Egypt: On Ground Updates - October 10, 2011

Egypt: On Ground Updates

Serious Doubts Raised Over Egypt's Democracy Transition After Violence Leaves 26 Christian Protesters Dead, 300 Injured

Monday, October 10, 2011
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Image from news video pull,  I believe, by CBS News

* The Guardian brings us the following troubling news out of Egypt today and their report starts off like this… Egypt's military rulers have held emergency talks with Christian leaders after the worst violence since February's revolution left 26 people dead and 300 injured - and raised grave doubts about the country's democratic transition… The Coptic church called on followers to fast and pray for three days from Tuesday to mourn Christians killed in clashes with Muslims and security forces on Sunday night, now the subject of an investigation ordered by the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf), led by Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi… Issam Sharaf, the interim prime minister, warned of a "despicable conspiracy" against Egypt and called for unity…

Read the full report at link below…

Cairo clashes: military rulers hold emergency talks with Christian leaders

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* CBS News has this take on the latest news out of Egypt… Despite ousting the dictator whose regime repressed and tortured citizens for decades, Egyptians are now facing the same treatment from the country's military that they endured under President Hosni Mubarak. Bob Simon reports

Read much more, with video at link below…

Revolution: Egyptians return to Tahrir Square

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Cairo on edge after deadly clashes

About this video: Cairo remains tense after clashes left at least 24 people dead and up to 200 injured in the worst violence in the Egyptian capital since the country's revolution in February… An overnight curfew was lifted on Monday but dozens of people have been arrested, according to state media reported, and a heavy security presence remained on the streets near Tahrir Square… Al Jazeera's Omar al Saleh reports

This video posted on YouTube by AlJazeeraEnglish

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Battle for Tripoli in Photos

Battle for Tripoli in Photos

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Warning: This Post Contains Graphic and Violent Images

In other words… some photos are not for the weak of heart…

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Tens of thousands of Libyans celebrate with the rebels...

Image Credit: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP

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* Time.com brings us the following Photo Essay by Yuri Kozyrev and write-up by Abigail Hauslohner.

Click it out at link below…

- The Battle for Tripoli:

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* Aljazeera.net has this: Following weeks of military stalemate, anti-Gaddafi forces gain control of key cities and advance into Tripoli…

- In Pictures: The Battle for Tripoli

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* CBSNews.com:

The Battle Comes to Tripoli

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* Guardian.co.uk:

Battle for Tripoli – in pictures

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The Toll of the Battle for Tripoli

Originally uploaded August 28, 2011

This video posted on YouTube by AlArabiya

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* The New York Times has the following collection of GREAT photos at link below…

The Battle for Libya

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The following link also from the NYT has a good read by Rod Nordland…

Libya Rebels Say Qaddafi Cornered in Small Town

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Israel Carries out Gaza Air Strikes after Series of Attacks in Southern Israel Kills Eight

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Israel Carries out Gaza Air Strikes

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About this News Video: Israel has carried out air strikes over Gaza after a series of attacks in southern Israel killed at least eight people… The air strikes killed at least six people, including five members of the Hamas-linked Popular Resistance Committees and a young boy… The air raid came in response to an attack on vehicles heading towards the Israeli resort of Eilat on Thursday. Al Jazeera's Keith Miller reports.

This video posted on YouTube by AlJazeeraEnglish

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Israeli Prime Minister:

We Hit Back Immediately and With Force

This Video posted on YouTube by IsraelNationalTV



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- Iron Dome Intercepts Grad Missiles -

Saturday Evening - 8/20/11

Beer-Sheva, Israel: You can see 6 intercepted, 2 rockets got through killing reportedly 2 people. Credit: Sharon Ackerman

This Video posted on YouTube by mosesinspain

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Much more to come on this ongoing story out of Israel this weekend…

AubreyJ………

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Egypt: On Ground Updates - February 10, 2011

- Egypt: On Ground Updates -

President Hosni Mubarak May Step Down Tonight!

Anti-Government Demonstrators Await In Excitement For The News

Thursday, February 10, 2011

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Image credit Presidenza della Repubblica

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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...

Egypt’s Army Signals Transfer of Power

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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...

Egypt's Mubarak 'may stand down'

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* Watch Live AlJazeera News Feed, 24/7 HERE *

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MUCH more to come as Breaking News Happens...

So keep checking back!

