So they support the internet disappearing? (Hope this isn't what Huntingwhale posted. I have him on ignore and don't want to see another unattractive woman.)
What I saw on Al-Jazeera was just the craziest, most riveting video ever. Everyone was rioting. The unruly mob was rushing the police barricade. Rocks were thrown. Rubber bullets fired. Then evening prayer time came and the scene went quiet. Folks bent down and prayed. Both the protestors and the police did this. Only towards the tailing moments of the devotional did sporadic gunfire resume.
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I just hope they don't fight for those "rights" and end up getting something worse. Responsibility has to follow, which is a rare thing in an emotionally charged environment like a revolution.
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I just hope they don't fight for those "rights" and end up getting something worse. Responsibility has to follow, which is a rare thing in an emotionally charged environment like a revolution.
Indeed, much like Iran in the 1979 revolution.
I hope that no one else gets killed in this -- peaceful revolutions are certainly the optimal outcome.
Looks like Mubarak's speech did not have the desired effect. Based on what I am reading the protests seem, if anything, more widespread and successful today than yesterday.
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My parents are watching this closely as they have a trip planned to both Tunisia (1 week) and Egypt (2 weeks) starting mid February. If the status quo maintains they'll get a travel credit for a trip another time or to go elsewhere. I don't see this ending any time soon.
Also, this thread should be renamed "The Egyptian Revolution of January 2011", or something similar.
Elbaradei is asking Mubarak to step down!
This is fantastic. The Egyptian people need a leader to get behind. I have been reading about the Muslim Brotherhood as well, and I don't think they are as scary as westerners think. I wouldn't have a problem if Elbaradei and the Muslim Brotherhood stood together to form an opposition figurehead to challenge Mubarak.
This will not end until Mubarak is not in power. He will be removed, forcefully if it comes down to it. You can guarantee it. The Egyptian people are past the point of no return. They have spoken.
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I just got back from Egypt about 2 weeks ago. This is pretty amazing to see, especially in some of the places I visited. From what I witnessed, the Egyptians are very intelligent (maybe even crafty) people, but their government doesn't allow them the proper channels to express their intelligence. Hopefully Egyptians get the freedom that they are fighting for.
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army seems to be defending select buildings with violence, the interior ministry and the central bank headquarters, but not enforcing control widely. fear of the police authority has evaporated; lots of images of the army tanks and other vehicles parked on the periphery of the crowd in tahrir square (liberation square), with people climbing on the vehicles and engaging soldiers friendlily. protesters tagging army tanks w/anti-muhbarak graffiti.
if you announce a curfew, you got to enforce it. if the people stop fearing/respecting your authority, you're gonna need a lot of violence to re-establish it.
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