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Using Sasha's quote "The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
- Chinese proverb", brings to attention the fact that the NWO are not total idiots.
They named wikileaks by it's right name...
Noun: leak
1. An accidental hole that allows water or fluid to escape
"The NWO wikileaks like any other sinking ship."
2. Soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi.
"When one has a vegetating brain, it is best to stay away from fungi or else you get wikileak soft spots."
3. A euphemism for urination.
"NWO shows with wikileaks just how much they are actually pissing in their pants as their structure is collapsing."
4. Uauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
"wikileaks leaks disinformation"
wiki-leeks. The Leek brain crew with it's rotting soft spot caused by fungi.
Since the leek is related to onions, it restarts the cycle with spring onions.
wiki springs a leak.
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From CIA Propaganda Rag: Time Magazine
This article is based on statements made
just BEFORE the dramatic events of Friday:
| Quote: | Israel Has Faith Mubarak Will Prevail
By Karl Vick / Jerusalem Friday, Jan. 28, 2011
With a deep investment in the status quo, Israel is watching what
a senior official calls "an earthquake in the Middle East" with
growing concern.
The official says the Jewish state has faith that the security apparatus
of its most formidable Arab neighbor, Egypt, can suppress the street
demonstrations that threaten the dictatorial rule of President Hosni
Mubarak. The harder question is what comes next.
"We believe that Egypt is going to overcome the current wave of
demonstrations, but we have to look to the future," says the minister
in the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.....
"Having said that, I'm not sure the time is right for the Arab region
to go through the democratic process," he adds.
Arab societies demand "a longer-term democratization process,"
one accompanied by education reforms that would encourage the
election of moderates. "You can't make it with elections, especially in the
current situation where radical elements, especially Islamist groups, may
exploit the situation," he says. "It might take a generation or so."......
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| Quote: | A people defies its dictator,
and a nation's future is in the balance
A brutal regime is fighting, bloodily, for its life.
Robert Fisk reports from the streets of Cairo
Saturday, 29 January 2011
 It might be the end. It is certainly the beginning of the end. Across Egypt, tens of thousands of Arabs braved tear gas, water cannons, stun grenades and live fire yesterday to demand the removal of Hosni Mubarak after more than 30 years of dictatorship.
And as Cairo lay drenched under clouds of tear gas from thousands of canisters fired into dense crowds by riot police, it looked as if his rule was nearing its finish. None of us on the streets of Cairo yesterday even knew where Mubarak – who would later appear on television to dismiss his cabinet – was. And I didn't find anyone who cared.
They were brave, largely peaceful, these tens of thousands, but the shocking behaviour of Mubarak's plainclothes battagi – the word does literally mean "thugs" in Arabic – who beat, bashed and assaulted demonstrators while the cops watched and did nothing, was a disgrace. These men, many of them ex-policemen who are drug addicts, were last night the front line of the Egyptian state. The true representatives of Hosni Mubarak as uniformed cops showered gas on to the crowds.
At one point last night, gas canisters were streaming smoke across the waters of the Nile as riot police and protesters fought on the great river bridges. It was incredible, a risen people who would no longer take violence and brutality and prison as their lot in the largest Arab nation.
And the police themselves might be cracking: "What can we do?" one of the riot cops asked us. "We have orders. Do you think we want to do this? This country is going downhill." The government imposed a curfew last night as protesters knelt in prayer in front of police.
How does one describe a day that may prove to be so giant a page in Egypt's history? Maybe reporters should abandon their analyses and just tell the tale of what happened from morning to night in one of the world's most ancient cities. So here it is, the story from my notes, scribbled amid a defiant people in the face of thousands of plainclothes and uniformed police.
It began at the Istikama mosque on Giza Square: a grim thoroughfare of gaunt concrete apartment blocks and a line of riot police that stretched as far as the Nile. We all knew that Mohamed ElBaradei would be there for midday prayers and, at first, the crowd seemed small. The cops smoked cigarettes. If this was the end of the reign of Mubarak, it was a pretty unimpressive start.
But then, no sooner had the last prayers been uttered than the crowd of worshippers, perched above the highway, turned towards the police. "Mubarak, Mubarak," they shouted. "Saudi Arabia is waiting for you." That's when the water cannons were turned on the crowd – the police had every intention of fighting them even though not a stone had been thrown. The water smashed into the crowd and then the hoses were pointed directly at ElBaradei, who reeled back, drenched.
