The Guardian reports: "Shots sound like they are coming from the east of the city, Peter Beaumont says. Tracer rounds from heavy calibre weapons suggest they are military. Bursts from the direction of the airport and Heliopolis – where the presidential palace is...
God help me, I agree with neocon bigwig, Danielle Pletka, of the American Enterprise Institute, who said in today's Washington Post: "The president himself needs to stand up and unequivocally make clear America's position: in favor of the people over their oppressors....
Via Al Jazeera: A coalition of opposition groups has agreed on a provisional government led by former UN nuclear agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei. In fifteen minutes or so, he will arrive in Liberation Square to address the people. Developing ... "Change is coming in...
The above photo is from the Egyptian protests this week. Hat tip to Robert A. Wicks. (I am not sure if he made the poster. If someone knows the author of this photo/poster, please advise and will give fuller credit). Here is a link to a great two-minute video produced...
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...
It is great to see so many people with the courage to risk all defying a corrupt, oppressive government. It is great to see the party headquarters of a corrupt regime going up in flames. And it is great to see American politicians squirming as the authoritarian tool...
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...
