Holy Crap! Watch these Egypt protests live on Al-Jezeera English!

[libertybrewcity]

These protests are INSANE! Buildings being smashed, tanks, military, youth rioting.

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/2007829161423657345.html

[CaliforniaMom]

Wow... that's some crazy stuff going on

[WilliamShrugged]

Can someone give me some info on what started this and in Tunisia. Is it people uprising because of corruption in politics while having bad living standards?

[VBRonPaulFan]

LOL they were just rocking a huge truck into the water

[Pericles]

Don't try this at home, these are professionals;)

[libertybrewcity]

Egypt has just suspended ALL flights into Egypt! wow. "will ring serious alarm bells for foreign embassies and foreign governments"

[mczerone]

Is anyone getting you-tubes of Gates' speech, other US officials? They are stressing "nonviolence" and "opening up dialog with the people". I have an idea for a project to apply these recommendations against them.

[Johnnybags]

Good, its a precursor to here. All the Gold stolen and the peoples money buys squat. Of course they will riot.

[WilliamShrugged]

Protest in Yemen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGXj6cWpUhQ&feature=related

[libertybrewcity]

Is anyone getting you-tubes of Gates' speech, other US officials? They are stressing "nonviolence" and "opening up dialog with the people". I have an idea for a project to apply these recommendations against them.

He was just on the link I posted above. He was saying that they should turn the internet and social networks back on. He condemned any violence by the protesters and military/police. He also mentioned that Obama was briefed for 40 minutes about Egypt, and that he is monitoring a fluid situation to see if protests spread to the rest of the mideast.

The ruling party headquarters is burning to the ground in Cairo right now.

[Slutter McGee]

Good, its a precursor to here. All the Gold stolen and the peoples money buys squat. Of course they will riot.

Not as long as we have our television. The only time Americans riot is when our sports teams lose or win championships.

I hate the Lakers.

Sincerley,

Slutter McGee

[olehounddog]

MSNBC breaking news.......only 3 days behind

[Bruno]

Interesting how listening to Al Jazeera, they are saying the Muslim Brotherhood has not been involved, and has mostly been a youth-led protest without any leadership to speak of. Yet Hannity was going on about how the Muslim Brotherhood was involved in this and how harmful it would be if they gained power.

[Kludge]

Not as long as we have our television. The only time Americans riot is when our sports teams lose or win championships.

I hate the Lakers.

Sincerley,

Slutter McGee

Attempting to shut down all Internet & mobile phone service would certainly do it, too.

And yeah, Will, that about sums it up. Fraudulent election, inspiration from recent uprising in Tunisia due to corruption (some of it exposed directly by Wikileaks), poor standard of living and extremely oppressive dictator.

[oyarde]

Interesting how listening to Al Jazeera, they are saying the Muslim Brotherhood has not been involved, and has mostly been a youth-led protest without any leadership to speak of. Yet Hannity was going on about how the Muslim Brotherhood was involved in this and how harmful it would be if they gained power.

They will gain some power if a new govt goes in . They do not need to protest . Basically your looking at unemployed kids , uneducated , no job opputunities , no future .

[Kludge]

Muslim Brotherhood has become involved, btw, calling for military to force out Mubarak's regime.

[Bruno]

Muslim Brotherhood has become involved, btw, calling for military to force out Mubarak's regime.

Thanks for that update. I know Al Jazeera isn't necessarily the best source.

[HOLLYWOOD]

Muslim Brotherhood has become involved, btw, calling for military to force out Mubarak's regime. The US reporters live in Cairo did excellent reporting all walks of social/economic/ages life in Egypt protested. It wasn't militants or just young people.

It's a movement against an Elitist Puppet controlled abroad. You listen to all the US politicians on what should be allowed... yet it's practically banned here in the US.

Obama... "Egyptians have rights, rights to protests, rights to assembly peacefully."

