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9 Feb 2011

Women of Egypt

These are a set of photo of the protests mainly foucsing on the women in the Egypt protests
These are a set of photo of the protests mainly foucsing on the women in the Egypt protests
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8 Feb 2011

Speakers’ Corner on the Nile

I m in Tahrir Square, and of all the amazing things one sees here the one that strikes me most is a bearded man who is galloping up and down, literally screaming himself hoarse, saying: I feel free! I feel free! Gathered around him are Egyptians of all ages, including a woman so veiled that she has only a slit for her eyes, and they re all holding up cellphones taking pictures and video of this man, determined to capture the moment in case it never comes again.
I m in Tahrir Square, and of all the amazing things one sees here the one that strikes me most is a bearded man who is...
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8 Feb 2011

Baby steps: Mubarak creates reform committees

President Hosni Mubarak set up a committee Tuesday to recommend constitutional amendments to relax presidential eligibility rules and impose term limits -- seeking to meet longtime popular demands as a standoff with protesters seeking his ouster enters its third week.
President Hosni Mubarak set up a committee Tuesday to recommend constitutional amendments to relax presidential...
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8 Feb 2011

Americans support the Egyptian protesters

Gallup is out with a new national poll on Americans' views of the pro-democracy protests in Egypt. The results show that fear-mongering by some in the media about a post-Mubarak Egypt has apparently not taken hold, with huge majorities expressing sympathy for the protesters
Gallup is out with a new national poll on Americans' views of the pro-democracy protests in Egypt. The results show that...
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8 Feb 2011

Tehran 1979 or Berlin 1989

The core issue in Egypt can be boiled down to this: are we witnessing Tehran 1979 or Berlin 1989? Is this a broad uprising against dictatorship whose goal of democratic freedom will be usurped by organized Islamists, as in the Iranian revolution? Or is this the end of the Arab Jurassic Park where, from Yemen to Tunisia, aging despots have ruled, and the start of a democratic flowering as world-changing as the collapse of the Soviet empire?
The core issue in Egypt can be boiled down to this: are we witnessing Tehran 1979 or Berlin 1989? Is this a broad...
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8 Feb 2011

TV Interview of Protest Leader Revives Crowd in Cairo Square

Several thousand demonstrators marched on the Egyptian Parliament for the first time and masses crammed into Tahrir Square on Tuesday to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak in a revolt buoyed by the broadcast of an emotional television interview with a young Google executive conducted hours after his release from secret detention.
Several thousand demonstrators marched on the Egyptian Parliament for the first time and masses crammed into Tahrir...
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8 Feb 2011

Egypt Details Reforms as Protest Takes On New Life

As the authorities and protesters struggle to grasp the see-sawing initiative in Egypt s 15-day-old revolt, the government of Hosni Mubarak unveiled new pledges of reform on Tuesday, but demonstrators crammed anew into Tahrir Square in ever greater numbers to reject anything less than the president s immediate ouster.
As the authorities and protesters struggle to grasp the see-sawing initiative in Egypt s 15-day-old revolt, the...
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8 Feb 2011

Egypt thousands flood Cairo square galvanised by Google activist

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, took a step earlier on Tuesday towards democratic reform, authorising a committee to pursue constitutional change, a gesture that failed to appease the crowds who noisily demanded his immediate ouster.
Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, took a step earlier on Tuesday towards democratic reform, authorising a committee...
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8 Feb 2011

Cables say Israel favours Suleiman

Omar Suleiman, Egypt's recently appointed vice-president, has long long seen by Israel as the favoured successor to Hosni Mubarak, the current president, according to a leaked diplomatic cable obtained by WikiLeaks, the whistleblower website, and published by the UK daily, The Telegraph.
Omar Suleiman, Egypt's recently appointed vice-president, has long long seen by Israel as the favoured successor to...
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8 Feb 2011

Cairo Struggles Toward Normalcy as Mubarak Tries to Wait Out Protest

As Egypt s revolt entered its third week the government of President Hosni Mubarak sought to seize the initiative from protesters still crowding Tahrir Square on Monday, offering a pay raise for government employees, announcing a date for opening the stock market and projecting an air of normalcy in a city reeling just days ago.
As Egypt s revolt entered its third week the government of President Hosni Mubarak sought to seize the initiative from...
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8 Feb 2011

Amid Egypt Turmoil, More Clashes in Sinai

Attacks in recent days suggest that provocateurs are trying to take advantage of the political turmoil in Cairo to spread unrest in Sinai, the desert peninsula that lies between Israel and the main territory of Egypt and near Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
Attacks in recent days suggest that provocateurs are trying to take advantage of the political turmoil in Cairo to...
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8 Feb 2011

Egyptian protests: Who speaks for the young people gathered in Tahrir Square?

