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Entries by Qais Ghanem, MD from 08/2011

Good News From Yemen -- at Last!

| Posted 08.18.2011 | Canada
Read More: Tawakul Karman, Yemen National Council, Democracy, President Saleh, Yemen Protests, Yemen, Arab Spring, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Canada News

Will Yemen's national council achieve anything? I have no doubt that the group will be attacked by so many agents of the regime. There will be differences of opinion within the group about the direction and speed of action to be taken. In the milieu of tribal Yemen, which has never known democracy, anything is possible.

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Good News From Libya -- at Last

| Posted 08.22.2011 | Canada
Read More: Gaddafi, Libya, Yemen, Khamis, Abdessalam Jalloud, Arab Spring, Muammar Gaddafi, Syria, Canada News

The inner circle of Gaddafi is fraying and the news of Abdessalam Jalloud's defection must be heartening for the opposition. Although it is a significant psychological gain, one wonders why some of the big fish in the inner circles of defeated tyrants make their moves so late in the game.

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