Posted on 02/02/2011 7:31:01 AM PST by SE Mom
URGENT: Gunfire heard in Cairo's Tahrir Square as supporters of President Mubarak and anti-government demonstrators clash hours after the embattled leader defiantly said he would serve out his term in office.
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VERY significant development —
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2669600/posts
Israel Says No To More Egyptian Troops In Sinai
Jerusalem Post ^ | 6 Feb 2011 | Yaakov Katz
Posted on Sunday, February 06, 2011 6:13:45 PM by edpc
Fearing a complete breakdown of the peace treaty with Cairo, the government last week refused a second Egyptian request to allow it to deploy more military forces in Sinai, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
As first reported last week by the Post, Israel allowed the Egyptian military to deploy units in Sinai for the first time since the signing of the peace treaty in 1979, in response to growing anarchy in the country. Two battalions – amounting to about 800 soldiers – were deployed in the Sharm e-Sheikh region and around Rafah, which is split between the Sinai and the Gaza Strip.
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Thanks Ike.
Wow. That IS very telling. Israel is expecting the worst....as they probably should. The peace treaty will not last.
Thanks for the post Uncle Ike.
A must-read post with links from Candor. It connects all the dots on the Egyptian situation:
First the telegraph of London reports the Egyptian revolutionary radicals at conferences in the USA:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2665250/posts
and then the capers of Bernedette Dorn and Bill Ayers in Cairo:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2664849/posts
Code Pink: Obama, Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood Ally Raising (Tax Exempt) Money to Overthrow Egypt Gov’t
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2668652/posts
Great Community Organizing work there Obama!!!/S
Muslim Brotherhood invited to Obamas Cairo Speech 2009
Obama and the Shadow Socialist Group Behind Egypt’s Fall?
An Egyptian Warns the United States ( Obama) to Back Off
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2668365/posts?page=1
ex-CIA Agent Reveals: “Muslim Brotherhood” has infiltrated Obama Administration
Obama pals provoked Egypt chaos
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2668238/posts
Further developed:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2668229/posts?page=12
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2668238/posts?page=1
68 posted on Sunday, February 06, 2011 10:02:40 PM by Candor7 (
bttt
CAIRO — As Egyptians turned their anger on symbols of the state late last month, torching police stations along with the headquarters of President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party, they reserved a special hatred for a garish building with black tinted windows in an upscale neighborhood, setting fire to it three times.
It belongs to a steel tycoon and ruling party insider named Ahmed Ezz, a close friend and confidante of Mr. Mubarak’s son Gamal. For many years, Mr. Ezz has represented the intersection of money, politics and power, controlling two-thirds of the steel market, leading the budget committee as a member of Parliament and serving as an officer and loyal lieutenant in the governing party. Public resentment at the wealth acquired by the politically powerful helped propel the uprising already reshaping the contours of power along the Nile.
Mr. Ezz’s world has come undone. He is treated as a liability by an old guard intent on saving itself from fed-up and furious protesters. He is under investigation on suspicion of corruption. His assets have been frozen and his right to travel taken away. He has denied accusations of corruption in the past, and his location was not known Sunday. Now his name is part of the derisive chants in Tahrir Square, a symbol of all that was wrong with Mr. Mubarak’s government.
Morning Ike. Caught up and NOT. The not being ahead does bother me. Same time line is never good enough, prefer knowing ahead of time, yet not here. At this point hours is not enough. Know, supposed to not be possible, and is NOT. (smile)
Here’s an ominous update from the BBC- don’t know if it’s been confirmed yet:
1453: A judge investigating an explosion near a gas pipeline terminal in Egypt’s northern Sinai peninsula on Saturday says it was caused by bomb planted by four masked men. Egypt’s natural gas company initially blamed the blast on a gas leak. Earlier on Monday, rocket-propelled grenades were fired at a police barracks in the Sinai town of Rafah, injuring a policeman.
Eerie silence on the ‘news’ front this morning - but here’s a dimension to this situation that may bear closer examination...
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2669865/posts
Concerns grow over Egypt’s WMD research (Including nukes)
MSNBC ^ | 2/7/2011 | Robert Windrem
Posted on Monday, February 07, 2011 10:22:48 AM by tobyhill
With Egypt in revolt and the country’s future uncertain, concern is growing over whether a new government in the Arab world’s most militarily and industrially advanced country could accelerate an arms race in one of the world’s most volatile regions.