When I approached Nagla Nasser in Cairo's central square Sunday, she told me she was too old to talk to a reporter. "This is a youth revolution," said Nasser, who looks to be no older than middle-aged. "You need to talk to someone young." Exactly. But the question facing the popular revolt against the rule of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is who speaks for the young protesters in the square. Egypt's youth has been instrumental in starting this uprising. Now everyone is asking who will finish it.
When I approached Nagla Nasser in Cairo's central square Sunday, she told me she was too old to talk to a reporter....
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7 Feb 2011

Egyptians feel the pinch

The ongoing turmoil in Egypt has prompted more than 160,000 tourists to flee the country. Many businesses have also been shut for days.
The ongoing turmoil in Egypt has prompted more than 160,000 tourists to flee the country. Many businesses have also been...
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7 Feb 2011

Suleiman The CIA’s man in Cairo

On January 29, Omar Suleiman, Egypt's top spy chief, was anointed vice president by tottering dictator, Hosni Mubarak. By appointing Suleiman, part of a shake-up of the cabinet in an attempt to appease the masses of protesters and retain his own grip on the presidency, Mubarak has once again shown his knack for devilish shrewdness. Suleiman has long been favoured by the US government for his ardent anti-Islamism, his willingness to talk and act tough on Iran - and he has long been the CIA s main man in Cairo.
On January 29, Omar Suleiman, Egypt's top spy chief, was anointed vice president by tottering dictator, Hosni Mubarak....
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7 Feb 2011

Hamas eyes Brotherhood rise

Hamas has been in power in Gaza for four years, and is firmly entrenched in the community. The organisation's early origins lie in the Muslim Brotherhood, and the two groups still have very close links.
Hamas has been in power in Gaza for four years, and is firmly entrenched in the community. The organisation's early...
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7 Feb 2011

Egypt’s elite fears instability

Much of the focus in Egypt has been on the protesters most of whom come from humble backgrounds, but what about the country's wealthier residents?
Much of the focus in Egypt has been on the protesters most of whom come from humble backgrounds, but what about the...
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7 Feb 2011

Talks fail to end Egypt protests

Pro-democracy protesters are continuing their sit-in in Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square, showing no signs of being appeased by talks held a day earlier between the government and opposition groups.
Pro-democracy protesters are continuing their sit-in in Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square, showing no signs of being...
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7 Feb 2011

Droughts, Floods and Food

The consequences of this food crisis go far beyond economics. After all, the big question about uprisings against corrupt and oppressive regimes in the Middle East isn t so much why they re happening as why they re happening now. And there s little question that sky-high food prices have been an important trigger for popular rage
The consequences of this food crisis go far beyond economics. After all, the big question about uprisings against...
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editorial, food prices, global unrest
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7 Feb 2011

The shaping of a New World Order

While Obama's rhetoric moved more quickly towards the Egyptian people than did President Carter's towards Iranians three decades ago, his refusal to call for Mubarak's immediate resignation raises suspicion that, in the end, the US would be satisfied if Mubarak was able to ride out the protests and engineer a "democratic" transition that left American interests largely intact.
While Obama's rhetoric moved more quickly towards the Egyptian people than did President Carter's towards Iranians three...
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7 Feb 2011

Suleiman ‘panned’ Egypt opposition

Omar Suleiman, Egypt's recently appointed vice-president, has previously harshly criticised Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood in his communications with US officials, according to leaked US diplomatic cables. The revelations came as Suleiman met opposition leaders, including the Muslim Brotherhood, on Sunday in an bid to end a political crisis that has seen hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets in opposition to Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's president.
Omar Suleiman, Egypt's recently appointed vice-president, has previously harshly criticised Egypt's opposition Muslim...
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muslim brotherhood, omar suleiman, wikileaks
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7 Feb 2011

