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

[RoseyT]

“Made in U.S.A.” on the label.

[hennie pennie]

I kind of presumed that IF they were able, ALL people living in Gaza would permanently flea.

[SE Mom]

Yes- and the P.S. to that tidbit is that the tear gas expire by date is long past...

[roses of sharon]

http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2011/01/the-pragmatic-fantasy.php

But the same observers are quick to note that whoever Mubarak selects to succeed him will not be the beneficiary of such strong support from Egypt’s security state. And as the plight of Egypt’s overwhelmingly impoverished citizenry becomes ever more acute, the regime will become increasingly unstable. Indeed, its overthrow is as close to a certainty as you can get in international affairs.

And as we now see, all of its possible secular and Islamist successors either reject outright Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel or will owe their political power to the support of those who reject the peace with the Jewish state. So whether the Egyptian regime falls next week or next year or five years from now, the peace treaty is doomed.

[Clyde5445]

Thank You.

Then the reports I heard on TV. are correct.

[444Flyer]

Thank you for the ping.

Can’t believe what we are witnessing.:( If the MB takes power....shudders.

[Clyde5445]

Interesting from the oath that I heard the new VP swear - about protecting the "homeland."

This sounds fimiliar say 1930'ish.

[John W]

Report: President Hosni Mubarak’s two sons, Alaa and Gamal, arrive in London - BBC News #Egypt

[EBH]

I couldn't help but go back and revisit this:

Obama Speech In Cairo: VIDEO, Full Text

[roses of sharon]

It is clear that when Egypt falls....whether it be from unemployed naive youth on Facebook, or Islamists...the 30 year peace treaty is DEAD.

Israel will face another war, of that there is no doubt.

[ladyvet]

Looters broke into the Egyptian Museum....

See if Germany sends back Nefertiti's bust now.

[Girlene]

Investors Business DailyEditorial: Will Obama Lose Egypt?

" An Ally Imperiled: What Egyptians are demonstrating against, whether they know it or not, is socialism. What they — and we — could end up with is another Iran. Is President Obama repeating Carter's Shah betrayal?

Revolutions are like fires. They can make life better, or they can destroy..........

...........Does the Obama administration realize the difference between freedom-based revolutions and violent overthrows that will help jihadists?

In 2009, the Egyptian daily Almasry Alyoum reported that President Obama secretly met in Washington that year with representatives of Egypt's jihadist Muslim Brotherhood, the Hamas ally that, while banned, dominates the opposition in the country.

Obama also chose Egypt as the locale for his ill-conceived Muslim outreach speech in June 2009...............

[hennie pennie]

Hey! Hi there, no-to-illegals!

We are super busy with kids at this morning, is there a chance you can tell me the MOST salient points of whatever's going on in Egypt --- I'm quite shocked that NPR hasn't gone to live feed, you'd think they would.

THANKS much!
HP

[hennie pennie]

Is this yet another rumor about the sons? Last week it was stated that one had fled with his family to Egypt, but a couple days later an official stated emphatically that this was a rumor.

Any way to confirm this news? In London??

THANKS!
HP

[r9etb]

Israel will face another war, of that there is no doubt.

Have you noticed how much Obama's team seems to emulate the policies of the TV show, West Wing? There was a story arc in one of the seasons when the Bartlett administration sent American troops into the Middle East to act as a buffer...

I'm inclined to predict that, once things get unpleasant, Obama's folks will propose something of that sort: an American buffer force stationed in the Sinai desert to prevent the Egyptians and Israelis from going to war.

Would it work? Maybe. And it would have the real benefit of giving us access to one bank of the Suez Canal.... and with carriers on either end, we might actually be able to do something.

[no-to-illegals]

From what I can tell, hennie pennie, we have a lull in activity in Egypt. SE Mom reports we have thousands stranded in Egypt wanting out.

Moslem Brotherhood out of picture for now, this is being backed up but not confirmed fully. New Prime Minister of Egypt sworn in, thus we have a lull and a bit of time to wait...and I am Thanking God.

[tsowellfan]

I wish FoxNews or SkyNews had live internet feeds... al Jazeera has a monopoly on this story online.

[dfwgator]

The Bolsheviks were ‘out of the picture’ when the Czar abdicated.

[hennie pennie]

hi again, no-to-illegals.
Thanks MUCH!!

You and I 'met' during another live event, the horrible attempted assassination of Rep. Gabby Giffords.

Please *ping* me if anything MAJOR occurs, I'll check back in a couple hours.

Hey, fighttruthdecay --- are you following this mideast crisis? Let me know, sometime when convenient, what you're running across of interest online about Egypt, et al.

THANK YOU, both!!!!!

Later.
HP

[no-to-illegals]

yes, you are correct, you corrected me (correctly) a few time during that horrible few days, of the Rep. Gabby Giffords attempted assassination. I will keep you in mind for any info worthy of a *ping* should I be here. Have fun, we have a lull, it appears.