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Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 2:11 pm
by ghandi
Used to live there, the mu'haburaat (secret police) are bastards. Cuss'om Mubarek, we'e ragil illi gab'uh kamaan.
Egyptians see themselves as one, which is their strength, and why this could never happen in India.
Re: friend of mine just posted this on facebook
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 2:14 pm
by bagelator
(Pada) wrote:Hague repeated western ambiguity towards the regime. "It is not for use to try to choose the rulers of other countries. For the moment we should concentrating on advocating the right response."
but it's fine to depose and choose leaders if it's Afghanistan or Iraq.

Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 2:20 pm
by bagelator
nowaysj wrote:-dubson- wrote:So then when someone wants another revolution they just kill the next leader?
This is how Mubarak came into power in the first place, isn't it?
more or less. Mubarak is just part of the canon of US funded state terrorists that brutalise their own people and when the yanks get tired of them and a better opportunity arises to consolidate US interests they back the opposition. Same that happened with Hussein in Iraq.
[this is obviously massively simplified]
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 2:30 pm
by clifford_-
bagelator wrote:nowaysj wrote:-dubson- wrote:So then when someone wants another revolution they just kill the next leader?
This is how Mubarak came into power in the first place, isn't it?
more or less. Mubarak is just part of the canon of US funded state terrorists that brutalise their own people and when the yanks get tired of them and a better opportunity arises to consolidate US interests they back the opposition. Same that happened with Hussein in Iraq.
[this is obviously massively simplified]
And we all know if they can start a war, theyll be in profit for as long as their troops are out there. Shame how they kill people for a bigger profit margin.
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:00 pm
by esfandyar
now the egyptian govt just revoked al jazeera's broadcasting license!
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middl ... 94161.html
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:46 pm
by TSH-Tim
woooow when will this end.......
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:13 pm
by jameshk
TSH-Tim wrote:woooow when will this end.......
hopefully when mubarak steps down or is killed.
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:12 am
by TSH-Tim
There's some evil in this world for sure
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:27 am
by Devry_Kaneda
jameshk wrote:TSH-Tim wrote:woooow when will this end.......
hopefully when mubarak steps down or is killed.
My bet is on a rigid theocracy taking Mubarak's place.
Happened in Iran, is happening in Iraq...
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:04 am
by nowaysj
^ my fear.
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:22 am
by noam
Devry[Kaneda] wrote:jameshk wrote:TSH-Tim wrote:woooow when will this end.......
hopefully when mubarak steps down or is killed.
My bet is on a rigid theocracy taking Mubarak's place.
Happened in Iran, is happening in Iraq...
if what is going on in Egypt is a CIA/British caused series of civil uprisings and revolution then yes.
if we have nothing to do with it who knows... im struggling to think of examples where we haven't had anything to do with it.
ahhhh - Venezuela. Chavez is in power and still saying fuck you to the west.
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:36 am
by Devry_Kaneda
What I'm worried about is oil prices...
The Suez canal is basically the oil artery to the west...
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 2:25 am
by noam
update focussing on the economic factors in the uprising
Al Jazeera wrote:
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, facing a popular revolt against his rule, has ordered Ahmed Shafiq, the new prime minister to preserve subsidies, control inflation and provide more jobs.
Protesters who have rocked the nation of 80 million people, a key US ally in the Arab world, complain about surging prices and the growing inequality in the society but have also called for a new political system.
"I require you to bring back confidence in our economy," Mubarak said in a letter to Shafiq, read on TV on Sunday.
"I trust your ability to implement economic policies that accord the highest concern to people's suffering.
"I stress that subsidy provisions in their different forms must not be tampered with and that your government just challenge all forms of corruption," Mubarak said.
'Wider participation'
Mubarak's letter to Shafiq hinted opposition parties could gain more freedoms but was short on specifics.
"I also stress the need for moving seriously and effectively towards more political reforms, in the constitution and legislation, via extensive dialogue with the parties ... allowing their wider participation."
Mubarak sacked his cabinet on Saturday after days of unprecedented demonstrations across the country, appointing former air force chief Ahmed Shafiq as his new prime minister.
But Shafiq has yet to name his cabinet.
Mubarak said Egyptians had expressed their legitimate demands during the past week of protests but that "religious slogans" had penetrated their ranks - a reference to the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition group banned by the government.
He said they had "striven to cause chaos", leading to the disorder and looting of recent days.
Security forces suddenly withdrew from the streets of Egyptian cities en masse on Friday after spending the day combating the protests.
A report on the state news agency Mena on Sunday night said Mubarak had also discussed political reforms with US President Barack Obama in a telephone call.
"(Mubarak) expressed his determination to continue with more steps on political reform that respond to the aspirations of the Egyptian people for a free, democratic society," the agency said.
The six days of unrest have killed more than 100 people, rattled global investors and stunned regional and Western leaders who looked to Mubarak as a bulwark against Islamists and support for Middle East peace negotiations.
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 2:33 am
by jiba
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:40 am
by nowaysj
Devry[Kaneda] wrote:What I'm worried about is oil prices...
The Suez canal is basically the oil artery to the west...
Can't recall if you're american or not. Canada and Mexico are out largest suppliers of oil.
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:14 am
by ghandi
Can't see a theocracy taking over, this is about jobs and the economy's dependent on tourism. Years ago after a massacre of tourists in Luxor there was a massive public backlash against militant Islamists. Egypt is extremely moderate compared to somewhere like Pakistan (though they all quite happily cut off their daughters clits when they're six

, perhaps the one thing I can say in Mubarek's favour, he, or at least his wife, tried to do something to stop this).
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:38 am
by nowaysj
ghandi wrote:Can't see a theocracy taking over, this is about jobs and the economy's dependent on tourism.
Yeah, no doubt. I don't think that ideology is consistent with a generalized Egyptian identity, but that doesn't mean that extremists won't try to seize power, and use the means that they've used elsewhere, ie explosive underwear.
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:18 am
by hutyluty
While the army back mubarak nowts gonna happen
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:15 pm
by TSH-Tim
Those pictures are ****ed up ..........
Re: the situation in egypt
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:54 am
by phrex