The Middle East Revolution [2010-2011] Thread: I love baton - General

[url]http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/[/url] Reposting link for this site. [editline]29th January 2011[/editline] I just saw in the news that the Kuwaitian scheich just gifted EVERYONE in Kuwait, including every newborn till february, 1000 Dinars, that's around 2600 € or around 3k $ Talk about fear.

[url]http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Egypt[/url] There are some good updates buried there. [editline]29th January 2011[/editline] [quote]BREAKING- fmr. head of intelligence has been appointed Vice President in #Egypt, state-run Nile TV reports via 4 minutes ago via TweetDeck[/quote]

Wow. Why is someone who is the head of the agency that spied and told on the egypt people for 30 years and probably helped with and commited countless human crimes told to be "accepted by the people" by AlJazeera?

The new VP: [release][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Omar_Suleiman_070731-D-7203T-010_0WX8I.jpg/225px-Omar_Suleiman_070731-D-7203T-010_0WX8I.jpg[/img] Lieutenant General Omar Suleiman (Arabic: عمر سليمان‎) (born July 2, 1936) is the current Vice-President of Egypt, and was formally a Minister without portfolio and director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate (EGID), the national intelligence agency of Egypt. He has been in office since 1993. In his role as director of EGID, the British Daily Telegraph dubbed him as "one of the world's most brutal spy chiefs". Foreign Policy magazine ranked him the Middle East's most powerful intelligence chief, ahead of Mossad chief Meir Dagan. [b]Egyptian intelligence career[/b] Suleiman became the director of military intelligence in 1991. [b]Chief of Intelligence Office[/b] Suleiman became the chief of Egyptian Intelligence in 1993. His name has become known only in the last years, breaking the tradition of keeping the name of the Egyptian head of Intelligence a secret known only to top government officials. It was released in the media around 2000. Suleiman has acquired a more public profile while trying to broker a deal between the different armed Palestinian groups vying for power in Gaza as the top presidential envoy from President Hosni Mubarak as well as brokering deals or truces between the Palestinians and Israel. His perceived role in negotiations between Palestinian groups gave him the image of an effective behind-the-scenes figure in the Egyptian government as well as identifying him as potentially useful to foreign governments such those of the Arab countries, Israel, the Palestinians and the United States. [b]Future political role[/b] In recent years, due to his role in the regional political scene and the lack of an alternative candidate acceptable to Hosni Mubarak, some have speculated that Suleiman will succeed Mubarak as President, or at least become a Vice-President. Neither Suleiman nor the National Democratic Party spoke of this or commented on any future political role for Suleiman. On January 29 2011, he was named vice-president during the civil unrest. [/release]

Btw, there are some pics lying in the military pics and news thread. Feel free to look up on those. And thanks to phaedon once again!

Very useful site, realtime updates: [url]http://www.newarabica.com/egypt/?cat=Egypt[/url] [editline]29th January 2011[/editline] [quote]MissGoogle RT @erinclaire: First we read history in books, then watched on TV, now history happens realtime on Twitter. Amazing to hear voices directly #Egypt[/quote] This is incredibly accurate. [editline]29th January 2011[/editline] [quote]Dima_Khatib: Two sons of #Mubarak, Alaa & Gamal + their 2 families, have arrived in #London ! Source: Al Jazeera #uk #jan25 #egypt[/quote] [editline]29th January 2011[/editline] [quote]There's not one policeman to be seen in Cairo. Some worried it's Mubarak's strategy to let people loot & burn.[/quote]

The guy they are interciewing on AlJazeera is incredibly thick and listening to him makes me rage like nothing. [editline]29th January 2011[/editline] [quote]samihtoukan Samih Toukan by OnunTatliAnisi People in the streets are chanting against Omar Suleiman this is what I expected #jan25 #egypt [/quote] [editline]29th January 2011[/editline] New Prime Minister: The former aviation minister..

