[Uncle Ike]

UH, OH!!! (Guess it depends on which direction the guns are pointing - in, or out...)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2665051/posts

BBC: Egyptian Tanks Surround US, UK Embassies
World Threats/BBC ^ | 1/28/11

Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 2:39:04 PM by therightliveswithus

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.

[PIF]

Tanks have surrounded the US and British embassies in Cairo, Al-Jazeera reports

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Usually the media misreports APC as tanks... CNN and FOX both showed APCs and called the ‘tanks’ today.

[OB1kNOb]

Are the tank cannon barrels pointed towards or away from the embassies?

[no-to-illegals]

placemark***

[GonzoGOP]

UH, OH!!! (Guess it depends on which direction the guns are pointing - in, or out...)

I guess at this point the standard question is "Where are the carriers." Or better yet where are the LHAs because having the extra high capacity helicopters are going to be a lot more useful in an evacuation that would be a wing of FA-18s

[SE Mom]

To protect us? Am going with that option for now.