JulesinDXB

Yup, got it on now. Just tragic.

Blue Cat

I thought yesterday was too good to be true

shakh your bootie

It is looking really bad - an AJ reporter phoned in from the centre of the square. The women and children are in the centre, the men are trying to protect them and push back the agitators. They have little food or water, no bandages or other medical supplies. It's virtually impossible to leave.

The army stands by watching.

At least Cameron has declared it "Unacceptable".... Nice one. Where were you for the last week?

I'm very worried for the people trapped there.

Millhouse

It doesn't look good. There are two outcomes to all of this:

1) Civil war
2) Mubarak steps in and restores an uneasy peace based upon ever more repression

I firmly believe that Mubarak's tacit is divide and conquer and so is trying to push the country into a mess so that he can then save it with his army.

Friday afternoon will be most interesting after everyone gets their latest set of instructions from the Mosque.

Millhouse

I know you shouldn't laugh about this... but people storming the square on camels is actually quite an amusing sight.

shiva

dont watch sky news for this please. their coverage is abysmal watch al jazeera

follow these folks on twitter in no order

@monaeltahawy
@SultanAlQassemi
@sarahrifky
@dadatrew
@BlogsofWar
@monasosh
@TravellerW

@BloggerSeif was in tahrir sq earlier scary reading

also @nolanjazeera who was in tahrir last few days

Boomhauer

Tony Blair---" immensely courageous, and a force for good "

Absolutely nauseating. I hope someday people tortured by Mubarak's regime will ask Blair to explain his adoration for Mubarak.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_817644.html


Blair the hypocrite supported the Iraq invasion because it was supposed to be good for the world , the Iraqis and ther region to rid the world of a dictator.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/de...hilcot-inquiry

The Dean

If anyone threatens the lovely Hala Gorani again, I'll fly over there and sort them out myself.............

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video...uare.chaos.cnn

Blue Cat

@bloggerseif is amazing, had me in tears when he found that parentless child

Bahtatboy

No, watch Fox News. Yesterday it was being discussed by their anchor and a chat show host; they were having a good ol' laugh about it, and when the chat show host put a fez on--my, it got even funnier. When he took it off, the anchor said, "No, put it back on, it looks good".

Meow

Linking to another thread, Fox News is somethng that makes me angry. The insidious right-wing claptrap it transmits is heinous.


Why do these things always end in violence? Can't people see that such behaviour is never a good thing?

Millhouse

People are hungry. Even I might lose my rag on this point...

Meow

Anger and violance aren't the same though.

Shame on those who threw molotov cocktails. In what way did they ever think that would improve the situation?

shiva

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion...s-2202657.html

the people who threw petrol bombs from roof were mubaraks thugs, some have admitted to being paid 200 pounds to cause trouble, others work for state owned or pro mubarak owned companys and have been told riot or lose your job. In a country with 30% unemployment losing your job is a big deal

shiva

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...6&l=8fc8e9f461


Pics from Egyptian journalist @nadiaE