At the heart of the concern is intelligence indicating that Egypt has quietly carried out research and development on weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, biological and missile technology.
The research and development has continued virtually without pause over the past three decades, according to interviews with U.S. officials and a review of intelligence and other government documents by NBC News.
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Egypt Approves 15 Percent Raise For Govt Employees
Egypt’s embattled regime announced Monday a 15 percent raise for government employees in an attempt to shore up its base and defuse popular anger amid ongoing protests demanding President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster. The Cabinet decision follows earlier promises to investigate election fraud and official corruption as well as an announcement that a detained Google Inc. executive who was one of the most ...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110207/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_313
Egypt Sells $2.2 Billion Worth Of Domestic T-bills
Egypt’s central bank reduced the size of a treasury bill auction to 13 billion Egyptian pounds ($2.2 billion) from the planned 15 billion on Monday, suggesting demand for its debt has been hurt by two weeks of political unrest. In its first auction after a week-long bank closure, the central bank sold 7 billion pounds in 91-day bills compared with a planned 8 billion, and 4 billion pounds in 182-day bills ..
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110207/wl_nm/us_egypt_auction_1
Egypt Protests: Muslim Brotherhood’s Concessions ...
Egypt protests have sought Mubarak’s removal. The Muslim Brotherhood suddenly dropped that demand in talks Sunday, angering participants in Egypt protests and causing an apparent split in the group’s ranks.
Whoa...thanks Ike- I missed that.
Seems to have settled down somewhat- must be lots of behind-the-scenes activity.
Listening to Mark Steyn sub for Rush today- he makes me laugh out loud- a much needed humor break :)
I am a bit late this morning. Glad to see this thread is still being updated. THANK YOU TO ALL THAT ARE UPDATING IT!
” Glad to see this thread is still being updated. “
Not a whole lotta updatin’ goin’ on, this morning - no ‘news’ to speak of, and, for the most part, what’s out there is rehashes of ‘analysis’ that’s been bounced back and forth for the past week...
Either there’s nothing going on, or there’s lots going on, but it’s under the media’s radar because they’ve lost interest....
Guess that last post was a bit premature...
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2669942/posts
State Department to Americans in Egypt: Get out now
The Cable ^
Posted on Monday, February 07, 2011 12:40:43 PM by jhpigott
State Department to Americans in Egypt: Get out now
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 12:24 PM Share
Despite what appears to be greater calm on the streets in Egypt over the weekend, the State Department sent out a new Travel Warning on Sunday, Feb. 6, that instructs all American citizens to leave Egypt now.
The new, stronger alert replaces a previous Travel Warning from Feb. 1 that called for the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and their families. The State Department had been chartering planes to help evacuate American citizens from Cairo, but those flights have now stopped. Nevertheless, the new Travel Warning calls for all citizens to leave Egypt, noting the potential for more violence in the offing.
“U.S. citizens should consider leaving Egypt as soon as they can safely do so, due to ongoing political and social unrest,” the Travel Warning stated.
The international airport in Cairo is open and has availability on outgoing flights, the State Department said, adding that travelers can also leave Egypt from airports in Luxor, Alexandria, and Aswan.
“Do not wait for a reply from the embassy or the Department of State before traveling to the nearest airport; further delay is not advised,” the warning stated.
The State Department is also calling on U.S. citizens to avoid all demonstrations and to not go near Tahrir Square, for fear that foreigners could again become targets of violence.
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I should have been more clear. In 2006 lame duck Republicans went home early. In 2010, lame duck Dems stayed in Washington after the election passing all kinds of horrible stuff while they still had both houses and the Presidency.
More about ‘This was an accident, not an attack’.....
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2669948/posts
EGYPT: ATTACK ON SINAI GASDUCT, FIVE ARRESTED
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia ^ | 7 Feb 2011 | anon
Posted on Monday, February 07, 2011 12:54:21 PM by BlackVeil
(AGI) El-Arish - Five people have been arrested in the Sinai peninsula. They are accused of sabotage and of illegal possession of firearms, with reference to the attack, two days ago, on one of the area’s main gasducts, which also supplies Israel and Jordan. The local authorities informed so, claiming that the people were actually arrested on Saturday, although the news was disclosed today, in el-Arish, a small town about 60 km west of the border with the Gaza Strip. That was the district where the attack took place ...
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