He had returned from Vienna a few hours earlier and few Egyptians think he will run Egypt – he claims to want to be a negotiator – but this was a disgrace. Egypt's most honoured politician, a Nobel prize winner who had held the post of the UN's top nuclear inspector, was drenched like a street urchin. That's what Mubarak thought of him, I suppose: just another trouble maker with a "hidden agenda" – that really is the language the Egyptian government is using right now.
And then the tear gas burst over the crowds. Perhaps there were a few thousand now, but as I walked beside them, something remarkable happened. From apartment blocks and dingy alleyways, from neighbouring streets, hundreds and then thousands of Egyptians swarmed on to the highway leading to Tahrir Square. This is the one tactic the police had decided to prevent. To have Mubarak's detractors in the very centre of Cairo would suggest that his rule was already over. The government had already cut the internet – slicing off Egypt from the rest of the world – and killed all of the mobile phone signals. It made no difference.
"We want the regime to fall," the crowds screamed. Not perhaps the most memorable cry of revolution but they shouted it again and again until they drowned out the pop of tear gas grenades. From all over Cairo they surged into the city, middle-class youngsters from Gazira, the poor from the slums of Beaulak al-Daqrour, marching steadily across the Nile bridges like an army – which, I guess, was what they were.
Still the gas grenades showered over them. Coughing and retching, they marched on. Many held their coats over their mouths or queued at a lemon shop where the owner squeezed fresh fruit into their mouths. Lemon juice – an antidote to tear gas – poured across the pavement into the gutter.
This was Cairo, of course, but these protests were taking place all over Egypt, not least in Suez, where 13 Egyptians have so far been killed. The demonstrations began not just at mosques but at Coptic churches. "I am a Christian, but I am an Egyptian first," a man called Mina told me. "I want Mubarak to go."
And that is when the first bataggi arrived, pushing to the front of the police ranks in order to attack the protesters. They had metal rods and police truncheons – from where? – and sharpened sticks, and could be prosecuted for serious crimes if Mubarak's regime falls.
They were vicious. One man whipped a youth over the back with a long yellow cable. He howled with pain. Across the city, the cops stood in ranks, legions of them, the sun glinting on their visors. The crowd were supposed to be afraid, but the police looked ugly, like hooded birds. Then the protesters reached the east bank of the Nile.
A few tourists found themselves caught up in this spectacle – I saw three middle-aged ladies on one of the Nile bridges (Cairo's hotels had not, of course, told their guests what was happening) – but the police decided that they would hold the east end of the flyover. They opened their ranks again and sent the thugs in to beat the leading protesters. And this was the moment the tear-gassing began in earnest, hundreds upon hundreds of canisters raining on to the crowds who marched from all roads into the city. It stung our eyes and made us cough until we were gasping. Men were being sick beside sealed shop fronts.
Fires appear to have broken out last night near Mubarak's rubber-stamp NDP headquarters. A curfew was imposed and first reports spoke of troops in the city, an ominous sign that the police had lost control. We took refuge in the old Café Riche off Telaat Harb Square, a tiny restaurant and bar of blue-robed waiters; and there, sipping his coffee, was the great Egyptian writer Ibrahim Abdul Meguid, right in front of us. It was like bumping into Tolstoy taking lunch amid the Russian revolution. "There has been no reaction from Mubarak!" he exalted. "It is as if nothing has happened! But they will do it – the people will do it!" The guests sat choking from the gas. It was one of those memorable scenes that occur in movies rather than real life.
And there was an old man on the pavement, one hand over his stinging eyes. Retired Colonel Weaam Salim of the Egyptian army, wearing his medal ribbons from the 1967 war with Israel – which Egypt lost – and the 1973 war, which the colonel thought Egypt had won. "I am leaving the ranks of veteran soldiers," he told me. "I am joining the protesters." And what of the army? Throughout the day we had not seen them. Their colonels and brigadiers and generals were silent. Were they waiting until Mubarak imposed martial law?
The crowds refused to abide by the curfew. In Suez, they set police trucks on fire. Opposite my own hotel, they tried to tip another truck into the Nile. I couldn't get back to Western Cairo over the bridges. The gas grenades were still soaring off the edges into the Nile. But a cop eventually took pity on us – not a quality, I have to say, that was much in evidence yesterday – and led us to the very bank of the Nile. And there was an old Egyptian motorboat, the tourist kind, with plastic flowers and a willing owner. So we sailed back in style, sipping Pepsi. And then a yellow speed boat swept past with two men making victory signs at the crowds on the bridges, a young girl standing in the back, holding a massive banner in her hands.
