{"id":7123,"date":"2011-08-23T09:12:39","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T13:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=7123"},"modified":"2011-08-23T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T14:00:14","slug":"locals-react-to-fall-of-gadhafis-rule-in-libya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/08\/23\/locals-react-to-fall-of-gadhafis-rule-in-libya\/","title":{"rendered":"Locals react to fall of Gadhafi\u2019s rule in Libya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>((Excerpt))<\/p>\n<p>Vaughn Shannon, assistant professor of political science with Wright State    University, said the Arabic-speaking world is closely watching the events    unfold in Libya, and citizens of other oppressed countries in the Middle    East may be inspired to rise up against those who oppress them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victory itself, presuming it continues the way it\u2019s going, might    reinvigorate that Arab Spring in places like Syria,\u201d Shannon said. \u201cVictory    inspires imitation. &#8230; A lot of people are happy and excited about the    prospect of actually achieving change in a region that for decades resisted    change and democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/news\/dayton-news\/locals-react-to-fall-of-gadhafis-rule-in-libya--1236223.html?cxtype=rss_local-news\">DaytonDailyNews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>((Excerpt)) Vaughn Shannon, assistant professor of political science with Wright State University, said the Arabic-speaking world is closely watching the events unfold in Libya, and citizens of other oppressed countries in the Middle East may be inspired to rise up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/08\/23\/locals-react-to-fall-of-gadhafis-rule-in-libya\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[714,730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-the-media","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7123"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7131,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7123\/revisions\/7131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}