Breaking News & LIVE THREAD- Egypt and Middle East

Various on the internet | 28 January 2011

[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

[SE Mom]

Well...the source for their post is...Debka, so a grain of salt is suggested :)

[jhw61]

McCotter gets it! I love Thaddeus G. McCotter...something in his name wants to scream...Mr. Cotta, Mr. Cotta!

[Gabrial]

Another excellent post.

Thanks.

[SE Mom]

A most insightful post, thank you.

[HollyB]

Good point, SE Mom. About to say, things are crazy, but that would be way out of hand.

[robowombat]

Not naive. What else would one expect a Middle Easter ruler to be. Aside from the stumbling parliamentary regime in Iraq, which we all know what was required to get it established, where is there any thing but despotism in the Mid east other than the state of Israel? Who ever will be in charge will be a despot or the front man for a clique of generals, or clerics, or Islamicists. It is simply the nature of the cultural terrain.

[FlyingEagle]

Bolton is right about the threat of MB but they do not have a wide base. Too many of them were killed or incarcerated, or fled to join AQ. Egyptians generally are very proud of their 5000 year history first, islamic second. They like democratic socialism as a theory. The arrival of El Baradei is not very significant in my opinion. He has some influence as a former high profile UN official, but he gets more exposure in the west. Egyptians see him as one of the global elite, not a leader of Egypt.

[Gabrial]

Very good.

PressTV’s goal is to bring down America.

Which is why they will fail VERY badly.

God Bless America!!!

[Fishtalk]

I think he HAD to go back to Persia.

Now if he’d married me he would have been able to live in America I guess but I didn’t understand any of this at the time. At the time he wasn’t allowed to live here on a permanent basis, I don’t know why. I suppose his Green card ran out, I dunno.

Hey, I was never going to marry him. I didn’t love him although he was a very nice guy. I do think he loved me but I’ll allow that he might very well have been looking for an American to keep him here, I dunno. He bought me a little diamond ring and I accepted it because, ...well I don’t know because. I was nineteen and thought being engaged to a Persian was cool.

It was when he was getting ready to go back to Persia that I finally broke it up. He said he just wanted me to meet his parents but he talked of us living there.

Well whatever the case I had to worm out of the whole thing cause no way I was going to Persia even if just for a visit. For one thing I had a job and was going to night school. I could hardly go traipsing off to Persia for a few months.

I don’t get the connection of “Not Without My Daughter” but I understand my memories are sketchy and maybe not in alignment. It was over forty years ago.

As far as I know he went back to Persia, this I know cause he called me the day he left. I don’t know if he ever came back to America.

[Fred Nerks]

only bloggers are picking it up...

Friday, January 28, 2011BBC: Egyptian Tanks Surround US, UK Embassies
Posted by Thomas Ferdousi at 4:39 PM Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz

The BBC is reporting that Egyptian Army tanks have allegedly surrounded the embassies of the United States and United Kingdom. This comes after Israel evacuated its entire embassy staff via helicopter. This is coming in through their live blog, and further details appear scarce. The BBC is quoting an al-Jazeera cable:
2125: Tanks have surrounded the US and British embassies in Cairo, Al-Jazeera reports.This could be a huge, huge problem. This is similar to 1979 when the Islamic rebels took the US Embassy and held hostages for 444 days.
UPDATE: The British Foreign Office appears to be reacting:
British Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Suez.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Are the tanks threatening or protecting the embassies?

[Fred Nerks]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2665178/posts

Obama Administration Lifts US Ban on Muslim Brotherhood Leader
IsraelNationalNews ^ | January 28 2011 | Avi Yellin

Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 12:59:11 PM by txgirl4Bush

thanks for the link, bushpilot.

[MinuteGal]

The "good people" took power from the King and Marie Antoinette....and the Reign of Terror and Madame Guillotine murderers hijacked the revolution.

Same thing in Russian. The "good people" overthrew the Tsarist dynasty....and in the ensuing chaos, the Communists took over the Duma and the country after murdering the Tsar and his family.

The "good people" are on their way to overthrowing Mubarek and his regime. Mingling in with the unknowing "good people" are the Islam Brotherhood radicals. They're fomenting the riots and plan to take power during the ensuing chaos when the time is ripe.

Glenn Beck for a year has been explaining how "chaos" is both created and exploited by radicals to reach their own goals.

The Muslim, Obama and his shrill, out-of-her-league tool, Madame Hillary, can be counted on to screw the situation up big time to the benefit of a Muslim Brotherhood takeover of Egypt.

Leni

[Fred Nerks]

What you said.

That’s exactly what I’m thinking.

And it won’t stop with Egypt.

[HollyB]

Well said, MG/Leni, thx

[Fred Nerks]

IT BEGINS: Wealthy And Famous Egyptians Flee Country On Board Private Jets

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/egyptians-flee-private-jets-2011-1#ixzz1COJ4bDAX

[FARS]

CHANGE OF PACE - while we sink into the slime of Islamic barbarity, shoved in by Oba-Hussein there is a Gorilla that is evolving:

http://noiri.blogspot.com/2011/01/john-aspinall-loved-his-gorillas-and.html

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[caww]

Yes, Heard them too.. I’ve been listening to Fox most of the night...interesting comments by all. And yes there is rightful concern for the situation. How it plays out we all will soon see no doubt.

[publana]

According to a Pew Research Center poll, 82% of Egyptians support stoning people who commit adultery, 77% support whippings/ cutting off hands for theft or robbery and 84% support the death penalty for people who leave the Muslim religion. So the muslim brotherhood does not have to “hijack”the democratic movement that the typical naive American believes is happening.

95% of Egyptians think it good for Islam to play a large roll in politics.
49% of Egyptians are supportive of Hamas.
30% are supportive for Hezbollah.
20% for Al Queda.

Granted, those numbers aren’t as high as some other Islamic countries, but give them time. It only took 6 months for the Ayatollah to take over from the democratic student revolution in Iran in 1979 (that dimwits celebrated so joyously at the time.) It might take longer for Eqypt, but I’d bet my last dollar that it will eventually happen. I pray I’m wrong.

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1814/muslim-public-opinion-hamas-hezbollah-al-qaeda-islam-role-in-politics-democracy