Elazul Yagami Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 CNN is reporting incorrect things at points, but that's to be expected. I posted about the media coverage the first 2 days. regardless, It's confirmed that Mubarak is planning a massacre. He's going to put down the revolt "Regardless of the cost" Fuck.
Hard Core Rikki Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Aljazeera is the best source for live coverage (Aljazeera International should do)
ken_cinder Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Looks to me like the army there doesn't much care for what the president wants, they seem to be calm with the people in the streets and just hanging around to try and keep some peace. The police were the violent ones, but they're done for and have fled or changed into civilian clothing and joined the mob. The president there needs to realize that with almost everyone against him, there are only 2 outcomes to this. A: They catch up with him eventually and kill him B: He flees the country He seems hellbent on keeping power, so I see A as the only outcome.
Elazul Yagami Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 Government Thugs are going around looting and burning. People are gathering to protect their neighborhoods, the apprehended some of the thugs, and they have Ministry of Interior (cops) ID's. It's the same tactic Bin Ali tried before he finally stepped down. I'm worried sick, not for my possessions, but for my friends and family.
Hard Core Rikki Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Manifestants captured 2 armed people looting a bank. Turns out those were cops. Everyone must be feeling so safe.Meanwhile, civilians took it upon themselves to organize and keep organized automobile traffic and neighbourhood watches, since cops are nowhere to be found.
Hard Core Rikki Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 (edited) Opposition commissioned Al-Baradei to negociate with the gov for a peaceful transition.Seems the entire egypt is in the streets screaming to its heart's content for mubarak to scram.This is no longer manifestation, rather a nationwide insurrection. Cairo is difficultly recognizeable and looking more like a warzone. Edited January 30, 2011 by Hard Core Rikki
emsley Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 GO YOU FREEDOM FIGHTING PEOPLE! GO, BE SAFE MAY ALL VIOLENCE STOP, I ONLY WISH ENGLAND AND HER PEOPLE WOULD DO THE SAME, SACK THE MANAGER!
Fatal Rose Posted January 31, 2011 Posted January 31, 2011 Being here in China all people do is complain about the US being the world police and control freaks and what not. I can honestly after living over seas and dealing with a foreign communist government/society I can honestly say the USA being the world police is a good thing.
Hard Core Rikki Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 People have been demanding and screaming to their heart's content for days for Mubarak to scram. No way he wouldnt step down. West seems undecided between supporting and abandoning the regime. Realpolitik or not, siding with the people or against them hardly would be easy to explain for their own people and allies. Tel-aviv shared fears that this sends a worrying message to the local moderate governments in how the west' pledges of support could lose their value and potential to impose local peace. Meanwhile, jordania just had its government dissloved.Seems Syria too is getting facebook rallying calls to insurrection.Yemen needs no comment, I suppose.All this and we're not even talking yet about Algeria, Lybia. Kinda disturbing parallels with the fall of the soviet union and the Berlin wall.
L.S.D Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 My country is trying not to put emphasis on the Egypt revolt. they are afraid the people power will catch on here and force out the corrupted regime.
emsley Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 People power is the most under used force known to man, the trouble is if it works once whats stopping them doing it again when the next lot in charge fuck it up?
Hard Core Rikki Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) Surreal. Armed horse and camel riders have been storming manifestants, and 'pro-mubarak' supporters have engaged manifestants.Apparently, over a 100 was found out to be 'policemen' in civilian attire, 'enforcing order' with knives, blades, sticks, machettes, cutters, molotov cocktails (thrown from roofs)... Local cell carriers (such as Vodafone) had been forced to send their customers messages calling 'honest and loyal egyptian citizens to stand up to traitors and criminals and to protect the people and the honor of egypt'.Local law force phone operators and ISPs to do such, by will or by force. Edited February 3, 2011 by Hard Core Rikki
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