Oppressed Saudis Start War on Gov't via YouTube http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9007276225 

As Riyadh continues suppressing protesters and the world media have turned a blind eye to their catastrophic conditions where they are killed by snipers and ran over by tanks, advocates face an uphill battle showing the world what is happening to them by the Wahhabite Arab monarchy. Young Saudi videographers are using YouTube to air a series of video reports that reveal the underside of life in a country ruled by the world's most fanatic regime. The narratives are compelling and the journalism impassioned as they guide their audience through slums in the major cities, satirize the severe national housing shortage and ridicule the government's failure to respond. Judging from the number of times the videos have been viewed and the comments posted by embittered viewers, the muckraking venture is a hit. The biggest testament to its success, however, comes from the Saudi Interior Ministry: Days after "Poverty in Saudi Arabia," the latest video, was uploaded to YouTube, the ministry detained reporter Feros Boqna and two colleagues, Hussam al Drewesh and Khaled al Rasheed, and held them for almost two weeks for questioning. Since its posting, the Arabic version of "Poverty" has been viewed more than 1.5 million times. That would be equal to nearly one-tenth of Saudi Arabia's population of 18 million. "Wake me when the people take control over their own fate, when justice (is) spread without hindrance, when people say what is right without fear of punishment," one commenter identified as Nour al Riadh posted. But the comment was soon removed and no new comments are allowed. King Abdullah, 88, is a US puppet ally. The ruling House of Saud is closely tied to the Wahhabi branch of Sunni Islam, which enforces Sharia religious law through the use of religious police, dominates public education and has fought to keep women in an inferior position. Wahhabism is even rejected by a majority of Sunni Muslims as a blasphemous deviation in Islam. Social grievances appear to be numerous and widespread, and, before they were removed from YouTube, some of the responses to "Poverty" criticized the king. The video that landed its producers in trouble was part of a series called "Maloob Alayna," which translates as, "We've been cheated." It opens with Boqna saying to young Saudis in luxury cars, "If you are fine?" Each replies: "Then we are fine." The camera then cuts to a slum where no one is fine. The opening was a subtle poke at the King, who in the past has used the line: "If you are fine, we are fine!" "These clips we are going to watch are not from Somalia. It's in Saudi Arabia, in the Jarradiah neighborhood, less than five kilometers from the center of Riyadh," says Boqna, who, judging from the video, is probably in his mid-20s. Efforts to reach him for an interview were unsuccessful.