Showing posts with label Tunisia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tunisia. Show all posts

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Tunisia’s Revolt Could Set the Region on Fire

One man’s self-immolation helped torch a government. If the winds blow wrong, the blaze could spread.
People in the Arab world are lighting themselves on fire—literally. 
These grotesque suicides represent a threat to the existing order in at least a dozen Middle Eastern and African countries.
Just this week, revolutionary, explosive events have rocked that region, and no one quite knows how things will end up on the other side.