In addition, the tactic of suicide bombings in Iraq is traditionally associated with Sunni extremists — even during two fierce uprisings in 2004 against the Americans, Mr. Sadr's militiamen did not use suicide bombings.
Following the violent uprising of late 2000 and fierce Israeli countermeasures, an economic crisis began that lasted until 2007 when mild growth began.
The uprising has defied fierce military crackdowns and a peace initiative by Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the president.
The uprising has hitherto been fiercest in rural areas.
The embattled regime of Bashar Assad, having failed to quell the uprising with a mixture of fierce brutality and half-hearted promises of reform, is now pinning its hopes on a national dialogue, in which its opponents are meant to voice their demands.
The bombings shocked residents who have enjoyed relative calm during the yearlong uprising against the government and a fierce crackdown.
The back-to-back bombings in President Bashar al-Assad's seat of power — one exploding in the same area where a state security headquarters was bombed in December — shocked residents who have enjoyed relative calm during the yearlong uprising against the government and a fierce crackdown.
As she led this remote town in an uprising against vicious criminals, she was fierce, confident, charismatic.
Mr Heftar was a fierce rival of General Abdel Fatah Younes, who appointed himself head of revolutionary forces after the uprising.
By Sunday morning, following 24 hours of fierce street fighting and the conquest of Tahrir by revolutionaries, the furniture of the anti-Mubarak uprising was once again wheeled into place in the capital.
