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Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egypt's military dissolved parliament and will run the country for six months or until elections are held, it said in a statement Sunday, two days after President Hosni Mubarak resigned.
It is suspending the constitution and will appoint a committee to propose changes to it, the statement said, adding that the public will then get to vote on the amended constitution.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces can issue new laws during the transition period, according to the statement on state television.
CAIRO -- Egypt's military moved Sunday to restore order in Cairo after weeks of mass demonstrations, but troops faced some resistance as they tried to dismantle the protest camp at the heart of the movement that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.
Soldiers and military police took down the makeshift tents of protesters who had camped out in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square, but scuffles broke out with some young men who refused to leave. Many local residents also shouted at the protesters that it was time to go.
Yemeni police block protesters' march on palace
Anti-government protesters clashed with police blocking them from marching to Yemen's presidential palace in Sanaa on Sunday, witnesses said.
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Originally posted by Icarus Rising
Well, Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! Sgt. Carter, isn't that just wonderful? Ayuk.
So, what's the plan? How are you going to stop them and save the world?
Don't tell me you don't have a plan. You don't have a plan? I asked you not to tell me that!
Oh no Mr. Bill! Its happening in Yemen too.
Yemeni police block protesters' march on palace
Anti-government protesters clashed with police blocking them from marching to Yemen's presidential palace in Sanaa on Sunday, witnesses said.
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edit on 13-2-2011 by Icarus Rising because: to add news story
I'm sure the ptb views all your talk about shortcircuiting their plans as akin to a little boy pissing in the wind. Or, would you believe! An angry boyscout with a peashooter?
Originally posted by 547000
reply to post by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Now that's the life people in undeveloped countries want.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
reply to post by Josephus23
I wonder why they would do that?
Originally posted by Josephus23
I am of the opinion that the reason they want this is behavioral modification. They know that some type of insurrection of sorts is coming here in the states.
Unless some kind of miracle from Apollo happens, then this WILL happen here, eventually.
Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egypt's military dissolved parliament and will run the country for six months or until elections are held, it said in a statement Sunday, two days after President Hosni Mubarak resigned.
It is suspending the constitution and will appoint a committee to propose changes to it, the statement said, adding that the public will then get to vote on the amended constitution.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces can issue new laws during the transition period, according to the statement on state television.
The government is now reporting to the military high command in the same way it reported to Mubarak before he stepped down, the prime minister confirmed shortly before the military statement was read.
The restoration of security and normal life is the government's priority, Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq said, as troops began trying to clear protesters from Tahrir Sqaure, the spiritual heart of the 18-day uprising that toppled Mubarak after 30 years.
"Egypt is returning to the 1952 model of ruling the state via a council of army officers," the Stratfor statement said. "The question now is to what extent the military elite will share power with its civilian counterparts."
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, rare earth elements, zinc
The natural resources of Egypt are mainly concentrated on the oil and gas in Egypt. North Africa, in recent times, has been rediscovered for new oil field and the nations of Libya and Egypt are the owners of these oil fields. The oil reserves in Egypt, previously amounted to 3.7 million barrels, which has increased to 8.2 million barrels. The export program of Egypt still has to make large improvements in order to catch up with the standard of the European market. Libya, Algeria and Tunisia are the biggest players in the oil export industry of North Africa. They are associated with France and Italy for export. In this scenario, Egypt has made an indeed diplomatic move by marketing its oil and gas reserves to Israel and Turkey. The export trade has been successful largely due to the efforts of the President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, who approved the execution of export in Egyptian natural gas reserves. The oil reserves are discovered concentrated in the Mediterranean coast occupied by Egypt. The new findings are expected to double up the production of oil and gas in Egypt. The report has been confirmed by three international oil companies and formally reported by Sameh Fahmi, the oil minister of Egypt.[
Recent reports starting in 1998 indicate that Saudi Arabia contains enormous quantities of gold. A 1997 Saudi embassy press announcement revealed 800 locations where gold had been discovered. A Nov. 8 report from Ohio State University -- based upon new Global Imaging System technologies, confirmed "2,100 known occurrences of gold, silver, copper, and other metals in the western third of the Saudi peninsula." Saudi Arabia appears to be sitting atop one of the largest gold stores on the planet. But there is something else in the western third of the country -- the two holiest cities in all of Islam -- Mecca and Medina. And a gold bust-out might well signal the end of the U.S. dollar's reign as the dominant currency in world commerce -- the means by which the U.S. has policed its global financial empire.
There are signs that major financial power houses are looking into gold hedges, especially mining and actual possession of gold in anticipation of a large gold "bust-out." The head of the California Personnel Employee Retirement System (CALPERS), the largest pension fund in the country, recently announced his resignation to go into the gold sector of the financial markets.
Egypt gas deal overshadows Israel Tamar project
Subsidiaries of conglomerate Israel Corp are to buy Egyptian natural gas in a 20-year deal worth between $5 billion and $10 billion that adds to uncertainty over the future of Israel's own Tamar gas development. The total quantity covered in the contracts with East Mediterranean Gas (EMG) is 1.4 billion cubic meters (bcm) annually for 20 years with an option to the buyers to increase the amount up to 2.9 bcm annually, one of the shareholders in EMG said. EMG, which sells Egyptian gas to Israel, competes with gas produced off of Israeli shores in various groups led by Texas-based Noble Energy.
Dana Petroleum makes two oil discoveries onshore Egypt
Dana Petroleum is pleased to announce two new oil discoveries in Egypt. Firstly, a successful exploration well in the North Zeit Bay production sharing contract area, onshore Gulf of Suez in Egypt, where Dana holds a 100% interest. The Dana operated Lorcan-1x well was drilled to a total depth of 7,500 feet, encountering good quality oil bearing sands in the Kareem formation in line with Dana's prognosis prior to drilling. During the drill stem test, the well flowed strongly with high downhole pressures delivering flow rates of up to 4,714 barrels of oil per day.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
reply to post by jackflap
Outstanding video and you certainly backed up and proved my point...proto is easily distracted by sex, drugs, and rock n roll!
What was your post about? Oh sorry, the song is about to replay! Got to run again.