a thread about the civil unrest in egypt (& elsewhere in 'the region' if necessary)

how have i ONLY JUST REALISED that tahrir means liberation? o_0

http://grab.by/8U1l

http://grab.by/8U1n

http://grab.by/8U1u

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/1/30/1233320352390/Andrei-Arshavin-002.jpg

Watching Al Jazeera right now is *goosebumps*

http://grab.by/8U1Q

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/1/30/1233320352390/Andrei-Arshavin-002.jpg

― Death and Taxis (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 11 February 2011 16:21 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

can't be said enough

al-j stream down for me

someone yesterday was insisting to me that if mubarak falls, egypt will either collapse into chaos or into an even more aggressive, brutal, and now anti-west/anti-israel, dictatorship. hoping neither prediction is true, obv.; but this will be a tense transition.

http://grab.by/8U20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5jo1WRanF8

daniel, read this - http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/02/20112101030726228.html

Micro-entrepreneurs, new workers' groups, and massive anti-police brutality organisations obviously do not share the same class position as Sawiris and Badrawi and the rich men in the "Council of the Wise". Nevertheless, there are significant overlaps and affinities between the interests and politics of nationalist development-oriented groups, the newly entrepreneurial military - and the vitally well-organised youth and women's social movements. This confluence of social, historical and economic dynamics will assure that this uprising does not get reduced to a photo opportunity for Suleiman and a few of his cronies.

someone yesterday was insisting to me that if mubarak falls, egypt will either collapse into chaos or into an even more aggressive, brutal, and now anti-west/anti-israel, dictatorship.

What happened after you turned Glenn Beck off?

the white house has made a statement that it will make a statement

Understated.

RT @mhegi: Uninstalling dictator COMPLETE - installing now: egypt 2.0: █░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░...

just now, interview on al-jazeera: "i now feel that anything is possible. I'm so proud"

oh delight

i mean everything i've read suggests the army was lining up for a coup if dude didn't peace, and i think m got spooked and peaced

Or this is a coup?

(sorry)

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu216/le_bateau_ivre/Afbeelding2.png

yo egypt, i'm really happy for you and imma let you finish... but mubarak had one of the best dictatorships of all time

hehe xp

so cute!

He's always welcome to take over here in Belgium, we need a firm hand after all these failed government forming attempts.

He has commissioned the armed forces council to direct the issues of the state.

Presumably he had little choice in that commissioning.

Still, round 1: protesters. But it's not over yet.

whos next!

Was not expecting this! Was just interviewing a director you've all heard of, who'd visited Egypt 18 months ago; he said he could never have discerned/dreamed this kind of overthrow bubbling under.

He's always welcome to take over here in Belgium, we need a firm hand after all these failed government forming attempts.

Something to finally unite the Flemish and the Walloons!

tracer: i will read that. ned: i cannot turn glenn beck off, ever.

btw, i now suspect dj/rupture is dr. morbius:

djrupture. Mubarak down, the people empowered. What would an American version of this look like?

Sam Allardyce has thrown his hat into the ring for the vacancy.

Was just interviewing a director you've all heard of

Read that as 'dictator'

so glad we now know what a famous person we've all heard of thinks of this

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67371/khairi-abaza/uniting-egypts-opposition

haha ned me too

Ha ha, Ned! Awesome

Was just interviewing a director you've all heard of

Read that as 'dictator'

Was just interviewing a director you've all heard of

Read that as 'dictator'

― Ned Raggett, Friday, February 11, 2011 4:38 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

heh, me too

kind of wish british people would stop with the "let's do this to cameron" comments, vaguely insulting comparison to draw

an ilxor youve all heard of via facebook lmao

http://grab.by/8U3h

"let's just take a moment ... " good call dude

Was just interviewing a director you've all heard of

Read that as 'dictator'

Hobnobbing down the Grouşescu club...

suzy was it Than Shwe?

Was just interviewing a director you've all heard of

Read that as 'dictator'

― Ned Raggett, Friday, February 11, 2011 4:38 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

heh, me too

― lex pretend, Friday, February 11, 2011 4:41 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

me too!

You know who I'd really love to interview right now? Gaddafi.

That's for damn sure.

hah

genuinely hit refresh a couple of times on http://ismubarakstillpresident.com/ just for the :D of it

fwiw, me too (re: director/dictator)

http://grab.by/8U3E

LOL if I interview a dictator, you'll know! I can't say who it is because my subject is embargoed until publication, but I am gleeful at having spent any time in the dude's company - anyone else here would have felt the same. And iatee? FYGWACS.

It's just worth mentioning as one of those odd occasions where you go to an appointment and the world seems a bit shit, and then you get home to discover it is marginally less so. Please don't embarrass anyone by making it about anything else.

Hobnobbing down the Grouşescu club...

Genuine LOL. Still wouldn't want to be a member, tho.

something i never quite twigged til today was about that $1.5B of American military aid. i always imagined this is a "gift" to Mubarak and the military - which it is - but it's also a gift to American military contractors! who do you think sells Egypt the weapons??