More about Saudi Arabia and the future Days of Rage
Summary: Another brief about the situation in Saudi Arabia, looking deeper than the previous chapter (see the links at the end of this post). Whatever happens today, the near future will see significant changes in this key region. But perhaps not the changes we expect.
Most of what we know about foreign events comes from journalists on the scene. Like this. Reporting from the bar of a five star hotel. Nothing to see; I’ve asked the barmaid.
“I don’t know from where my bosses in the States are getting all kind of weird stories — that tanks are rolling in the Eastern Province, that there is a curfew in many towns,” said one foreign journalist who has been combing the Eastern Province for two days in search of a story. “I am sitting here in one of the best-known hotels in Alkhobar, and everything is so normal.” {Source: Arab News}
Moving from the news back to the real world — The key factors for the Saudi protests, like that scheduled for today (it might be the first, but probably not the last):