The Wael effect
Tuesday was the day after the night of the Wael Ghoneim interview on Dream Tv and the effect was enormous. More people came toTahrir than ever before, many of them newcomers and many of them confessing that the interview with Wael had had the effect to convince them to join. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious [...]
Opposition meets with Suleiman, Muslim Brotherhood: not satisfied
Five year old leads demo in Alexandria Egypt’s vice president Omar Suleiman met a representation of major opposition groups, including th Muslim Brotherhood, for the first time Sunday. Suleiman refused their main demand, that president Mubarak step down. He agreed, however, to allow freedom of the press, to release those detained since anti-government protests began, [...]
Day of Departure?
Is this Friday going to be decisive? That is what the protesters at Midan al-Tahrir are certaintly hoping for. They expect that again thousands will flood the square after the morning prayers and called it the Day of Departure. But the situation is tense and unclear, with barbed wire and makeshift checkpoints around Tahrir to [...]
The Netherlands important supplier of Egypt’s arms
DOWNLOAD Dutch arms export to Egypt The authoritarian regime of Mubarak was armed mainly by the US. But also arms sales from the Netherlands are bigger than one would expect. The sale of armoured personnel carriers (a small kind of tanks) during the mid nineties is still one of the biggest sales in the history [...]
Not a march and not a million, but literally millions ask Mubarak to go away
Most important development of the last days: the army announced that it will not open fire on Egyptian civilians. Spokesman Ismail Etman of the army made a statement on Monday that the army recognizes the ‘right to freedom of expression’ and ‘the legitimate demands of the people’ and that the army will not use force [...]
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