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jemimaaslana: cuntofdoom: paxmachina: A few minutes ago from the streets of Cairo. Yet Joe Biden says Egypt’s Mubarak is no dictator, he shouldn’t step down! [img: tweet that reads: We are being shot at by live ammunition please tell the world !] #awareness #egypt

jemimaaslana:

cuntofdoom:

paxmachina:

A few minutes ago from the streets of Cairo.

Yet Joe Biden says Egypt’s Mubarak is no dictator, he shouldn’t step down!

[img: tweet that reads: We are being shot at by live ammunition please tell the world !]

#awareness #egypt

(Source: paxmachina, via thenameoftheworms)

{ LINK: Number of dead rises to 18, 13 in Suez, in Egypt protests }

The last line in the article:

Mubarak and his government have shown no hint of concessions to the protesters who want political reform and a solution to rampant poverty, unemployment and rising food prices.

(Source: pantslessprogressive, via juthikaforpresident-deactivated)

{ LINK: Cairo: 32 dead and at least 1,030 injured after day of protests }

Thousands of protesters defied a curfew and stormed government buildings in another day of bloody rioting in Cairo yesterday.

Police and the military clashed with rioters as President Hosni Mubarak sent the army on to the streets and demonstrators burned government buildings, including his party’s headquarters.

They also targeted the foreign ministry and Egypt’s state television HQ.

The death toll rose to 32 with at least 1,030 injured in Cairo alone as security forces and protesters fought running battles across the country.

Last night President Mubarak appeared on TV for the first time since the protests erupted. The embattled leader announced he was asking his Cabinet to resign in an attempt to calm the violence.

But he defended the security forces’ brutal crackdown on protesters and insisted he was committed to reform, showing no signs of stepping down after 30 years in power.

“I have asked the government to present its resignation today.” Mubarak said.

As the violence raged, America’s former president Bill Clinton urged the country’s leaders to adopt reforms and allow peaceful protests.

Security officials admitted that there were protests in at least 11 of the country’s 28 provinces.

President Mubarak sent tanks on to the streets and announced a 6pm to 7am curfew to support riot police as the fourth day of demonstrations spread.

Water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas were fired into crowds after the government banned access to the internet and restricted text messaging, which was being used to organise protests. Internet monitoring firm Renesys said the total shutdown of the web in Egypt was “unprecedented in internet history”.

It said: “The Egyptian government’s actions tonight have essentially wiped their country from the global map.”


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{ LINK: Yet Another Kiri Bloggish Thing: We don’t ask for much, just broadcast what is happening }

soupsoup:

To all the people of world

The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular internet sites Now, the internet are completely blocked in Egypt. Tomorrow the government will block the 3 mobile phone network will be…

reblog. reblog. reblog. reblog. reblog.  circulate as much as possible.

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allthebloodinmyveins: blackorchid: deliriant:staringelf:givememywings:shortformblog Google’s Middle East head, Wael Ghonim, missing in Egypt This is one of the last tweets Wael Ghonim sent. He hasn’t been heard from since last week, and many are worried about the head of Google Middle East – and it’s gotten to the point where al-Jazeeera is asking aloud where he is. Has anyone heard from him?  source Follow ShortFormBlog This is terrifying.  I hope they find him, alive and well. :/ [image: tweet from Wael Ghonim (@Ghonim) that reads: “Pray for #Egypt.  Very worried as it seems that government is planning a war crime tomorrow against people.  We are all ready to die.”] my hopes are with him, too.  and with all of the protesters. (dunno if this has been circulated here yet: change.org petition by protesters)

allthebloodinmyveins:

blackorchid:

deliriant:staringelf:givememywings:shortformblog

Google’s Middle East head, Wael Ghonim, missing in Egypt

This is one of the last tweets Wael Ghonim sent. He hasn’t been heard from since last week, and many are worried about the head of Google Middle East – and it’s gotten to the point where al-Jazeeera is asking aloud where he is. Has anyone heard from him?  source

Follow ShortFormBlog

This is terrifying. 

I hope they find him, alive and well. :/

[image: tweet from Wael Ghonim (@Ghonim) that reads: “Pray for #Egypt.  Very worried as it seems that government is planning a war crime tomorrow against people.  We are all ready to die.”]

my hopes are with him, too.  and with all of the protesters.

(dunno if this has been circulated here yet: change.org petition by protesters)

(Source: shortformblog, via notforallthewealthofcaesar-deac)

“What’s been happening, first in Lebanon and then in Tunisia and now in Egypt and who knows further afield, suggests that new forces have been unleashed and we have no idea where they might lead and what new dynamics they might create.”