Yeah Obama... Demonstrat wearing a mask in Washington DC and you're Arrested. Pure 100% Propaganda for the planet to soak upon.

[Bruno]

Obama speaks from prepared speech, walks off without taking questions.

[lester1/2jr]

I think Hillary wrote that speech for him.

[Kludge]

Also worth noting many Muslim Brotherhood activists were arrested last night. Mubarak's response has been extremely provocative.

[oyarde]

Also worth noting many Muslim Brotherhood activists were arrested last night. Mubarak's response has been extremely provocative.

Yes , but that is routine , they arrest them all the time , jail , torture .

[pcosmar]

Yes , but that is routine , they arrest them all the time , jail , torture .

Winning hearts and minds.

Mubarak had the chance to do the right thing.
He Didn't .
Obama had the chance to say the right thing.
He Didn't .

You can't have Mubarak without Barak

:(

[Kludge]

Winning hearts and minds.

Mubarak had the chance to do the right thing.
He Didn't .
Obama had the chance to say the right thing.
He Didn't .

You can't have Mubarak without Barak

:(

Hope the Egyptians see that dependency. Obama/Mubarak poor responses are further provoking the angry citizens. When Mubarak stated he would be replacing everyone but himself, the crowd shouted "Down with Hosni Mubarak!" The military is not under Mubarak's control. He is toast.

[MelissaWV]

Hope the Egyptians see that dependency. Obama/Mubarak poor responses are further provoking the angry citizens. When Mubarak stated he would be replacing everyone but himself, the crowd shouted "Down with Hosni Mubarak!" The military is not under Mubarak's control. He is toast.

We have ABC News (I know, I know) often on in the background while we do the dishes. One of the things they were saying is that Egyptians are picking up the used/discarded tear gas cannisters... and reading how they say "MADE IN THE U.S.A." on them. Yep, I think they get the dependency.

[pcosmar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThvBJMzmSZI

Posted with no further comment.

[dannno]

We have ABC News (I know, I know) often on in the background while we do the dishes. One of the things they were saying is that Egyptians are picking up the used/discarded tear gas cannisters... and reading how they say "MADE IN THE U.S.A." on them. Yep, I think they get the dependency.

That's fabulous.

[Carson]

There have been a few threads over on Fark.com (http://www.fark.com/) on the riots in Egypt.

Here is the links to a couple of them.

Egytpian soldiers walk in to quell riots. Oh-way-oh (http://www.fark.com/comments/5914057/Egytpian-soldiers-walk-in-to-quell-riots-Oh-way-oh)

Egypt unrest escalates. w/ live updates (http://www.fark.com/comments/5913625/Egypt-unrest-escalates-w-live-updates)

The actual story link button is the icon in the upper top left hand of the headline.



They also had an update thread on the Iran riots of the past.

Iran: "Now that people are focused elsewhere, let's kill off the Green political-prisoners" (http://www.fark.com/comments/5911188/Iran-Now-that-people-are-focused-elsewhere-lets-kill-off-Green-political-prisoners)

[RM918]

There have been a few threads over on Fark.com (http://www.fark.com/) on the riots in Egypt.

Here is the links to a couple of them.

Egytpian soldiers walk in to quell riots. Oh-way-oh (http://www.fark.com/comments/5914057/Egytpian-soldiers-walk-in-to-quell-riots-Oh-way-oh)

Egypt unrest escalates. w/ live updates (http://www.fark.com/comments/5913625/Egypt-unrest-escalates-w-live-updates)

The actual story link button is the icon in the upper top left hand of the headline.

God, just what is it with the media's fetish for terrible puns?

[Carson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThvBJMzmSZI

Posted with no further comment.

It seems there is much the people of the world have in common.

[MelissaWV]

http://warincontext.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/tear-gas-canister.jpg

(Not one from Egypt, obviously, but very similar; just the date is different.)

[pcosmar]

(Not one from Egypt, obviously, but very similar; just the date is different.)

