Saudi "Day of Rage"

PS_RalphW · Post by **PS_RalphW** » 11 Mar 2011, 15:37

That said, Japan's demand for light sweet crude is down at the moment, but they will take all the heavy fuel oil they can get, to cover the 20% electricity shortfall from their nuclear shutdowns.

That matches the Saudi's heavy crude much better. Assuming they have any of even that to spare.

Brent fell $3, but is bouncing back, again.

Ludwig · Post by **Ludwig** » 11 Mar 2011, 17:37

Protests seen across many Middle East nations but "Day of Rage" fails to take off in Saudi after major security effort.

From http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middl ... 09595.html.

Perhaps fear and money don't individually produce order, but together they do the job.

Lord Beria3 · Post by **Lord Beria3** » 12 Mar 2011, 09:54

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/mar20 ... -m12.shtml

Massive numbers of police succeeded in intimidating anyone seeking to join protests after the Muslim Friday prayers. The demonstrations were called by Saudi Arabian dissident groups in cities throughout the country, including the capital Riyadh.

Protesters failed to turn up in significant numbers for a planned “Day of Rage”, after thousands of riot and security police manned checkpoints and patrolled every block in Riyadh. Helicopters flew over the city and searches were carried out of cars and pedestrians. At al-Rajhi mosque, site of a rally last Friday, a dozen protesters were dispersed and a number of arrests were made.

The same scenes were replicated in the second city of Jeddah.

The regime faces an explosive situation given that Saudis are well-educated and well informed. Ten million are online and follow revolutionary events in the Middle East avidly. An earlier protest in Riyadh was started by a young Sunni man, Mohammed al-Wadani, who had uploaded a YouTube video explaining why the monarchy has to fall.

Israel’s Haaretz commented, “Any good political analyst can read the signs that the kingdom bears all the hallmarks of a nation ripe for revolution”.