Forty minutes after the start of the official curfew -- 4 pm -- tens of thousands of Egyptians are gathering in Cairo's  Liberation Square, while the army -- which, according to this eyewitness account, has a rather sparse presence -- is simply standing by. One tank...
Neocon Marc Ginsberg, former US ambassador to Morocco, appeared on MSNBC's "Hardball," the Chris Matthews show masquerading as an "expert" -- as Matthews called him -- descrying theEgyptian  uprising as a plaything in the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood. This is...
The "President" of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, has finally made a public statement broadcast by state-controlled television. The transcription is by me, so it's not letter-perfect, but you get the general idea: Hosni speaks: We need to stand and take a pose [?]Â with...
Via Al Jazeera: The Egyptian army is coalescing around Cairo's NDP headquarters, as well as the adjoining Museum of Antiquities: with the former practically razed to the ground, a burning shell, the latter is apparently now being threatened. It's interesting to note...
Will Egypt's conscript army support Mubarak and repress the people? It doesn't look like it: the people are greeting army tanks with the soldiers coming out of their vehicles and shaking hands with the cheering protesters. According to the soldiers, they were not...
Via Al Jazeera: Protesters are pointing out to reporters that the gas cannisters being fired at protesters in the streets of Egypt's cities have "Made in America" stamped on them.
Earlier, it was announced that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak would address the nation, but there's no sign of him. Is he getting his Boeing jet ready to take off -- or, as one Arab paper is reporting, has that plane already taken off en route to London? Update: Al...
Robert Gibbs on the Egyptian events: via Al Jazeera: Has Obama spoken to Mubarak? -- Gibbs is blithering: a "national security memo" has been given to the Prez, a meeting was held. But, no, they haven't spoken. Does the Prez stand by his Egyptian buddy? -- Gibbs says...
Al Jazeera -- an invaluable tool in covering the Egyptian revolution -- reports all incoming flights have been suspended.
The Israeli government reacts: "'We believe that Egypt is going to overcome the current wave of demonstrations, but we have to look to the future,' says the minister in the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel enjoys diplomatic relations and...