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| Quote: | Into The Fire
Artist:Thirteen Senses
Come on, come on
Put your hands into the fire
Explain, explain
As I turn I meet the power
This time, this time
Turning white and senses dire
Pull up, pull up
From one extreme to another
From the summer to the spring
From the mountain to the air
From Samaritan to sin
And its waiting on the air
Come on, come on
Put your hands into the fire
Explain, explain
As I turn I meet the power
This time, this time
Turning white and senses dire
Pull up, pull up
From one extreme to another
From the summer to the spring
From the mountain to the air
From Samaritan to sin
And its waiting on the air
Now I'm low I'm looking out, I'm looking in
Way down, the lights are dimmer
Now I'm low I'm looking out, I'm looking in
Way down, the lights are dimmer
Ooooh
Come on, come on
Put your hands into the fire
Come on, come on
Also:
Thirteen Senses LIVE- Into The Fire (Barfly, Cardiff - 22/11/04)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrtkjqCuLas&feature=related
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Crisis Group Condemns Detention of Mohamed ElBaradei and Violence against Demonstrators
Brussels | 28 Jan 2011
The International Crisis Group strongly condemns the detention of Mohamed ElBaradei in Cairo today.
Media reports coming from the Egyptian capital say that ElBaradei, who serves on Crisis Group’s Board of Trustees, was prevented by the authorities from leaving a mosque after prayers this afternoon. He is apparently still being held, as the entire country now faces severe unrest with street protests building in opposition to the regime.
“His detention has no credible basis. It also will not serve Egypt’s interests at this critical juncture”, says Crisis Group President Louise Arbour. “In a situation as tense as this, repression and abuse can only further inflame the situation. Rather than resort to repression, the authorities should heed demands of the population for dramatic political, social and economic transformation.”
Crisis Group calls on the Egyptian authorities to release Mohamed ElBaradei immediately.
In addition, Crisis Group calls on the government to cease using violence against its own people and allow peaceful demonstrations to take place.
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/media-releases/2011/mena/Egypt-Crisis-Group-Condemns-Detention-of-Mohamed-ElBaradei-and-Violence-against-Demonstrators.aspx
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It is quite possible that the now detained, alleged leader of Egypt's protesters, Dr Mohamed ElBaradei could be their next president or at the very least play an active role in Egypt's political restructuring.
If this be the case, we should know a bit more about this man and his international bedfellows.
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Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei
Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei was the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from December 1997 to November 2009. Born in Egypt in 1942, he gained a Bachelor’s degree in Law in 1962 from the University of Cairo and a Doctorate in International Law from New York University School of Law in 1974.
He began his career in the Egyptian Diplomatic Service in 1964, serving in the Permanent Missions of Egypt to the United Nations in New York and Geneva, in charge of political, legal and arms control issues. During this period, Dr. ElBaradei participated in the activities of many international and regional organizations, including: the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Security Council, the Conference on Disarmament, the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the Commission on Human Rights, the Organization of African Unity and the League of Arab States.
From 1974 to 1978 Dr. ElBaradei was a special assistant to the Foreign Minister of Egypt, during which time he was a member of the negotiating team that led to the conclusion of the disengagement agreements between Egypt and Israel. In 1980 he left the Diplomatic Service to join the United Nations and became a senior fellow in charge of the International Law Program at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. From 1984, Dr. ElBaradei was a senior staff member of the IAEA Secretariat, holding a number of high-level policy positions, including that of the Agency´s Legal Adviser and subsequently the Assistant Director General for External Relations.
In October 2005, Dr. ElBaradei and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way”. In its citation, the Norwegian Nobel Committee referred to the IAEA’s work as being of “incalculable importance”, and referred to Dr. ElBaradei as an “unafraid advocate” of new measures to strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
Dr. ElBaradei has received multiple other awards for his work as a public servant and as an advocate of tolerance, humanity and freedom, including the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Medal; the Raymond “Jit” Trainor Award from Georgetown University for distinction in the conduct of diplomacy and the 2008 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
He has also been the recipient of numerous honoris causa degrees and been honored with decorations including the Greatest Nile Collar – which is the the highest Egyptian civilian decoration – and the “Grand Cross of the Order of Merit” from Chile.
