# Algeria next?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algeria-next/571321>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 14, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algeria-next/571321 "2011-02-14T17:06:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algeria-next/571321/21 "2011-02-17T00:10:51Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> And, is [Pan-Arabism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Arabism) a force in public opinion these days, in Algeria or anywhere else?

Personnally, I consider Panarabism to be long dead and burried, but I’m no specialist and could be convinced otherwise is shown evidences it’s still currently an active movement somewhere.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algeria-next/571321/22 "2011-02-17T02:43:25Z")

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[The PM of Algeria just pledged to end the country’s 19-year state of emergency by the end of February.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/16/AR2011021604209.html) That’s something.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algeria-next/571321/23 "2011-03-03T17:40:08Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> [The PM of Algeria just pledged to end the country’s 19-year state of emergency by the end of February.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/16/AR2011021604209.html) That’s something.

And, what do you know, [they actually did it.](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-22/algeria-government-approves-lifting-of-state-of-emergency-1-.html)

Will that quiet the protests or encourage them, I wonder?

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