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the situation in egypt
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:32 pm
by hugh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo5Fn1-2 ... r_embedded#
looks like shit really kicked off here and it pretty much completely passed me by. Anyone care to fill me in?
Inspiring stuff!
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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:45 pm
by HRKRT
from what i understand there was allegations of election fraud, which has severely weakened the legimacy of Mubarak and his government, which has essentially been in power for the last 30 years. this is also amongst general calls for reform of social policy. The egyptian police have been criticised internationally for the extremely rough handling of protests over the last couple of days, and tensions are developing into full scale riots.
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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:48 pm
by Sheff
Wow... I'm typically a pretty cold hearted guy but this really hit me hard.
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:57 am
by Cegor
this video left me speachless, hope everything turns out better in the end. 2012's coming! lololol
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:38 pm
by jameshk
that was a powerful video. How did I miss this happening? Media blackout or am i just retarded?
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:46 pm
by 64hz
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:53 pm
by phrex
i've been following this since it started of in tunesia...
about fucking time to blow off!
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:51 pm
by lloydnoise
some incredible live updates here
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/201 ... ve-updates
sounds like chaos at the moment although in some areas apparently protesters are pushing police back
unless this ends quickly either way it could get very very messy soon :/
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:20 pm
by ashley
A protestor has been shot in the head. Killed.
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:28 pm
by hugh
thanks for the live link, looks like the protesters are actually gaining some ground despite the tragic loss of life, and it even seems police are retreating and 'giving up' in a lot of places.
"If you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable"
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:37 pm
by Motorway to Roswell
hugh wrote:"If you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable"
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:55 pm
by Motorway to Roswell
Just saw someone run over by a riot van on the live stream.
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:44 pm
by lloydnoise
how is this thread not going off??!?
a (probably pointless) curfew has been announced in Alexandria, Suez & Cairo and people are even chanting for the army to help them against the police. this is going to be an interesting weekend
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:45 pm
by frank grimes jr.
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:46 pm
by phrex
watching...
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:50 pm
by phrex
siiick - cops are knocking on al jazeeras door
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:55 pm
by honey-d
My thoughts are with the Egyptian people. I hadn't read about them unplugging the internet, that's a very totalitarian move on their part.
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:03 pm
by hutyluty
lots of women protesting in that video there..
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:34 pm
by Pada
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."
LOL
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:34 pm
by 64hz
ugh i just wrote out a fairly long post then closed the window by mistake.
basically, wow.
the flaws in globablisation are manifesting themselves now, i wouldnt be suprised to see a popular uprising in india soon.
perhaps change the thread title and more people might read the thread and discuss.
