Jack Shenker in Cairo reports on signs that the police are siding with the protesters

[justiceischeap]

Source: The Guardian UK

In another extraordinary audio report Jack Shenker in Cairo reports on signs that the police are siding with the protesters. He saw a senior police officer discard a teargas canister to signal to protesters that he was on their side. Will the regime fall he asked a state journalist. "It's already falling, it can't stop," Jack was told.

Jack has seen tens of thousands of protesters on the streets, some chanting "we are change".

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2011/jan/28/egypt-protests-live-updates

[tekisui]

1. Al Jazeera reported two police were arrested for refusing to fire on protesters.

[eShirl]

2. the mass protests are like a human tsunami

[OneGrassRoot]

3. OMG, that brings me to tears....

and I have major goosebumps.

If this is true....just WOW. And the Christians protecting the Muslims during prayer.

:applause:

:grouphug:


STEP UP, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BE PART OF THE CHANGE YOU ENCOURAGED US TO EMBRACE DURING THE CAMPAIGN!!!!

"WE ARE CHANGE" -- THOSE CITIZENS ROCK!!!!!!!

[molly77]

11. OneGrassRoot

You said it! I can feel change coming from lots of onegrassroots!

[OneGrassRoot]

13. .....

:bounce:

:cry:

:bounce:

:hi:

[Demeter]

14. Obama Would Be Well Advised to Butt Out

The LAST thing Egypt or the US needs is more anti-Americanism.

[OneGrassRoot]

16. I meant more for him to step up here in the US....

to support We the People here in the US to see change here.

:hi:

[justiceischeap]

4. Police being "kettled"

1.12pm: An eyewitness account from Peter Bouckaert of Human Rights Watch, who says police immediately set upon peaceful protesters.
We are in East Alexandria. Immediately after prayer, the people came out of mosque with banners and started marching, shouting 'we are peaceful, we are peaceful'. Security arrived and immediately began shooting teargas and rubber bullets at peaceful protesters, about 600. Then one-hour rock throwing clash, but police didn't advance more than one block and kept being pushed back. Then a massive column of protesters came from the other direction and blocked in police, holding up their hands and shouting we are peaceful. Right now police is held up in the yard of mosque and protesters all around, police can't move. They repeatedly ran out of teargas and begged protesters to stop, protesters telling them to join them.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2011/jan/28/egypt-protests-live-updates#block-45

[justiceischeap]

7. Update: About police being "kettled"

Peter Bouckaert of Human Rights Watch in Alexandria, has just sent an update that the police where he is have given up and are withdrawing.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2011/jan/28/egypt-protests-live-updates

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Al Jazeera live blog:

3:15 pm - The son of prominent opposition politican Ayman Nour tells Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin in Cairo that Nour was struck in the back of a head by a rock after midday prayers. Nour is now in the hospital.

3:07 pm - Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal, in Suez, says protesters have apparently taken over a police station in the city and set free those who have been arrested in the past 48 hours.

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/01/28/friday-protests-liveblog

[old mark]

6. I am really hoping that the new regime is not worse than the old one....nt

[PaddyBlueEyes]

8. and therein lies the rub

This reminds me of the feelings the world had, during the Iranian revolution. Unremitting joy that the Shah and his brutal regime were deposed, until we found out about the Mullahs and the Islamists. Iraq is in the same boat, while Saddam was as evil as they come, the Iraqi people who have suffered repression for so long, may end up with something worse than Saddam.

[era veteran]

9. No kidding

I am watching several live feeds & it looks like the government is going down. Very broad based, I guess we can hope for a secular government.

[Robb]

10. +1. Although that's not remotely the safe bet.

[old mark]

12. Are you the one who they say is a dingbat?

You don't seem that way to me...

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dingbat


mark

[No Elephants]

17. Are you the one who they say is old?

You don't seem that way to me...


Fun post! Thanks, old mark.

[old mark]

18. I'm the only one who says I'm old....at least where I can hear them....nt

[harun]

19. 30 year rule by one person = bad.

[No Elephants]

15. WARNING: Results may vary.