New Prime Minister. Who is he, another asshole? (no idea who he is don't kill me if he's not lol)

The profile of the new prime minister, Ahmed Mohamed Shafik. [release]Air Marshal Ahmed Mohamed Shafik (Arabic: احمد محمد شفيق‎), MSc, PhD ( born November 1941) is the prime minister of Egypt and a fighter pilot who served as the commander of Egyptian Air Force from 1996–2002, and was nominated in 2002 to become the Egyptian Minister for Civil Aviation. He was appointed Prime Minister by President Hosni Mubarak on January 29, 2011 in response to the 2011 Egyptian protests. Shafik was born in Cairo in November 1941 and joined the Egyptian Air Force as a young man, graduating from the Egyptian Air Force Academy in 1961. Later in his career he gained a masters degree in military sciences and a PhD in the National Strategy of Outer-Space. As a young officer, Shafik served as a fighter pilot and was later appointed as fighter air squadron commander. During the War of Attrition (1967 to 1970), Shafik saw active service as the Multi-Task Airwing Commander. Subsequently he took up a post as an air base commander. During the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Shafik was a senior fighter pilot under Hosni Mubarak's command. It is claimed that Shafik shot down two Israeli aircraft on October 14. During his 40 years of service in the Egyptian Air Force as a fighter pilot, he has flown several types of fighter jets including the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 and the Dassault Mirage 2000, he also acted as the wing commander for the Egyptian Air Force acrobatic team. In 1984 Shafik was appointed a military attaché in the Egyptian Embassy in Rome. He continued in this role until 1986. The years from 1988 to 1991 saw Shafik serve in several military senior command positions before he was appointed as the Commander of the Air Operations Department. In September 1991, Shafik was appointed as the Air Force's Chief of Staff, holding this position until April 1996, when he became Commander of the Egyptian Air Force. In 2002, he was appointed as Minister of Civil Aviation and was succeeded by his chief of staff Air Marshal Magdy Galal Sharawi . As a civil aviation minister, he tackled some of the major problems at the national carrier EgyptAir, upgraded Egyptian airports management and infrastructure and improved relations with domestic and international private operators and international regulatory authorities. Shafik undertook an ambitious restructure plan for EgyptAir and managed to achieve a turn around for the company's performance, Egyptair became a Star Alliance member in 2008. Also, Shafik modernized the Egyptian Airports, the Cairo International Airport was transfomed to a regional hub through the inauguration of Terminal 3 in 2008 bringing its annual capacity to 22 million passengers, Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport annual capacity reached 8 million passengers after the opening of Terminal 2. Shafik was instated as prime minisiter January 29, 2011 as a last ditch effort by Egyptian Hosni Mubarak to quell the protests.[/release] I am sure that the people are very happy with this selection. /sarcasm [editline]29th January 2011[/editline] [quote]earldean71: RT @allahpundit: Al Jazeera: Mubarak's wife has left for London too [url]http://is.gd/fdkk8E[/url][/quote]

sorry people i had to go away for a while this is fucked up * number of deaths in prison massacre is 70 , reports that it was Mubarak's order --- * mubarak is still stupid enough to think he can save his ass with a new government ( btw the new PM is an old fighter pilot lol ) ----- government opened the prisons and released all thugs and those with criminal records to make the country in chaos

Well, he just changed the people around. Not exactly a new government, is it? Does he thing that rotating people around will fool the protesters? Mubarak isn't a very good magician, is he? Though he might make some money disappear when he inevitably escapes to some other country.

Well, thinking of this again, it's possible that he has appointed the new VP and Prime Minister in a desperate attempt to get the army on his side.

I hope no country shelters him

[QUOTE=Pharaoh;27730558]sorry people i had to go away for a while this is fucked up * number of deaths in prison massacre is 70 , reports that it was Mubarak's order --- * mubarak is still stupid enough to think he can save his ass with a new government ( btw the new PM is a previous fighter pilot lol ) ----- government opened the prisons and released all thugs and those with criminal records to make the country in chaos[/QUOTE] Source for both of those? That's heavy accusations.

Yeah those are pretty crazy. But I won't doubt Pharaoh as he's probably our most credible source here right now. Mubarak is going crazy. And that's a good point about trying to get the army on his side. I don't like this, I hope the people keep going.

