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Posted on 01/28/2011 9:14:48 AM PST by SE Mom
From FOX:
DEVELOPING: Loud explosions and gunfire were heard in the Egyptian capital of Cairo Friday, as protesters demanding the removal of President Hosni Mubarak defied a curfew, Al Jazeera reported. Egyptian television reports the ruling party headquarters in Cairo are on fire.
From TWITTER:
WashingtonPost: Clinton: We urge #Egypt authorities to allow peaceful protest, reverse unprecedented steps it has taken to cut off communications less than 20 seconds ago
“They need to turn the internet and social networking sites back on.”
“The Egyptian government must be responsible for maintaining order.”
“We respect their right to demonstrate.”
“This will be solved by the Egyptian regime.”
“We are monitoring the situation.
"I am unaware of any conversation the President has had with World Leaders on this topic."
The more things change...
Oh my God!
Shep Smith just said, “This is akin to the Berlin wall falling across the Middle-East.”
Get this guy off the air!
Seriously? Oh yeah, turning off the Internet worked wonders for Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
AlJazeera Live - protesters climbing on tanks, taking rides no animosity - Army and Protesters jointly protecting national museum -
Gibbs said concrete reforms must be made.
Oh Shite.
Here we go.
Roses of Sharon posts - “# Mostafa El Fekki on Al Jazeera “It’s clear that the US has changed its policy towards Egypt. The White House no longer believes in Mubarak “ 6 minutes ago via web”
...... Whoo boy.... At the very least, they have figured out what we all knew years ago - that O is in WAY over his head.
May God give us strength.
Tatt
EVERY TIME a reporter asked for clarification, Gibbs blamed the reporters for not getting the earlier message. Gibbs NEVER accepted even partial blame for failure to communicate. It was like somebody asking you to repeat or clarify something, and rather than repeating or clarifying it, you scream "What?! What's wrong with you? Are you deaf?!" What a pompous ass...perfect spokesmouth for this administration.
Obvious that it’s ok to this admin that Egyptian govt can fall if it means Egyptians get to twitter.
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Freedom to twitter as fast as their tiny thumbs will go, everyman’s desire... which is why pickpockets are so screwed in the Middle East.
CNN is doing a better job covering this. Sad but true. Been watching the Commie news network for the last 15 minutes. They have more boots on the ground.
there’s been a lot of people around here who dismiss the protesters as delusional and that this is a repeat of 1979. If that’s true, then who is Khomeini in this situation? Who is the Islamist figurehead who has the type of support and influence he had who could possibly takeover if Mubrak is ousted? Egyptians aren’t even Shia.
This is just chilling to me. I knew this WH would do this, just thought I would take it better.
The CNN talking heads even blasted Gibbs performance - Gibbs is obviously tap dancing. O is showing his incompetence. He makes enemies of both sides with his dithering!
Gibbs leaving in mid Feb.
Might have another press conf today. Won’t speculate on Mubarkek’s whereabouts.
That’s it. WH Press is over.
Good timing as I am leaving Airport TV now. I’ll check in later. Many thanks to everyone for updating this thread today. I hope my FReeping with my thumbs on a blackberry on CNN’s coverage has been helpful. Thanks SE Mom for starting this thread.
God Bless You All.
Fishtalk,
I think that you should read more history for revolutionary ventures. In the US we had a colonial rebellion, the only revolution was in our thinking as to the new government.
France, Russia, Iran, China and Hungary might be good places to start your reading. Revolutions rarely spawn anything as benign as what they overthrow.
I think it also bears pointing out that virtually all of radical islam that has plagued the world these last sixty years gets it ancestry from the Muslim Brotherhood. This is part of why Saudi’s and Egypt are so autocratic — they fought to the death with the MB and Irkahn in the 30s.
The people in the streets were sent there by the Mullahs in the mosque — radical islam is the alpha and omega of what we will watch.
I hope Mubarak will stomp it down as the glory of Egyptian freedom will be more bloody and horror filled than the dictators foot and firing squads — book it.
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