Ahh, is this kind of like your prediction that a US isvasion of Iran was eminent 3-4 years ago? LOL!!
Not much inequality data available, gini 36 by one estimate. Anecdotal accounts point to significant inequality based on Sunni vs. Shia. Nobody is really starving, it appears to be largely political. And it's not new, riot police have been putting down dissent for many years.