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

[1000 silverlings]

Fear rules all Moslems. I knew some in California who would be friendly, yet the minute another one of them criticized them for being friends with Christians, they became aloof. This is how they conquer and rule.

[sunmars]

and look what we have leading us, a wimp NO ONE is scared of.

Elections have consequences...you are seeing one right now.

[ColdOne]

That is the plan. Take out all allies of the U.S.

[thouworm]

Good find -— Your fellow: “DC Coordinator organizing todays events, Amin Mahmoud”
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And from your links:

Amin Mahmoud
The Alliance of Egyptian Americans
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The Alliance of Egyptian Americans (AEA) in the United States has announced that it fully supports ElBaradei’s demands. Mahmoud el-Shazly, head of the AEA, said he intends to send a letter to the interior minister and a letter to the Egyptian Ambassador in Washington DC to urge them both to allow expatriate Egyptians to vote in the elections..
http://www.ahl-alquran.com/English/show_article.php?main_id=6409
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National Association for Change-USA

Happy Easter! Hope this message finds you well
On Saturday April 3, the first support group for ElBaradei’s Association for Change in the US met in Washington DC.....

ii. We are planning following demonstration in New York, in front of the Egyptian Consulate, in May (still need to confirm with the NY group), before the Shura Council election.
iii. Other demonstration will continue around the US until the parliamentary elections in the fall

c. Fundraise for the demonstrations’ costs and to host ElbBradei or whom he chooses to represents in a tour around the US to meet with the Egyptian community and mobilize them in the campaign.

i. Checks should be sent to Dr. AMIN MAHMOUD, who will be working as a treasury, on the following address:

http://www.ceomasr.com/national_association.html

[HollyB]

Thanks FRiend, Here’s one for you, I smell something - and it ain’t good: Keep reading for Soros possible involvement:

ElBaradei serves on the Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group, who today issued a press release protesting the decision on behalf of Egyptian authorities to place ElBaradei under house arrest.

International Crisis Group is a shadowy NGO (non-governmental organization) that enjoys an annual budget of over $15 million and is bankrolled by the likes of Carnegie, the Ford Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as George Soros’ Open Society Institute. Soros himself serves as a member of the organization’s Executive Committee. In other words, this is a major geopolitical steering group for the global elite.

http://www.infowars.com/mohamed-elbaradei-globalist-pied-piper-of-the-egyptian-revolt/

[RoseyT]

“They” aren’t happy with Obama’s lack of response either. I hope I don’t get flamed for linking to Al Jazeera but this opinion piece is linked on the page of the live stream I’ve been watching.

President Obama, say the ‘D-Word’ http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/01/201112811331582261.html

[SE Mom]

I want to be shocked and appalled. I’m not. Weary, though.

[HollyB]

Go to your search engines and type ‘ElBaradei, Soros’. You’ll get an eyefull.

[SE Mom]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/9380534.stm

2014 US President Barack Obama has convened his national security team at the White House to discuss the ongoing crisis in Egypt. The meeting lasted just over an hour, we are told. The president was updated on the situation in Egypt, and reiterated the US focus on opposing violence and calling for restraint; supporting universal rights; and supporting concrete steps that advance political reform within Egypt.

2010 The ruling National Democratic Party’s Maged Boutros tells the BBC that if the protests get any worse, the rule of law will break down. “People have to wait and be patriotic, and not allow mobs and looters to dominate the streets,” Mr Boutros tells BBC News. He says Mr Mubarak was legitimately elected, and people are using an illegitimate way of expressing their views by violence, warning against what he describes as “mob rule”.

[sunmars]

2019 Ghorab tweets: “told by a trusted source that looters were arrested in Manial and found to be NDP [Mr Mubarak’s ruling National Democratic Party] members.

[RoseyT]

I got a little goosebumpy when I saw your reference to Soros. I *just* mentioned him on another thread. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2665416/posts?page=7

[thouworm]

Interesting connections possibly developing...

See posts: 1929, 1937, 1941, 1955, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1968

[bvw]

I have no idea what you are calling my philosophy.

All’s I’m suggesting is that no sense getting all wound up about THIS situation in flux and chaotic, in a third world country. Israel is right, that is Bibi’s advice — chill.

There are good and bad forces in play, while it is the kind of situation in which historically the ruthless do rise up — but so what? Nobody there knows the outcome and there are plenty of internal divisions among those we fear most, that in such times you watch, provide what safety you can to folks, but elsewise, you wait until the the fog of chaos passes over to see who is who and what is what.

The examples of events in the three years 1928, 1951 and 1965 would provide some perspective. There were events as threatening in each of those years. And there were events that went almost unnoticed that proved of much greater consequence.

In fact because we came in prematurely and backed the ruthless hard-line of the Indonesian military in 1965 may have given rise the motives of one young boy who came to that country a couple years later, and it did leave that nation open to Islam.

[bvw]

Something like that, yes. Islam is dominated by EMOTIONAL LOGIC. Fear, of course, is a strong emotion.

[Straight Vermonter]

Apparently China has blocked the word Egypt from their version of Twitter.

[roses of sharon]

# CNN: Delta airlines cancelled all flights to Cairo Airport, British Midlands plane turned back mid-air #Jan25 9 minutes ago via web

[AU72]

VP Biden and Secty Clinton and other advisors met for 2 hours today on Egypt.

Obama was out watching Shasha play B-Ball.

[ScaniaBoy]

From Jerusalem Post: According to airport officials several Arab nations have organized special flights to bring their nationals and families of diplomats out of Egypt because of the violence and unrest in the country. Flights have been organized by Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates.

[roses of sharon]

Upper Egypt: Calm before the Storm?
January 29, 2011 2:53 P.M.

By Nina Shea

Upper Egypt, the southern part of the country where many rural Christian Copts live, has been tensely quiet, I’m hearing from knowledgeable sources. This is an area of farmers and peasants, who have limited internet access and relatively low literacy. The area has also had a long-term and strong security presence due to sectarian tensions and to its serving as a traditional base for Islamic extremists (Gamaa’at Islamiyah, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Sadat’s assassins, the Luxor tourists attackers). For now, most people in the south are bracing for the worst, stocking food supplies, and huddling around their televisions and radios following developments to the north.

[ColdOne]

It is so telling his actions.