Cairo protesters erupt in celebration (Now comes the hard part of re-forming a government)

CNN Politics ^ | 02/11/2011

[SeekAndFind]

Demonstrations that began with quiet determination on the Internet more than three weeks ago erupted into riotous jubilation Friday evening, moments after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he would step aside.

Protesters swarmed army tanks that had been deployed to keep order, banged drums, blew whistles and frantically waved the Egyptian flag in celebration. They danced in circles and chanted.

Two men dropped to their knees and began to pray as soon as the news was announced.

"Freedom!" crowds chanted outside the white carved walls of the presidential palace.

"God is great," they shouted in Tahrir Square.

The reaction was quick to pour in across some of the same social networking sites that Egyptians used to help organize the historic protests.

"Egypt -- you are a shining light," one Twitter user posted in congratulations.

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[BenLurkin]

[TruthConquers]

Now comes the Muslum Brotherhood and their sharia law, all because Ozombie wants it that way.

barf

[Allegra]

"Freedom!" crowds chanted outside the white carved walls of the presidential palace.

You'd better be ready to fight for it, then.

Because similar situations in other countries in the region certainly haven't exactly resulted in "freedom."

[cripplecreek]

Obama is going to make a statement sure to encourage the same elsewhere.

[WisemanRAX]

I don’t think sharia law would sit well with the Egyptian youth. Lets not get carried away here.

[annieokie]

""""Demonstrations that began with quiet determination"""

Wonder if this would work for us to get Obama to step down?

To think the Liberal Dems and Media think the demonstrations in Egypt was OK, but they object to Quiet, Tame, grass roots American Tea Party. Unbelievable, no, sadly it is believable.

[screaminsunshine]

Obama and the IMF will be there soon with aid for the Obama Brotherhood.

[screaminsunshine]

Obama and the IMF will be there soon with aid for the Obama Brotherhood.

[screaminsunshine]

Obama and the IMF will be there soon with aid for the Obama Brotherhood.

[screaminsunshine]

Obama and the IMF will be there soon with aid for the Obama Brotherhood.

[sport]

If I was a betting man,I would bet that after the dust settles that the muslim brotherhood will be in charge. It may take 6 months or it may take a while longer.

[2001convSVT]

I am afraid that you are right, the Muslim Brotherhood is the best organized. All the useful idiots think that they are working to form a democracy, but in the end the Brotherhood will steal Egypt and form an Islamic Dictatorship. The irony is that in 5 years the masses will long for the Mubarak regime.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Freedom don’t come easy. Ask the Founding Father’s of this country or better yet the people of Iraq.

[Allegra]

I don’t think sharia law would sit well with the Egyptian youth.

It doesn't sell well with the Iranian youth, either.

Why are you getting carried away? Are you going drama queen about something? Calm down. You're probably much farther from it than I am.

[SeekAndFind]

Wonder if this would work for us to get Obama to step down?

Patience my friend. The reason why the USA is not like most other countries is we have a way of making someone like Obama step down without having to go the Egyptian or Arab route -- IT's CALLED THE CONSTITUTION and it worked for us for over 230 years.

[unkus]

Obama and the IMF will be there soon with aid for the Obama Brotherhood.

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For sure.

[STONEWALLS]

...I got a hunch that that within a couple of years they’ll be wishing they had Mubarak back.

[Allegra]

If I was a betting man,I would bet that after the dust settles that the muslim brotherhood will be in charge. It may take 6 months or it may take a while longer.

Judging by relatively recent history in the region, I'd say that's a pretty valid bet.

[Benchim]

The latest poll shows 71% of Egyptians want Sharia law.