Dr. ElBaradei is married with two children and one grandchild.
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/about/board/Mohamed%20ElBaradei.aspx
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He's on the board of trustees of International Crisis Group.
http://www.crisisgroup.org
Have a good look at this list:
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Crisis Group's Board of Trustees
Lord (Christopher) Patten
Co-Chair, Crisis Group
Former European Commissioner for External Relations, Governor of Hong Kong and UK Cabinet Minister
Chancellor of Oxford University
Thomas R Pickering
Co-Chair, Crisis Group
Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Russia, India, Israel, Jordan, El Salvador and Nigeria
Vice Chairman of Hills & Company
Louise Arbour
President & CEO
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda
Executive Committee
Morton Abramowitz
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to Turkey
Cheryl Carolus
Former South African High Commissioner to the UK and Secretary General of the ANC
Maria Livanos Cattaui
Member of the Board, Petroplus Holdings, Switzerland
Yoichi Funabashi
Editor-in-Chief, The Asahi Shimbun, Japan
Frank Giustra
President & CEO, Fiore Capital
Ghassan Salamé
Dean, Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po
George Soros
Chairman, Open Society Institute
Pär Stenbäck
Former Foreign Minister of Finland
Adnan Abu-Odeh
Former Political Adviser to King Abdullah II and to King Hussein, and Jordan Permanent Representative to the UN
Kenneth Adelman
Former U.S. Ambassador and Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Kofi Annan
Former Secretary-General of the United Nations; Nobel Peace Prize (2001)
Nahum Barnea
Chief Columnist for Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel
Samuel Berger
Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group LLC; Former U.S. National Security Advisor
Emma Bonino
Vice President of the Senate; Former Minister of International Trade and European Affairs of Italy and European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid
Wesley Clark
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Sheila Coronel
Toni Stabile, Professor of Practice in Investigative Journalism; Director, Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, Columbia University, U.S.
Jan Egeland
Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs; Former UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Mohamed ElBaradei
Director-General Emeritus, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Nobel Peace Prize (2005)
Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
Former Foreign Minister of Denmark
Gareth Evans
President Emeritus of Crisis Group; Former Foreign Affairs Minister of Australia
Mark Eyskens
Former Prime Minister of Belgium
Joschka Fischer
Former Foreign Minister of Germany
Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Arnold Saltzman Professor of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University; Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations
Carla Hills
Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and U.S. Trade Representative
Lena Hjelm-Wallén
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister of Sweden
Swanee Hunt
Former U.S. Ambassador to Austria; Chair, Institute for Inclusive Security and President, Hunt Alternatives Fund
Mo Ibrahim
Founder and Chair, Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Founder, Celtel International
Igor Ivanov
Former Foreign Affairs Minister of the Russian Federation
Asma Jahangir
UN Special Rapporteur on the Freedom of Religion or Belief; Chairperson, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Wim Kok
Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Ricardo Lagos
Former President of Chile
Joanne Leedom-Ackerman
Former International Secretary of International PEN; Novelist and journalist, U.S.
Lord (Mark) Malloch-Brown
Former Administrator of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and UN Deputy Secretary-General
Lalit Mansingh
Former Foreign Secretary of India, Ambassador to the U.S. and High Commissioner to the UK
Jessica Tuchman Mathews
President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, U.S.
Benjamin Mkapa
Former President of Tanzania
Moisés Naím
Senior Associate, International Economics Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Former Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy
Ayo Obe
Legal Practitioner, Lagos, Nigeria
Güler Sabancı
Chairperson, Sabancı Holding, Turkey
Javier Solana
Former EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, NATO Secretary-General and Foreign Affairs Minister of Spain
Chairmen Emeritus
Martti Ahtisaari
Former President of Finland
George J. Mitchell
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/about/board.aspx
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and this:
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Crisis Group Senior Advisers
Crisis Group's Senior Advisers are former Board Members (to the extent consistent with any other office they may be holding at the time) who maintain an association with Crisis Group, and whose advice and support are called on from time to time.
HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal
Former Ambassador of the KIngdom of Saudi Arabia to the U.S.