Egyptian voices reflect diversity

Mohammed idolises Gamal Abdel Nasser, the socialist and nationalist hero of modern Egyptian politics, but elsewhere on the rooftop we find Sohail, the son of a wealthy businessman who professes no religious ideology but admires the Muslim Brotherhood s organisational skills.
Mohammed idolises Gamal Abdel Nasser, the socialist and nationalist hero of modern Egyptian politics, but elsewhere on...
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7 Feb 2011

Egypt frees Al Jazeera journalist

Ayman Mohyeldin, an Al Jazeera correspondent who was detained while covering the unrest in Egypt, has been released. He was seized by the Egyptian military near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sunday, but was freed nine hours later following a concerted appeal by the network and supporters of Mohyeldin.
Ayman Mohyeldin, an Al Jazeera correspondent who was detained while covering the unrest in Egypt, has been released. He...
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7 Feb 2011

Egypt reform promises doubted

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has cast doubt on the government's willingness to follow through on promised reforms, following talks with authorities aimed at ending the country's political crisis.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has cast doubt on the government's willingness to follow through on promised reforms,...
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7 Feb 2011

Egypt’s new dawn echoes of 1919

The anxious jubilation and the revolutionary vivacity that permeated the atmosphere of Egypt's cities were reminiscent of the events that unfolded during Egypt s popular uprising of 1919, when, for the first time in the history of the modern Egyptian state, thousands of ordinary Egyptians of all classes, men and women, young and old, Muslim and Christian, took to the streets to demand political change.
The anxious jubilation and the revolutionary vivacity that permeated the atmosphere of Egypt's cities were reminiscent...
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7 Feb 2011

Arab revolutions transcend Iran’s

Just a short four weeks ago, Iran's Green Movement appeared to be the most vibrant political struggle in the Middle East. That is the case no more. With the uprising in Tunisia that overthrew long-time dictator Zine el Abedine Ben Ali, and with its spread to the streets of Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen and most spectacularly Egypt, the Arab world is on the march, demanding democracy, human rights and jobs.
Just a short four weeks ago, Iran's Green Movement appeared to be the most vibrant political struggle in the Middle...
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7 Feb 2011

Prideful and Prizing Status Quo, Mubarak Resists Pressure

He walks several yards to his office from his living quarters at the presidential palace every day, dressed in his trademark black business suit and tie. On Saturday, he conducted a meeting of his new government s economic team. And on Sunday, he received an envoy from Oman, who delivered a letter from the sultan.
He walks several yards to his office from his living quarters at the presidential palace every day, dressed in his...
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7 Feb 2011

Resentment Finds a Target In Ahmed Ezz

As Egyptians turned their anger on symbols of the state late last month, torching police stations along with the headquarters of President Hosni Mubarak s ruling party, they reserved a special hatred for a garish building with black tinted windows in an upscale neighborhood, setting fire to it three times.
As Egyptians turned their anger on symbols of the state late last month, torching police stations along with the...
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6 Feb 2011

Egyptian Blogger Describes Clashes

In both countries, the time was ripe for revolution and social upheaval. Poverty, repression and hopelessness were enforced by greedy U.S.-supported despots who were deaf to the needs of their people. But there is little doubt that the recent street-protest revolts in Tunis and Cairo were assisted by new social media: Facebookers, tweeters and a new generation of Internet bloggers
In both countries, the time was ripe for revolution and social upheaval. Poverty, repression and hopelessness were...
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6 Feb 2011

Wallflowers at the Revolution

The live feed from Egypt is riveting. We can t get enough of revolution video - even if, some nights, Middle West blizzards take precedence over Middle East battles on the networks' evening news. But more often than not we have little or no context for what we're watching. That's the legacy of years of self-censored, superficial, provincial and at times Islamophobic coverage of the Arab world in a large swath of American news media.
The live feed from Egypt is riveting. We can t get enough of revolution video - even if, some nights, Middle West...
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5 Feb 2011

Bloody in Cairo A Firsthand Account

It was Wednesday afternoon. We were covering the clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters near Tahrir or Liberation Square in Cairo. A short time after we started our shooting, cameraman Olaf Wiig was threatened by a small group of pro-Mubarak thugs.
It was Wednesday afternoon. We were covering the clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters near Tahrir or...
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5 Feb 2011

