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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 03:46 PM
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Egyptian Revolution Tweets Gas Pipe Explosion as State and Army move in on Protesters Part 14
Egyptian Revolution Tweets Gas Pipe Explosion as State and Army move in on Protesters Part 14

Part 13 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x355146

AymanM #egypt state TV gas pipeline to Jordan attacked in northern sinai
X minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Some related information here:

IDF secures Egypt border fearing terrorist infiltration from Sinai
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x319246

Gaza. .Heavy exchange of fire between Bedouin clans and riot police
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x314961

Al Jazeera update 30 minutes later (now): gas pipeline to Jordan attacked in northern sinai . Pipeline to Israel not affected.

Update; Egypt State TV states it was a *gas leak*, not terrorists. Stories from different countries involved contradict each other right now.



If you want to follow Tahrir on a map with overlay, see this thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x349802
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 03:49 PM
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1. Sandmonkey: That party should not be ideological. It should be centrist. We don't want any left vs.
Sandmonkey Sandmonkey
That party should not be ideological. It should be centrist. We don't want any left vs. Right squabbling. #jan25
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 03:57 PM
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5. Sandmonkey's entire suggest (read bottom up)
@RamyRaoof @Gemyhood @wael @waelabdelfattah @aGharbeia What do u guys think of those suggestions?
7 minutes ago via web

That party should not be ideological. It should be centrist. We don't want any left vs. Right squabbling. #jan25
10 minutes ago via web

With Proper citizen organization, we'll have a foundation for an Egyptian Unity party. 1 that promotes equality, democracy & accountability.
12 minutes ago via web

remon_z @Sandmonkey no need, use google docs with an anonymous username we 7'alas :)
15 minutes ago via Seesmic Desktop in reply to Sandmonkey
Retweeted by Sandmonkey and 11 others

Do the same in Alex, In Mansoura, in Suez. Protect the Data with your life. Get encryption programs if necessary. #jan25
16 minutes ago via web

Start registering the protesters, get their names, addresses & districts. Start organizing them into committees. & they elect leaders #jan25
17 minutes ago via web

So here is my 2 cents: Instead of getting blankets, please get some foldable tables, chairs, papers, pens and a laptop. #jan25
19 minutes ago via web

But the status quo won't due. This lack of action and organization will be used against us in every way possible . #jan25
20 minutes ago via web

The Wisemen's council is respectable, but am not sure what leverage they got on either side.. #jan2
21 minutes ago via web

Many people are asking me for the way forward, and so far we seem to have 2 options: 1) remian as is & 2) the wisemen's council #jan25
33 minutes ago via web

Assessment: What the NDP did so far has been more cosmetic than actual change. We shouldn't be appeased by it. #jan25
35 minutes ago via web
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 03:54 PM
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2. Two counts of murder against former Egyptian Minister of Interior (Army, rubber bullets,)
Edited on Sat Feb-05-11 03:54 PM by Catherina
3arabawy مبارك هو المسئول الأول .. حاكموه http://www.shorouknews.com/ContentData.aspx?id=385636 #Jan25
8 minutes ago via Echofon


Translated from Arabic

Two counts of murder and attempted murder of the former Egyptian Minister of Interior
Last Updated: Saturday, February 5, 2011 22:16 GMT


Started in the Egyptian public prosecutor said on Saturday, with the investigation Habib Al-Adli, the former interior minister, said a judicial source.


The source said: The prosecution leveled several charges against Adli, including murder and attempted murder as he had given orders to his officers to fire rubber bullets on demonstrators calling for change in Egypt, resulting in the killing of a number of them.