[QUOTE=Killuah;27730628]Source for both of those? That's heavy accusations.[/QUOTE] R.N.N ( Rassd news network) so far and through 3 days ,RNN is the fastest to broadcast the news , aljazeera outsourced from them a few times. because many Egyptians are making a network to supply them with all the new info sadly it is in Arabic only

This is amazing. Literally history in the making. I wish I could be there, it really must be a defining moment in many of these peoples lives.

You guys better not give up until you succeed. Being left with that dictator AND a fucked up city is going to be pretty shit.

[QUOTE=Pharaoh;27730715]R.N.N ( Rassd news network)[/QUOTE] I can't read that language so I'm not gonna trust this until some major source either has a translation or their own news for that. Nothing against you sorry, but you just appeared after the OP was cut off and we have really NO confirmation that you are not just someone having fun from acting.

[QUOTE=Mr_Razzums;27730835]You guys better not give up until you succeed. Being left with that dictator AND a fucked up city is going to be pretty shit.[/QUOTE] we have no other choice. we have already reached a no return point. people already know that if they stop demonstrating now , go home and stop their strike , they all will end up in prison or killed. and they will see from Mubarak what they have never seen before, it would be as if the last 30 years were a joke :p

I hope they listen to that military guy on top of the tank with the megaphone. He seems like a cool guy. Megaphone Joe Cool, I'll call him. Reposting for justice: [url]http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/[/url]

[url]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rassd-News-Network-RNN/183452285022636[/url] Is reporting nothing on what Pharaoh said but then again they might be behind with the translation.

So who saw that (general?) give that speech on top of a tank? Did he just say he was supporting the protests but wanted the people to leave the streets at night and let the military catch the thugs?

[QUOTE=Mr. Sun;27730976]So who saw that (general?) give that speech on top of a tank? Did he just say he was supporting the protests but wanted the people to leave the streets at night and let the military catch the thugs?[/QUOTE] Yes, Megaphone Joe Cool is trying to stop the death toll from rising. Oh, that's horrible. (The Cairo Museum looting).

With the military units conveniently placed around the choke points, taking over the country now is probably amazingly easy for the generals. [editline]29th January 2011[/editline] Oh what the fuck the looted the museum? Fuck the looters. [editline]29th January 2011[/editline] Oh god the scenes are horrible.

Al Jazeera reporting on criminals coming out of prisons with weapons.

[QUOTE=Killuah;27730862]I can't read that language so I'm not gonna trust this until some major source either has a translation or their own news for that. Nothing against you sorry, but you just appeared after the OP was cut off and we have really NO confirmation that you are not just someone having fun from acting.[/QUOTE] Well Its up to you :) but aljazeera & Alarbeya have political issues in mind that they would not simply broadcast EVERYTHING depending on witnesses only, there is not major news network that is 100% neutral i believe. maybe they will broadcast a lil bit late. just like what happened with all the news i posted here earlier. :) [QUOTE=Killuah;27730954][url]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rassd-News-Network-RNN/183452285022636[/url] Is reporting nothing on what Pharaoh said but then again they might be behind with the translation.[/QUOTE] If you notice the english version stopped updating on friday 3 am when the internet was cut in the egypt. while the arabic version is still on cause they had a back up plan ( i dont know how) their page have over 350k fans , they are not really a small network after all :) heres the arabic page: [url]http://www.facebook.com/RNN.NEWS[/url] feel free to to use google translator to verify what im saying , I doubt google translator would give anything right though :P [QUOTE=LarparNar;27731108]Al Jazeera reporting on criminals coming out of prisons with weapons.[/QUOTE] umm ,i guess thats a proof of what i said earlier :)

Dude, the museum looting is really sucks. Those are serious artifacts there. Who would have the nerve to do that? Especially if you're Egyptian (assuming the looters are)? Thats honestly really crazy.

[QUOTE=LarparNar;27731108]Al Jazeera reporting on criminals coming out of prisons with weapons.[/QUOTE] This is fucked up. Mubarak will pay for his crimes when this is over.

The reporter that was talking right now was describing the situation as "very strange" but I didn't really get what was exactly happening, though he seemed quite excited. [url]http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/[/url]