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Egyptians Turning on Each Other (EGYPT LIVE THREAD # 2)
FOX NEWS ^ | 2 February 2011

Posted on 02/02/2011 7:31:01 AM PST by SE Mom

URGENT: Gunfire heard in Cairo's Tahrir Square as supporters of President Mubarak and anti-government demonstrators clash hours after the embattled leader defiantly said he would serve out his term in office.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 300dead; acoopergobsmacked; bedouins; cairo; camels; egypt; husseinobama; injuredjournos; israel; mb; molotovcocktails; mubarak; muslimbrotherhood; obamasfault; tahrirsquare
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To: allmendream
Blaming themselves is not in their character. Inshallah. ‘If God is willing’ is their mantra, the ultimate lame excuse for all things.

Sounds like western teenagers equivalent term for "Inshallah" is "Whatever".

181 posted on 02/02/2011 8:50:16 AM PST by OB1kNOb (I asked my broker what he's buying today. He replied: "Canned food and ammunition.")
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To: OB1kNOb

Can you just imagine Anderson Cooper counting 10 punches?

Ow! One!
Ouch! Two!
Yikes! Three...
Stop! Four...

Who counts when they’re getting beaten?


182 posted on 02/02/2011 8:50:16 AM PST by toldyou (Even if the voices aren't real they have some pretty good ideas.)
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To: SE Mom
Without knowledge of the likes of Locke and Burke, Hamilton and Jefferson, my country is doomed to either unbridled radicalism or continued repression.

Three other elements are missing as well.

**America, being so isolated from England had several generations of experience in self-rule on the local level.

**Protestant Christian morals and ethics. Protestant churches, again being isolated from England, had a long tradition of self-management.

**Americans in 1776 were heavily armed and those on the frontier were very experienced in Indian guerrilla tactics.

183 posted on 02/02/2011 8:50:25 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid!)
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To: All

1642: CNN’s Ivan Watson in Cairo tweets: “Nightfall. Bloody battle continues to rage here in Tahrir Square. We are trapped inside with the opposition, who say they’ll fight to death.”


184 posted on 02/02/2011 8:51:09 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Marty62
At least the BBC did have a disclaimer that they had no evidence the Pro-Gov people were paid agitators.

And if they were, paid by whom.

185 posted on 02/02/2011 8:51:46 AM PST by mewzilla (Hey, Schumer, your Lockerbie report left quite a bit out.)
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To: SE Mom

Anderson Cooper says a pro Mubarak crowd punched hin in the head ten times. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anderson-cooper-attacked-mob-egypt-95628

Since then CNN has lost all objectivity if they ever had any.

I saw him after the attack and the photo at the link, no sign of injury. He obviously is making himself part of the story. He may have been played by the Muslim Brotherhood, then again I don’t think pro Mubarak forces would have any reason to like him.


186 posted on 02/02/2011 8:54:28 AM PST by Williams (It's the policies, stupid.)
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To: mewzilla

Military wearing civilian clothes, paid by Mubarak himself. It’s easy.....


187 posted on 02/02/2011 8:55:46 AM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (Patriotic by Proxy! (Cause I'm a nutcase and it's someone Else's' fault!....))
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To: allmendream

In #152, you said: “Inshallah. ‘If God is willing’ is their mantra,”

So, in #160, I replied: Right! I should’ve said inshallah (if God is willing) they’ll know in the future if they’ve messed up & inshallah (if God it willing) they’ll accept it.”

I knew what Inshallah meant. Many moslems Iranians, especially religious ones, say “inshallah” too.


188 posted on 02/02/2011 8:56:25 AM PST by odds
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To: wintertime

Very insightful analysis.


189 posted on 02/02/2011 8:56:51 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom
From this link, more on....

Egyptian Union of Liberal Youth (EULY)

Wow. If they're the real deal, there may be some hope yet.

