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[muckefuck]

Mohamed ElBaradei says: "The Egyptian people will take care of themselves. The Egyptian people will be the ones who will make the change. We are not waiting for help and assistance. But what I expect from the outside world is to practice [what they] preach - to defend the rights of Egyptians for their universal values - freedom, dignity, social justice." (Source: BBCNews)

"Egyptians staging anti-government protests on Friday vented anger at the fact that the tear gas security forces are firing at them is US-manufactured, probably part of a massive military aid package.

"'The American taxpayer should know how their money is being spent,' shouted one young male protester who declined to give his name, brandishing a spent tear gas canister marked 'Made in USA.' (Source: AFP)

Comments

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

The protesters are still cheering the army even while cursing Mubarak; this is not lost on the men in tanks. At some point, a surgical decapitation to save the system is going to look mighty tempting. That point may already have been reached a couple hours ago, I just don't know.

[richardthinks.livejournal.com]

he's already refused to resign twice while dismissing the government. In the Uk 3 refusals to resign usually means the person will be gone within the day, but this is Mubarak. I have no idea.

I am, however, a little worried about how the news channels are already anointing ElBaradei. I don't know that much about him as a statesman, but that Nobel Prize puts him in the same corner as Kissinger...

...gotta get those USA tags off the crowd-mauling equipment. Maybe they could be replaced with some nice globalmerz roundel with a name that can't be nationally identified.

[mollyc-q.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping for a surgical decapitation. If there is a disruption of the Egyptian military that leaves the country vulnerable to external militant meddling. This morning I was asked if there had been any substantiation to the rumors that Mubarak's son had been smuggled out or had fled the country. I've seen nothing, but I have to wonder to what extent the military would allow the problem to become re-entrenched with a passing on of power.