And what a shitstorm this could very well be.. Money is currently (no pun intended) being spread upon the peoples of Saudi Arabia in an attempt to prevent them from committing illegal actions like, protests.
The next move could be on March 11 2011. We will see if either the people settle for money or if the government gives in OR if shit rains and then the western governments get really confused about how to react...
Update - links
So Egypt has decided to not wait for external forces to relieve them from an authoritarian regime and bring them democracy. Inspired by Tunisia they have taken to the streets and get organised. The response from the local government is quite simple, kill the Internet
source: BGPmon.net Blog
It seems as well that even phone communications are down. Another thing is the technology that has been used to do deep packet inspection, it seems that a U.S.A. based company has sold DPI technologies to Egypt. FreePress has started a campaign about their concerns on the topic.
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