'Ailing' Mubarak reportedly in coma
Brisbane Times - 021611
Asked about reports that Mr
Mubarak may have suffered a stroke,
Mr Shoukry said that "from an official perspective, I have no information
related to the ex-president's health". But, he added that he "might have
received …
Mubarak Resigns: Reaction from Egypt BBC News -
021211
Hosni Mubarak has stepped down as president of Egypt, after weeks of protest in
Cairo and other cities. The news was greeted with a huge outburst of joy and
celebration by thousands in Cairo's Tahrir Square - the heart of the
demonstrations. ...
The Forces Unleashed In Egypt Can't Be Turned Back
The Guardian -
020211
The fate of the Egyptian uprising is in the balance. There is a
revolutionary situation in Egypt, but there has not yet been a revolution.
...
Journalists Report Second Day of Detentions, Harassment In
Cairo
CNN International - Christine Theodorou - 020311
Egypt (CNN) -- Journalists attempting to cover unprecedented unrest in Egypt
reported being targeted, beaten, arrested and harassed by security forces and
police for a second day Thursday. Al Jazeera released a statement ...
Mubarak Supporters Throwing Fire-Bombs At Anti-Mubarak Crowd
Egyptian Protestor States Their Intentions
Why do I feel like I'm watching the Kuwait incubator testimony
all over again?
Internet Cut As Egypt Braces For 'March of Millions CNN International -
Ben Wedeman,
Frederik Pleitgen -
021011 By the CNN Wire Staff - A man holds a sign up following
prayers in Tahrir Square in Cairo on the seventh day of mass protests. Cairo,
Egypt (CNN) -- Egypt's government has posted troops at key locations and cut
internet service as anti-government ...
Internet service was not restored until February 2nd.
Egyptians turn to Internet dial-up services San Francisco Chronicle -
013111
That's how many old-fashioned dial-up Internet services are being offered to
Egyptians to get around the government's shutdown of the Web, according to
French Data Network.
Egypt Condemned For Blocking Media International press institutes condemn Egyptian
attempts to quell the freedom of the press as protests continue
Al Jazeera - 013111
International press institutes have come out strongly against
Egyptian authorities’ suppression of the media, following the withdrawal of Al
Jazeera’s license to broadcast from the North African country.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned on Sunday
the information ministry’s move to shutdown Al Jazeera’s bureau in the country.
The CPJ described the move as an attempt to “disrupt media
coverage by Al Jazeera and calls on them to reverse the decision immediately.”
...
Egypt Shuts Down Internet, Cellphone Services
Wall Street Journal - Christopher Rhoads, Geoffrey A. Fowler -
012811
In the face of mounting political unrest, Egypt took the unprecedented step of
severing all Internet ...
Egypt's internet shutdown sparks a communications battle
VentureBeat - Dean Takahashi - 012811
Renesys said it happened at 12:34 am Egyptian time on Thursday
when all routes to the internet from Egypt went down. By contrast, a few
specific routes were ...
Egypt's military secures famed antiquities museum
The Associated Press - 012811
CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian army secured Cairo's famed antiquities museum early
Saturday, protecting treasures including the famed gold mask of King ...
Cables: Egypt, US clash over democracy
The Associated Press - 012811
Relations between the US and Egypt appeared to be improving after Obama won in
2008, according to some of the diplomatic correspondence disclosed by ...
NewsFocus: I can't
help but think when I hear things like this... "How
is the US and the CIA involved?" You can't blame anyone for thinking
that, given the history of international meddling by this infamous agency.
BTW...
remember this one? The PowerPoint That
Rocked the Pentagon. During the Bush
Administration, it was presented on July 10, 2002 to the Defense
Policy Board, a group of prominent intellectuals and former
senior officials that advises the Pentagon on defense policy. It
was called, “Grand strategy for the Middle East: Iraq is the
tactical pivot. Saudi Arabia the strategic pivot. Egypt the
prize.”
Coming To America?
Inevitably, it is the people who are to rule freedom, not
politicians or the ultra-rich.
How To Translate The State Department Briefing On Egyptian
Unrest
Many people understand that this is truly the way it is. Nice job
Media4Movement
Egypt Protests Show American Foreign-Policy Folly InformationClearinghouse, byStephen Kinze Accepting that Arabs have the right to elect
their own leaders means accepting the rise of governments that do not share
America’s pro-Israel militancy. This is the dilemma Washington now faces.
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Egypt's Next Strongman BY ISSANDR AMRANI When Cairo switched its strategic alliance from
Moscow to Washington, he received training at the John F. Kennedy Special
Warfare School and Center at Fort Bragg, N.C., in the 1980s. Suleiman continues
to have privileged contacts with U.S. intelligence and military officials, with
whom he has now been dealing for at least a quarter-century.Continue
