Posted on 01/25/2011 4:13:46 PM PST by mojito
An Italian news publication has just announced that Gamal Mubarak, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's son who is widely tipped as his successor, has fled to London with his family, Arabic website Akhbar al-Arab said on Tuesday, January 24, 2011.
Gamal Mubarak is seen as Hosni Mubarak's successor. The report is unconfirmed, but goes on to say that the family and 97 pieces of luggage on board left for London on Tuesday from an airport in western Cairo.
The day has seen a revolutionary uprising of Egyptians against the regime of Hosni Mubarak asking for his resignation. Police and protesters clashed, and an anti-riot police officer was killed in Central Cairo.
Taking part in the protest were supporters of former UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohammed El Baradei, the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, the opposition al-Ghad party, the al-Wafd party and supporters of the '6 April' movement.
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.... more uprisings.... when will the House of Said fall?
Must be a hell of a lot of cash in those 97 pieces of luggage.
Wow. Imagine, this all happened because one man in Tunisia defied a corrupt government.
Not soon enough. I’d rather look we look our enemies in the eye.
When you have a keg of gun powder sometimes all you need is one spark.
Or in this case a fruit cart owner to light himself on fire.
The Tunisian thing touched a nerve elsewhere in the Muslim world. I’m sure the Iranians, Syrians and Saudis, et. al. are watching this stuff very closely...
I don’t know but we better be ready to get our troops in the mideast to a safe place quickly.
I wondered what the Egyptian political situation was when I heard that Egypt was working WITH Israel to blockade Gaza. That can’t set right with some folks and provides a wedge issue to foment unrest.
ah...nothing to declare.
This sounds strange, doesn’t it? What might Middle East chaos mean for oil prices?
And that’s the State of our union.
Now how about a shout out for our good friend
and former President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarack.
Ok, enough about that, now back to me...
Yikes
People aren’t looking far enough into this; inspiration came not ONLY from Tunisia but also from the evidence that Saddam’s regime was not only toppled from without, but the subsequent remnants were also rooted out.
There will be MORE...!!! Not certain, but possibly.
This might be a good thing.
IT’s not only the burned fruit cartman —but also George Bush (as little as I liked him).
Sorry, but give credit where credit is due...!
sweet ... I think you nailed it.
TT
How many tons of gold (or golden Egyptian antiquities) did this guy make off with?
I never would have thought after Sadat’s assassination that his replacement would have been in power for so long.
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