One from There is here,
http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/01/the-egypt-protests/

Caution, Some very graphic pics.

[HOLLYWOOD]

It's obvious the Military is on the side of the people. The people and military coexisted on the streets. The military didn't shoot or attack the people nor did they enforce curfews on the demonstrators.

The cowards lawyers in the US State Department and Executive Branch waited to see if the Egyptian military would run a coup and topple Hosni... they didn't. Then they played their pandering propaganda, again.

Biden and Clinton are looking more and more like fools. Such amateurs

PS: Jerkoff Huckabee was spewing his fascist fat ass on FAUX NEWS with Cavuto. This guy is such your televangelist swindler.

[Kludge]

It's obvious the Military is on the side of the people. The people and military coexisted on the streets. The military didn't shoot or attack the people nor did they enforce curfews on the demonstrators.

The cowards lawyers in the US State Department and Executive Branch waited to see if the Egyptian military would run a coup and topple Hosni... they didn't. Then they played their pandering propaganda, again.

Biden and Clinton are looking more and more like fools. Such amateurs

It may also be that someone working with the Egyption gov't had the wisdom to use the military to comfort/mollify the protesters rather than provoke them, at least giving Mubarak another day to replace his government to see if the situation can be saved. It would also be terrible PR to sic the military on the thousands of protesters.

[Nate-ForLiberty]

One from There is here,
http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/01/the-egypt-protests/

Caution, Some very graphic pics.

http://totallycoolpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/28012011_egypte_riots/egypte_80.jpg

[oyarde]

Those are not US military issue . They are made in the US ( Pennsylvania is one place ) by companies and sold to be used by police .

[JoshLowry]

I had to watch 4 commercials in a row before it kicked me over to the live feed. Anybody else?

[JoshLowry]

Worth watching the four commercials though. Pretty interesting.

[BlackTerrel]

I wonder how long the military/police will fight their own people before joining them to topple the government? The longer this goes the worse for Mubarak.

[BlackTerrel]

We have ABC News (I know, I know) often on in the background while we do the dishes. One of the things they were saying is that Egyptians are picking up the used/discarded tear gas cannisters... and reading how they say "MADE IN THE U.S.A." on them. Yep, I think they get the dependency.

Amazing that I can't remember the last time I picked up a product in THIS COUNTRY that said "made in USA". Tear gas cannisters must be one of a handful of products we still manufacture.

[BlackTerrel]

The US reporters live in Cairo did excellent reporting all walks of social/economic/ages life in Egypt protested. It wasn't militants or just young people.

It's a movement against an Elitist Puppet controlled abroad. You listen to all the US politicians on what should be allowed... yet it's practically banned here in the US.

Obama... "Egyptians have rights, rights to protests, rights to assembly peacefully."

Yeah Obama... Demonstrat wearing a mask in Washington DC and you're Arrested. Pure 100% Propaganda for the planet to soak upon.

I take it you no longer believe these are false flag protests created by the Egyptian government?

[demolama]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThvBJMzmSZI

Posted with no further comment.

This video should be a wake up call for those who still think that when things go down in this country that the police/military will join up with the protesters. Most police/ soldiers are not your friend and will not suddenly wisen up. They are government paid arms and will always do what they are paid to do.

[Kludge]

This video should be a wake up call for those who still think that when things go down in this country that the police/military will join up with the protesters. Most police/ soldiers are not your friend and will not suddenly wisen up. They are government paid arms and will always do what they are paid to do.

If you've been following the story at all, you'd know the military has not followed Mubarak's assumed orders to disperse crowds. The protesters cheered when the military arrived and they have mostly just been protecting important cultural/"neutral" buildings. They did nothing, for instance, when protesters burned the gov't party's HQ, but instead guarded the nearby museum with protesters against people who would rob or burn it.

[HOLLYWOOD]

I take it you no longer believe these are false flag protests created by the Egyptian government?

