Posted on 02/04/2011 2:46:07 PM PST by NoLibZone
A Google executive who has gone missing in Egypt has been "symbolically" named the spokesman for an opposition group, in an attempt to free him from being held by Egyptian authorities, CBS News reports.
Wael Ghonim, Google's head of marketing for the middle east, flew into Egypt last week to participate in the demonstrations against the government. At some point he went missing, and one of his last tweets ominously read, "we are all ready to die."
The Egyptian government will not comment on whether it has Ghonim or not, but many suspect he is being held.
The demonstration where he Ghonim may have been captured was organized "largely" by the April 6 movement, CBS News reports. The April 6 movement is a youth movement in Egypt formed almost three years ago.
To help free him, April 6 named him their spokesman. The Egyptian government says it wants to start to talk with opposition groups, but the leader of the April 6 group says if the Egyptian government wants to talk, then it has to talk to Ghonim.
It's a very odd, showy, act and from here we have no idea what it means.
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So he’s speaking for the Muslim Brotherhood?
A good reason to not use Google.
I wish FoxNews would create a search engine and an email provider.
Sometimes when yo go to participate in the violent overthrow of a government by murderous thugs...things just don’t turn out as fun as you thought they would.
No sympathy of any kind.
George Noory of Coast to Coast had a guest on last evening, Katherine Albrecht. She said a great search engine to use is http://www.startpage.com. Your searches can’t be tracked. Something to do with cookies. Google is a spy for the Obama administration.
They can’t find him using Google? Not exactly a ringing endorsement for his product...
Hmmmm....so we start a watch in the CIA to tail Google Exec’s as they travel from country to country to gather up a revolt or topple a government? This has to impress Bill Gates....who has been wasting all this time trying to fix windows and he could have been toppling regimes?
Imagine that...
KEEP HIM THERE, and give the editor of Newsweek a one way ticket to there too!
KEEP HIM THERE, and give the editor of Newsweek a one way ticket to there too!
How bout we have a treaty with Israel to protect them and help them then let Israel do what its gotta do? Forget the Muzzies. They are a pain.
I knew there was a reason I used to push the geeks and nerds into lockers back in high school.
“Don’t be evil.” It’s just a suggestion.
You were lucky. I used to tutor football players in return for protection. It was a mutually beneficial relationship. One of them even wound up in the NFL.
Thanks! It’s also a Firefox Add-in, so I have it set up in my search window...
Go looking for trouble, and sometimes you'll find it. Darwin award?
It’s hype.
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