Friday, February 11, 2011

Egypt: On Ground Updates - February 11, 2011

- Egypt: On Ground Updates -
President Hosni Mubarak Steps Down
Anti-Government Demonstrators Celebrate in Streets
Friday, February 11, 2011
Image credit Presidenza della Repubblica
...
* History in the Making *
- Say it Again -
President Hosni Mubarak Steps Down
.
Around 6:00pm Cairo time, (10:00am CST,) word came out to the Egyptian People by message on State TV by Vice President Suleiman that President Hosni Mubarak had stepped down.
.
And the now FREE PEOPLES of Egypt went wild in celebration!
............................................................................
.
Watch the Celebration LIVE at link of choice below...
* LIVE NEWS FEEDS *
 - BBC.co.uk...
...
* Watch Live AlJazeera News Feed, 24/7 HERE *
...............................................
.
* CNN.com describes today’s events out of Egypt best... Demonstrations that began with quiet determination on the internet more than three weeks ago erupted into riotous jubilation Friday evening, moments after it was announced that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was stepping aside... Protesters swarmed army tanks that had been deployed to keep order, banged drums, blew whistles and frantically waved Egyptian flags in celebration. They danced in circles and chanted. Processions of cars made their way down Cairo streets, drivers honking horns and waving flags... Fireworks erupted outsidee presidential palace. Some men and women dropped to their knees and began to pray...
Read the rest at link below...
.


*************************
Makes the heart glad of all free peoples around the world
AubreyJ.........
.

No comments: