DOMINOS FALLING: SYRIA NOW SHUTS DOWN INTERNET.
KEEPING A GUARDED EYE ON THE ARAB REVOLT: History teaches that revolutions are always attractive in their infancy, when freedom is in the air and the rebellion seems spontaneous. But from the French and Russian revolutions to the Iranian uprising of 1979, the idealistic but disorganized street protesters usually give way to a manipulative revolutionary elite -- the "Revolutionary Guard," as the Iranians like to call them.This life cycle of revolution was evoked by scenes of protesters battling riot police in Tahrir Square in Cairo this week. The square's name means liberation, and it was named for Gamal Abdel Nasser's revolution against the monarchy in 1952. But one set of Egyptian autocrats was gradually replaced by another.
UNPRECEDENTED INTERNET SHUTDOWN
UPDATE: PROTEST ORGANIZER SALAH MISSING
AS VIOLENCE FOR FREEDOM AND ULTIMATE PEACE ESCALATES. There's no end in sight.
This is a big global deal as protests spread around the Middle East.
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