Hushang Ansary
Ersin Arıoğlu
Chairman Emeritus, Yapı Merkezi, Turkey
Óscar Arias
Richard Armitage
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Diego Arria
Former Ambassador of Venezuela to the UN
Zainab Bangura
Shlomo Ben-Ami
Former Foreign Minister of Israel
Christoph Bertram
Former Director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Germany
Alan Blinken
Lakhdar Brahimi
Former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General and Foreign Minister of Algeria
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Former U.S. National Security Advisor to the President
Kim Campbell
Former Prime Minister of Canada
Jorge Castañeda
Former Foreign Minister of Mexico
Naresh Chandra
Former Indian Cabinet Secretary and Ambassador to the U.S.
Eugene Chien
Joaquim Alberto Chissano
Former President of Mozambique
Victor Chu
Chairman, First Eastern Investment Group, Hong Kong
Mong Joon Chung
Pat Cox
Former President of the European Parliament
Gianfranco Dell' Alba
Jacques Delors
Alain Destexhe
Senator, Belgium
Mou-Shih Ding
Gernot Erler
Marika Fahlen
Ambassador, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Stanley Fischer
Governor, Bank of Israel
Malcolm Fraser
Former Prime Minister of Australia
I.K. Gujral
Former Prime Minister of India
Max Jakobson
Former Ambassador of Finland to the UN and Sweden
James V. Kimsey
Founder and Chairman Emeritus of America Online, Inc. (AOL)
Aleksander Kwasniewski
Former President of Poland
Todung Mulya Lubis
Human rights lawyer and author, Indonesia
Allan J MacEachen
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
Graça Machel
Barbara McDougall
Former Secretary of State for External Affairs, Canada
Matthew McHugh
Former U.S. Congressman and Counselor to the World Bank President
Nobuo Matsunaga
Miklós Németh
Christine Ockrent
CEO, French TV and Radio World Services
Timothy Ong
Olara Otunnu
Shimon Peres
Victor Pinchuk
Founder of EastOne LLC and Victor Pinchuk Foundation
Surin Pitsuwan
Cyril Ramaphosa
Former Secretary General, African National Congress, South Africa
Fidel V. Ramos
Former President of Philippines
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
Former Secretary General, NATO
Michel Rocard
Former Prime Minister of France
Volker Rühe
Former Defence Minister, Germany
Mohamed Sahnoun
Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General
Salim A. Salim
Former Prime Minister of Tanzania
Douglas Schoen
Founding Partner of Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, U.S.
Christian Schwarz-Schilling
Michael Sohlman
Thorvald Stoltenberg
Former Foreign Minister of Norway
William O. Taylor
Chairman Emeritus, The Boston Globe, US
Leo Tindemans
Former Prime Minister of Belgium
Ed van Thijn
Former Minister of Interior, The Netherlands
Simone Veil
Shirley Williams
Grigory Yavlinsky
Chairman, Yabloko Party, Russia
Uta Zapf
Chairperson of the German Bundestag Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Ernesto Zedillo
Former President of Mexico; Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/about/board/crisis-group-senior-advisers.aspx
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Two names stick out like sore thumbs amongst a plethora of other major NWO players:
George Soros and Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Someone had better warn the Egyptians or give ElBaradei a heads-up.
On a related note regarding the Fake's coverage of this crisis: I came across this from RT on YouTube this morning:
Two minutes and twelve seconds in William Engdahl claims that the US is behind the unrest in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen.
Counterpointing his opinion are Alex Jones and Wayne Madsen who stated very clearly yesterday the exact opposite view:
http://rss.infowars.com/20110128_Fri_Alex.mp3
Make of that what you will.
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| Quote: | | ATM: Make of that what you will |
Confusion Op 101 tactics.
El-Baraidei is widely seen as a yesterday's man by the revolution.
He's not a player and will have to seek votes just like anyone else.
He is a media darling though, due to connections shown by ATM above.
ALJazeera Live Morning Update 3amEST Saturday
Here's a summary of the reports by journalists in each city:
Alexandria:
23 Bullet-ridden and disfigured bodies in Alexandria Morgue
Every police station and public building burnt down.
No police to be seen.
Cairo:
Army stationed around city center.
Sounds of shots fired near at protesters already gathering very early.
Suez:
15 people killed yesterday in Suez.
Army stationed around city, no clear direction.
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Note the steep surge in internet use.
No wonder they had to cut it off.