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Egypt: On Ground Updates - February 09, 2011

- Egypt: On Ground Updates -

Anti-Government Demonstrators Extend Protest Into Streets Outside Parliament - Labor Unions Begin Their Own Strikes

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

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* WSJ.com brings us the following report out of Egypt today and it starts off like this... Egypt's opposition movement extended its protest to the street outside parliament and tapped allies in the labor unions to begin strikes of their own, pursuing a strategy of gradually ratcheting up pressure on a regime that is digging in behind President Hosni Mubarak... Vice President Omar Suleiman warned protesters that the government wouldn't allow chaos and reiterated that Mr. Mubarak won't step down...

Read this report in full at link below...

Rallies Fan Out as Regime Closes Ranks

Find lots of videos, photos and other reports too at above link

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Sphinx and Great Pyramid: Tourists Wanted

WSJ's Christopher Rhoads reports: February in Giza, Egypt, is usually the peak season for tourists, who come here to see the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx. But the country's recent unrest has turned this desert town into a ghost town.

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Egypt: On Ground Updates - February 08, 2011

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Anti-Government Demonstrators continue to reject government’s approach to political change - Renewed demands for immediate resignation of President Hosni Mubarak continues

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

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* The New York Times had the following report up on their website early this Tuesday morning and their report starts off like this... With a new wave of demonstrations in Tahrir Square on Tuesday - by some measures the largest anti-government protests in the two-week uprising - Egyptians loudly rejected their government’s approach to political change and renewed their demands for the immediate resignation of President Hosni Mubarak...

Read this report in full at link below...

Protests Swell in Rejection of Egypt’s Limited Reforms

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* VOANews.com has his report posted up on their website this Tuesday afternoon and their report starts off like this... U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the pro-democracy demonstrations in Egypt and Tunisia should inspire other governments in the Middle East to enact reforms he says the United States has been advocating for years. In his first public comments since the Egyptian protests began two weeks ago, Gates also said the Egyptian military has done everything U.S. officials have asked, and made a contribution to what he called “the evolution of democracy” in the country... Secretary Gates calls the protests in Tunisia and Egypt “a spontaneous manifestation of discontent,” and he says other governments in the region should take note, and take action...

Read the rest at link below...

Gates Calls Egypt Protests Signal to Other Mid-East Leaders

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- More up-to-date info/videos/photos and more HERE

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Google Exec Freed in Egypt Rejoins Protests

About this News Video: A young leader of Egypt's anti-government protesters, newly released from detention, joined a massive crowd of hundreds of thousands in Cairo's Tahrir Square for the first time Tuesday. (Originally posted Feb. 7th)

This News Video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress

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Egypt: On Ground Updates - February 06, 2011

.- Egypt: On Ground Updates -

Anti-Government Demonstrators taking toll on Egypt's ruler Hosni Mubarak - Both Mubarak and Son have resigned as leaders of the Nations Ruling Party

Sunday, February 06, 2011

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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* MSNBC gets us started this Sunday with some good reporting that starts off like this... Egypt's vice president met a broad representation of major opposition groups for the first time Sunday and offered new concessions including freedom of the press, release of those detained since anti-government protests began nearly two weeks ago and the eventual lifting of the country's hated emergency laws... Two of the groups that attended the meeting said this was only a first step in a dialogue which has yet to meet their central demand — the immediate ouster of longtime President Hosni Mubarak...

Read the full report and much more at link below...

Egypt regime offers concessions to opposition

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* Hindustantimes.com has this take on the news out of Egypt today... Protesters braved rainy weather as they spent the night in downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square and kept up their unrelenting pressure on President Hosni Mubarak to quit now. Though the protesters were upbeat after learning that the top executive committee of Egypt's ruling Democratic Party, including Mubarak's son Gamal Mubarak, have resigned, the demonstrators were not ready to back-off till Mubarak steps down... The nearly two-weeks of anti-Mubarak protests in Egypt entered its 13th day on Sunday... Tahrir Square continued to be the hub of the protests against Mubarak...

Read this report in full at link below...

Cairo square turns into tent city as protests continue

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* Gulf-Times.com brings us this take to the News... Senior members of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party resigned yesterday, but demonstrators staging a 12th day of anti-regime protests rejected the shuffle as a cosmetic measure... The resignations came after Mubarak huddled with his new government for the first time, and an official said that the country’s stock exchange would remain closed indefinitely as the standoff continues...

Read the rest at link below...

Protesters reject Egypt ruling party reshuffle

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Hosni Mubarak Resigns as Head of Ruling Party

About this News Video: The pressure is beginning to take its toll on Egypt's ruler Hosni Mubarak. He and his son Gamal resigned as leaders of the nations ruling party.

This video posted on YouTube by newsxlive

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