Adli also ordered his officers to withdraw from the demonstrations, causing a security vacuum that led to riots and looting.

http://www.shorouknews.com/ContentData.aspx?id=385636
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 03:55 PM
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3. Gov't denies reports that a motorcade of vice president Omar Suleiman targeted by gunfire or injure
adamakary Gov't denies reports that a motorcade of vice president Omar Suleiman had been targeted by gunfire, nor was he injured in any way
7 minutes ago via web
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 03:56 PM
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4. SMS #Egypt safety: #Blackberry users note RIM has history of granting govt access to user data
o_lucky_me Tom_N
SMS #Egypt safety: #Blackberry users note RIM has history of granting govt access to user data. #Jan25 /via @SabzBrach #Iran #IranElection
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 03:58 PM
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6. Charming. n/t
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:00 PM
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7. I nominate Fox News' coverage of #Jan25 for Media Farce of the Decade.
Kilenee Anonymous
I nominate Fox News' coverage of #Jan25 for Media Farce of the Decade.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:01 PM
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8. protestors use rocks to write out on the ground MUBARAK GO TO HELL
aisaad protestors use rocks to write out on the ground MUBARAK GO TO HELL #Egypt #Jan25
1 minute ago via web
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:02 PM
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9. protestors sleep infront of the 3 tanks to prevent them moving and letting the thugs in

aisaad protestors sleep infront of the three tanks in tahrir to prevent them moving and giving better access for thugs to infiltrate #Egypt #Jan25
2 minutes ago via web
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:04 PM
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10. We are 300,000 now in #Tahrir and the rain is pouring on us but we dont care we're staying all nigh.
lubzi GeekyArtistArabWoman
by ielsakka
We are 300,000 now in #Tahrir and the rain is pouring on us but we dont care we're staying all nigh. TT @Radwan_Adam: احنا 300 الف #jan25
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bigbrother05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:11 PM
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11. I,ve been following your post
To see what kind of info is getting to America, appreciate all your hard work, am following the same twitter also, this is so heart breaking, and have been trying to think of something I could do, then I remembered sorry everybody when bush was reelected, and all the messages we got from all over the world. Does anyone know how to set something like this up, it,s not much but would be something.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:18 PM
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14. In one of these many threads there's a link to just that but
I don't know where. If I see it again, I'll bookmark it (or a tweet again) and send to you.

I would suggest a Facebook account because there are many pages where you can express your solidarity, groups to join, and it's extremely easy to spread information for them but posting videos on your wall.


Here's one

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=162591430457040&oid=158003077576141

You can leave comments. That page is for the victims who were shot by govt thug snipers on rooftoops, in cold blood. Video there too.

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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:12 PM
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12. k/r
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:12 PM
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13. Video, of snipers on rooftops shooting protesters below
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:20 PM
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15. Tahrir Square feels like nation within a nation, with border crossing & civilian milit guard holding

aisaad Protestors: Tahrir Square feels like nation within a nation, with border crossing & civilian milit guard holding the perimeter #Egypt #Jan25
less than a minute ago via web
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:27 PM
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16. SMS Safety: Do not use GPS/location features. Remove battery & SIM to avoid detection
Iran_Techie Iran Techie
by iMisterM
#Jan25 #Egypt SMS Safety: Do not use GPS/location features. Remove battery & SIM to avoid detection v @lissnup
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:28 PM
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17. The victory of the revolution

3arabawy المجد للشهداء .. والنصر للثورة http://www.e-socialists.net/node/6445 #Jan25 #left #comrade
15 minutes ago via Echofon


(Open in google chrome and translate)


Glory to the martyrs .. The victory of the revolution

1 February 2011
...

Mubarak's departure is the first step, not the last step of the revolution

The handover of power to the dictatorship, Omar Suleiman, Ahmed Shafiq and other Mubarak footnotes is the continuation of the same system. Slemat Omar is a man of Israel and America in Egypt, spends most of his time between Washington and Tel Aviv, a servant and faithful to their interests. Ahmed Shafik is a close friend of Mubarak and his colleague in the tyranny, oppression and plunder the Egyptian people.



The country's wealth belongs to the people and must return to it

Over the past three decades on this tyrannical regime to corrupt the country's largest estate-owned small handful of business leaders and foreign companies .. 100 families own more than 90% of the country's wealth .. They monopolize the wealth of the Egyptian people through policies of privatization and looting of power and the Alliance with the capital .. They have turned the majority of the Egyptian people to the poor landless and unemployed.

...

