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Egypt Protest Coverage

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Posted on Jan 29, 2011
Al-Jazeera English

Protests in Egypt launched into a fifth day as demonstrators continued to fill the streets. For live updates, check out the Washington Post’s blog on the Egyptian uprising, as well as Al-Jazeera English’s live stream covering the events.

Visit the Washington Post’s live blog here.

See Al-Jazeera English’s live feed here.

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By fearnotruth, January 30, 2011 at 7:21 pm Link to this comment

the face of ‘official America’ can stand a lot of embarrassment - to be sure,
‘unofficial America’ (the shadow regime) is certain to play every angle and instigate
whatever it takes to gain advantage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1USdMUWbIdo&feature=player_embedded#

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By Arabian Sinbad, January 29, 2011 at 5:05 pm Link to this comment

Moreover, official America must now uncomfortably face to the Egyptian people’s grievances against its support for this despicable dictator and tyrant for thirty years, considering him a trusted ally and friend. For the people of Egypt official America and Mubarak were certainly allies and friends in evil. 

All the latest public talk from the US Administration about respecting the aspirations of the Egyptian street smacks of ugly, naked hypocrisy in light of the ugly history behind what they’ve been doing for thirty years. It is hollow attempt at covering its long history in collaborating with evil ones!

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By Arabian Sinbad, January 29, 2011 at 3:16 pm Link to this comment

By nominating Omar Suleiman as his vice president, the very stupid Hosni Mubarak is adding insult to injury.

This thug Suleiman, who is described by the Los Angeles Times as being so-called “respected by the West” is extremely hated and abhorred by the average Egyptian outside the corrupt establishment.
In fact, if the Egyptian revolution is going to succeed and the heads of the corrupt regime are going to be put on trial, then it must be this Suleiman who should be hanged first, even before Mubarak himself. This thug has much blood on his hands for being the executing instrument of the Mubarak regime.

Another disturbing development in relation to Egypt’s situation is what is coming repeatedly now from official U.S. as to its considering to cut off the 1.5 billion in assistance. This is an implicit threat to the Egyptian people that you are risking loosing that assistance due to your revolt. In fact, through this threat official America is, en essence, saying that this money was intended for protecting the regime. In fact, this money was a cheap bribe to the Egyptian regime to sell-out to Israel and sign a humiliating so-called peace agreement.
This 1.5 billion is indeed bad money invested for evil purposes. Both the American people and the Egyptian people are better off to see this bribe cut off.

Moreover, it’s about time that a free movement should be started to cut off the untold billions that America gives to Israel to support its fascism, occupation and savagery in occupied Palestine!

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