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Protesters back on Cairo streets
Hundreds gather in Tahrir Square in view of troops,
calling for President Mubarak to step down.
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2011 08:22 GMT
Protesters have returned to the streets of Cairo, following violent overnight protests across the country staged in defiance of a curfew.
Demonstrators gathered in Tahrir Square in the Egyptian capital on Saturday morning, shouting "Go away, go away!", the Reuters news agency said.
The latest protests reflected popular discontent with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's midnight address, where he announced that he was dismissing his government but remaining in power.
The several hundred protesters demonstrated in full view of the army, which had been deployed in the city to quell the popular unrest sweeping the Middle East's most populous Muslim country since January 25.
They also repeatedly shouted that their intentions were peaceful.
Reuters reported that the police "fired shots" on the protesters. An independent confirmation of that report is awaited.
Al Jazeera's Jane Dutton, reporting from Cairo, said the normally bustling city looked more like a warzone early on Saturday morning.
Tanks have been patrolling the streets of the capital since early in the morning.
Violence overnight
Cities across Egypt witnessed unprecedented protests on Friday, with tens of thousands of protesters taking to the streets after noon prayers calling for an end to Mubarak's 30-year rule.
Dutton said the number of the people on the streets "increased after president Hosni Mubarak's speech shortly after midnight".
Regarding the situation in Cairo on Saturday morning, she said "there is broken glass everywhere ... a lot of the burnt out shells of the police cars have been removed but you are aware that there were hours and hours of skirmishes on the streets of the capital city [last night]".
Military vehicles have been seen patrolling the streets of the capital.
The ruling National Democratic Party's headquarters in the capital is still ablaze, more than 12 hours after it was set alight by protesters.
The Egyptian army says that it has been able to secure the neighbouring museum of antiquities from the threat of fire and looting, averting the possible loss of thousands of priceless artefacts.
Armoured personnel carriers remain stationed around the British and US embassies, as well as at the state television station.
Some mobile phone networks resumed service in the capital on Saturday, after being shut down by authorities from Thursday evening. Internet services remain cut, and landline usage limited.
Authorities had blocked internet, mobile phone and SMS services on Thursday in order to disrupt planned demonstrations.
Al Jazeera's Jamal ElShayyal in Suez reported that no fresh protests had occured on Saturday morning in the port city.
Overnight protests
The number of people killed in protests is reported to be in the dozens, with at least 23 deaths confirmed in Alexandria. More than 1,000 were also wounded in Friday's violent protests, which occurred in Cairo and Suez, in addition to Alexandria.
Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin, reporting from Cairo, said protesters had been "galvanised" by Mubarak's announcement that he was staying in power.
"The streets are definitely still abuzz," he said at 4am local time. "The chants have died down in the last hours but there are still many people out and about in the street despite the fact that there is a curfew supposed to have been imposed, starting from 6pm to 7am.
"The protests and the clashes with police have completely died down as a result of the fact that the police have melted away and the military has taken over."
Military armoured vehicles rolled onto the streets of the capital on Friday night in a bid to quell the protests. People cheered as the army arrived, and hundreds of people thronged around a military vehicle near Cairo's Tahrir square.
"The army is a respected establishment in Egypt, and many feel they need their support against what they see as excessive force by the police and security forces," our correspondent said.
Bloodiest protests
Friday's demonstrations involving tens of thousands of people were the biggest and bloodiest in four consecutive days of protests against Mubarak's government.
Buildings were set alight, and violent clashes continued into the night after a day of unprecedented anger.
Shots were heard near parliament earlier in the day as the headquarters of the ruling party were in flames.
Dozens of protesters climbed on the military vehicles in Suez. They talked to soldiers who attempted to wave them off.
Protesters often quickly dispersed and regrouped.
As clashes intensified, police waded into the crowds with batons and fired volleys of tear gas.
Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog and an opposition leader in Egypt, was briefly detained by police after he prayed at a mosque in the Giza area but he later took part in a march with supporters.
The unrest in Egypt was triggered by the overthrow two weeks ago of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in an uprising that has also inspired anti-government protests in Jordan, Yemen and elsewhere.
The government in Egypt had vowed to crack down on demonstrations and arrest those participating in them.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/201112974149942894.html |
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I see my ol' bud, journalist Karim Fahim is on the job in Cairo.
He was the one who wrote in the Village Voice:
"Fintan Dunne is well-spoken, with what seems to be
an expansive, nuanced view of world politics."