We will not accept after today to be guard dogs to America and Israel

This system does not stand alone .. Mubarak, Secretary of the dictator has got a server and client directly to the interests of America and Israel .. On Egypt to the American colony and directly participated in the siege of the Palestinian people and to make the Suez Canal and Egyptian airspace hotbed for warships and fighter jets that destroyed and killed the Iraqi people, and was of Egyptian gas to Israel, dirt cheap, while stifling the Egyptian people to appreciate the daily prices. Revolution must be re Egypt's independence, dignity and leadership in the region.

...


http://www.e-socialists.net/node/6445
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:29 PM
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18. @andersoncooper Come back in a few weeks. We'll have cleaned place up of dictators & thugs and will
NadiaE @andersoncooper Come back in a few weeks. We'll have cleaned place up of dictators & thugs and will show u true egyptian hospitality #egypt
14 minutes ago via Mobile Web in reply to andersoncooper

Anderson has to leave. Wasn't too happy about it
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:32 PM
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19. Ssirgany: http://bit.ly/idKM7j The NDP shuffle by @arabist
Ssirgany Sarah El Sirgany
http://bit.ly/idKM7j The NDP shuffle by @arabist #jan25
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:35 PM
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20. Constructive diplomatic advice to Hillary on Egypt: shut up
Kikiesque RT @bill_easterly: Constructive diplomatic advice to Hillary on Egypt: shut up http://bit.ly/gocrsg
5 minutes ago via ÜberTwitter



Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today on Egypt:

I think it is important to support the transition process announced by the Egyptian government, actually headed by now vice-president Omar Suleiman.

There are many possible effects of such a statement, all of them bad. If the Suleiman transition process WAS something Egyptian-led and good, Clinton has now discredited him as a stooge of the US Department of State. If the Suleiman process was NOT so good, then US credibility in favor of autonomous democratic freedom sinks even lower (if that’s still even possible).

Taking into account that Clinton also whiffed on previous statements on democracy in Egypt, what if she and every other US government official just go completely silent, please?

http://aidwatchers.com/2011/02/constructive-diplomatic-advice-to-hillary-on-egypt-shut-up/
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:41 PM
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21. I really hope @ghonim gets out today. (Google Exec)
Sandmonkey I really hope @ghonim gets out today. Freedom to all the #jan25 detainees!
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:41 PM
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22. First time I see a heavy-ish army presence in Zamalek

hadeelalsh First time I see a heavy-ish army presence in Zamalek #egypt
18 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:46 PM
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23. by @arabist The NDP shuffle
Ssirgany http://bit.ly/idKM7j The NDP shuffle by @arabist #jan25
14 minutes ago via TweetDeck


The NDP shuffle
By Issandr El Amrani February 5, 2011 at 6:53 PM Share

This morning I was on BBC Radio 4's Today show. The guest ahead of me was Dr. Ibrahim Kamel, CEO of Kato, member of the NDP's Politburo and one of Gamal Mubarak's most ardent and vocal backer until two weeks ago. On the show he strongly defended Hosni Mubarak and said the government would now engage in reform, which he welcomed. I don't recall him being an advocate for political reform two weeks ago.

...

This is a game of musical chairs to install a new political elite, some of which will be those who survived the old one. The new secretary-general of the NDP is Hossam Badrawy, once a enthusiastic backer of Gamal and MP between 2000-2005. Badrawy one was of the liberal, reformist NDPers who wanted to bring change from the inside. He was one of the most reasonable figures in the party and did not simply ignore problems like human rights. However, we was also associated with efforts at educational reform that bore little fruit and an attempt at a reform to the health sector that seemed to benefit his main business, private healthcare.

In part of the ongoing coup carried out by Omar Suleiman and his army buddies (with Mubarak remaining as a fig leaf so it is not seen as such) they need a new political class. Badrawy has class, money and social clout. He is sleek and shiny. Another former Gamal acolyte who is staying on is Muhammad Kamal, a smart political science professor who obtained his PhD at John Hopkins SAIS. I don't think a lot of Egyptians will have such selective amnesia as to forget where they stood before.

