It will be dawn in Tunis in just about an hour, and the muezzin's call will waft over a city awaking after a night of terror and violence. Reports through the overnight are not pretty; armed gangs looting the city, some of the city's newest and splashiest buildings ablaze, and a general sense of insecurity that didn't exist under the iron fist. BBC World Service was reporting that helicopters are circling the city, fitted with loudspeakers (a la Col. Kilgore's Air Mobile) playing a message urging people to remain calm and stay indoors.
I am heading to bed after a day spent glued to the computer. I pray that this new day, the first day of a potentially free Tunisie, is peaceful for all of my friends.
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