watch the Egyptian revolution as it happens!

[Thrashertm]

http://english.aljazeera.net/
edit: here's another link that lets you bypass the 10 minute refresh from AJ - http://www.veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4d3dfd1fec92b

This is probably a re-post, but there's a live stream on Al Jazeera's website. Yesterday I saw some of CNN's coverage, which amounted to a canned teleprompter discussion between an air-headed anchor-type and a so-called journalist. It was such an inane discussion, focused almost entirely on the impact of the uprising on Israel. Anyone watching CNN's coverage today?

edit: Fox News is interviewing some rube whose garage collapsed on him.

[Thrashertm]

Egypt is now buzzing the crowd with fighter jets. What are the odds that they are American F-16s?

From Wikipedia:

Beginning 1982, the EAF began receiving F-16 fighters under the Peace Vector Program. The EAF received a total of 220 F-16s. 18 aircraft were lost in accidents and 7 F-16A/Bs were grounded. These grounded F-16A/Bs were later overhauled and updated and returned to flying status, and an additional F-16s were acquired to replace the 18 lost. In 1986, the EAF received Mirage 2000 fighters and was licensed to manufacture them with 20 being produced with one lost in a training sortie. Egypt also license built Alphajets, Gazelles and Embraer EMB 312 Tucano airplanes.

The Camp David Accords caused a change in the composition of the EAF. The EAF began to rely on American, French and even some Chinese planes. The addition of these planes along with the ones already in the EAF gave it an interesting composition.

In 1987 the E-2C Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning (AEW) entered service and was upgraded with advanced AN/APS-145 radars. The EAF also upgraded its F-16 fighters to enable them to fire the AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile.

The EAF also operates 35 AH-64 Apache attack helicopter which were initially delivered as AH-64A variant but were later upgraded to AH-64D standard.[9] The Egypt Air Force had rebuilt their AH-64A's into the D model. CH-47D's are also on order. The Egyptian Navy recently received the SH-2G Seasprite to replace and supplement their older Sea King and Gazelle helicopters.[10] 74 Grob G-115's and 120 K-8 Karakorum trainers were ordered to update the fleet.[10]

[pcosmar]

Egypt is now buzzing the crowd with fighter jets. What are the odds that they are American F-16s?

Jets aren't worth a shit for crowd control.

[WorldonaString]

Jets aren't worth a shit for crowd control.

I was watching it live on al jazeera when the jets showed up. They made for a very dramatic method of intimadation. The jets, along with extra military showing up seem to be clear signs that a major crackdown is about to come down when the sun sets. This is scary stuff.

[specsaregood]

Jets aren't worth a shit for crowd control.

No, but maybe they are getting ready to be used to escort the president's fleet of gulstreams we bought for him.
http://www.warisbusiness.com/news/egyptian-presidents-private-jets-have-cost-us-taxpayers-111-million/


Pentagon contracts show that the US government has spent at least $111,160,328 to purchase and maintain Mubarak’s fleet of nine Gulfstream business jets.

[vita3]

I wonder how many blackwater & cia boys are in Egypt? Could they be literally guarding Mubarak?