Meanwhile, the scapegoats are already being created. People against who there has been a five-year press campaign, such as Ahmed Ezz, have had their assets seized and may be under arrest. I'm sure Ezz is no angel, but having him (and people that I believe are pretty respectable like Youssef Boutros-Ghali and Rachid Mohamed Rachid) scapegoated while others (notably generals dealing in big land deals) escape unscathed is ridiculous and dishonest. All of this reinforces my feeling that we are in the middle of a slow-moving coup, and possibly one planned for a long time.

http://www.arabist.net/blog/2011/2/5/the-ndp-shuffle.html
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:54 PM
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24. Priceless, protest sign in Lebanon
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 04:59 PM
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25. News that Wael @ghonim is alive and might be released soon has made my day!!
Sarahngb News that Wael @ghonim is alive and might be released soon has made my day!! and I don't even really know the guy! :D
8 minutes ago via YoruFukurou


Wael Ghonim, google exec, was found a few days ago, so savagely beaten that he was transferred to the hospital. At least that's what some reliabe tweets said (posted about 3 days ago). They could have been wrong.

Wael helped with technical issues. Kidnapping him and detaining him for 9 days was not a good move for the Mubarak thugs. I think that only renewed Google's determination to help.

I hope this tweet is correct
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:01 PM
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26. Chants of the Egyptian Revolution
Edited on Sat Feb-05-11 05:02 PM by Catherina
RamyRaoof http://egychants.tumblr.com شعارات وهتافات أهالي مصر #Egypt #Jan25
6 minutes ago via web



http://egychants.tumblr.com/

Google Chrome can do an immediate translation. Translation is very rocky but gives an idea.
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:02 PM
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27. Thanks again for this news. Has anyone seen Elbaradei given any opportunity to speak via any media?
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:04 PM
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28. I don't know that he has that much to say. Give me a minute and I'll check his tweets
The last thing I remember was him saying no one invited him (to any talks?)
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:12 PM
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32. Nothing to see. He's made his tweets private or something
because it says 0 tweets. Or even better very wisely isn't tweeting. He has an account :shrug:


SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
El Baradei on Al Jazeera: The Egyptian army must now choose between Mubarak & the people
4 hours ago
Top Tweet


This showed up when I searched his name

AJEnglish Al Jazeera English
859 Retweets
Al Jazeera continues to bring you uncensored coverage of the events in #Egypt as they unfold. Watch LIVE here: http://aje.me/ajelive #jan25
28 Jan
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:15 PM
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34. He was on CNN last night:
http://parkerspitzer.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/04/elbaradei-hints-at-presidential-run/


The best way to keep track of media reports on him would be to go to Google, click News, then search for ElBaradei and use the Sort By Date option on the left side of the page.

Which I just did, and found this among the other results:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,743762,00.html
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 10:57 AM
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85. Thanks, all!
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:06 PM
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29. I heard the streets had never been as clean before. wow, here's why
The protestors sweep the streets with palms after picking up every single rock and piece of trash.




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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:08 PM
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30. Now THAT is how you run a peaceful protest!
These people love their country!
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:09 PM
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31. Another question if anyone knows & has time:
Edited on Sat Feb-05-11 05:15 PM by snot
Just read elsewhere on DU, "the speaker of the Egyptian parliament, Fathi Surur, who has been speaker of the People's Assembly since 1990, described by someone familiar with his record as “a corrupt, venal man,”" -- this was cited as a reason why maybe Mubarek must stay through a transition.

How would most of the protesters see it?

{Edited to add: for what it's worth, Wikipedia contains no hint re- any corruption; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathi_Sorour }
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:15 PM
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33. They're not impressed with any of them
See post 23, The NDP Shuffle.


I tried to search in my twitter list but "Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information."
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:25 PM
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36. Specifically about Surur, read this (not a tweet)
Surur has long employed his legal expertise to maintain and add to the arsenal of abusive laws that Mubarak's regime has used against the Egyptian people

http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/02/04/what-mubarak-must-do-he-resigns
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:28 PM
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39. Look at this, Catherina -- Bernstein on what he says is the WH secret plan to keep Surur out
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:33 PM
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40. All these people are making me ill
"State Department officials and anti-Mubarak forces in Egypt consider Surur inimical to the interests of both the United States and advocates of democracy in Egypt, as well as other Arab leaders who fear that further chaos there could feed radical Islamic influence in their own countries."

