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Syrinx
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:00 AM Original message |
What's the deal in Egypt? Please explain. |
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Catherina
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. Day of Rage protests |
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Syrinx
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. thanks |
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Raschel
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Wed Jan-26-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Amazing photo. |
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Catherina
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Wed Jan-26-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Two More |
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Raschel
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Wed Jan-26-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. That takes courage. |
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Shagbark Hickory
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Wed Jan-26-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Is everybody here taking notes? |
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JCMach1
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. The Demographics have caught up to the old men of the Arab World... |
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Syrinx
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. that sounds at once hopeful, and potentially scary |
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Raschel
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Wed Jan-26-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Good point. I understand the people now want term limits too. |
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dipsydoodle
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. For news |
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Syrinx
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. you actually work inside BBC? |
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dipsydoodle
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Nope |
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Catherina
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Thanks! n/t |
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Raschel
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Wed Jan-26-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. BBC news on TV is good as well. Straightforward news as opposed to our infotainment. |
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Catherina
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. From Juan Cole |
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aquart
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Twitter is reporting 7 dead in Suez, 3 Cairo. |
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Catherina
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Thanks Aquart. Just found this video from this morning |
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aquart
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Rubber bullets. This is still just crowd control. |
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Catherina
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Wed Jan-26-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. They used real bullets too, later. Some protestors took pictures. |
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aquart
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Wed Jan-26-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. One of the dead had over a dozen shots but they didn't say what. |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Live Guardian coverage now at this link: |
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Catherina
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
12. This is good too |
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blindpig
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Wed Jan-26-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Really good |
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xchrom
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Wed Jan-26-11 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
15. cronyism and economic stagnation of the first order |
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WolverineDG
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Wed Jan-26-11 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. People are tired of Mubarak & his government |
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eissa
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Wed Jan-26-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Well said, and it's not just Egypt |
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Raschel
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Wed Jan-26-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Very interesting. Thanks for the insight. |
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TBF
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Wed Jan-26-11 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
17. Very oppressed country - folks are resisting. As of this morning |
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Raschel
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Wed Jan-26-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. So they've denied their people the ability to communicate on Twitter. |
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jeff47
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Wed Jan-26-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. They are one of the more permissive places in the mideast |
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SoCalDem
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Wed Jan-26-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. In a nutshell.. |
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robdogbucky
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Wed Jan-26-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. Here is the official US version of the last 30 or so years... |
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