Egypt VP Target of Assassination Attempt That Killed Two Bodyguards, Sources Tell Fox News

A failed assassination attempt on Egypt's vice president in recent days left two of his bodyguards dead, sources tell Fox News. Such an attempt on the life of Omar Suleiman would mark an alarming turn in the uprising against the government of President Hosni Mubarak, who only recently named Suleiman as vice president in an effort to quell the unrest and possibly line up a successor.
A failed assassination attempt on Egypt's vice president in recent days left two of his bodyguards dead, sources tell...
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5 Feb 2011

Egypt ruling party leaders resign but regime holds

The top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party resigned Saturday, including the president's son, but the regime appeared to be digging in its heels, calculating that it can ride out street demonstrations and keep President Hosni Mubarak in office.
The top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party resigned Saturday, including the president's son, but the regime...
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5 Feb 2011

Obama Backs Suleiman-Led Transition

The Obama administration on Saturday formally threw its weight behind a gradual transition in Egypt, backing attempts by the country s vice president, Gen. Omar Suleiman, to broker a compromise with opposition groups and prepare for new elections in September.
The Obama administration on Saturday formally threw its weight behind a gradual transition in Egypt, backing attempts by...
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5 Feb 2011

Crisis in Egypt Tests U.S. Ties With Israel

The demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak s government in Egypt are rocking the relationship between the United States and its most important Arab ally. But they are also rocking an even more fundamental relationship for the United States its 60-year alliance with Israel.
The demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak s government in Egypt are rocking the relationship between the United...
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5 Feb 2011

West Backs Gradual Egyptian Transition

The United States and leading European nations on Saturday threw their weight behind a gradual transition in Egypt, backing attempts by the country s vice president, Omar Suleiman, to negotiate with opposition groups without immediately removing President Hosni Mubarak from power.
The United States and leading European nations on Saturday threw their weight behind a gradual transition in Egypt,...
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5 Feb 2011

Mubarak’s phantom presidency

Western commentators, whether liberal, left or conservative, tend to see all forces of coercion in non-democratic states as the hammers of "dictatorship" or as expressions of the will of an authoritarian leader. But each police, military and security institution has its own history, culture, class-allegiances, and, often its own autonomous sources of revenue and support as well
Western commentators, whether liberal, left or conservative, tend to see all forces of coercion in non-democratic states...
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5 Feb 2011

Egypt and the Palestinian question

Along with the laundry list of domestic grievances expressed by Egyptian protesters calling for an end to the regime of Hosni Mubarak, the popular perception of Egypt's foreign policy has also been a focal point of the demonstrations. Signs and chants have called on Mubarak to seek refuge in Tel Aviv, while his hastily appointed vice-president, Omar Suleiman, has been disparaged as a puppet of the US. Egypt's widely publicised sale of natural gas to Israel at rock bottom prices has featured in many refrains emanating from the crowds.
Along with the laundry list of domestic grievances expressed by Egyptian protesters calling for an end to the regime of...
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5 Feb 2011

Egypt Is Test of Obama’s Promises

Egypt is an alarm that signals the urgent need for change in U.S. foreign policy. It provides President Obama an opportunity to transform a foreign policy that has often had the opposite effect than was sought and is undermining U.S. economic and national security.
Egypt is an alarm that signals the urgent need for change in U.S. foreign policy. It provides President Obama an...
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5 Feb 2011

Battle lines begin to take shape

Just a couple of days ago, a chorus of analysts - including this one - concluded that Hosni Mubarak was finished. The overall prediction still stands: his regime will never be the same again, and in all likelihood, it is just a matter of time before he goes. [1] However, for now, the Egyptian president, aged 83, seems intent on holding onto power, despite all odds.
Just a couple of days ago, a chorus of analysts - including this one - concluded that Hosni Mubarak was finished. The...
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5 Feb 2011

