Saudi Arabia - Signs of Turmoil? Banning rallies, mobilizing forces

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Saudi Arabia bans protest rallies

Interior ministry vows to use all steps "to prevent attempts to disrupt public order" following recent Shia protests.
Last Modified: 05 Mar 2011 15:15 GMT
Saudi Arabia has banned all protests and marches following recent anti-government protests in the kingdom’s east, reports say.

State television on Saturday quoted the interior ministry as saying that security forces would use all measures to prevent any attempt to disrupt public order.

The ban on public demonstrations comes amid media reports of a huge mobilisation of Saudi troops in Shia-dominated provinces in order to quell any possible uprising.

According to The Independent, a British newspaper, 10,000 security personnel are being sent to the region by road, clogging highways into Dammam and other cities.
 

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Saudis Mobilise thousands of troops to quell growing revolt
 Source: By Robert Fisk, Middle East Correspondent

Saturday, 5 March 2011

Saudi Arabia was yesterday drafting up to 10,000 security personnel into its north-eastern Shia Muslim provinces, clogging the highways into Dammam and other cities with busloads of troops in fear of next week's "day of rage" by what is now called the "Hunayn Revolution".

 

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Sad to say... but if Egypt had said "screw democracy" and just firebomed the first protesters... Libya would never have tried it... and we woudln't see unrest other places too.

Doing the right thing is expensive!  China's govt people are even warning their governing bodies to look out for this, as their nationals from abroad come home from the mid-east with knowledge that isn't given to people living there.