TagsTagsWell, Hosni Mubarak just gave a very unwise speech, concluding by firing the whole government except himself. CNN reports that they're seeing people pouring out into the streets of Cairo right now. Here's a new thread to stay on top of breaking developments, since the previous thread was getting quite large... ...
The Mubarak regime has instituted nighttime curfews in major cities, but as you can see from this Associated Press video, demonstrators are ignoring them. The possibility of Mubarak fleeing the country is starting to look more real, as reports come in that he doesn't have the support of the military. UPDATE ...
The global jihadist organization calling itself the Muslim Brotherhood is on the ropes in Egypt—and that’s good news, even though Hosni Mubarak is nobody’s idea of a hero. ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is on the defensive, its struggles reverberating throughout Islamist movements that the secretive organization has spawned ...
The Egyptian Sandmonkey reports from Cairo on the anti-government rioting in the city of Mahalla el-Kobra: Violent Riots Hit Egypt. UPDATE at 4/8/08 2:04:54 pm: More at Rantings of a Sandmonkey: We have come to see the Day...