We the Egyptian People

Egypt s not alone in seeing the gulf between its wealthy and the rest widen; that s a global trend. But in a country of 83 million where almost 30 percent of the population is still illiterate, and the big bucks have often depended on an entr e to Mubarak s son, Gamal, or his circle, the pattern has been particularly inflammatory.
Egypt s not alone in seeing the gulf between its wealthy and the rest widen; that s a global trend. But in a country of...
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5 Feb 2011

Egypt Officials Seek to Nudge Mubarak Out

President Hosni Mubarak appeared increasingly isolated on Friday, as hundreds of thousands of protesters returned to Tahrir Square and the Obama administration and some members of the Egyptian military and civilian elite pursued plans to nudge him from power.
President Hosni Mubarak appeared increasingly isolated on Friday, as hundreds of thousands of protesters returned to...
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5 Feb 2011

Freedom makes you giddy

Hosni Mubarak s decision to replace his cabinet and appoint a vice-president (Omar Suleiman, 74, head of army intelligence), something he had refused to do since he became president in 1981, had no effect on the hundreds of thousands of Egyptian demonstrators who want him to relinquish all power. His vague calls for dialogue with the opposition, and for economic and social reforms, were also ineffectual. The tension on Egypt s streets did not abate.
Hosni Mubarak s decision to replace his cabinet and appoint a vice-president (Omar Suleiman, 74, head of army...
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5 Feb 2011

Egypt’s army failed in its duty

The protestors had stood in Midan Tahrir while fighter jets screamed low overhead, in a move of blatant intimidation. They had organised despite the regime s blocking of internet and other means of communication; despite years of arrests of dissenters.
The protestors had stood in Midan Tahrir while fighter jets screamed low overhead, in a move of blatant intimidation....
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4 Feb 2011

Mideast Payback Worries Washington

Long ago and faraway perhaps, but eventually there were two significant deaths: in December, the self-immolation of a fruit vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi, harassed to suicide by Tunisian police, and last June's murder of young Egyptian businessman Khaled Said, beaten by security men in Alexandria.
Long ago and faraway perhaps, but eventually there were two significant deaths: in December, the self-immolation of a...
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4 Feb 2011

Reagan’s Epoch Shatters in Egypt

Upon taking office in 1981, Reagan turned the United States onto a new course, away from Jimmy Carter s intensive Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and toward tolerance of the Likud strategy of expanding settlements on the West Bank and lashing out at Israel's enemies in Lebanon and the Occupied Territories.
Upon taking office in 1981, Reagan turned the United States onto a new course, away from Jimmy Carter s intensive...
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4 Feb 2011

Empowering Egypt’s new pluralism

The "March of Millions" in Cairo marks the spectacular emergence of a new political society in Egypt. This uprising brings together a new coalition of forces, uniting reconfigured elements of the security state with prominent business people, internationalist leaders, and relatively new (or newly reconfigured) mass movements of youth, labour, women's and religious groups. President Hosni Mubarak lost his political power on Friday, January 28.
The "March of Millions" in Cairo marks the spectacular emergence of a new political society in Egypt. This uprising...
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4 Feb 2011

Three questions Good cop, bad cop

Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, Marwan Bishara, tries to decipher the reasons behind the escalation to violence, Mubarak's new strategy, and its chances for success.
Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, Marwan Bishara, tries to decipher the reasons behind the escalation to violence,...
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4 Feb 2011

Mubarak’s third force terror tactic

The apparently sudden and unexpected violence against Egyptian protesters that started on February 2 has an interesting historical ring to it. The date marks the unbanning of liberation movements in South Africa in 1990, and the start of political negotiations between the apartheid regime and the African National Congress. It also marks the start of the most violent period in South Africa s turbulent political history.
The apparently sudden and unexpected violence against Egyptian protesters that started on February 2 has an interesting...
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4 Feb 2011

Mass protests in city of Alexandria

Tens of thousands of people have staged protests against Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, in Alexandria, on what activists have dubbed his "day of departure".
Tens of thousands of people have staged protests against Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, in Alexandria, on what...
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4 Feb 2011

Mubarak says he ‘wants to go’

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has said in an interview to America's ABC News that he is "fed up" and wants "to go" after 62 years in public service. However, he fears the consequences if he were to quit immediately, saying his resignation would bring chaos to Egypt. Protesters demanding an end to Mubarak's 30-year rule continue to clash with his supporters on the streets of Cairo. The uprising has been blamed on poverty, corruption and recession.
Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has said in an interview to America's ABC News that he is "fed up" and wants "to...
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4 Feb 2011

