Mubarak: Destroying Egypt to Stay in Power

[Joanne98]

In the face of a spectacular and inspiring people's revolution, Hosni Mubarak's first tactic to hold onto his despotic post was to send his police thugs into the streets as looters and rioters to provide him with an excuse to do what he does best: clamp down and terrorize Egypt's citizens. But thanks to the incredible solidarity of the people, this subversion was unsuccessful. Neighborhood watch groups repelled and 'arrested' those looters and turned them over to the army.

When demands for Mubarak's departure grew louder from from an even bigger crowd, he dug his nails in deeper, staking his claim to the few remaining months in his tenure of torture and intimidation of the Egyptian people.

As his intransigence stretched out, so did the protests and the risk of chaos grew. It was easy to predict, as I did in a Twitter post, that Mubarak was waiting for mayhem to ensue naturally, due to the inevitable food and fuel shortages, so he could step in to "restore order".

But the people's resolve for freedom, civil liberties, and government transparency could not be conquered by exhaustion or hunger.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-abulhawa/mubarak-destroying-egypt-_b_817375.html

[L. Coyote]

1. Uniformed Security Forces were seen leading the assault on the peaceful protesters.

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[gateley]

2. Boy, I just woke up so I'm just getting the gist of what's happening but right out

of the fucking gate Mubarak is showing how his new "democracy" is working - no change whatsoever. What a tyrant. Hoping for a quick resolution, meaning 'bye bye Mubarak. :grr:

[eleny]

3. AlJazeera showed someone holding up a police ID seized from a pro-Mubarak supporter

AJ has been showing video of someone holding up the ID and showing the back and front of the card.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Isn't that exactly what * did during his eight years?

[bklyncowgirl]

5. This battle is going down in right front of the museum

There museum is an old firetrap. There were concerns a few days ago that the fire from the ruling party headquarters could spread to the museum. I hope I'm wrong but I wouldn't be too shocked to see some pro-Mubarak thugs try to torch it.

[AngryOldDem]

6. Destroy the state in order to save it.

Age-old MO.

[snot]

7. Crimes against humanity.