Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:02 am Post subject: Protests in Egypt
I really hope this works out for them. I hate the Daily Mail's little-inglander approach to reporting such matters, but they always provide good pictures...
i've just caught the bbc report on this, although the organisers and the leaflets being handed out say the protests are a 'day of revolution against torture, poverty, corruption and unemployment.' the bbc removed the word torture
also, as you expect, hilliary clinton is backing mubarak. ahhh, the west and their dictator allies
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: "Look, Mubarak has been an ally of ours in a number of things that he’s been very responsible on relative to geopolitical interests in the region, Middle East peace efforts, the actions Egypt has taken relative to normalizing relationship with Israel. And I think that it would be—I would not refer to him as a dictator. "
so why do the americans like mubarak so much? what would the worry be if there were democracy in egypt and the people got to pick their leader? this council of foreign relations report sums it up;
"Washington would no longer be able to rely on Cairo to undertake initiatives that are profoundly unpopular with the Egyptian people."
and it might
"harm Washington’s capacity to operate effectively in the Middle East ... Cairo has historically provided Washington with political cover as the United States seeks to achieve its goals in the region."
so fuck the 'goals' of the people of the region, fuck all this protesting against 'torture, poverty, corruption and unemployment' - its all about the 'goals' of the united states! and if those 'goals' are best served by a dictatorship, well, we won't call it a dictatorship
Rumours spread after police withdrew very quickly that the Egyptian museum was about to get robbed. All TV channels were talking about attempts to enter to steal the museum. Once the rumour was spread, thousands and thousands of Egyptians have now made human chains all around the museum to make sure NO one enters. I'm so PROUD of you Egyptians
RT @ajtalk: CONFIRMED: EGYPTIAN MILITARY ABANDONS THE BORDERS BETWEEN GAZA AND EGYPT #Jan25 #Jan28 #Rafah #Gaza #Mubarak #Police #Cairo
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Teenager showed me teargas canister "made in USA". Saw the same thing in Tunisia. Time to reconsider US exports? #Jan25 #Egypt 9:05 PM Jan 28th via web
good to see the egyptian dictatorship are spending that 1.3 billion a year in military 'aid' from america ( and american tax payers ) on american goods - including tanks.
strange the americans are happy to provide equipment for egypt and others to brutally suppress their own populations, yet they won't allow medical supplies to cuba maybe castro should agree to buy american weapons
strange silence from sarah palin and others who were so vocal in their support for protests in iran ...
be interesting when this is over to see an analysis of western government and media statements and coverage of the two events
It's not good to see the violence in Tahrir Square today - but I can understand it 100%. Those fuckers storming about on horses and camels must have thought they were invincible or something...
i missed it all kick off, but i've been catching up, and al jazeera has just started on freeview, and lots of people - various journalists and protesters, are saying these apparently pro mubarak protesters are security services/police, and most definitely organised. some that have been stopped have been found with their security id's!
In my area of Tahrir, the thugs were armed with machetes, straight razors, clubs and stones. And they all had the same chants, the same slogans and the same hostility to journalists. They clearly had been organized and briefed. So the idea that this is some spontaneous outpouring of pro-Mubarak supporters, both in Cairo and in Alexandria, who happen to end up clashing with other side — that is preposterous. It's difficult to know what is happening, and I'm only one observer, but to me these seem to be organized thugs sent in to crack heads, chase out journalists, intimidate the pro-democracy forces and perhaps create a pretext for an even harsher crackdown.
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maybe castro should agree to buy american weapons
