the area. VOA

Turkey's citizens increasingly commemorate Armenian massacre

Turkey's citizens are increasingly willing to acknowledge that the killing of over a million Armenians during World War I was genocidal. Some are commemorating the start, when hundreds of Armenian professions in Istanbul were rounded up and sent to their deaths on April 24, 1915. Turkey has been under a great deal of international pressure to acknowledge the killings as genocide, and it's become a sensitive issue in the negotiations for Turkey to join the European Union. AP

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