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| Qataris launch online freedom movement |
| 2011-02-27 |
| [Iran Press TV] A group of Qatari activists has created a page on the social networking website Facebook demanding the ouster of Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. More than 18,000 people have already joined the page on Facebook, AFP reported on Saturday. Under the title "Freedom Revolution, March 16, Qatar," the page calls on the "Qatari nation to hit the streets to demand change." The activists are demanding that Qatar cut off relations with Israel, with which it maintains informal ties, and the United States, which has a military base in the Persian Gulf state. The web page is part of the latest cyber campaign seeking to effect change in the Arab world. Popular revolutions have already toppled US-backed Tunisian ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egyptian geriatric President Hosni Mubarak, who was regarded as Tel Aviv's closest ally in the region. Similar pro-democracy movements, fueled by poverty and unemployment, are underway in Bahrain, Libya, Soddy Arabia, and Yemen. |
| Posted by:Fred |