Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/8/2011

Morocco and Libya, two North African countries that have so far escaped the popular unrest in the region, are on the lookout for incipient domestic disturbances. Libya has set up a task force to monitor growing discontent expressed through the social media on the internet, and is expanding state spending on certain programs to short-circuit popular protests. Banned Islamists in Morocco are calling for regime change.

In other news, New York State TV executive Muzzammil “Mo” Hassan has been convicted for the beheading murder of his wife. Meanwhile, three churches in central Java were attacked and destroyed by Muslim mobs.

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Thanks to C. Cantoni, DF, Fjordman, HB, Insubria, JD, TV, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

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