Thanks

How strongly can we should to stay out of it? I know why they won't so I don't expect them to but damn!
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 06:13 PM
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48. VERY helpful, thanks.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:22 PM
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35. Hilary Clinton is sounding more and more like those pro-Mubarak talking heads on state-controlled TV

pakinamamer Hilary Clinton is sounding more and more like those pro-Mubarak talking heads on state-controlled TV channels. #Jan25 #Tahrir #Egypt
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:26 PM
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37. Jailed youth activists - that we know about - were freed today
RiverDryFilm Omar Robert Hamilton
Jailed youth activists - that we know about - were freed today. #jan25 #egypt
3 minutes ago
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:27 PM
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38. One sadness from the revolution is my disappointment in @barackobama. And his tweets are boring as h
Beltrew Bel Trew
One sadness from the Egyptian revolution is my disappointment in @barackobama. And his tweets are boring as hell.
6 minutes ago
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saras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:37 PM
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41. Why America won't do the right thing...
The long-puzzled-over explanation

"Over the past three decades on this tyrannical regime to corrupt the country's largest estate-owned small handful of business leaders and foreign companies .. 100 families own more than 90% of the country's wealth"

This is the part that can't be 'disrupted' during the 'transition'.
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Oak2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 07:09 PM
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60. Sounds like the same part as the part that never gets to change after American elections n/t
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:39 PM
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42. Video, really good - 80 year old author and activist Nawal El Saadawi speaks to @Newsweek
Rouelshimi Rowan El Shimi
80 year old author and activist Nawal El Saadawi speaks to @Newsweek - I <3 her - http://bit.ly/hh3hZh - #Jan25 #Egypt
3 minutes ago




Nawal El-Saadawi: "50 Pounds and a Chicken to Beat Us"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM1scxpmbWQ


Nawal El Saadawi (Arabic: نوال السعداوى‎) (born October 27, 1931) is an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician and psychiatrist. She has written many books on the subject of women in Islam, paying particular attention to the practice of female genital mutilation in her society.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawal_El_Saadawi
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:41 PM
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43. "doorman told me yesterday that three thugs came looking for me at my house. today police came..."
Jan25voices Jan25 Voices
LPC w/Foreign journalist:"doorman told me yesterday that three thugs came looking for me at my house. today police came... #Egypt


LPC is Live Phone Call
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:46 PM
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44. Great work sis!
Rec
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:50 PM
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45. I always light up when I see you. Must be the spliffs
:hi:
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 06:22 PM
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52. LOL
And tomorrow we celebrate the anniversary of Bob Marley's birthday.
He's have been 66. I'll send two songs for my Egyptian sisters and brothers in the morning.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 05:52 PM
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46. Egyptian Protest to piano, violin, cello music beautiful
Egypt's New Revolution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1sBb_8-wT8&NR=1


Very well done. I found it jumping around in youtube. I love it
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 06:09 PM
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47. It's annoying how ONE DAMN MOSQUITO can annoy the fuck out of you when you're trying to sleep!
TheBoghdady TheBoghdady
It's annoying how ONE DAMN MOSQUITO can annoy the fuck out of you when you're trying to sleep! #FuckThis #HuntingTheFuckerDown


Sleeping in Tahrir Square
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 06:18 PM
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49. It's really quiet on my feed. Nothing much
People are posting a few videos, others are discussing the joint Christian prayer tomorrow and praying for Egypt.

