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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
Notes on the 4th issue of AQ’s “Inspire”:
“Finally, al-Qaida and its franchises are issuing threats specifically against Christians. Bomb-making instructions are available online and in al-Qaida’s magazine Inspire. One al-Qaida-related group published a list of 50 Coptic churches last month, including the Alexandria church where a New Year’s Eve attack claimed 21 lives.”
Read more at: http://www.investigativeproject.org/2495/the-middle-east-christian-onslaught
Yeah, I love Fox for tackling stuff no on else does etc, but they are not good on issues like this. Funny though, I thought they were fine with the early days of both wars, but that was several years back. Something seems to have happened to them-
Boy - the silence is deafening...
Is everything “back to normal” (and then I woke up - it was only a dream..)??
Did the Media lose interest??
Is this the most effective News Blackout in history??
Enquiring minds want to know....
It’s as thought there’s a semi news blackout.
However- there’s this:
jrug: RT @jrug: Rumour is that Mubarak has gone. Can not confirm. Celebrations in streets #c4news #jan25 #feb01 #egypt
half a minute ago via ÜberTwitter
Absolutely incorrect! MB is highly organized, but smaller than the group protesting.
Once the vacuum is created with Mubarak leaving, the military will be the omnipotent force with the MB trying to assert itself.
During that chaos we meet with secular moderates and move in our special ops types to begin the building.
We forment civil war in every region and keep a coalition from forming.
Gradual power sharing is not in our ineterest.
Black Ops .... Thinking .... Won’t Back Down
I hear the children and Battle Hymn of the Republic
I don’t think chaos is as predictable as that. Usually revolutions don’t work out well, just look at Cuba and other countries that have fallen prey to the ‘power to the people!’ movements. They are pawns.
I’m Proud To Be An American....
plus, probably 1 maybe 2% are protesting. But, when you add in escaped prisoners and MB types , and plain ol’ thugs to the mix, you get a protest that loses it’s meaning. I don’t think that needs to be inspired. Think of King riots in California. I’d rather be short sited than to see that spread.
A Marvelous Tribute ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rnBIHXWui0&feature=related
Amen to that. God bless our country.
American Soldier .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rnBIHXWui0&feature=related
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2666734/posts
Non-Political Bread Riots Are Breaking Out In Egypt, Killing Three
The Business Insider ^ | 2-1-2011 | Gus Lubin
Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2011 9:19:33 AM by blam
Non-Political Bread Riots Are Breaking Out In Egypt, Killing Three
Gus Lubin
Feb. 1, 2011, 8:23 AM
Even as millions of Egyptians turn out to protest the government of Hosni Mubarak, separate bread riots have broken out in the past few days. Three people, including a shopowner, have died in bread riots, reports Al-Masry Al-Youm.
Huge lines form outside Cairo bread shops every day when baked goods are delivered. But bread prices are up 300% and deliveries have become irregular.
Thus we’re officially seeing the return of the food riots that devastated Egypt and elsewhere in 2008.
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(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
A Bunch of Something To Think About .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rnBIHXWui0&feature=related
I agree with much of what you said. The numbers of the "million man protest" today, as hoped by the MB, is turning out to be only 25% of that figure. Based on expectations it is a flop. That is very good news.
The Egyptians don't really seem to want a burning down of their country at this moment in time. They are probably quite aware of the downside. They are not stupid.
What remains to be seen over the next several months is whether they want to peacefully elect a Sharia law government.
That would be very bad.
This is something I tend to doubt with the Muslim-in-Chief in office.
Hence we need to forment the chaos while the moderates see the beast and its face, the Moslem Brotherhood.
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