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Did the Egyptian Military Just Oust Mubarak?
Live feed from Cairo show the biggest and most electrifying protests yet:
Al Jazeera's live blog shows why it is likely that Mubarak will step down tonight:
9:56pm: There has been a
significant change in editorial tone of Egypt's state TV in the past few
hours - no longer hiding protests, but showing the masses gathered in
Tahrir Square. Presenter and guest openly criticising former ministers -
by name - accusing them of corruption, greed and misuse of power
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6:49pm: Alan Fisher, Al Jazeera correspondent, notes the military's Supreme Council has only ever held three open sessions in its history. 1967, 1973 - and today.
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6:37pm: White House says situation in Egypt is 'fluid'.
6:36pm: State TV reports Mubarak will address the country tonight.
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6:19pm: Al-Arabiya reports Mubarak is on his way to the red sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh with chief of staff. No immediate confirmation.
6:15pm: NDP chief reportedly stopped Mubarak making speech, handing power to VP Suleiman.
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6:00pm: The CIA chief reportedly says there is a "strong likelihood" Mubarak will step down tonight.
5:39pm: Huge chant, Tahrir Square seemingly in unison, shouting: "The army and the people in one hand - the army and the people are united."
5:35pm: Ayman Mohyeldin, Al Jazeera's correspondent, reports: "Now, for the first time, we are getting the sense that senior military officers are discussing 'national issues', which is a very significant development indeed."
5:30pm: "Ambiguous" statement from military confirms its “commitment and responsibility to safeguard the people and to protect the interests of the nation, and its duty to protect the riches and assets of the people and of Egypt”. Mentioned the demands of the people are “lawful and legitimate”. Understood the military council met separately from Mubarak.
Live updates as they occur.
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A Bloomberg presenter (Margaret Brennan I think) mis-spoke when reporting this, and said 'President Obama is to step down today'.
I laughed.
We wish ...
"Did the Egyptian Military Just Oust Mubarak?"
Apparently not.
Mubarak will be "Hanging around" the square for quite a while.
@an-anonymous : I didn't know Mubarak had a mission given to him by american military/corporate lobbies, other than that imposed by his own egyptian people. But then I wasn't invited to invest in any of his thirty year old schemes! Were you?
My bad. Indeed, the egyptian tyrant's proness to satisfy his people's wants and needs should have jumped to my face, considered the recent events.
I don't have any idea what is going on but John "Bonkers" Bolton is all over talk radio shitting gold gefelte fishes.
waiting for revolution halftime show....
its the black eyed peas.....hope they dont suck like they did at the superbowl
Not so long ago, the military taking over a country was better named as a coup or a putsch.
In that U S world order, you have to get satisfied with what you got.
As regretted former US president G.W.B said : "I tried to keep people's expectations low"
70% of all jobs are Govt. jobs. If the Govt changes do all the current Govt employees resign and go into poverty. I doubt it. Shifting a few boxes at the top is not a revolution. Lets see all the Govt employees loss their pay and perks.
NWO victory
all hail the fascist dictatorship
mission accomplished BHO
Nadhmi Auchi got his moneys worth
Got that right.
I was just watching Al-Jazeera. They reported that tens of thousands of Egyptian soldiers put down their guns and joined the protesters.
Remember that last night Mubarek talked about using the army to shoot down the protesters. Well, when a general gives an order and the troops won't carry it out, he's no longer a general.
So if Mubarek is telling the generals to give an order that can't be done, the generals had an "either you or us, and it isn't going to be us" moment.
News has it that the Lithuanians are going to create a holiday camp full of blond young teutonic 'bunnies' for the rich arabs in Egypt. It will be funded by the rich Germans and will bring in as much money as a casino in Macao. The current negotiations in the Cairo palace are all about what share the Mubarak family gets in the rake in before they hand over the keys of the country to the army. It's supposed to be a win-win situation between EU and Arab world.
As you all know Angela Merkel has just bought the US stock exchange. Mubarak should go retire in Germany. The CIA and the State Dept. are not amused. Also explains why king Abdullah was recently seen walking on water towards the new resort in Charm el Sheikh.
Berlusconi of Italy will not be far behind as temporary immigrant to Charm el Sheikh, the judges are breathing down his neck in the 'Ruby' call girl scandal. Given his roaring apetite it will make this venture the new Las Vegas of Egyptian economic revival. It should send the EU/USD rate soaring. Gold to plunge to abyssal lows. Who needs dirty oil when you have blond valkyrie boob tube. Facebook should add a new chapter to its international operations. GS is considering a local launching on the Cairo exchange. Lloyd Blankfein is heading there for next summer holiday. Ben Bernanke to join after having outsourced QE3 to HFT operators worldwide.
Wait, wait, wait. Mubarak failed at his mission. So check the next days: all his assets in the West might be seized. Or he might have bargained them in exchange for resigning in favour of a strong man, a man who will have the sack to carry the mission out.
You should be a comedian. Your comments are fu*king funny. And probably true!
wow...got me all excited with talk of blonde lithuanian bunnies then totally crashed my party by discussing Angela (mutti) Merkel. cruel!
There is a very good chance that:China will step in here.the obvious power vacuumwith the dildo in chief just stepping on it again and again..gives them a golden opportunity.
China has a major shipping base on the Panama canal and sure would want the suez in it's pocket.
Dont worry about that. The powerful Muslim Brotherhood will thwart the Chinese efforts and send them back to China. Once the brotherhood completes their taking over of their own country with the determination and energy they have displayed so far, it will be road on 2020 global domination.
It will be a very short lived victory with the CIA/Israel puppet Suleiman replacing Mubarak
Lesson number 666 from the "How to plan a revolution and have fun while doing so" manual is simple.
When demanding the current strong man be tossed on his ear, always insist someone from your side be the replacement. Otherwise you are certain to experience revolutionaries remorse when someone even worse is selected.
Now back to your regularly scheduled mind control programming.
ROFL that reads like Hitchhiker's guide.
Soliman is only a tempory fixture, he even knows this. He is there to mitigate, and he will not be in power long. The next move is the important one. Muslim Brotherhood, or what?
A mitigation by the torturer in chief. Lose arms, leg, it is just compilation.
I hope the swiss and asian banking plutocrats give back the 70 billion he stole but i wont hold my breath.
The majority of this is probably immovable assets in Egypt
The U.S. ousted him.
More raises for gov't employees coming next.
Enter the junta...
hope Obama is watching
He is watching Sports Center.
Needs to watch his compadre 'LeNero'
Forget about the real state he left the Cavaliers
Just like Obama can forget about the real (e)state of the economy and attributable revolutions.
Food prices, fuck it, top 10 plays are on.
Seems so. But what electrifies me is lack of accountability on the intelligence side!
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he will be replaiced by the muslim brotherhood version of caliphate. just a changing of the dictators. nothing to see here visitors, time to move along.
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He can't be ousted until 4:01 eastern, it might cause disorderly market reactions.