Tunisia Speaker "To Take Power" Amid Riots After President Flees to Saudi Arabia

Vatic Note:  Well, Today we lumped three different resistance methods and examples that are going on as we speak against the occupying forces of our nation as well as other nations, as shown here in Tunisia.  The Khazar International Bankers have decided to take on the whole world including the US.  Its the height of arrogance to attempt such a feat against an entire globe of 6.4 billion people, since I am sure they have probably already reduced the population by another 100 million by now.  The Tunisians are also being hit in the employment area as we are.  They have chosen to come together and chase the President out of the country along with key minions.   Now that is something that Iceland did AND THEY PROSECUTED THEIR BANKSTERS and also Argentina who then did way better on their own than they did under the bankers SO CALLED AID to the country.   Its time we took a serious look at more options than we have to date.  Something to think about.  All of these are good examples of actions available to us.  Use what they have given here, like copies of the resolutions that over turn any food growing issues in the county and that should be accompanied by another law requiring feds can only come into the county through the sheriff who will be familiar with local laws and ordances.   If we all did that,  this food issue would be a moot point.

Tunisia Speaker "To Take Power" Amid Riots After President Flees to Saudi Arabia

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Staff report - Yahoo News, UK And Ireland, January 15, 2010, provided to Vatic by Sterling Report

The North African state's constitutional council said, under the constitution, the speaker of parliament - not the prime minister - is interim president, state television reported.

The council also announced that new presidential elections have to be held no later than 60 days from now, the report continued.

The office of Saudi King Abdullah confirmed ousted president Zine el Abidine Ben Alia had arrived in the kingdom, after several hours of mystery over his whereabouts.

In a statement, it said: "The kingdom states its complete support for the Tunisian people and hopes all Tunisians stand together to overcome the difficult stage in their history."

It added the royal court decision to welcome Mr Ben Ali was based on appreciation of the "exceptional circumstances" Tunisia is going through.

Mr Ben Ali, who served as Tunisia's president for 23 years, fled his country after the wave of popular protests that led to the dismissal of his government and a national state of emergency.

Tunisia's prime minister Mohammed Ghannouchi had initially taken over as acting president until elections are held.

The head of the army and the parliament are believed to have joined forces with the prime minister to form a "new leadership committee".

Mr Ghannouchi said he would meet representatives of political parties later to attempt to form a coalition government that he hopes "will meet expectations".

He went on live television to promise everything was being done to restore order.

"I salute the fact that groups of young people have got together to defend their neighbourhoods but we can assure them we will reinforce their security," Mr Ghannouchi said.

"We are at the service of the Tunisian people. Our country does not deserve everything that is happening. We must regain the trust of citizens in the government."

But it remains to be seen whether the protesters will accept Mr Ghannouchi's interim leadership, or take to the streets again.

Fadhel Bel Taher, whose brother was one of dozens of people killed in protests, said: "Tomorrow we will be back on the streets, in Martyrs Square, to continue this civil disobedience until... the regime is gone.

"The street has spoken."

Sky News' foreign affairs editor Tim Marshall said it was likely the army had engineered the current state of affairs.   "The army were the ones who surrounded the presidential palace, they surrounded the airport," he said.

"The people pulling the strings in the short term and probably the medium term will be the army and at the moment this is not a revolution, this is a coup.    "The fall of Mr Ben Ali follows the country's largest protests in generations and weeks of escalating unrest.

Thousands of Tunisians angry at unemployment and at Mr Ben Ali's leadership, which many viewed as controlling and corrupt, joined the violence that spread from provincial towns to Tunis, the capital.

In city suburbs, people lined the streets with metal bars and knives to ward off looters.  Groups have been marauding through Tunis, setting fire to buildings and attacking people and property.

The government said at least 23 people have been killed in the riots, but opposition members have put the death toll at more than three times that.   Meanwhile, thousands of British holidaymakers are being evacuated from the North African nation.

Thomson and First Choice plan to fly back almost 1,500 remaining customers by Sunday evening, while Thomas Cook has suspended its Tunisia programme and has already returned nearly 1,800 holidaymakers.

The Foreign Office has advised against all non-essential travel to the country.

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