Re: Egypt Rolling Updates Fri 11 Feb

by Guest Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:50 am

Earth Cries wrote:
BelgianBoy wrote:Deafening silence from washington.

Yes, CNN reported last night that the WH doesn't want Obama to appear in public right now. Said he was "furious" after Mubarak's speech last night.

LOL. Obama was FURIOUS. So furious, he refused to discuss the issue? This guy is a self-absorbed fool. As much as I hate to say it, you were better off under Dubya.

by **Lurker** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:50 am

Amanpour:
# MORE: Official tells me this in keeping with promise to hand over powers to VP. vor 13 Minuten via TweetDeck

# Senior egyptian official tells me Mubarak has left Cairo. Remains in Egypt as figurehead Prez. He left last night after speech to nation

by **Lurker** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:51 am

Iraq embassy in Cairo urges Iraqis to return home

(AP) – 3 hours ago

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's government has offered food, financial aid and free flights home to Iraqis who had moved to Egypt to escape civil strife at home, but may now feel threatened by unrest in their host country, officials said Friday.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlMHWQsenzhAH9RiSbjzq7l6_dRw?docId=24385c7903434a89b3b04e5e69479ea6

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by **Lurker** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:52 am

Al Jazeera: More than 20,000 anti-Mubarak protesters marching to local council bureau in Arish

by **ZX12R** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:53 am

Lurker wrote:Iraq embassy in Cairo urges Iraqis to return home

(AP) – 3 hours ago

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's government has offered food, financial aid and free flights home to Iraqis who had moved to Egypt to escape civil strife at home, but may now feel threatened by unrest in their host country, officials said Friday.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlMHWQsenzhAH9RiSbjzq7l6_dRw?docId=24385c7903434a89b3b04e5e69479ea6

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Damn, talk about being between a rock and a hard place.

by **Earth Cries** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:54 am

New dictionary word - #Mubarak (n.): a psychotic ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend who fails to understand it's over #Jan25 #Egypt

Good one!

by **Myhaloisgone** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:54 am

The helicopter is back over central Cairo. #Egypt #Jan25 #Egypt 5 minutes ago via web

MASSIVE crowd outside State TV...must be 10,000 plus and still growing. #Tahrir #Egypt #Jan25 6 minutes ago via web

by **Luna** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:54 am

Earth Cries wrote:
BelgianBoy wrote:Deafening silence from washington.

Yes, CNN reported last night that the WH doesn't want Obama to appear in public right now. Said he was "furious" after Mubarak's speech last night.

Yep, it made him look really stupid but I did post on here last night that it was rather strange for him to be making a speech about Egypt before Mubarak had made his speech. I don't think Obama will be making that mistake again!

by **Lurker** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:54 am

yep, when even Iraq leaves, that says it all

by **Ubetcha** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:55 am

State TV people pulling away barb wire and people going thru per AJ

by **FoolOnTheHill** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:55 am

ZX12R wrote:
Mimi wrote:
snark wrote:
ZX12R wrote:
Muhajiir wrote:
Mimi wrote:Good Morning All!

I have a foggy thought as I wait for my coffee to kick in: Do you suppose the army is giving any thought to SA's financial aid replacing the US's? In other words, those higher ups who don't want to lose their fat checks by completely siding with the people, now need not worry as SA will keep the money flowing....therefor freeing them to 100% backing of the people?

the thing is SA is with mubarak and not the people

One other thing, it's not just the money that the armed forces get, it's the hardware. I'm sure the army and airforce like getting those Abrams tanks and F-16s. They won't get that from SA or any other arab country. I'm betting the armed forces will, when they are forced to, will side against King Hosni the self appointed pharaoh. At least, that's what I'm hoping, and Egypt can then get on with the free and fair democratically elected new age of the people.