Egyptians turn out for ‘final push’

Chants urging Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, to leave office are reverberating across Cairo's Tahrir Square. Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered at the square, the focal point of protests in Egypt, for what they have termed the "Day of Departure" for the man who has been the country's leader for the last 30 years.
Chants urging Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, to leave office are reverberating across Cairo's Tahrir Square....
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4 Feb 2011

Egypt protests ‘Day of departure’ rally in Cairo

Tens of thousands of Egyptians are taking part in a "day of departure" to try to oust President Hosni Mubarak. There is an increased army presence in Cairo's Tahrir Square after unrest that has led to hundreds of casualties.
Tens of thousands of Egyptians are taking part in a "day of departure" to try to oust President Hosni Mubarak. There is...
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4 Feb 2011

Egyptians Muster for a New Protest as Crackdown Widens

With signs of fracturing within Egypt's ruling elite, hundreds of thousands of people packed Cairo's central Tahrir Square on Friday, chanting slogans, bowing in prayer and waving Egyptian flags to press a largely peaceful campaign for the removal of President Hosni Mubarak.
With signs of fracturing within Egypt's ruling elite, hundreds of thousands of people packed Cairo's central Tahrir...
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4 Feb 2011

White House and Egypt Discuss Plan for Mubarak’s Exit

The Obama administration is discussing with Egyptian officials a proposal for President Hosni Mubarak to resign immediately and turn over power to a transitional government headed by Vice President Omar Suleiman with the support of the Egyptian military, administration officials and Arab diplomats said Thursday.
The Obama administration is discussing with Egyptian officials a proposal for President Hosni Mubarak to resign...
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4 Feb 2011

Do the Egyptian protests prove George W. Bush right?

In this week of tumult and revolution throughout the Middle East, few spectacles have been more pathetic more crudely and shamelessly vain than the attempt by certain neocons to portray the rush of events as a vindication of their own long-discredited ideas.
In this week of tumult and revolution throughout the Middle East, few spectacles have been more pathetic more crudely...
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4 Feb 2011

Why Obama has to get Egypt right

Revolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears. In the case of the Middle East, the tears could be avoided if President Obama stands firmly by the values that got him elected. Although American power and influence in the world have declined, our allies and their armies look to us for direction. These armies are strong enough to maintain law and order as long as they stay out of politics; thus the revolutions can remain peaceful. That is what the United States should insist on while encouraging corrupt and repressive rulers who are no longer tolerated by their people to step aside and allow new leaders to be elected in free and fair elections.
Revolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears. In the case of the Middle East, the tears could be avoided...
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4 Feb 2011

Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s supporters have taken to the streets. Why are they so gung-ho?

After several days of protests against Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, a throng of his supporters took to the streets to oppose the revolution. Everyone knows what the protesters don't like about Mubarak his 30-year reign of oppressive policies and sham elections. But what do the pro-Mubarak activists like about him?
After several days of protests against Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, a throng of his supporters took to the streets...
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4 Feb 2011

Protesters declare Cairo square ‘autonomous republic’ as clashes start to subside

Thousands of Mubarak supporters, who violently attacked anti-government protesters and foreign journalist in Cairo's Tahrir Square, started returning to their homes. Meanwhile, some ten thousand citizens remained in the square after dark to defend the site of the protests, which they say has become an "autonomous republic of the Egyptian people" over which Mubarak has no control.
Thousands of Mubarak supporters, who violently attacked anti-government protesters and foreign journalist in Cairo's...
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4 Feb 2011

U.S. intelligence warned Obama of Egypt instability at end of 2010

U.S. intelligence officials warned President Barack Obama's administration of instability in Egypt at the end of 2010 but did not foresee what would trigger the unrest at that time, a top U.S. CIA official said on Thursday.
U.S. intelligence officials warned President Barack Obama's administration of instability in Egypt at the end of 2010...
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4 Feb 2011

In Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood Steps Up, but Role Is Uncertain

After maintaining a low profile in protests led largely by secular young Egyptians, the Muslim Brotherhood, the country s largest opposition force, appeared to be taking a more assertive role Thursday, issuing a statement asking for President Hosni Mubarak to step aside for a transitional government.
After maintaining a low profile in protests led largely by secular young Egyptians, the Muslim Brotherhood, the country...
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4 Feb 2011

The view from the battle ground.

