- Egypt: On Ground Updates -
President Hosni Mubarak May Step Down Tonight!
Anti-Government Demonstrators Await In Excitement For The News
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Rumors are flying wildly this evening in Egypt that President Mubarak will announce he is stepping down later tonight on State TV.
* The New York Times is reporting... Egypt’s armed forces on Thursday announced that they had begun to take "necessary measures to protect the nation and support the legitimate demands of the people,” a step that suggested the military intends to take a commanding role in administering the strife-torn nation... The announcement of an enhanced role for the military came as officials in President Hosni Mubarak’s government suggested a momentous shift in power was underway, including a possible transfer of power from Mr. Mubarak to his Vice President Omar Suleiman...
Read the full report at link below...
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* 11:05am CST:
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FOX NEWS is reporting...
Mubarak Will Step Down, Transfer Power to Military Council... (Within the hour?) President Hosni Mubarak will step down shortly and transfer authority to the Egyptian Higher Council of the Armed Forces...
Read more HERE
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* 2:30pm CST:
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And the peoples of Egypt cheer wildly from the center of Cairo’s Tahrir Square...
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* 2:45pm CST:
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URGENT: President Hosni Mubarak is on Egypt’s State TV LIVE right now, formally speaking to the people of Egypt and the world as far as that goes....
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Speech over...
In a nutshell Mubarak said he was passing his Authority of Power over to his Vice President Omar Suleiman and said the Military Council will be acting as the Gatekeepers to a smooth safe transition of the new government to be. Yet he did not step down...
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And the peoples of Egypt who were cheering wildly with happiness from the center of Cairo’s Tahrir Square... now shout in Anger... “DOWN WITH MUBARAK”!!!
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Special note: Army says it will react if Protesters refuse this new plan... Don’t know about you but I for one got a BAD feeling it is fixing to get real ugly again in the streets of Cairo.
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- WATCH IT All, LIVE at LINK of Choice below...
* LIVE NEWS FEEDS *
- BBC.co.uk...
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.............................MUCH more to come as Breaking News Happens...
So keep checking back!
AubreyJ.........
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