- Egypt: On Ground Updates -
Tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday in what is being billed as a ‘Day of Departure’
Friday, February 04, 2011
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Thank god for unknown heroes... We find them in every crowd as shown by the good, kind Egyptian folks that helped Greg and Olaf stay alive by giving them a helping hand in their time of need. I’m so glad to hear that Greg and the rest of the crew will all be making it back home now in one piece...
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With that said... Be sure to click this posting by Greg out today for it really is a great read! Click it out at link below...
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Also on the Fox News website is this report... Tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday in what is being billed as a "Day of Departure," a final attempt to topple the government of President Hosni Mubarak after more than 10 days of violent protests and deadly street battles...
Read the rest of this report at link below...
Also from Fox...
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Egypt- Feb 4th, 2011
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The above news video by Euronews takes us from where the raw video by AlJazeera leaves off and brings together for us Friday’s events very nicely I’d say... Their reporting goes in part like this: It was billed as the Day of Departure, but tonight, despite the international pressure piling up on Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, he remains in office, and hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters are still in Cairo's Tahrir Square. They are refusing to leave, while the calls for the president to go are being renewed...
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Post Update:
- Late Friday Evening Stateside -
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* VOAnews.com has the following report posted up on their webste... A sea of jubilant protesters filled the vast Tahrir Square in the heart of Cairo on Friday. They sang protest songs, and chanted that it is time for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to go. Most of them are young and euphoric at their growing power... Ramy Essam has a modest following on YouTube. But here in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square, the 23-year-old engineering student is something of a superstar...
Read/listen to the full report at link below...
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AlJazeera: Images from Egypt's Protests
Egypt- Feb 4th, 2011
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The above news video by Euronews takes us from where the raw video by AlJazeera leaves off and brings together for us Friday’s events very nicely I’d say... Their reporting goes in part like this: It was billed as the Day of Departure, but tonight, despite the international pressure piling up on Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, he remains in office, and hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters are still in Cairo's Tahrir Square. They are refusing to leave, while the calls for the president to go are being renewed...
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More to come...
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