Posted on 01/27/2011 7:48:40 PM PST by bruinbirdman
Mohamed ElBaradei, the Egyptian dissident, flew home to Cairo on Thursday night to stake his claim as the leader of the would-be revolution to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak.
As fresh violence erupted across Egypt's towns and cities for a third successive day, Mr ElBaradei urged Mr Mubarak, the country's president of nearly 30 years, to stand down.
With the protesters preparing for their biggest show of force after noon prayers on Friday, the Nobel Peace laureate offered to step in as a transitional leader.
"If people, in particular young people, if they want me to lead the transition, I will not let them down," he told reporters in Vienna before boarding his flight.
Mr ElBaradei presented his offer as a gesture of self-sacrifice, yet it is unclear how grateful the protesters will be.
There were no throngs of people to greet him at the airport and many view the former chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog with a degree of suspicion, seeing him as a rich outsider whose understanding of Egyptian suffering is limited.
For the past three days, the revolt against Mr Mubarak has been one of unadulterated people-power, galvanised by the internet and word of mouth and driven by the young.
Disgruntled Egyptians from different classes and different parts of the country have joined the cause, shedding a fear of authority that has become part of the country's collective psyche. It is this growing confidence of the masses, inspired by Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution, which has so unnerved the authorities.
The police have responded with brutality that has drawn condemnation from Mr Mubarak's allies in the West.
Egypt, a long-term ally of the United States, occupies an important strategic position as one of the few Arab countries to recognise Israel. Both Britain and the
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If Egypt falls to the Islamists, all he77 is gonna break loose.......
Yeah, thing’s will be rockin in the Gaza Strip.
Al Baraday is a UN take over. This whole thing is ISLAM, It has nothing to do with dictator Mubarik. HE WAS NOT RADICAL ENOUGH!! These are SUNNI Wahhabis!! Duck and Cover!! Our shipping lanes are at risk. Oil will spike!!
If the MB takes over, their first order of business will be to de-recognize Israel....m
Isreal needs to do what a pharoah did for Solomon as a wedding gift......
Absolutely!! This is an islamic revolution!! That is what killed Sadat!! those parading soldiers that shot him in the head on the reviewing stand were WAHHABI SUNNIS. They were crushed in the aftermath by Mubarak thugs aided by CIA but it is over! We will get the full Sharia takeover. The press in this country does not understand the difference between a Sunni and a female pig. They are idiots with a purpose. The SAME THING IS HAPPENING IN TUNISIA!!! for God sakes. WE better lock and load but we are busy integrating women on the “front lines” and homosexuals in the rear!!oopps
“Is the U.N. Meddling in the U.S. Presidential Election?,”
http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/wm596.cfm?renderforprint=1
The worst part is the American left sees this as glorious revolution deposing an American allied ‘dictator’. Till the Brotherhood takes over, then they aren’t going to be all smiles.
Bush suspected that the UN was messing with our presidental election. Here [http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/wm596.cfm ]
And Iran gets Egypt as a staging area for their nuke attack on Israel. And control of the Suez canal.
"Never let a good crisis go to waste."
yitbos
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