A revolution is going on there right now. See the recent excellent diary by Mutually Assured Destruction. See the excellent work by Unspeakable here and the recent diary by Kandy here.
This is important. I remember well the Iranian revolution of 1979 -- we backed the wrong guy there for years. I'm hoping we're not making the same mistake here, but so far, I'm hearing from our government:
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Please, go to the diaries that have already been written and recc them up so that we can at least get something on the recc list.
I don't have a lot to add just that in the videos posted by Mutually Assured Destruction you can see people using cell phones to video tape the protests and the people injured, apparently by the regime.
They are counting on the internet to spread the word about this, so let's at least get one of these diaries at Dkos going up to the recc list.
UPDATED: MSNBC is reporting that the President has left the country and the military are surrounding the airport.
Don't recc this diary -- go to those I've identified and get one of them on the recc list. This is important.