Obama currently bagging up the "AID" money... just watch it go east

[wgadget]

Interesting how listening to Al Jazeera, they are saying the Muslim Brotherhood has not been involved, and has mostly been a youth-led protest without any leadership to speak of. Yet Hannity was going on about how the Muslim Brotherhood was involved in this and how harmful it would be if they gained power.

OMG, you should hear Michael Savage.

Michael Medved even had John Bolton on spewing the same two words--MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. It's the "terrists" again.

[Andrew-Austin]

Riot police have no soul.

[WilliamShrugged]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThvBJMzmSZI

Posted with no further comment.



Thank you for posting this. Beautiful

[Dreamofunity]

This video should be a wake up call for those who still think that when things go down in this country that the police/military will join up with the protesters. Most police/ soldiers are not your friend and will not suddenly wisen up. They are government paid arms and will always do what they are paid to do.

(What I heard from Al-Jezeera earlier today, so take it how you want) Most of the military in Egypt is conscripted and get paid next to nothing, whereas the police/security force get paid a lot and are more close to the actual leadership. The military, mostly conscripted poor people, are siding with their fellow citizens, while the security forces are the ones trying to stop the protest.

[Pericles]

Amazing that I can't remember the last time I picked up a product in THIS COUNTRY that said "made in USA". Tear gas cannisters must be one of a handful of products we still manufacture.

Ironic isn't it?

[Pericles]

(What I heard from Al-Jezeera earlier today, so take it how you want) Most of the military in Egypt is conscripted and get paid next to nothing, whereas the police/security force get paid a lot and are more close to the actual leadership. The military, mostly conscripted poor people, are siding with their fellow citizens, while the security forces are the ones trying to stop the protest.

Not unusual - that is how most of the world works. At some point the politicians tell the generals to fire into the crowd, if the generals refuse to give that order, it is over. If the generals do give that order, whether it gets obeyed or not depends on if the soldiers see their relatives and neighbors in the crowd, or a gang of crooks.

[Chieppa1]

Not unusual - that is how most of the world works. At some point the politicians tell the generals to fire into the crowd, if the generals refuse to give that order, it is over. If the generals do give that order, whether it gets obeyed or not depends on if the soldiers see their relatives and neighbors in the crowd, or a gang of crooks.

Its all sooo damn similar. How we don't ALL get it is beyond me.

[Noob]

So they said "Richer getting richer, poor getting poorer" as one of the reasons for the riots, protests. Sounds like part of the reasons as they are talking about sounds communist influenced to me.

[hazek]

So they said "Richer getting richer, poor getting poorer" as one of the reasons for the riots, protests. Sounds like part of the reasons as they are talking about sounds communist influenced to me.

Depends on what they think is the solution to this real problem. If they get it that the rich getting richer in of itself is not bad unless it's sponsored and enabled by the government then I support them!

[Noob]

Protests for freedom to restore rights I do support.

[Nate-ForLiberty]

The more and more I see of these protests, the more I think they are organic and not directly instigated. It seems like lack of food and police brutality are the main reasons for the blowback.

[dizi24]

So they said "Richer getting richer, poor getting poorer" as one of the reasons for the riots, protests. Sounds like part of the reasons as they are talking about sounds communist influenced to me.

Not at all.

Egypt is a dictatorship in which Mubarak maintains his power from holding onto support from the elites. The rich in Egypt are very often "created" by the state through corrupting and nepotism. Egyptians are not upset with the family who owns a business, drives an imported car, and sends their kids to the American University in Cairo. During eid, these families often give huge amounts back to the community. The problem is with those who have gained power and wealth at the hands of the administration.

[pcosmar]

An Update here.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?277139-As-curfew-lifts-full-scale-of-chaos-across-Egypt-becomes-clear

btw, I love this pic.

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs1324.snc4/161499_100000846177432_890788_n.jpg

[libertybrewcity]

million egyptian march!!!