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Mubarak 'fears chaos if he quits'
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Edited on Thu Feb-03-11 02:07 PM by brooklynite
Source: BBC

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says he would like to resign immediately but fears the country would descend into chaos if he did so.

Speaking after 10 days of protests, he said he was "fed up" after being in power for decades.

He said he was "unhappy" about the violent protests and warned that the Muslim Brotherhood would fill any power vacuum.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12361948


“Après moi le déluge”

(this is from an ABC interview with Christiane Amanpour, presumably for broadcast on tonight's newscast)
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  -Mubarak 'fears chaos if he quits' brooklynite  Feb-03-11 02:03 PM   #0 
  - Mubarak is a fucking smarmy liar!  ananda   Feb-03-11 02:04 PM   #1 
  - Oh, and you know this for a fact? n/t  wisteria   Feb-03-11 02:16 PM   #8 
  - What we know, is he is a dictator.  OneAngryDemocrat   Feb-03-11 04:06 PM   #31 
     - So was Castro  Ter   Feb-04-11 01:40 AM   #40 
  - Yes, a stinking coward and a lying piece of shit to boot.  DLnyc   Feb-03-11 02:49 PM   #23 
  - A stinking, horrible, malevolent dictator who had better not let  decidedlyso   Feb-03-11 03:19 PM   #28 
  - Playing the fear card.  harun   Feb-03-11 02:09 PM   #2 
  - Then set up elections and invite the UN to observe  Beavker   Feb-03-11 02:09 PM   #3 
  - He has already promised he is not running and neither is his son. n/t  wisteria   Feb-03-11 02:17 PM   #9 
     - But if you listened to him and to his VP.  karynnj   Feb-03-11 02:32 PM   #18 
     - Why presume that is good enough?  OneAngryDemocrat   Feb-03-11 04:07 PM   #32 
  - ROFLMAO!!!  laconicsax   Feb-03-11 02:11 PM   #4 
  - My thoughts exactly! n/t  ejbr   Feb-03-11 02:36 PM   #20 
  - The only thing he's unhappy about is that his violent tactics of yesterday & last night have failed  eleny   Feb-03-11 02:13 PM   #5 
  - Always has an answer / justification ... n/t  RKP5637   Feb-03-11 02:13 PM   #6 
  - I take his concerns seriously, the Muslim Brotherhood isn't a Code Pink.  wisteria   Feb-03-11 02:15 PM   #7 
  - The only concern this man has is losing power, period.  golddigger   Feb-03-11 02:20 PM   #10 
  - One they are not the only group on the ground  nadinbrzezinski   Feb-03-11 02:21 PM   #13 
  - "Egypt’s Vice-President invites Muslim Brotherhood to talks"  brooklynite   Feb-03-11 02:26 PM   #15 
  - If he wanted to avoid a takeover by the Muslim Brotherhood  DLnyc   Feb-03-11 03:06 PM   #25 
  - And anyone who coddles dicatators hates democracy, too.  OneAngryDemocrat   Feb-03-11 04:08 PM   #33 
  - A true patriot...  Roy Rolling   Feb-03-11 02:20 PM   #11 
  - Ah so Marcos of him, and Caucescu  nadinbrzezinski   Feb-03-11 02:21 PM   #12 
  - Sub-text: "If I quit now, they will siege the 40 billion dollars I stole."  L. Coyote   Feb-03-11 02:22 PM   #14 
  - Not necessarily  Kennah   Feb-03-11 02:36 PM   #19 
  - If he didn't want chaos, his goons wouldn't be attacking the pro-democracy protesters, he  Uncle Joe   Feb-03-11 02:30 PM   #16 
  - Exactly.  hunter   Feb-03-11 02:52 PM   #24 
  - He meant to clarify HIS life would descend into chaos, not the country. n/t  Jefferson23   Feb-03-11 02:32 PM   #17 
  - My question is:  harvey007   Feb-03-11 02:45 PM   #21 
  - As opposed to the quiet and calm restraint now being enjoyed...  LanternWaste   Feb-03-11 02:47 PM   #22 
  - Mubarak is a desperate fool. He's got chaos now! (nt)  apnu   Feb-03-11 03:06 PM   #26 
  - Concern noted. nt  Guy Whitey Corngood   Feb-03-11 03:18 PM   #27 
  - He is "fed up"!???? That's rich, it really is. Playing the "victim" is unbecoming, Hosni.  yellowcanine   Feb-03-11 03:22 PM   #29 
  - As opposed to the chaos it's descended into now?  jmowreader   Feb-03-11 03:24 PM   #30 
  - I would think if he were SMART, he would fear the chaos if he doesn't...  Volaris   Feb-03-11 07:08 PM   #34 
  - And what is happening right now is a sea of calm?  Jennicut   Feb-03-11 07:13 PM   #35 
  - uh, so the current situation is not chaos?  Spock_is_Skeptical   Feb-03-11 08:05 PM   #36 
  - He Fears The ATM Will Close When He Leaves......  queerart   Feb-03-11 08:30 PM   #37 
  - What if Egyptians would choose Muslim Brothers to lead?  David__77   Feb-03-11 10:07 PM   #38 
  - He may be right  ttwiddler   Feb-04-11 01:29 AM   #39 
 

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