This morning, after a night of violent clashes that left five dead and 800 injured, anti-regime protesters in Cairo's central square braced themselves for further confrontations with Mubarak supporters.
This morning, after a night of violent clashes that left five dead and 800 injured, anti-regime protesters in Cairo's...
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3 Feb 2011

Egypt’s Bumbling Brotherhood

Ever since Muslim Brotherhood's founding in 1928 as a rival to Western-inspired nationalist movements that had failed to free Egypt from foreign powers, the Muslim Brotherhood has tried to revive Islamic power. Yet in 83 years it has botched every opportunity.
Ever since Muslim Brotherhood's founding in 1928 as a rival to Western-inspired nationalist movements that had failed to...
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3 Feb 2011

Egypt PM ‘sorry’ for violence

Ahmad Shafiq, the Egyptian prime minister, has apologised for the violence in the capital's Tahrir Square, and vowed that it will not be allowed to recur. He made the comments on Thursday, after violent clashes in central Cairo between pro-democracy protesters and loyalists of Hosni Mubarak, the president, claimed at least seven lives and injured more than 800.
Ahmad Shafiq, the Egyptian prime minister, has apologised for the violence in the capital's Tahrir Square, and vowed...
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3 Feb 2011

Egypt bans ex-ministers from travel

Egypt's attorney-general has issued a travel ban on several former ministers and a prominent member of the ruling party and frozen their bank accounts, state news agency MENA has said. Those banned from leaving the country are Habib al-Adly, the ex- interior minister, Ahmed el-Maghrabi, the former housing minister, and Zuhair Garana, the former tourism minister.
Egypt's attorney-general has issued a travel ban on several former ministers and a prominent member of the ruling party...
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3 Feb 2011

Media in the line of fire in Egypt

Journalists in Egypt domestic and foreign are increasingly under siege, with Egyptian authorities detaining reporters and gangs of young men roaming the streets looking for anyone with camera equipment. Some of the pressure has come from the government: Six Al Jazeera journalists were detained for several hours earlier this week, and while they were eventually released, their equipment remains with the police.
Journalists in Egypt domestic and foreign are increasingly under siege, with Egyptian authorities detaining reporters...
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3 Feb 2011

Running battles rage in Cairo

There have been running battles between pro-democracy protesters and loyalists of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's embattled president, near Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square. Witnesses said that gunshots rang out from a bridge leading to the square, the epicentre of protests against Mubarak for the past 10 days.
There have been running battles between pro-democracy protesters and loyalists of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's embattled...
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3 Feb 2011

PM apologises for Tahrir Square violence

Egypt's prime minister has apologised for the fighting between pro- and anti-government demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which killed five people and wounded several hundred. Ahmed Shafiq pledged to investigate the violence, calling it a "fatal error"
Egypt's prime minister has apologised for the fighting between pro- and anti-government demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir...
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3 Feb 2011

U.S. Rift With Egypt’s Mubarak Alters Mideast Calculus

After days of delicate public and private diplomacy, the United States openly broke with its most stalwart ally in the Arab world on Wednesday, as the Obama administration strongly condemned violence by allies of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt against protesters and called on him to speed up his exit from power.
After days of delicate public and private diplomacy, the United States openly broke with its most stalwart ally in the...
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3 Feb 2011

Demonstrations turn violent as pro-Mubarak crowd clashes with protesters

Whipped up by state television and spoiling for a fight, thousands of supporters of President Hosni Mubarak flooded into the center of Egypt's capital Wednesday, sparking violent clashes that shifted the momentum in a political confrontation that has gripped the region and the world.
Whipped up by state television and spoiling for a fight, thousands of supporters of President Hosni Mubarak flooded into...
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3 Feb 2011

Mubarak supporters strike back

Violent clashes raged for much of Wednesday around Tahrir Square in central Cairo, where protesters threw rocks and homemade bombs over the heads of a handful of mostly helpless Egyptian army soldiers. Up to 1,500 people were injured, some of them seriously, and by the day's end at least three deaths were reported by the Reuters news agency quoting officials.
Violent clashes raged for much of Wednesday around Tahrir Square in central Cairo, where protesters threw rocks and...
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3 Feb 2011

