Say that the protests started as a pure youth movement but were "hijacked" by a foreign agenda. #ArabTyrantManual

Use religion. Call your state mufti and promise him a pay raise for the proper fatwa. #ArabTyrantManual

Say that the kids were tricked into protesting through X (KFC, Nescafe, drugs, sex, etc.) #ArabTyrantManual

Call your favorite brown-nose celebrity (singer, dancer, soccer player, etc.). Ask to talk on TV in your support. #ArabTyrantManual

When things get tough, make a first one hour speech around midnight to say how much you're dedicated to your country #ArabTyrantManual

Say shooting on protesters with helicopters/jets/tanks is accidental #ArabTyrantManual

Order the interior minister to kill them all. Then sack him for his heavy-handedness. #ArabTyrantManual

Have a military parade. Say it's for the nation. It's actually to show them what'll come at them if they revolt. #ArabTyrantManual

Pretend you're open for dialogue and will do the necessary while killing protesters #ArabTyrantManual

Say that you ruled the country out of love and service and you have no desire for power and have no money. #ArabTyrantManual

Bring in the boogie man of your grandfather's generation: Colonialism & imperialism. #ArabTyrantManual

Hold a press conference to suck up to journalists. Then, send thugs after them to punch them and smash their cameras. #ArabTyrantManual

Stage demonstrations in support of your rule. But don't give them flags & banners. Give them 50 bucks & an AK47. #ArabTyrantManual

If foreign nations criticize, blast them for not understanding your culture. "In our culture, I rule. They obey." #ArabTyrantManual

Kill a thousand. And then say that you have no idea how they died because you haven't used force "yet". #ArabTyrantManual

Have a charming interview with a famous journalist. Amanpour would do. #ArabTyrantManual

Speak about supporting #humanrights in "insert preferred european language here", then torture those asking 4them #ArabTyrantManual

Foreign agenda X (where X can be: Islamism, Zionism, Israel, Iran, USA, colonialism, imperialism...) #ArabTyrantManual

Blame Israel and United States. Deposit checks from Israel and United States into Swiss account. #ArabTyrantManual

Scare people with talk about the Brother Muslimhood #ArabTyrantManual

Say that your people are not ready for democracy. You have to pave the way to it, by acting like a complete asshole. #ArabTyrantManual

Say that you finally understand the people. "I understand you now." #ArabTyrantManual

People don't revolt against you in their right state of mind. Al-Qaeda must be feeding them hallucinogenics. #ArabTyrantManual

@iyad_elbaghdadi make unexpected, frequent TV appearances, saying nothing at all #ArabTyrantManual

Inform the uninformed that your country has no leader and that you are only a protector and brother to the people. #ArabTyrantManual