EEVILMURRAY Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 Power to the people it seems: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down and the vice president has named a military council to run the country's affairs, state television said on Friday after 18 days of mass protests against his rule. Skip related content A ruling party official said earlier that Mubarak and his family had left Cairo for the glitzy Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where there is a presidential residence. He added that this proved Mubarak had handed powers to deputy Omar Suleiman. In the morning, Egypt's powerful military gave guarantees that promised democratic reforms would be carried out but angry protesters intensified an uprising against Mubarak by marching on the presidential palace and mobbing the state television hub. The army's gesture was an effort to defuse an 18-day-old revolt unprecedented in modern Egypt but, in ignoring the key demand of protesters for Mubarak's ouster now, it failed to stop turmoil disrupting the economy and rattling the Middle East. Mubarak had promised only that he would not for re-election in September and that he would preside over reforms until then. This was not enough for the many hundreds of thousands of mistrustful protesters who rallied in cities across the Arab world's most populous and influential country on Friday, fed up with high unemployment, a corrupt elite and police repression. The escalating confrontation has raised fear of uncontrolled violence in the most populous Arab nation, a key U.S. ally in an oil-rich region where the chance of chaos spreading to other long stable but repressive states troubles the West. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20110211/tts-uk-egypt-ca02f96.html Now hopefully we can go back the age of Pharoahs.
Hamishmash Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 Little bit scary though seeing as the military is now running the country... that just doesn't sound good on paper.
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 Little bit scary though seeing as the military is now running the country... that just doesn't sound good on paper. I agree, it unnerves me a bit, too. But I don't know much about how it is in Egypt at the moment, so this may very well be the best option for now.
The Mad Monkey Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 Just think, if we had oil we could do the same.
Emasher Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 The military hasn't taken control by force, they've taken control because they're in the best position to organize the setup of a provisional government.
david.dakota Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 Its incredible news; a country united to define its future. It really has been an incredible two weeks, to see this unfold. Without sounding gushy, i'm so happy for the Egyptian people - now go and make it work.
Hamishmash Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 It might be the first of many revolutions in the Middle East.
Emasher Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 It might be the first of many revolutions in the Middle East. Technically Tunisia is isn't in the Middle East, however, to give Egypt the Credit for being first while technically correct isn't really the best way to describe it. That said, I agree. Hopefully Iran is next.
Iun Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 Did he say "I've decided to resign: all this pressure has made me realise it's time to walk like an Egyptian."?
ReZourceman Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 Did he say "I've decided to resign: all this pressure has made me realise it's time to walk like an Egyptian."? OH HAY 10' O'CLOCK SHOW. :p (Obv you didn't see it, so it means you're awesome)
EEVILMURRAY Posted February 11, 2011 Author Posted February 11, 2011 OH HAY 10' O'CLOCK SHOW. :p (Obv you didn't see it, so it means you're awesome) They can watch it right now! Laura Laverne doing fuck all and David Mitchell doing the boring political stuff.
Jonnas Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 Best outcome possible, IMO. Really, this is a sign of good things to come in the Arab world. I know this isn't over yet, but we gotta have faith.
The fish Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 Just think, if we had oil we could do the same. Err... We (the UK) have wayyy more oil than Egypt has. I'm not even sure Egypt has any... Regardless, Egypt is much more of a democracy than the UK is. This has been a 101 demonstration of how not to be a dictator - don't cut the internet off as people go outside to see what's happening, and don't make speeches along the lines of "I'm not listening, lalalalalala!"
Emasher Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 (edited) It looks like Algeria might be next: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/12/algeria.protest/index.html?hpt=T2 Err... We (the UK) have wayyy more oil than Egypt has. I'm not even sure Egypt has any... Regardless, Egypt is much more of a democracy than the UK is. As what happened in Egypt and Tunisia has proven, every country is a democracy, the failure of a nation to act against a dictator might as well be an election ending in their favor. Edited February 13, 2011 by Emasher
Jamba Posted February 13, 2011 Posted February 13, 2011 Congrats to those in Egypt. I am very impressed by how assertive that they are being. The fact that they will come back week after week until they are satisfied is amazing. Just hope that this all works out for them. And as someone said above, I hope this happens in Iran. All of the Iranian people that I have met have been intelligent, respectful and diplomatic. I find it disturbing that they have a leadership that is so riddled with ignorance. They deserve better.
Dante Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) CBS correspondent Lara Logan brutally sexual assault by Egyptian mob. Fucking disgusting. Edited February 15, 2011 by Dante
Frank Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 As I was eating my dinner today I caught a glimpse of the news. Apparently Iran, Yemen and one other country have all began protests. This is amazing.
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