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Arab capitals ready for days of wrath
BEIRUT, March 4 (Itar-Tass) -- Several Arab capitals are readying for massive Days of Wrath on Friday. In Tripoli opponents of Muammar Qaddafi will gather in mosques which will become the main footholds of protests.
Authorities do not want the clergy to back protesters and approaches to mosques are likely to be blocked by security forces.
The eastern provinces of the country plan an armed march on the city of Ras Lanuf held by Gaddafi's loyal forces and neighboring Sirte.
Commander of the February 17 Revolution battalion Abdel Nasser Mansur said the task is to support insurgents in the towns.
However the plan may be impeded by the developments around port Marsa Al Brega where insurgents were subject to air raids on Thursday. Military observers believe Gaddafi is preparing a new assault on the strategically important area. If the situation in Al Brega develops in favor of the armed units of the Independent National Council it will trigger cardinal changes in the situation in northern and central provinces of Libya.
Major unrest is in store for Yemen where the Democratic Forum
opposition plans to demonstrate support of the majority of people. Sheikh Abdel Majid Az-Zindani, who acts as a mediator between protesters and President Ali Abdullah Saleh, offered a "roadmap" to end the political crisis. It proposed to provide for a peaceful transition of power during the year. The president has not yet reacted to the initiative, while the opposition is inclined to back the roadmap.
In Baghdad head of the liberal-patriotic Al Iraqiya bloc Ayad Allawi and radical Shiite Imam Muqtada al-Sadr made a joint statement in support of the protest movement and demanded Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki "to change the style of government work according to the wish of the people."
Young protesters plan massive demonstrations under the motto "Where are the Billions of the People?" Massive protests are to be held in Basra, Mosul, Kirkuk, and other towns.
A week ago authorities toughly responded to the "march of millions" and in some places firearms were used against protesters, while curfew was imposed on Sunni cities of Ar Ramadi and Al Fallujah.
Al Jazeera TV channel reported downtown Iraqi capital was full of
troops and armor late on Thursday.
In Jordan the Islamic Action Front and leftist parties that boycotted the 2010 parliamentary election plan to bring their supporters into the streets. Leaders of local Muslim Brotherhood distributed calls in Amman saying protests in Jordan and other Arab countries were lawful. "The growing protests in the whole Arab world reflect the collective will for change and intention of the people to free themselves from the oppression of despotic authority," it said.
Authorities do not want the clergy to back protesters and approaches to mosques are likely to be blocked by security forces.
The eastern provinces of the country plan an armed march on the city of Ras Lanuf held by Gaddafi's loyal forces and neighboring Sirte.
Commander of the February 17 Revolution battalion Abdel Nasser Mansur said the task is to support insurgents in the towns.
However the plan may be impeded by the developments around port Marsa Al Brega where insurgents were subject to air raids on Thursday. Military observers believe Gaddafi is preparing a new assault on the strategically important area. If the situation in Al Brega develops in favor of the armed units of the Independent National Council it will trigger cardinal changes in the situation in northern and central provinces of Libya.
Major unrest is in store for Yemen where the Democratic Forum
opposition plans to demonstrate support of the majority of people. Sheikh Abdel Majid Az-Zindani, who acts as a mediator between protesters and President Ali Abdullah Saleh, offered a "roadmap" to end the political crisis. It proposed to provide for a peaceful transition of power during the year. The president has not yet reacted to the initiative, while the opposition is inclined to back the roadmap.
In Baghdad head of the liberal-patriotic Al Iraqiya bloc Ayad Allawi and radical Shiite Imam Muqtada al-Sadr made a joint statement in support of the protest movement and demanded Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki "to change the style of government work according to the wish of the people."
Young protesters plan massive demonstrations under the motto "Where are the Billions of the People?" Massive protests are to be held in Basra, Mosul, Kirkuk, and other towns.
A week ago authorities toughly responded to the "march of millions" and in some places firearms were used against protesters, while curfew was imposed on Sunni cities of Ar Ramadi and Al Fallujah.
Al Jazeera TV channel reported downtown Iraqi capital was full of
troops and armor late on Thursday.
In Jordan the Islamic Action Front and leftist parties that boycotted the 2010 parliamentary election plan to bring their supporters into the streets. Leaders of local Muslim Brotherhood distributed calls in Amman saying protests in Jordan and other Arab countries were lawful. "The growing protests in the whole Arab world reflect the collective will for change and intention of the people to free themselves from the oppression of despotic authority," it said.