190 posted on 02/02/2011 8:57:22 AM PST by mewzilla (Hey, Schumer, your Lockerbie report left quite a bit out.)
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To: Ev Reeman
Mubarak may have more support than the media is letting on.

Fouad Ajami, on TV last night with Anderson Cooper, said that there was something like 1.7 million employees of the Egyptian intelligence services, and that Mubarak was the meal ticket for just about all of them.

191 posted on 02/02/2011 8:58:02 AM PST by mojito
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To: toldyou
Maybe it was the cameraman that counted the punches. ;-)

One! Hit him again!

Two! Let me get this on video!

Three! Oooo! This will make 6pm highlights Anderson!

Four! This is great for your ratings, Coop!

Five! Hit him once for me, Achmed!

192 posted on 02/02/2011 8:58:29 AM PST by OB1kNOb (I asked my broker what he's buying today. He replied: "Canned food and ammunition.")
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
Military wearing civilian clothes, paid by Mubarak himself. It’s easy.....

Trust but verify :)

193 posted on 02/02/2011 8:58:42 AM PST by mewzilla (Hey, Schumer, your Lockerbie report left quite a bit out.)
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To: Williams

the media have this story so twisted that they must be dizzy.
Wonder when they had their meeting to say how they would cover this, you know the large group of so called journalists who are hell bent on lies and bias.

.They’re covering for their messiah obama, they’;re ignoring the muslim brotherhood, they’;re denouncing the pro Govt people who do not want to see their country go the way of Iran and we have a tool in the white house who has no clue but to piss on all our allies while appeasing muslims.
Now what did obama say in his book, note his words and then look at how he handles this crisis compared to Iran.
Iran he says will not get involved where as he says Egypt, our ally who has kept peace for decades has to go now.

He then had Google set up twitter when Egypt had closed it down.
He says he admires the anti Govt protesters but never said that about Iran or the tea party.

His own words page 261 in his book.
“I stand with Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”


194 posted on 02/02/2011 8:59:57 AM PST by manc (Shame on all who voted for the repeal of DADT, who supported it or never tried to stop it. Traitors)
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To: Carling

Methinks Obama has “jumped the shark” on this one.

God help us.


195 posted on 02/02/2011 9:00:31 AM PST by Infidel Heather (In God I trust, not the Government.)
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To: mewzilla

~snip~

White House chief of staff William Daley told reporters that Washington had no warning of today’s events, which came as a surprise after President Barack Obama’s “cordial” phone call with Mubarak yesterday, NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell reports.

~snip~

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/02/5975729-pro-mubarak-protests-take-us-by-surprise


196 posted on 02/02/2011 9:00:31 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: hennie pennie; SE Mom; All

that truth, stated by you, accuracy being in such short supply thing, I guess that is why you, SE Mom, and so many others are trying to inform us all. Everyone is doing an excellent job, informing who, what, when, and where. Thanking Everyone.


197 posted on 02/02/2011 9:00:33 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Bless and Protect Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: Carling

“before he single handedly causes WW3” I have thought the same thing.


198 posted on 02/02/2011 9:00:37 AM PST by azkathy (OBAMA IS WEARING OUT MY CAPS LOCK!!!)
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To: OB1kNOb

Did the assailant shout “What’s the frequency, Ahmed?”


199 posted on 02/02/2011 9:00:59 AM PST by Pan_Yan
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To: odds
I didn't dispute that you knew what it meant, I disputed that they would ever accept personal responsibility.

Are you Iranian/Persian?

I read an interesting article on how nothing gets done or maintained in Saudi Arabia because of “Inshallah”. They installed infrastructure and gave them a maintenance plan. In twenty years, when the entire infrastructure went to hell, they wondered why the Arabs did not follow the maintenance plan. They were told that when something breaks down it is “Inshallah”, as God wills it. Following a maintenance schedule didn't make sense to them if something either worked or didn't work because of God's will on the subject!

200 posted on 02/02/2011 9:01:46 AM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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