First Mubarak abdicated and now the People have brought him to trial. Then, after a long hard slog, Gaddafi has been driven from power and is on the run - sure to be caught or killed. What's next for the Arab spring? Many commentators look to Iraq where Saddam is hanging on tenuously to power, violently putting down peaceful protests.
BREAKING NEWS ---
Shiite protesters blockade roads against Saddam.
Sunnis join in solidarity with Shiites, forming a "Democratic Parliament in Opposition" (DPO)
Several generals in the Iraqi army have joined the DPO
Saddam declares that he will crush the DPO traitors
Protesters have swollen the streets of Baghdad. All services have been shut down.
High ranking ambassadors from Iraq to the United Nations resign from the Iraqi government
Rebels have cut Iraqi pipelines, depriving Saddam of his much needed cash
Saddam claims the protesters are Western agents and swears to crush them
The Iraqi army turns on Saddam, surrounding him at his presidential palace
After a three day standoff between the Iraqi army and Saddam's palace guards, Saddam arrested.
The DPO is recognized by Western and Arab countries
Saddam placed on trial
Sunnis, Arabs and Kurds form new government
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Too bad Bush, Rumsfield and all the other neo-cons deprived the Iraqi people of their Arab spring (year). And let's not forget all the American soldiers who were needlessly sacrificed, the bloody civil war that was sparked, and the economic ruin that has resulted from this war. Here
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