Middle East
Where Will the Rebellions Go in Iraq and Lebanon?
Emre GĂźntekin
In Iraq and Lebanon, Middle Eastern countries full of contradictions, laborers and the youth have been on the streets for over a month despite facing death and the possibility of a civil war every day; especially in Lebanon, due to the country´s sensitive ethnic and religious balances.
both countries, until the actions that began last month. Millions of people find no escape from the social conditions into which they are pushed in almost every region, from Chile to Iraq, except to rebel against those who force them into misery while they themselves live in wealth. If there is a glimmer of hope for the future, it is the wave of rebellion that has developed from Latin America to the Middle East. About nine years ago, the Arab geography witnessed a wave of rebellion against decadesold oppressive regimes, corruption, and the grave problems caused by neoliberal policies. Following the immolation of Mohammed Buazizi, who was an unemployed university graduate, Tunisian laborers rebelled against
Both countries have a similar history: Iraq lived under Saddam Hussein’s bloody tyranny for decades and then an imperialist occupation which was even worse than the dictatorship regime. Lebanon, on the other hand, lost decades and hundreds of thousands of lives in a bloody civil war. All these years, there was not even hope for the slightest change in the lives of 57
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