Violence flares in Cairo square

Heavy gunfire is being heard in Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square as pro-democracy demonstrators continue to defy curfew in the Egyptian capital. Ambulances were seen heading to the area on Thursday morning and at least two fatalities were reported. Protesters from the pro-democracy and pro-government camps fought pitched battles on Wednesday in Tahrir Square, the epicentre of demonstrations against Hosni Mubarak for the past nine days.
Heavy gunfire is being heard in Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square as pro-democracy demonstrators continue to defy...
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3 Feb 2011

Egypt unrest: Two reported dead in overnight shooting

Gunfire has rung out in the early hours of Thursday around Cairo's Tahrir Square, where Egyptian anti-government protesters are camping out. At least two people are reported dead. On Wednesday three died in clashes with supporters of President Hosni Mubarak.
Gunfire has rung out in the early hours of Thursday around Cairo's Tahrir Square, where Egyptian anti-government...
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3 Feb 2011

Pro-Mubarak supporters ‘well-organised’

Since I arrived here a week ago I have seen no significant demonstrations for President Mubarak. But from the morning there were thousands of his supporters on Cairo's streets, mobilised presumably by the ruling party, the NDP.
Since I arrived here a week ago I have seen no significant demonstrations for President Mubarak. But from the morning...
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2 Feb 2011

Obama welcomes the Muslim Brotherhood

I haven't seen it noted much, but the Los Angeles Times reported the position of the Obama administration this past Monday on the participation of the Muslim Brotherhood in a future Egyptian government:
I haven't seen it noted much, but the Los Angeles Times reported the position of the Obama administration this past...
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2 Feb 2011

Twitter, and Facebook How do social media tools enable revolutions

At some point, cable talking heads will cease to ask the question every time an autocratic regime gets caught off guard by its angry and apparently youthful citizenry: Did Twitter make them do it? Was this the Facebook revolution? But we're not there yet, and so those questions have been playing in heavy rotation over the last week.
At some point, cable talking heads will cease to ask the question every time an autocratic regime gets caught off guard...
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2 Feb 2011

Should we fear the Muslim Brotherhood

Now that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's regime may soon come to an end, Americans are asking what might take its place. A prime candidate is the Muslim Brotherhood, or so it seems. The Brotherhood is the largest organized opposition group in Egypt, with hundreds of thousands of members and supporters.
Now that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's regime may soon come to an end, Americans are asking what might take its...
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2 Feb 2011

Egypt Internet back up as protests turn violent in Cairo

Internet access in Egypt was restored Wednesday as protests turned violent in the capital, a day after president Hosni Mubarak said he would not step down immediately and as pro-government demonstrators, some on horseback and camels, took to the streets and challenged opponents to the regime.
Internet access in Egypt was restored Wednesday as protests turned violent in the capital, a day after president Hosni...
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2 Feb 2011

Clashes Erupt in Cairo Between Mubarak’s Allies and Foes

The Egyptian government struck back at its opponents on Wednesday, unleashing waves of pro-government provocateurs armed with clubs, stones, rocks and knives in and around Tahrir Square in a concerted effort to rout the protesters who have called for an end to President Hosni Mubarak s near-30-year rule.
The Egyptian government struck back at its opponents on Wednesday, unleashing waves of pro-government provocateurs armed...
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2 Feb 2011

CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Other Journalists Attacked by Protesters in Cairo

Journalists covering protests in Cairo, including CNN's Anderson Cooper and two Associated Press correspondents, have been roughed up in the crowd. Cooper says he and his crew were attacked by supporters of President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday. CNN later said no one was seriously hurt.
Journalists covering protests in Cairo, including CNN's Anderson Cooper and two Associated Press correspondents, have...
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2 Feb 2011

Transition must be rapid and credible, says PM

Public pressure continues on President Hosni Mubarak to end his 30-year rule immediately rather than wait till September elections. Mr Cameron described clashes in central Cairo as "despicable", saying the violence needed to stop.
Public pressure continues on President Hosni Mubarak to end his 30-year rule immediately rather than wait till September...
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