Article:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/20/pro-regime-forces-protesters-clash-in-third-day-violence/
In the wake of the recent Libyan and Egyptian revolutions, the "Arab Spring" has brought scoial and political unrest to Yemen. The president of Yemen, President Ali Abdullah Saleh, has responded to protests with a violent crackdown. Recently, the government ordered a mortar strike on a group of protestors, killing six. This has increased the death toll in Yemen since last Sunday to 60 and its has escalated tensions in the region. The main question that this issue presents is what role the United States and the UN play. There is no doubt that they have been inconsistant when they determine to intervene, recently mobilizing in Libya but leaving out the "liberation" of other countries like Bahrain and Yemen. While the Yemenese people are in fear of both Us airstrikes targeting certain terrorist groups in Yemen, it also has to keep a weary eye on its own "government".
Editorial:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/19/yemen-unfinished-business-editorial
This editorial brings in the all important issue with recent cooperation between Yemense and US armed forces to help elimante domestic al Queada branches. These are the same Yemense forces who are said to be carrying out the deadly will of Yemen's president. The author of the editorial believes that it is in US interests to continue to cooperate with the stabilizing force in the region, the standing government, to help with its overall war on terror and "mission" of spreading the ideals of peace and liberty to those in need.
Photo Analysis:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/sep/20/yemen-libya-middle-east-live-updates
Here the bloodied hands of Yemenese women are shown after they helped wounded people along the streets find saftey. The image focuses on the chaos and desperation of the scene and the background, and the close on the hands shows that blood has ben spilled. The feeling of desperation is expertly conveyed through this image.
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News You Can Use! - Editorial
http://facebookreporter1389.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/serbs-in-northern-kosovo-unblock-roads-2/
After checking the sources and reading the text, this is obviously an analysis by a pro-Serbian group. In the analysis, their major points included but were not limited to the following:
-Kosovo has no real or recognized authority and any laws or regulations enacted by the "Republic of Kosovo" is faux
-Ethnic Albanians instigated the violence after Kosovar authorities deployed special police forces in efforts to gain control over Serbian held checkpoints
-The international community should condemn these unilateral and premature actions committed by the "Republic of Kosovo" and hold them accountable for all related consequences.
After checking the sources and reading the text, this is obviously an analysis by a pro-Serbian group. In the analysis, their major points included but were not limited to the following:
-Kosovo has no real or recognized authority and any laws or regulations enacted by the "Republic of Kosovo" is faux
-Ethnic Albanians instigated the violence after Kosovar authorities deployed special police forces in efforts to gain control over Serbian held checkpoints
-The international community should condemn these unilateral and premature actions committed by the "Republic of Kosovo" and hold them accountable for all related consequences.
News You Can Use! - Photo Analysis
http://www.acus.org/natosource/nato-north-kosovo-withdraws-serb-roadblock
Context: This image shows one of the many roadblocks set up by ethnic Serbs to halt NATO/KFOR troops and Special Kosovar Police forces from reaching the checkpoints.
Photo Analysis:In the foreground of this image two shadowed Nato troops stare at an enormous roadblock set up by ethnic Serbs only meters away from them. The soldiers appear dark and shadowed because that portrays the Serbian perspective on the situation. Serbs believe that NATO and the "west" are in a constant unified effort to minimize them; financially, culturally, and politically. They represent the dark force always opposing them. In the background, in between the two troops, we can see a mass of people waving their banner proudly. Despite these troops, covered in armor and weapons ready, the Serbs proudly resist. They remain strong and unified in the interest of their culture and people.
Context: This image shows one of the many roadblocks set up by ethnic Serbs to halt NATO/KFOR troops and Special Kosovar Police forces from reaching the checkpoints.
Photo Analysis:In the foreground of this image two shadowed Nato troops stare at an enormous roadblock set up by ethnic Serbs only meters away from them. The soldiers appear dark and shadowed because that portrays the Serbian perspective on the situation. Serbs believe that NATO and the "west" are in a constant unified effort to minimize them; financially, culturally, and politically. They represent the dark force always opposing them. In the background, in between the two troops, we can see a mass of people waving their banner proudly. Despite these troops, covered in armor and weapons ready, the Serbs proudly resist. They remain strong and unified in the interest of their culture and people.
News You Can Use!-Serbia shows sympathy for Kosovo amid EU talks
Original article: http://euobserver.com/15/113573
With recent tensions dying down, talks between Serbia and Kosovo are fragile and ongoing. Tensions escalated near the border when the prime minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, decided to destabilize the peace in the region and place Kosovar (Albanians from Kosovo) customs officials in border posts originally occupied, and mutually agreed upon, ethnic Serbs. Kosovo has not been able to have any real authority in this region as the northern part of Kosovo, where this incident occurred, has a great ethnic Serb majority who do not support the Albanian unilateral declaration of independence. As a comprise achieved through talks, however, the Serbs allowed to set a boundary line that would have to be attended by ethnic Serbian personnel, and respond to the local Serbian governments in North Kosovo. While exterior matters triggered a halt in trade between both regions, the Northern part of Kosovo would not respond to Pristina's (the capital of Kosovo) demands and so sparked a series of roadblocks, deploying of Nato troops and personnel, and casualties. While the true reasons for this deliberate, unilateral move remain unclear, the situation is becoming more stable thanks to foreign support and the renewed talks between Serbia and Kosovo that aim to bring some sort of peace to the region.
With recent tensions dying down, talks between Serbia and Kosovo are fragile and ongoing. Tensions escalated near the border when the prime minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, decided to destabilize the peace in the region and place Kosovar (Albanians from Kosovo) customs officials in border posts originally occupied, and mutually agreed upon, ethnic Serbs. Kosovo has not been able to have any real authority in this region as the northern part of Kosovo, where this incident occurred, has a great ethnic Serb majority who do not support the Albanian unilateral declaration of independence. As a comprise achieved through talks, however, the Serbs allowed to set a boundary line that would have to be attended by ethnic Serbian personnel, and respond to the local Serbian governments in North Kosovo. While exterior matters triggered a halt in trade between both regions, the Northern part of Kosovo would not respond to Pristina's (the capital of Kosovo) demands and so sparked a series of roadblocks, deploying of Nato troops and personnel, and casualties. While the true reasons for this deliberate, unilateral move remain unclear, the situation is becoming more stable thanks to foreign support and the renewed talks between Serbia and Kosovo that aim to bring some sort of peace to the region.
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