Then there's this: "Welcome to the Revolution WORLDWIDE" (channel of a radical Muslim 'Truth Army' --posted 1/30/2011) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFJbpG2BXMA
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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
Naturally Monday is going to be when things get serious. Weekend revolutions don’t mean much until reality bites on Monday.
Missed it- was out doing some errands. Thanks for ping.
In regards to your point- I’m wondering if the threat of bringing the police and dreaded security people back tomorrow is an attempt to quell this- or at least reduce the numbers.
Then there's this: "Welcome to the Revolution WORLDWIDE" (channel of a radical Muslim 'Truth Army' --posted 1/30/2011) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFJbpG2BXMA
Cairo braces for another day of protests
...the cops are already being deployed.
It appears that the police, having been off the streets for most of Sunday, have now returned. There had been reports earlier that they would resume patrols on Monday, but Egypt's state news agency and Al Arabiya TV now say that deployment has already happened.
The welcome the cops are going to get will be fierce considering their activities when they “disappeared” or should i say went looting.
Oh boy.
So much depends on whether this is all for show to buy time for Mubarak to get things settled before he flees or whether he’s going to hunker down and fight awhile longer. Given how long he’s ruled it’s hard to imagine him accepting reality- he’s so used to creating it.
I’m sure this is just routine under the circumstances, still wish we could be a fly on the phone:
RT @SultanAlQassemi: BBC Arabic: Robert Gates calls his Israeli & Egyptian counterparts. (most imp phone call of the week)
29 minutes ago via TweetDeck
” still wish we could be a fly on the phone: “
(resisting the impulse to point out that if we were a fly on the phone, then you could say that the line was ‘bugged’...)
So, we’re down to the second tier of incompetents trying to figure this situation out, huh??
Ayuh.
Someone mentioned (not sure where)that this reminded him of the last days of Saigon.
I wonder what the code-signal will be for the Americans to get out of the country. Then, it was “White Christmas”.
Maybe “We’re Not Gonna Take It”?
“I’m Sorry”?
or perhaps “Run For Your Life”?
Sunday is Egypt’s Monday. The Egyptian weekend is Friday-Saturday.
How did I miss McCain saying it’s up to the US to be a helpful partner to Mubarak this morning? Yikes.<-!!
1 minute ago via TweetDeck
I missed this as well.
Here’s a map of the demonistrations: (scroll down a bit). (I don’t know how to post a pic, sorry)
His quote was “I think that President Mubarak, he knows what’s going on in his own country. It’s up to the United States to be a helpful, assisting but insisting partner. And by the way, we cannot afford a Tiananmen Square in Cairo. “ — McCain, “State of the Union”
That’s true in Islamic countries, but Monday is the rest of the world’s Monday, and that’s when the financial you know what will hit the fan.
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