I'm going to go take a nap :hi:
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 06:21 PM
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51. See you later! I'll keep posting.
:hi:
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 06:36 PM
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56. Thanks!
Now I'm kind of stuck on Facebook! Oh no!:hi:
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 06:18 PM
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50. Almost 50% of traffic to AJE livestream from the US
sergiofelter Sergio Felter
Al Jazeera's head of social media: "Almost 50% of traffic to our livestream is coming from the US." #Jan25 #Egypt http://nie.mn/dGZpRt
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 06:23 PM
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53. In Alexandria, protesters vow big anti#Mubarak rallies Sunday, again Tuesday & Friday, appear to be
NicRobertsonCNN Nic Robertson
In Alexandria, protesters vow big anti#Mubarak rallies Sunday, again Tuesday & Friday, appear to be pacing themselves #egypt #jan25
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 06:33 PM
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54. Egyptian women well represented in Tahrir protest
GattoGialloNews GattoGiallo
#Egyptian women well represented in Tahrir protest http://goo.gl/5Jd4Y #jan25 France24
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 06:35 PM
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55. AJE confirms, Egypt uses - US technology - Deep Packet Inspection - to spy on activists on the Net
waelabbas Wael Abbas
AJE confirms, Egypt uses - US technology - Deep Packet Inspection - to spy on activists on the Internet
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 06:40 PM
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57. Watch @monaeltahawy rocking it with Bill Maher! wow, respect sister... http://bit.ly/e8C5WK
habibh Habib Haddad
by saltamimi
Watch @monaeltahawy rocking it with Bill Maher! wow, respect sister... http://bit.ly/e8C5WK #Jan25 #Egypt
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 06:45 PM
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58. Just came across this; you or someone you know might appreciate it:
Edited on Sat Feb-05-11 06:48 PM by snot
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Raksha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 07:54 PM
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65. Priceless...I LOVE IT!!!
:rofl:
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 12:25 AM
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75. LOL! Thanks for posting that!
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 06:46 PM
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59. New blog post & photos from photojournalist Andrew Burton
HABurton Andrew Burton
New blog post: Photos, Account from February 5 http://www.andrewburtonphoto.com/2011/02/photos-account-from-february-5/
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 07:10 PM
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61. Egypt's got "NarusInsight," powerful Internet spying to monitor individual & corp activity
Iran_Techie Iran Techie
by joker_rocker
#Egypt's got "NarusInsight," powerful Internet spying to monitor individual & corp activity http://bit.ly/gzYvrE #Jan25
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 07:19 PM
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62. Egyptian State TV: Let Us Tell You What's Really Happening - TIME
GattoGialloNews GattoGiallo
Egyptian State TV: Let Us Tell You What's Really Happening - TIME http://goo.gl/hd1D2 #jan25


Full link:

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2046510,00.html
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 07:32 PM
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63. Sandmonkey: What y'all think? (link to blog post)
Sandmonkey Sandmonkey
http://www.sandmonkey.org/2011/02/06/the-way-forward/ What y'all think?



This links to his blog post combining suggestions he made earlier today in separate tweets.
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 01:34 AM
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83. Here's an additional idea:
Edited on Sun Feb-06-11 01:41 AM by snot
I am extremely worried about the safety of the protesters once they leave Tahrir. As you know, the Egyptian police will have the means to easily identify and track down every one of them who e-mailed or tweeted anything about it, or who even visited a pro-democracy website.

So perhaps compiling a list of protesters won't make them much less safe, at least not those who've used phones or computers.

But perhaps such a list can also be used to help make the protesters SAFER -- IF it could be given to independent agencies such as the UN, Amnesty International, AlJazeera or whoever the protesters think best -- probably the more agencies, the better -- and accompanied by a strong threat to Mubarak and his regime that if any of the protesters are disappeared or even harassed between now and free and fair elections, there will be some dreadful consequence to Mubarak.

Then anyone who became aware of any such disappearance could report it to these agencies.

Obviously, the sanction against Mubarak et al. would have to be very severe and credible.

I don't know if this can work, but pass it along for consideration by others who know more about these situations than I do.
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 07:47 PM
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64. H.G. Bishop Bisenti of the Helwan Diocese has announced that no #Coptic Mass will be held in #Tahrir
Edited on Sat Feb-05-11 07:50 PM by highplainsdem
David_Atef David Atef
@ Coptic News: H.G. Bishop Bisenti of the Helwan Diocese has announced that no #Coptic Mass will be held in #Tahrir on 2/6/11 #Jan25 #Cairo



This is contrary to all the earlier reports.