Yes this was the conclusion of the analyst on CNN (didn't catch his name) that the hardware and technical support was worth much to the army and that SA couldn't compete with us on this

Unbelievable dilemma. So am I getting this right?...what is needed is a strong leader for the people, someone who is not seen as anti-Israel by the US in order for the US to take a stand thus enabling the military to get off the fence...unless there's a surge of lower level military leaving?

This is just my opinion, of course, but I don't really think it's the U.S. that is keeping the Egyptian military on the fence. I think it's just such an enormous move for armed forces to take control of a country and remove its leaders. They know that it will lead to conflict and killing among some factions, and they'd really prefer to avoid that, if at all possible. There will need to be further incentive of some kind, for them to take that sort of action.

What led me to that conclusion was the fact that all of those generals were in DC just before all of this broke. CIA probably already had some clues that something like this was about to break and decided to take advantage since Mubarak had gone "off the reservation" a bit. Here's an interesting link with some background analysis on possible globalist involvement:

http://theintelhub.com/2011/02/09/egypt-what%E2%80%99s-really-happening-listen-to-the-globalists/

by **goodmockingbird** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:55 am

AJE - Military pulling barriers back, or barriers have been pushed down, at state tv, and crowd is pouring in very near to building.

by **Luna** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:56 am

Lots of tweets that government buildings have been taken by protesters in Suez

by **Ubetcha** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:56 am

Janey anything on the wires about people getting thru to State tv

by **Lurker** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:56 am

Myhaloisgone wrote:
The helicopter is back over central Cairo. #Egypt #Jan25 #Egypt 5 minutes ago via web

MASSIVE crowd outside State TV...must be 10,000 plus and still growing. #Tahrir #Egypt #Jan25 6 minutes ago via web

Ben Wedemann estimates about 15,000:
Crowd swelling dramatically in front of State TV. Estimate 15,000...and growing. coming from #Tahrir, 6 Oct bridge.

edit: haha, same source lol!

by **Myhaloisgone** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:56 am

Crowd swelling dramatically in front of State TV. Estimate 15,000...and growing. coming from #Tahrir, 6 Oct bridge. #Jan25 #Egypt

Epic. Has anyone heard from Babsi today?

by **Myhaloisgone** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:57 am

Lurker I think that means you owe me a coke...or I owe you one lol Smile

by **Ubetcha** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:57 am

It also sounded like the Army wasn't intervening when they were removing the wire

by **Lurker** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:58 am

Myhaloisgone wrote:Lurker I think that means you owe me a coke...or I owe you one lol

let's have both one! cheers

by **Luna** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:58 am

Wow! Press TV are interviewing someone who says the people are giving the army a 1 hour warning on where they're headed so the army can get their first and get set up.

by **cab123** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:58 am

Lurker wrote:Iraq embassy in Cairo urges Iraqis to return home

(AP) – 3 hours ago

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's government has offered food, financial aid and free flights home to Iraqis who had moved to Egypt to escape civil strife at home, but may now feel threatened by unrest in their host country, officials said Friday.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlMHWQsenzhAH9RiSbjzq7l6_dRw?docId=24385c7903434a89b3b04e5e69479ea6

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Lurker, now that's really between a rock and a hard spot.no good choice there.

by **Ubetcha** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:59 am

Earth Cries wrote:New dictionary word - #Mubarak (n.): a psychotic ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend who fails to understand it's over #Jan25 #Egypt

Good one!

by **Janey** Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:00 am

Ubetcha wrote:Janey anything on the wires about people getting thru to State tv

on it now, the people have broken through the barriers despite the military. Looks like the place is about to be swarmed and overcome!

by **Lurker** Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:00 am

Al Jazeera: More than 50,000 protesters demand Mubarak steps down in Qina (490km/300 miles from Cairo. Pop: 200,000)

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wow, if that's any sign of the size of the current situation of the demonstrations:
that's 25% affraid

by **Ubetcha** Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:01 am

Janey wrote:
Ubetcha wrote:Janey anything on the wires about people getting thru to State tv

on it now, the people have broken through the barriers despite the military. Looks like the place is about to be swarmed and overcome!

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