-- Village Voice, Karim Fahim, May 25, 2004
These days he's on the ground for the NYT in Egypt.
Here's his account of the pivotal battle on Friday
for the Nile bridge leading to the city center.....
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Egyptian Hopes Converge in Fight for Cairo Bridge
Saturday, January 29, 2011 - By KAREEM FAHIM, The New York Times
CAIRO -- The battle had gone on for hours, and the end of the bridge was in sight. Somewhere past the green armored cars and through the smoke was Liberation Square. For miles the protesters had marched peacefully, shouting at balconies for their neighbors to join them.
But water cannons and tear gas halted the march, for a time. Atef Badr, 28, turned to the retreating protesters with tears stirred by the moment, not the gas. "I'm begging you," he screamed. "All of you in the back, come forward!"
A few tear gas canisters got caught in the wind and drifted away toward the river: an opportunity. The protesters surged forward, chanting, "Overthrow Mubarak!" They gained ground and then lost it, when the dull metal gas canisters started falling again.
So it went all afternoon on the Kasr al-Nil Bridge, as thousands of protesters tried again and again to get past the riot police, who were just as determined to keep them at bay: first with gas and water cannons, and then by beating them with truncheons.
The long struggle for the bridge set the tone for the momentous events throughout the country on Friday. Egyptians slowly shed their fear of President Hosni Mubarak's police state and confronted its power, a few halting steps at a time.
The protesters came from every social class and included even wealthy Egyptians, who are often dismissed as apolitical, or too comfortable to mobilize. For some of them in the crowd on Friday, the brutality of the security forces was a revelation. "Dogs!" they yelled at the riot police, as they saw bloodied protesters dragged away. "These people are Egyptians!"
The protests started around noon, miles from the bridge, with prayer at the Mustafa Mahmoud Mosque west of downtown and a sermon praising the protesters. Anticipating the clashes, a police officer adjusted his riot helmet. A restaurant shuttered its doors.
Everyone seemed nervous. Nasser al-Sherif, 24, looked for his friends, who were late. It was his first protest in Egypt. "I'm just here to say no," he said. "Once things get rough and violent, I might leave."
Ibrahim al-Missiri, 36, looked at the crowd, which included two famous actors. "This is the class that never spoke out before," he said. "I want the right to vote."
The prayer ended, and the protesters, herded by a ring of riot police officers, started walking away down a side street and then stopped, turning back for their first confrontation of the day.
The police let them pass.
On a broad avenue, hundreds swelled to thousands. Three young men, old school friends, marched among them. Two of them worked at a call center for the Expedia Web site, earning a little more than $400 a month. They had all been intending to leave Egypt. The protests were changing their minds.
"We've had enough time stolen," said Ali Bilal, 23. "We want to take control of the situation."
Friends pushed a man in a wheelchair. A fruit vendor begged off calls to join the protests, pointing out that he would have to leave his donkey. On a balcony, an elderly woman looked at the crowd and threw her hands in the air. On other balconies, there was applause.
"Peaceful," the marchers shouted. At the foot of the bridge, the security services were waiting, with other plans.
When the first tear gas canisters landed, Ziad Ali wondered whether the march would go on. "I'm 35; he's been the president since I was 5," he said of Mr. Mubarak. "I hope we can make it this time."
At key moments young men inspired the marchers. A man with a red scarf wrapped around his face stood on a statue near the foot of the bridge, defiantly, as the tear gas clouds swirled around him.
Another man yelled into a bullhorn, telling protesters it was fine to fall back but not to retreat. A third managed to climb on top of one of the four green personnel carriers blocking the bridge, as the riot police fell back. The crowd cheered and advanced, as the first hurdle fell.
Abandoned by their comrades, the officers still in the transport trucks, no longer fearsome, sobbed as the protesters occupied the bridge for the first time. A local police chief was carried off the bridge bleeding from the head, joined by many people wounded by the falling canisters. When the bursts from the tear gas launchers quickened, the protesters retreated, until the young men at the front told them to come back.
The nearby 6 October Bridge filled with people, and the marchers on Kasr al-Nil cheered. The plan was to march to Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in downtown Cairo, to link up with other groups of protesters. In the distance, a building burned.
"This is the first time I've seen collective action," said Omar Barazi, 44, pondering the future. "I think there will be chaos and losses."
