On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > He's done. Mohamed ElBaradei says he is joining the protests and has called > on Mubarek to resign: > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8286969/Egyptian-protests-intensify-as-clashes-spread-across-the-Middle-East.html
Do remember that Mubarak has gotten away with all of this before. I'm not intimately familiar with Egypt, so I try and listen to my friends who know more and are on the ground there. Thus far, these protests seem to be of a different and surprising character and strength than the ones before. The Muslim Brotherhood has just come out on the side of the protesters which is going to give them bigger numbers to combat the police and military but will also make it easier for Mubarak to paint the situation as a Brotherhood-inspired plot to violent overthrow the elected government. It's looking like the government is scared, as they ought to be. They reportedly fired tear gas at protesters who were in the street down on their knees for evening prayer. That sort of thing isn't going to look good. But El Baradei is under house arrest and Mubarak still has the grudging support of a lot of leaders, the US amongst them. I wouldn't put it beyond him to find a way through this while keeping power. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:333753 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