Editing to add that I just checked the @CopticNews account, and it isn't an official account, and was used to post another message suggesting the antigovernment protesters are the minority in Egypt, so this might be completely wrong. Haven't seen any other confirmation of it elsewhere.
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 08:24 PM
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66. Man sleeping next to Twitter (sprayed on the wall) in #tahrir square. Photo taken by me
Mamoudinijad Mahmoud M. Khattab
by DarkestAngeL31
#Jan25 #Egypt Man sleeping next to Twitter (sprayed on the wall) in #tahrir square. Photo taken by me http://twitpic.com/3wwtdy
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 12:37 AM
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78. Great pic -- you shd share elsewhere as well (AlJazeera?)
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 09:23 PM
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67. The crowd continues to barricade at #tahrir square for the night sharing food and supplies.
nancyelattar Nancye.
by Canucksgurl16
The crowd continues to barricade at #tahrir square for the night sharing food and supplies. #Egypt #Cairo #jan25
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 09:26 PM
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68. No signs any attempts to kick us out. We're ready to fight if needed. I think we're fine.
TeaWithCarl Carl Levinson
.@tarekshalaby No signs any attempts to kick us out. We're ready to fight if needed. I think we're fine. #jan25 #Tahrir #Cairo # Mubarak
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 09:27 PM
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69. It's just after 4am in #Tahrir Square, protesters are still awake and singing, vowing to stay until
KimberlyHalkett Kimberly Halkett
by latinabug_nj
It's just after 4am in #Tahrir Square, protesters are still awake and singing, vowing to stay until #Mubarak stands down
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 09:32 PM
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70. Mona Eltahawy: On CNN vs Alan Dershowitz http://bit.ly/hUmaXi
monaeltahawy Mona Eltahawy
On CNN vs Alan Dershowitz http://bit.ly/hUmaXi Scarce - you're a true friend of the #Egyptian revolution. #Jan25
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-11 10:48 PM
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71. Tim Karr: I go on #AlJazeera to expose one US company that helps #Egypt spy on its citizens (link)
TimKarr TimKarr
I go on #AlJazeera to expose one US company that helps #Egypt spy on its citizens: http://bit.ly/fZ2btn #Jan25

Complete URL:

http://english.aljazeera.net/video/americas/2011/02/20112625021400967.html

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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 12:04 AM
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72. My first emoticon ever:
:yourock:
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 12:23 AM
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74. Thank you!
:toast:
:hug:
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 12:22 AM
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73. 6.45 am in Cairo.. By noon prayer time, millions are expected to be flocking into streets
@Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
6.45 am in Cairo.. By noon prayer time, millions are expected to be flocking into streets #jan25
36 minutes ago
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 12:34 AM
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76. It has been difficult to get information about protests outside Cairo and Alexandria. Blackout by
Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
It has been difficult to get information about protests outside Cairo and Alexandria. Blackout by government #egypt #jan25
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 12:36 AM
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77. Another shot for the bride and groom with the tank http://twitpic.com/3wzelj
sdorra Sarah Mostafa Dorra
Another shot for the bride and groom with the tank http://twitpic.com/3wzelj #Egypt #Jan25
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 12:50 AM
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79. Egyptian police use Facebook and Twitter to track down protesters' names before 'rounding them up'
salmaeldaly Salma el Daly
http://bit.ly/gfT425 Egyptian police use Facebook and Twitter to track down protesters' names before 'rounding them up' #Jan25

This is about a Daily Mail article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1354096/Egypt-protests-Police-use-Facebook-Twitter-track-protesters.html
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 12:54 AM
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80. TOUCHING: Young Egyptian Couple Tie the Knot in the Midst of a Revolution (link to photo)
Organica_ The Egyptian
TOUCHING: Young Egyptian Couple Tie the Knot in the Midst of a Revolution http://www.flickr.com/photos/el-amiro21/5420584886/
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 12:56 AM
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81. Confirmed: some form of Christian religious activity will take place in about 5 hrs from now in
RamyYaacoub Ramy Yaacoub
Confirmed: some form of Christian religious activity will take place in about 5 hrs from now in #Tahrir #Cairo #Egypt
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 01:07 AM
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82. Journalists are being turned back at the Cairo airport from entering #Egypt
Mikekagan Mike Kagan
Journalists are being turned back at the Cairo airport from entering #Egypt. #Jan25.
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-11 03:01 AM
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84. This regime does not even understand the fundamentals of civilized society, let alone
Edited on Sun Feb-06-11 03:02 AM by snot
human rights, sufficiently even to fake it for the brief period needed until the world's attention turns elsewhere.

It cannot possibly be entrusted with a transition to democracy.
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