Tunisia Pictures: Is This A New Military and a New Country?
Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 7:23
Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

The letters come down at what was Zine El Abidine Ben Ali airport in Tunis:

An Army stop-and-search:

Residents protecting a neighbourhood:

A striking image of protest:

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At the start of Friday, this image, extracted from a video circulated around the Internet as a sign of a changing Tunisia. A soldier salutes a slain protester as the funeral march passes in Bizerte:

Then, in the afternoon, as tension grew around the outcome of the demonstration in front of the Ministry of the Interior in Tunis, these pictures gave further encouragement to those seeking a new Government and a new military:

As everyone tries to evaluate the Government and the military now in place in Tunisia, will there be more pictures like this?

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