some crazy shit going on in Egypt[views:12061][posts:89]______________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:32pm - Yeti ""] http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/28/clash...camera-confiscated/?hpt=T1&iref=BN1 |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:33pm - the_reverend ""] Yeti said:http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/28/clash...camera-confiscated/?hpt=T1&iref=BN1 |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:35pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] Those Whom the Government Detest |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:35pm - goatcatalyst ""] I heard they outlawed shrimp scampi, turned off the internet and encouraged hot air balloon leisures. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:36pm - the_reverend ""] I'd be rioting too if someone was trying to make me build pyramids 24/7. Honestly, the Egypt is handling this very well. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:37pm - AndrewBastard ""] they better not destroy the pyramids before I get to see them |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:37pm - LPCustom ""] It blows my mind that places have curfews though in all seriousness. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:40pm - goatcatalyst ""] I've listened to "Stargazer" enough... I know the deal. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:41pm - Slag NLI ""] I hope yet another US picked government is overthrown. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:42pm - Anwar Sadat ""] Wait, what? |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:43pm - goatcatalyst ""] I hope they burn that faggot libarary at Alexandria once and for all. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:43pm - Hosni Mubarak ""] EVERYTHING ██IS█████ ████ ████FINE ███ █ ████ LOVE. ████ █████ THE ███ EGYPT ███ ████ GOVERNMENT ██ |
| __________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:45pm - brian_dc ""] well played |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:46pm - King Tutankhamen ""] Fuck this shit I'm coming back. Praise Satan! |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:47pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] this is the start of a global revolution. just wait til internet in america is shut down. then shits gonna get REAL. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:47pm - demondave ""] bennyhillifier |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:48pm - Slag NLI ""] I cannot wait to take up arms with the rest of you sheeple. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:54pm - the_reverend ""] Slag%20NLI said:I cannot wait to buy a new iPhone with the rest of you sheeple. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 1:56pm - goatcatalyst ""] I'm looking forward to holocausting rangoons with Rich and Mike |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:00pm - Slag NLI ""] IPAD FAGGOT |
| ________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:00pm - xmikex ""] Somebody please summarize this for me. CNN's coverage is all over the place. WHY did Egypt order cellphone services to be stopped?? |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:02pm - Slag NLI ""] from reddit: "The Catalyst: Tunisia a country in Northern Africa was ruled by a repressive and dictatorial regime led by President Ben Ali. At the end of 2010, a series of riots broke out throughout Tunisia, collectively termed the "Jasmine Revolution." The root causes are considered to be mass unemployment, widespread corruption, appalling living conditions and the governments propensity to squash free speech. This resulted in President Ben Ali dissolving the government, a victory for the revolutionaries. Regional results: In the region, the success of the Tunisian revolution led to widespread instability. It had previously been considered axiomatic that regional dictatorships were too stable to fall. The Tunisian revolution proved otherwise and soon protests began all over the region, most strongly in Algeria, Yemen and Egypt. Egypt: The Egyptian youth were mobilized by the example set by the Tunisian revolution. Many suggested that the upcoming 25th of January 'National Police Day' be instead used as a massive nation wide protest against corruption. Other causes for the unrest have been the widespread brutality of the Egyptian police and military (Egypt is basically a dictatorship because the country is under 'Emergency law' and has been since 1967), the crippling poverty in the country and President Mubarak himself. The Egyptian Response: The Egyptian police and military have been very heavy handed in responding to the protests. A huge number of protestors have been beaten by police and plain clothes secret police officers. Three have been confirmed killed at the time of this writing. In an effort to stop the protestors utilizing Facebook and Twitter to organize and get their message out, Egypt shut down access to those two sites and now, basically unplugged the country from the internet entirely. Friday: This Friday will see a pivotal moment in the Egyptian revolution as a mass protest has been called after traditional Friday prayers. The Egyptians have called for a "Million Man March" but the chaos in the country and the unpredictability of what's going on makes it difficult to even guess at what will actually transpire. Predictions: Analysts are split as to what will happen in Egypt. There seems to be a concensus that unlike Tunisia, whose military was underpaid, had terrible morale and had little stake in the Police State, the Egyptian army is far more likely to support the Mubarak regime. If the support of the armed forces wavers (as the police support already has, on occasion) then a very real revolution is on the cards. The U.S in the Region: If you're American and wondering, the U.S has a lot of skin in the game. Mubarak has received a huge amount of aid from the United States. Egypt is one of the only Middle Eastern countries to have something approaching a lasting peace treaty with Israel, and Mubarak is generally considered to be a 'friend of the West' by the standards of his fellow leaders in the region. Many of the protesters see the U.S as propping up Mubarak's regime. If the revolution succeeds, any popular democracy in Egypt is almost certainly going produce leaders with anti-American platforms. Further, one of the largest opposition groups in Egypt is the Muslim Brotherhood, which is considered a terrorist organization and a supporter of terrorism by the Russian Federation and is typically anti-west in its rhetoric." |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:04pm - RamsesII ""] You prissy faggots are lucky I am not around. Only I am real. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:06pm - dertoxia ""] Im curious what this is going to mean for all the goods that move through the Suez canal. If they close the canal I would think Europe and northern Africa would feel some pressure pretty quick. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:06pm - arktouros ""] best live coverage http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/?foo=bar |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:08pm - arktouros ""] USG is saying Egyptian govt should respect the "fundamental rights" of it's people and whispering "but maintain your treaty with Israel" |
| ______________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:10pm - BSV ""] LOVE IT! |
| ________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:10pm - xmikex ""] So like everything else in the middle east it's a choice between a corrupt dictatorship bent on reviving the dark ages, and a corrupt dictatorship bent on reviving the dark ages and scapegoating America? |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:15pm - Karl Sanders ""] I'll get at least a double-album out of this! |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:16pm - dreadkill ""] arktouros said:best live coverage http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/?foo=bar foo=bar? FUBAR? |
| ______________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:19pm - BSV ""] the price of gas is going up again? fucking joy!!!!!! |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:20pm - arktouros ""] the government arrested a potential new leader - http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/01/28/f-profile-mohamed-elbaradei.html |
| ______________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:21pm - BSV ""] FUCK YOU KARL SANDERS! PLAY FUCKING 'WROUGHT'. BRING BACK CHIEF!!!! |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:21pm - arktouros ""] As head of the International Atomic Energy Agency for 12 years — the UN group that promotes and monitors the peaceful use of nuclear energy — Mohamed ElBaradei gained considerable credibility and media exposure in the West. In so doing, he also proved to be a thorn in the side of the George W. Bush administration ElBaradei was one of the first, and one of the most prominent, public officials to question the invasion of Iraq and the motivation behind it. sounds good to me. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:24pm - the_reverend ""] the_reverend said:I'd be rioting too if someone was trying to make me build pyramids 24/7. Honestly, the Egypt is handling this very well.oh, until that guy was shot. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:24pm - goatcatalyst ""] I wish the government would shut off our cell phones and internet. Let's get uncomfortable. |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:28pm - Cairopractor ""] I am the unsung hero. Giver of backbone, corrector of crooked governments. |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 2:32pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] haha that would make for an awesome band name |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 3:19pm - largefreakatzero ""] Unrest in the middle east, how shocking. |
| _______________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 3:48pm - nekronautnli ""] goatcatalyst said:I'm looking forward to holocausting rangoons with Rich and Mike [img] |
| _________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 3:48pm - reimroc ""] crab rangoons are the best thing to come out of immigration |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 3:59pm - sacreligion ""] [img] |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 4:36pm - Headbanging Man ""] Karl%20Sanders said:I'll get at least a double-album out of this! Haha!! I dunno if Mubarak himself will last but I can't imagine Israel and the US standing by idly while a democratic movement takes hold of Gaza's western neighbor... If for some reason a friendly ruler can't be propped up, I wouldn't be surprised to see a full-scale conflagration in the region. Israel seems ready to take on Lebanon again and are due, based on past experience, for another disproportionate offensive/ethnic cleansing operation on Gaza fairly soon. They've shown they're willing to fight a multi-front war, so if I were Lebanese, Persian, or stuck in Gaza, I would duck and cover before Mossad can manufacture a pretext for some good old-fashioned Israeli "self-defense".... |
| _________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 4:40pm - reimroc ""] Isreal will be plunged into another war. We will give them help. It will all converge with the US invading Iran. That domino effect. Shit will be going down. |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 4:48pm - largefreakatzero ""] I should build a bomb shelter on my property. That would be a dandy spring project. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 5:25pm - demondave ""] president mubarak live now |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 5:30pm - demondave ""] he's dismissing the govt, but he's staying put |
| ______________________________ [Jan 28,2011 5:36pm - Slag ""] Fuck Mubarak. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 8:07pm - arilliusbm ""] This stinks of a CIA Covert OP. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 28,2011 10:06pm - reimroc ""] I just love how every politician here got on tv and was like "HURR DURR WE SUPPORT CITIZEN RIGHTS" are they seriously that fucking blind to see that all these camel jockeys are revolting because they're sick and tired of a pro-peace with Isreal and pro-democratic government? God these moonbats are seriously more retarded then that kid with downsyndrome that used to take shits in the urinals when we were all in middle school. |