Ştiţi ceva ? Am să cred în "revoluţii" când voi vedea şi în Libia, şi în Siria imagini ca cele din Tunisia şi din Egipt

Altfel, se pare că regiunea este în proces de rebranding, nu de schimbare reală. Linişte la Tripoli, linişte la Damasc, linişte la Teheran. Nu şi în Yemen şi în Iordania.

Sosirea lui ElBaradei în Egipt aduce oarecum cu întoarcerea lui Khomeini din 1979, în Iran. Păpuşarii lui Khomeini erau sovieticii. Cine sunt păpuşarii lui ElBaradei ? UE ? Iranul ?

HotAir- Egypt in flames: Ruling party’s headquarters burning in Cairo after massive protests:

Update: ElBaradei is a potential compromise choice between secular dissidents and Islamists to lead Egypt if Mubarak falls since the fundies might not want to be too aggressive with their agenda at first. Better to keep that U.S. aid flowing, no? So naturally he’s under house arrest.

Update: Egyptian police reportedly grabbed CNN’s camera and beat the hell out of a BBC reporter. In Iran, however, the media is as pleased as can be by what’s happening. The end of Mubarak means the end of the cold peace between Egypt and Israel in all likelihood, plus lots of new arms smuggled to Iran’s proxy in Gaza. What’s not to like?

BBC - Egypt protests: Curfew in cities as army deployed:

Cairo, Alexandria and Suez have been placed under curfew as the Egyptian government battles to restore control after the biggest protests so far.

Across the country tens of thousands of protesters turned out after Friday prayers and clashed with police.

President Hosni Mubarak, facing the biggest challenge to his authority of his 31 years in power, has ordered the army onto the streets of Cairo.
Mr Mubarak is expected to make a statement shortly.

theTrumpet.com - Arc of Turmoil:

From Tunisia in North Africa to Yemen in the Arabian Peninsula, an arc of popular protest has suddenly hit.

Though the unrest sparked in Tunisia by the recent removal of its former strongman, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, may have been the catalyst, it does not explain the domino effect of insurrection that has spread like a wildfire from Tunis to Cairo and on through Lebanon clear on down to the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen.

Reuters reported yesterday that ratings agency Standard and Poor’s observed that “Egypt, Algeria, Jordan and Morocco all share the same risk factors that contributed to the events in Tunisia: young populations, high unemployment, weak economies, rising food prices, and a lack of political and civil liberties” (January 27).

Add to this list Yemen’s situation, where 10,000 have demonstrated in support of the removal of the country’s long-serving president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and the picture of a crescent of unrest spreading from North Africa to the Persian Gulf that is beginning to cause concern in foreign-policy circles emerges.

 DEBKAfile - Mubarak calls in Egyptian army, orders curfew in Cairo and other cities:

Throughout the day, tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators clashed with beefed up security forces.
 In Cairo, their numbers swelled to tens of thousands when Muslim worshippers poured out of the mosques, many heading for the Nile bridges and fighting to cross over to the government district and Tahrir (Liberation) Square on the other side. Security forces firing rubber bullets and tear gas, using water cannons and charging them with batons, injured hundreds but failed to halt the current. Youths climbed over elite security forces' armored cars trying to pull the men out of the vehicles. Two police stations were torched. The protesters called for President Hosni Mubarak, his family and his ruling elite - ""the corrupt caste" - to step down. Opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradai was placed under house arrest.

China Confidential - Will Obama Lose Egypt the Way Carter Lost Iran?:

Will the US Abandon Mubarak in an Attempt to

Jump Aboard Muslim Brotherhood Bandwagon?

Regime Appeals for US Help

as Egypt's Fateful Day Nears

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