Internet's back up in Egypt - Richard Engel reporting from Cairo. nt

[gateley]

Edit: Thanks to Jane Austin for pointing out that I attributed the info to the "wrong" Richard! :headbang:

[tabatha]

1. Yep, heard that.

Hopefully, this is a good sign.

[democrank]

2. Good news

[dipsydoodle]

3. On twitter

Al Jazeera Arabic reports that thousands of youth protesters have assembled to try to protect the national museum in Cairo.

[gateley]

6. That's touching. I was thinking earlier that we're not hearing reports of looting

or anything like that. Just good people who are at their wits' end. :(

Bless those youths. The items "we" lost in Iraq from the museums are such a loss to history.

Thank you for posting this! Maybe it deserves it's own thread? Nudge nudge. :)

[elias49]

7. It sucks that they feel they need to protect a museum...

what's up with THAT?
Shades of Baghdad 2003.

[gateley]

11. When people become so desperate and emotional, they often don't act rationally.

(I remember hearing one man after 9/11 -- business man, family man, "upstanding citizen" who, in the aftermath, and the chaos and looting said, 'all of a sudden I realize I'm running down the street with a television in my arms' - mob mentality.)

These people have been amazingly controlled - check this out:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x297238

[spanone]

4. well, Obama told them to.

...in his statement

[Jane Austin]

5. Richard Engel? ................. n/t

[gateley]

8. Yes! I'm going back to correct OP now. I feel so bad, Engel has been working so hard. Thanks!! n

[elleng]

9. Listened to Prez O???

:thumbsup:

[gateley]

10. I don't know - although it kind of sounded as though he was treading lightly, those

"in the know" were saying he's made a change in his stance toward Egypt and was essentially telling Mubarak - knock it off. So yeah, maybe that's what did it. :hi:

[elleng]

12. Sounded like a 'knock it off' to me, gate; just saw on NewsHour.

I'm very pleased.

[gateley]

13. I think I was influenced by Cenk's initial take on it -- but the others (and you!)

were sensitive to the REAL message. :thumbsup:

[Jamastiene]

14. +1 K&R for the internet.

I would freak if they shut our internet off.

[Quantess]

15. I think shutting off the internet would just draw MORE protesters into the streets.