Posted on 01/28/2011 9:06:59 AM PST by Lazamataz
EVELOPING: 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.
Read earlier report below:
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. One protester was killed and even a Nobel Peace laureate was placed under house arrest after joining demonstrations
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/28/violent-clashes-police-break-cairo/#ixzz1CLnC8qcl
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Can we say Iran, 1979? I just have a bad feeling if you’re an American with no reason to be there? It might be a good time to leave.
I pray that this has a better outcome.
GMTA :)
Events appear to be spinning way out of control now. The Egyptian government called in the military. Some cops in Cairo are doffing their uniforms and joining the protests.
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/01/28/135395.html
This isn’t going to end well.
Oh Jeez, I would guess there are thousands of tourists trapped by this chaos, it came on so fast
Not sure what I would do, being trapped in a burning hotel is no way to go
Yep, it’s reached the point of no return. Mubarak will flee the country, or try to, before the end of the day.
Laz predictions:
1) Obama does NUTHIN while Egypt goes Sharia.
2) Oil jumps to 200 a barrel by July 2011.
3) War with Israel occurs by late 2012, and Israel gets no support from America.
4) Israel uses nukes against Islamic hordes.
5) Nuclear war breaks out worldwide.
6) Lazamataz survives, and hits it with surviving women, to repopulate the Earth.
“Oh Jeez, I would guess there are thousands of tourists trapped by this chaos, it came on so fast.”
The daughter of a friend of mine is on a one month exchange program at the American University across the Nile from Cairo. She’s a nervous wreck. Her daughter is to return next week.
He’s 82 and sick as a dog...he won’t get far, or we’ll have another Shah situation on our hands...
When it comes to the middle east our closest ally are really our worse enemies (aka Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and now Egypt)
Based on your predictions, what is it about the ending you don’t like?
Why worry? Didn’t Biden say everything was okay, only some “middle-class folks wanting more access” or something like that? Our crack foreign policy is on it I am so sure.
God, are we doomed or what if this clown actually wins in ‘12?
Sounds like an all-nighter
Charlie Sheen is bringing the liquor, drugs and hookers!
Ah, the sounds of the Middle East....(yeah, we still hear it once or twice a week here too...)
I think the first 4 were right on the money.
I think #5 is whole world gangs up on Israel for defending itself.
the staff and faculty there are probably as smart about how and what to do to protect their students in this situation, as any diplomat in Cairo
Probably smarter
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