Crisis in Egypt & Middle East!

this has the the potential of becoming one of those great geopolitical events of the decade imho

mods note >>>> True enough! This event is to important to ignore. So I've posted some photos. Feel free to discuss the Crisis in Egypt. Oh yeah..I'm changing the title..

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I agree.. especially with the inevitable political/military impact on Israel as well. If Mubarak goes down and extremist takes over it could get dicey. On the other hand Mubarak is no saint. Ultimately Egyptian themselves need to decide who or what kind of government they want.

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i think right now the military is the one holding the best cards. the fact that they've renounced intentions of using violence on peaceful protestors is gonna score huge points politically. and it has the effect of emboldening the crowd, allowing further pressure to be applied until it is okay for them to force mubarak to concede, but at the same time they've drawn the line for the people too...peaceful protests only. so whoever emerges as the new leader he's gonna have to kiss up to the military.

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pla101prc said:

this has the the potential of becoming one of those great geopolitical events of the decade imho

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First of all, I think this is a political event, and then, maybe, there is no one from Egypt in this forum that's why this event is ignored.

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Some photos to the uprising in Egypt..


Police are engulfed by their own tear gas at a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of anti-government protesters, some hurling rocks and climbing atop an armored police truck, clashed with riot police Tuesday in the center of Cairo in a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power.




Egyptian demonstrators protest in central Cairo to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms on January 25, 2011. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Cairo, facing a massive police presence, to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak in a protest inspired by Tunisia's popular uprising.



Riot police run as they take up positions during clashes with anti-government protesters at Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011.



Anti-government protesters demonstrate near riot police at Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians demanded an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule and clashed with police on Tuesday, in unprecedented protests inspired by the revolt that brought down Tunisia's president.



A protester scuffles with a riot policeman as he demonstrates in downtown Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Hundreds of anti-government protesters marched in the Egyptian capital chanting against President Hosni Mubarak and calling for an end to poverty.



Protesters clash with riot police in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians demanded an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule and clashed with police on Tuesday, in unprecedented protests inspired by the revolt that brought down Tunisia's president.



A protestor holding a placard in French reading "Mubarak, get out", is surrounded by riot police during a demonstration in downtown Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Anti-government protesters marched in the Egyptian capital chanting against President Hosni Mubarak and calling for an end to poverty.



A man runs from a police water cannon in Cairo, Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011, during a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power. The demonstration, the largest Egypt has seen for years, began peacefully, with police showing unusual restraint in what appeared to be a calculated strategy by the government to avoid further sullying the image of a security apparatus widely seen as little more than corrupt thugs in uniforms.

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more photos from Egypt..



An Egyptian man walks past an army vehicle in Tahrir Square, central Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Mobile phone service have been partially restored in Egypt, Saturday, after the recent communications blackout.



CAIRO, EGYPT - An army tank stands near the remains of a burnt out armoured personnel carrier in Tahrir Square on January 29, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets across Egypt in Cairo, Suez, and Alexandria to call for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. Riot police and the Army have been sent into the streets to quell the protests, which so far have claimed 32 lives and left more than a thousand injured.



Egyptian demonstrators chant slogans in front of army tanks stationed near the National Museum in downtown Cairo on January 29, 2011, after Egypt's embattled President Hosni Mubarak addressed the nation overnight for the first time since deadly protests erupted against his regime, vowing reform but showing no sign of relaxing his decades-old grip on power.



Egyptian army soldiers sit atop their armoured personnel carriers as anti-government protesters gather in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011.



Egyptian soldiers stand on top of an armoured vehicle in Cairo January 29, 2011. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak clung to power on Saturday as protesters took to the streets again to demand that he quit. Mubarak ordered troops and tanks into the capital Cairo and other cities overnight and imposed a curfew in an attempt to quell demonstrations that have shaken the Arab world's most populous nation, a key U.S. ally, to the core.


A member of the Egyptian special forces stands guard on the main floor of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 75 small artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief said Saturday. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, said the vandals did not manage to steal any of the museum's antiquities, and that the prized collection was now safe and under military guard.







Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities, right, talks on the phone as a member of the Egyptian special forces stands guard inside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 75 small artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief said Saturday. Dr. Hawass, said the vandals did not manage to steal any of the museum's antiquities, and that the prized collection was now safe and under military guard.



A member of the Egyptian special forces stands guard in front of a locked gate housing the permanent collection of King Tutankhamun in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 75 small artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief said Saturday. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Director for the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, said the vandals did not manage to steal any of the museum's antiquities, and that the prized collection was now safe and under military guard.









Egyptian special forces secure the main floor inside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum on Saturday Jan. 29, 2011, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging some artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said Saturday, while reporting that the vandals did not manage to steal any of the museum's antiquities, and that the prized collection is secure from thieves and under military guard.

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still more..





An Egyptian soldier prepares to shoot rounds in the air to disperse angry protestors who attacked a civilian thinking he was a plainclothes policeman, on January 31, 2011 in Cairos Tahrir square during the biggest anti-government protests in three decades in a bid to topple President Hosni Mubarak's creaking regime.



A soldier controls the traffic next to a tank, on a bridge over the River Nile in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 31, 2011. A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo's streets Tuesday to demand the removal of President Hosni Mubarak.


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A helicopter flies overhead as an Egyptian demonstrator holds-up the national flag during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo on January 31, 2011, on the seventh day of angry revolt against President Hosni Mubarak.




Egyptian army soldiers take position in front of the Giza pyramids in Cairo on January 31, 2011 as Egyptian protesters called for an indefinite strike in Egypt upping the stakes in their bid to topple President Hosni Mubarak's regime.



A view of protestors gathered in Tahrir, or Liberation Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo's streets Tuesday to demand the removal of President Hosni Mubarak.



Egyptian women demonstrate in Cairo for the people who died in the last days during violent demonstrations on January 31, 2011 as anti-government protesters called for an indefinite strike in Egypt upping the stakes in their bid to topple President Hosni Mubarak's regime.




An Egyptian army captain identified as Ihab Fathi rests after fainting from exhaustion while being carried by demonstrators in Cairo's central Tahrir Square on January 31, 2011, on the seventh day of mass protests calling for the removal of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak




A cleric, left, and an unidentified demonstrator lead a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 31, 2011.




Anti-government protesters offer their evening prayers, in front of an Egyptian army tank securing the area, during a protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo's streets Tuesday to demand the removal of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.



An Egyptian army soldier joins a crowd of Muslim demonstrators during a prayer at the Tahrir square in central Cairo January 30, 201 on the sixth day of mass protests across the country calling for the resignation of long term President, Hosni Mubarak

Re: Crisis in Egypt!

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Mubarak doesn't get it.He hasn't planned for this and expected to continue his power until he handed over to his son.He has yet to wake up and smell the coffee.The most endearing thing for me is that such a large group of humans can come together for a common cause and refrain from descending into chaos on the streets.They have different religions and nationalities even, but have been very peaceful and organised despite not having a visible leader to follow.Mubarak can't hold on for long.The final nail for him is the military's stance, and the inabilty of the police to do anything only compounds his troubles.He is overstaying his welcome.I think either the current Vp should take over or someone like El Baradei as an interim government until democratic elections can be organised.The key is to avoid a power vaccuum but the military is on top of things by the looks of it.The Egyptian people are very brave and have got the backing and respect of the whole democratic world.Now if only the UK students could learn from this.

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My thoughts are with the Egyptians. Power to the people!! It's time that that vampire and his despotes are packing their bags.

2 Million on Tahrir square alone!! WOW