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Originally posted by bluemirage5
Mubarak HAS GONE !!!
Originally posted by crazydaisy
It appears reports are changing quickly - back and forth. We need sound sources as to what is being said and done. It seems to me TPTB are playing dirty tricks with the Egyptian people.
Why evacuate the state TV building?
Originally posted by bluemirage5
reply to post by Regenmacher
Mubarak has already left the presidential palace!
Mubarak's speech that he has stepped down HAS been pre-recordededit on 10-2-2011 by bluemirage5 because: none
Originally posted by bluemirage5
The Revolution is now in PARTY MODE !!!
Mubarak's probable replacement: Omar Suleiman, former head of Egyptian intelligence services and notorious torturer.
"The Torture Career of Egypt's New Vice President: Omar Suleiman and the Rendition to Torture Program"
www.commondreams.org...
Originally posted by bluemirage5
reply to post by MadDogtheHunter
I gave you the source.....you Americans are soooooooooooooooooooo delayed from the rest of the world
Egypt's military announced on national television that it has stepped in to "safeguard the country" on Thursday and assured protesters that President Hosni Mubarak will meet their demands in the strongest indication yet that Egypt's longtime leader has lost power. In Washington, the CIA chief said there was a "strong likelihood" Mubarak will step down Thursday.
The dramatic announcement showed that the military was taking control after 17 days of protests demanding Mubarak's immediate ouster spiraled out of control.
Gen. Hassan al-Roueini, military commander for the Cairo area, told thousands of protesters in central Tahrir Square, "All your demands will be met today." Some in the crowd held up their hands in V-for-victory signs, shouting "the people want the end of the regime" and "Allahu akbar," or "God is great," a victory cry used by secular and religious people alike.
The military's supreme council was meeting Thursday, without the commander in chief Mubarak, and announced on state TV its "support of the legitimate demands of the people." A spokesman read a statement that the council was in permanent session to explore "what measures and arrangements could be made to safeguard the nation, its achievements and the ambitions of its great people."
The statement was labeled "communique number 1," a phrasing that suggests a military coup.
Read more: www.mysanantonio.com...