Iran Unrest a Favorite But Other Arab Nations Highly Competitive
Iran has been praising Egyptian protestors while cracking down on their own in recent days. It remains to be seen whether Iran will be the next country to see a major upheaval in its government.
National unrest odds were posted recently at Bookmaker.com, North America’s oldest established online gambling website.
Yemen, Jordan, Turkey, Algeria, Iran, Israel and Palestine were among the favorites to succumb to unrest.
Much of the news coming out of Iran related to protestor crackdown has come from the Twitter universe since reporters are essentially banned from the country (or at least banned from reporting on the potential crisis).
Protesters where confronted by security forces w/ tear gas, batons, rubber bullets, as well as live ammunition. 1 protester killed.
On Monday, thousands of Iranians gathered in Tehran to demonstrate in solidarity with Egyptian and Tunisian protesters, who recently toppled their own regimes. Videos from Tehran reveal that protesters have remained in the streets past nightfall. A BBC reporter described central Tehran as "total chaos".
NEXT COUNTRY TO HAVE CIVIL UNREST IN 2011
22785 YEMEN +180
22786 JORDAN +200
22787 TURKEY +300
22788 ALGERIA +300
22789 IRAN +300
22790 LIBYA +500
22791 ERITREA +700
22792 DJIBOUTI +700
22793 MOROCCO +600
22794 PAKISTAN +1000
22795 OMAN +1200
22796 QATAR +1200
22797 BAHARAIN +1200
22798 KUWAIT +2000
22799 UAE +3000
22800 SYRIA +4000
22801 TAJIKISTAN +4000
22802 TURKMENISTAN +4000
22803 UZBEKISTAN +4000
22804 IRAQ +7000
22805 AFGHANISTAN +5000
22806 SAUDI ARABIA +6000
22807 ISRAEL +350
22808 PALESTINE +180
- Gilbert Horowitz, Gambling911.com
