mubarak is on now xp
― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:18 (fifteen years ago)
. Riot police appear to have withdrawn from the streets of Cairo and Alexandria after several hours of confrontation with protesters, and in their place the Egyptian Army has taken up presence, guarding government buildings.
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:19 (fifteen years ago)
this doesn't bode well for the usa/egypt friendly on the 9th
― dan m, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:20 (fifteen years ago)
Egypt should be able to beat us anyway.
― Le mépris vient de la tête, la haine vient du cœur (Michael White), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:23 (fifteen years ago)
looks like he's going to cling to power by ceding some nebulous "reforms"
― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:26 (fifteen years ago)
mubarak has no intention of going anywhere any time soon
― lextasy refix (lex pretend), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:27 (fifteen years ago)
yup
― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:27 (fifteen years ago)
oh shit he just said he is stepping down
― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:27 (fifteen years ago)
wait what did he just say?
as of TOMORROW, will designate interim gov't
whoah
― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:28 (fifteen years ago)
!!!
― goole, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:28 (fifteen years ago)
whoa wtf this speech took a drastic turn
― Clay, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:28 (fifteen years ago)
oh my god
― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:28 (fifteen years ago)
ooh
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:29 (fifteen years ago)
"I have ordered the government to step down, and I will name a new government tomorrow"
― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:29 (fifteen years ago)
is he just like dissolving parliament?
― mookieproof, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:29 (fifteen years ago)
he's staying put it looks like
― omar little, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:29 (fifteen years ago)
He's not stepping down, he's just changing the government
― Death and Taxis (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:30 (fifteen years ago)
twitter responses saying otherwise -- mubarak asked the gov't to step down, whatever that means.
xps lol
― goole, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:30 (fifteen years ago)
he said he'd ordered the government to step down, and he'd name a new one tomorrow, but he himself isn't going anywhere!
― lextasy refix (lex pretend), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:30 (fifteen years ago)
yeah i was listening to a translation obv but i didn't hear him explicitly say he was leaving office?
xps yeah
― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:30 (fifteen years ago)
not a tenable position surely
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:31 (fifteen years ago)
kinda hard to believe he's almost 83 yrs old
― omar little, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:31 (fifteen years ago)
What channel are you watching (if seeing this in the UK)?
i know yall hate me that's why i'm firing my staff
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:32 (fifteen years ago)
al-jazeera
― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:32 (fifteen years ago)
reporter saying (obviously) that this won't be enough for the protesters, power is concentrated in the hands of the president anyway
so he's sacking his entire cabinet
wonder if he's playing for time to figure out some way to step aside without being killed/tried for crimes/imprisoned/whatever
― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:32 (fifteen years ago)
thanks xp - don't have it, will keep getting my news from ilx
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:33 (fifteen years ago)
ismael - http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/
― lextasy refix (lex pretend), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:33 (fifteen years ago)
sorry for bungling the translation guys
― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:33 (fifteen years ago)
yes use lex's link
― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:33 (fifteen years ago)
aljazeera is crashing my shit, so there's also http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698
― mookieproof, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:34 (fifteen years ago)
thanks lex etc
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:34 (fifteen years ago)
has anyone made the "mubarak in de nile" joke yet?
― lextasy refix (lex pretend), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:34 (fifteen years ago)
Al Jazeera English: Live Stream http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/
― am0n, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:35 (fifteen years ago)
― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, January 28, 2011 5:33 PM (21 seconds ago)
haha it's okay, i was sort of tuning him out because it seemed like he wasn't saying much, then all of the sudden i heard "new government tomorrow" and read what you said
― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:35 (fifteen years ago)
I'm sure he could find refuge somewhere, Saudi at least. If he does attempt this legalistic gambit, (and assuming he digs in and keeps hold of power - something I'm very sceptical about) will he run for re-election in September?
― Le mépris vient de la tête, la haine vient du cœur (Michael White), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:35 (fifteen years ago)
Ismael:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698live coverage there
― Death and Taxis (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:35 (fifteen years ago)
more coverage here > http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/
More like 'who hasn't'
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:36 (fifteen years ago)
Yes, upthread. (re De Nile joke)
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:36 (fifteen years ago)
I wasn't really clear to me what "the government" meant in the context of the speech
xp
― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:36 (fifteen years ago)
Got it now thanks xp - every time he looks up I expect to see that it's Berlusconi
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 28 January 2011 22:36 (fifteen years ago)
Got it now thanks
The de Nile joke?
― Death and Taxis (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:37 (fifteen years ago)
yeah is he dissolving parliament or just replacing his cabinet?
― originoo gun kl0pper (k3vin k.), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:38 (fifteen years ago)
White House's maneuvering here is interesting - all the noise from the State Dept makes it seem like they'd all be more than happy to see Mubarak go, they're just worried about giving him an exit strategy that will preserve US interests
― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:39 (fifteen years ago)
VVV
― http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ (am0n), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:40 (fifteen years ago)
all the noise from the State Dept makes it seem like they'd all be more than happy to see Mubarak go
on that note, i'm not really sure what to make of this piece that seems to be trying to claim that the US was behind this - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8289686/Egypt-protests-Americas-secret-backing-for-rebel-leaders-behind-uprising.html - seems a stretch, to put it mildly, but:
The American Embassy in Cairo helped a young dissident attend a US-sponsored summit for activists in New York, while working to keep his identity secret from Egyptian state police.
On his return to Cairo in December 2008, the activist told US diplomats that an alliance of opposition groups had drawn up a plan to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak and install a democratic government in 2011.
― lextasy refix (lex pretend), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:41 (fifteen years ago)
Shakey, given Egypt's history, that interest is likely to be 'stability'.
― Le mépris vient de la tête, la haine vient du cœur (Michael White), Friday, 28 January 2011 22:41 (fifteen years ago)