That moment came quickly. Police officers watched the assault from boats. Hundreds of riot officers stormed the bridge, throwing benches and a police hut into the Nile and beating anyone who did not run. By late afternoon, they had retaken Kasr al-Nil and penned in a group of protesters next to a park.
Officers fired tear gas toward an opera house as the young men ran away, and for the protesters, everything seemed to be lost. Nadine Sherif walked among badly wounded comrades, despondent. "I hope he gets the message," she said of Mr. Mubarak. "He's not wanted."
A few officers lit cigarettes, relaxed and chatted with the protesters, thinking they were done.
They were not. Night fell, and the protesters finally took the bridge.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/world/middleeast/29cairo.html |
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Thats great Fintan  . atm I sure hope that the people are at least aware of ElBaradei's past before casting any votes. This is awesome to observe. |
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This is always part of the equation.
January 29, 2011 - 'Many options investors scrambled on Friday to hedge their risk on fear of further financial market fallout due to the unrest in Egypt. Risk perception changed sharply ahead of the weekend, partially in response to mass protests in the largest Middle Eastern nation.
"The market has been ripe for a correction and the unrest in Egypt appears to be the trigger," said Scott Fullman, director of derivative investment strategy at WJB Capital Group. "Not only are we witnessing the unrest, but concerns about what may happen over the weekend has investors and traders now positioning themselves with hedges." The CBOE Volatility Index, Wall Street's favorite measure of anxiety, known as the VIX, jumped 24 per cent as US stocks slumped.'
January 26, 2011 - 'RWE Dea Egypt announced that it made a gas discovery in its own operated North El Amriya concession. The successful testing of the reservoir opens chances of further future discoveries in the licence.'
HydroFracking Talks: January 20, 2011 - 'Eng.Sameh Fahmi, Minister of Petroleum, confirmed the importance of having unconventional alternatives to increase crude oil and natural gas reserves and production, noting that the extraction of natural gas from Shale layers is new significant element appeared on the world's energy arena in recent years and is increasingly important to contribute to achieving balance in the natural gas market and the future of world energy.'
January 19, 2011 - 'Egypt's state-owned Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) will offer up 19 areas for exploration this year in international tenders, a newspaper reported.'
September 10, 2011 - Increase of oil, gas exploration works throughout Egypt.
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I'm constantly reminded by this of the May 19th 2010 insurrection/military crackdown [still on-going] in Thailand.
This is a Global Event, ongoing.
Make. No. Mistake.
Algeria, and Libya might be next. Saudi Arabia too.
Israel must be very worried right now.
The USA ought to be the next shoe to drop but, I hate to say it, the American populace is too atomized to coalesce and do what needs to be done, second amendment or no.
For those new to this forum, a reminder of now-historic hegemonic crackdown where I presently reside:
http://www.breakfornews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5751
The cacoethes and cathartic backlash is now universal.
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Update: 10:50amEST Saturday
--Crowds assembled in Tahrir Sq peacefully
--Mubarak appoints a new vice president Omar Suleiman, current Intel Chief.
--Ruling party member calls crowds "mobs" live on AlJazeera @ 10@45amEST
--Protesters press hard to take the Interior Ministry -seat of repression:
| Quote: | CAIRO (Reuters) - Police killed at least three protesters Saturday when they
tried to storm the Interior Ministry, Al Jazeera television reported. There was
no immediate confirmation or further details. |
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Political Analysis: 11:00amEST Saturday
by Fntan Dunne
The Army ranks and officers are entirely unwilling to fire on demonstrators,
constraining the ability of the Regime to enforce a brutal crackdown.
Ordinary police have melted away - fearing a terrible backlash from the
people -especially in the event of total Regime collapse.
Hardcore Interior Ministry thugs and core loyal police units of repression
are off the streets at the direction of the Regime. Their role now is to
defend administrative buildings.
The goal of the Regime is to make token government ministers
appointments to buy time and try to take the fiz out of protests.
Statements on AlJazeera by ruling party member, calling protesters
just "mobs" indicates a Regime mindset which is mired in the past
and unable to mount a credible political solution.
The revolutionary movement will likely use Saturday night to mount
further mass protests in the cities. There is a good chance that some
Interior Ministry thugs and police will be deployed against them, with
potential for army to be drawn in to any conflicts.
The still-burning Ruling Party HQ in Cairo
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