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Egypt in Crisis

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  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    Important announcement from Egyptian state TV coming "soon."

    According to AJE, anyhow.
  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    Oh lord. Imagine if Anonymous coordinated an attack on the infrastructure of those ISPs. Just completely fucked them.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    Mubarak is speaking.
  • ShiamShiam
    Mubarak is speechifying now, I'm watching on the Al jazeera channel I linked earlier.
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    Looks like he's still in power. I hear nothing indicating that he's reneging his position at all.
  • VigaViga
    Whoa, this is seriously something to watch. Something that will be written for history for sure.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    He's tenacious, I'll give him that.
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    Hm. "New steps for freedom?" I'll believe it when I see it. But maybe he'll follow through.
  • Kate MonsterKate Monster
    edited January 2011
    I wonder at the honesty of President Mubarak's statements.
    How new will this "new government" actually be?
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  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    edited January 2011
    He just said that he's firing the entire government. Except for himself, of course. He'll name a new government tomorrow.
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  • AndrewAndrew
    I think he just said that he's asking the government to step down tomorrow to start a new one tomorrow. With the rough translation I just heard, it will be difficult to tell what that means.
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    Good analysis of the speech right now. Mubarak just tried to calm everyone down while also claiming that his rule has given citizens the ability to protest at all. He's basically trying to come out of this completely unscathed.
  • VigaViga
    edited January 2011
    I think he just said that he's asking the government to step down tomorrow to start a new one tomorrow. With the rough translation I just heard, it will be difficult to tell what that means.
    Wont it just be same boss, different lackeys then? Isn't that NOT what folks want.
    Good analysis of the speech right now. Mubarak just tried to calm everyone down whilealsoclaiming that his rule has given citizens the ability to protest at all. He's basically trying to come out of this completely unscathed.
    That's what I gathered anyway.
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  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    I'm doubtful that he'll get away with that.
  • ShiamShiam
    That's what the analysis is saying. My feeling is that it will be at best a light cover to the tension.
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    It's interesting that he talks about the freedoms and the choice that his people have, but he also has the power to single-handedly change the government overnight and assign a new one.

    Basically, he's confirmed that Egypt is a dictatorship.
  • AndrewAndrew
    So...if the Defense Minister just got fired, who's in charge of the military? Will he even give up power? So many questions :/
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    Protests haven't stopped. Good job, Mubarak.
  • AndrewAndrew
    Protests haven't stopped. Good job, Mubarak.
    They are chanting "Down, down, down with Mubarak." Yeah...
  • Kate MonsterKate Monster
    As I watch this, why do I have music from West Side Story in my head?
  • YoshoKatanaYoshoKatana
    edited January 2011
    Oh lord. Imagine if Anonymous coordinated an attack on the infrastructure of those ISPs. Just completely fucked them.
    That would be completely awesome (in both senses of the word), and might possibly redeem them for all the shenanigans they've pulled in the past.

    EDIT: I also really, really like the phrase "our man in Cairo."
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  • AndrewAndrew
    Obama is giving a speech within 5 minutes.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    edited January 2011
    Do you know where I can hear that speech?
    EDIT: Okay, AJE just said they'd broadcast it. I'll stick with that.
    Post edited by lackofcheese on
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    edited January 2011
    Obama is live on AJE.
    EDIT: I was probably a couple of minutes behind due to having stayed on AJE without refreshing for a couple of hours, heh.
    Post edited by lackofcheese on
  • RymRym
    This may just be an outlier situation, but AJE's coverage kicks the everliving shit out of the rest of the world's press at the moment.
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    This is quite the situation, and I really don't know what to think about it quite yet. I definitely need to sit back and analyze this as it unfolds.

    I'll say this much, I wouldn't want to be in Obama's place right now. I don't see a "clean" stance that we can possibly take.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    Edward Walker's comments were very interesting.
  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    image

    Humanity is sometimes a wonderful thing to behold.
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  • GreatTeacherMacRossGreatTeacherMacRoss
    edited January 2011
    Al-Jazeera had a number of journalists arrested. It's entire Egyptian bureau has been shut down by the government.
    Egypt's debt rating is plummeting. Not too surprising considering the rioting and the internet blackout.
    U.S. citizens are told to GFTO of Egypt by the US government. I've heard charter planes mentioned several times.
    Numerous tweets from Amr El Beleidy are saying it is not an 'Islamic movement' but a 'people's movement'. This is encouraging, but only time will tell if the Muslim Brotherhood makes a hard push for power or chooses to remain in the background. I'm keeping my fingers crossed on that one.
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