—

Thanassis Cambanis, Columbia Professor of Journalism and Foreign Affairs, on NPR’s Fresh Air Wednesday, Feb 2nd 2011 |Hezbollah, Israel And Egypt: What Happens Next?

…More Egypt links recapping Wednesday. Sometimes random information streaming in can become overwhelming, numbing and confusing. These cats distill the information and give analysis for you:

via Juan Cole:

On Wednesday, the Mubarak regime showed its fangs, mounting a massive and violent repressive attack on the peaceful crowds in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo. People worrying about Egypt becoming like Iran (scroll down) should worry about Egypt already being way too much like Iran as it is. That is, Hillary Clinton and others expressed anxiety in public about increasing militarization of the Iranian regime and use of military and paramilitaries to repress popular protests. But Egypt is far more militarized and now is using exactly the same tactics.

The outlines of Hosni Mubarak’s efforts to maintain regime stability and continuity have now become clear. In response to the mass demonstrations of the past week, he has done the following:

1. Late last week, he first tried to use the uniformed police and secret police to repress the crowds, killing perhaps 200-300 and wounding hundreds.

click  for more —>

via Haaretz:

via Andrew Sullivan:

Today on the Dish, clashes broke out in Egypt, even reporters were attacked, and we followed the chaos here, here, here, here, here, and video here. Steve Negus feared a culture of criminality, Andrew McGregor ran through future scenarios, and Patrick pointed out the Glenn Beck divide. Conor called out Thomas Friedman’s nonsense, and deflated the National Review’s shoddy logic on the Muslim Brotherhood.

click here to read more —>

Now breaking on Al-Jazeera English:

Violence escalates in Cairo square

Last Modified: 03 Feb 2011 04:36 GMT

Bursts of heavy gunfire aimed at anti-government demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir [Liberation] Square, left at least five people dead and several more wounded, according to reports from the Egyptian capital on Thursday.

Sustained bursts of automatic weapons fire and powerful single shots began at around around 4am local time (2.00GMT) and was ongoing more than an hour.

click here to read more —>

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pantslessprogressive: via @EANewsFeed, EA LiveBlog [image: tweet that reads “Captured Thug in Cairo: We Were Paid by MP to Beat Americans in Tahrir Square”, followed by the web address http://tinyurl.com/5ukrq7l and the hashtag “#jan25”.]

pantslessprogressive:

via @EANewsFeed, EA LiveBlog

[image: tweet that reads “Captured Thug in Cairo: We Were Paid by MP to Beat Americans in Tahrir Square”, followed by the web address http://tinyurl.com/5ukrq7l and the hashtag “#jan25”.]

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numol: pantslessprogressive: via @EANewsFeed, EA LiveBlog [image: tweet that reads “Captured Thug in Cairo: We Were Paid by MP to Beat Americans in Tahrir Square”, followed by the web address http://tinyurl.com/5ukrq7l and the hashtag “#jan25”.] oh god… @everyone: the interview with the protester Mona Seif at the tinyurl link… listen to it (if you’re feeling up to it; it’s really frightening).  and check out everything else on that page, too. EDIT: if you have the time/energy, that is.  i realize that’s a lot of stuff to absorb.

numol:

pantslessprogressive:

via @EANewsFeed, EA LiveBlog

[image: tweet that reads “Captured Thug in Cairo: We Were Paid by MP to Beat Americans in Tahrir Square”, followed by the web address http://tinyurl.com/5ukrq7l and the hashtag “#jan25”.]

oh god… @everyone: the interview with the protester Mona Seif at the tinyurl link… listen to it (if you’re feeling up to it; it’s really frightening).  and check out everything else on that page, too.

EDIT: if you have the time/energy, that is.  i realize that’s a lot of stuff to absorb.

(via grrspit)

{ LINK: ‘The chant is يسقط يسقط حسني مبارك – Tell the world he is killing us’ }

radicallyhottoff:

has interview with Egyptian activist Mona Seif—also has commentary from Parvez Sharma, who has friends/relatives in Egypt.

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[image: tweet from @ShaimaStreet that reads “The number of people killed last night is way higher than the official one. I know of 14 ppl@ 1 hospital alone.”  it is tagged with #jan25, #tahrir, and #egypt.]

[image: tweet from @ShaimaStreet that reads “The number of people killed last night is way higher than the official one. I know of 14 ppl@ 1 hospital alone.”  it is tagged with #jan25, #tahrir, and #egypt.]