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

[HybridTheroy]

i came in expecting bacon but ended up reading this thread so it's all good. Hard times going I suppose, best of luck.

[Jsm]

This is a pretty interesting read [url]http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/2011215827193882.html[/url]
According to it it seems the army are protecting the protesters.

Or at least trying to (setting up check points at the entrance to the square etc by the sounds of it)

[Sharzu]

[QUOTE=Pharaoh;27790123]few hours ago - "a uniform similar to Army uniform stolen from some shops in cairo"

5 minutes ago - " Army forces in Tahrir square start to change their uniform to avoid conflict "

oh god , I love smart armies :D

Edit :

according to aljazeera arabic : those who stole army uniform are probably police and want the people to think army will attack them

and the army have orders to arrest anyone wearing the old uniform[/QUOTE]
I laughed so hard.
Great tactics!

[Litos456]

more than 1 million now..
This is looking really big. The crowd is massive.
I think this is a real moment in history, more than that of Tunisia too. Maybe it will be a real revolution that succeeds and finally begins to drive the arab world to freedom and democracy... I hope.

[Jsm]

Al Jazeera is showing pictures of the crowd, its insane. How on earth was this organized with just about every communication platform shut down?

[ThePutty]

Holy shit it looks like a music festival

[Fables]

I wonder what the hell is going on in the heads of Americans who are against the protesters?

[Pharaoh]

military police surrounding mubarak's HQ

the are building a barbed wire fence around it

[Jsm]

Al Jazeera were reporting a few mins ago that apparently the army have detained some "thugs" and "saboteurs" who were trying to infiltrate the protests.

[ThePutty]

[QUOTE=Pharaoh;27790976]military police surrounding mubarak's HQ

the are building a barbed wire fence around it[/QUOTE]

shit's going down?

[Jsm]

[QUOTE=ThePutty;27791020]shit's going down?[/QUOTE]

Doesn't look like at the moment, unless something is happening that isn't being reported on the news.

[Pharaoh]

[QUOTE=ThePutty;27791020]shit's going down?[/QUOTE]

Its not the presidential palace , mubarak dont really live in the presidential palace, its where he works from.

but Mubarak HQ in Masr Elgedida area , is where he live. and it is nearby Tahrir square , maybe like 30 minutes walk.

Edit :my guess is that the people will move after one hour , when its 4 pm there.. they will probably head to Mubarak's HQ

[Random94]

This could be late, but i remember watching someone give a tour to the camera-man of a womens prison, i think he said that they put women in a small pit, beat them and torture them, including dropping a bucket filled with urine on them.

[Fables]

Apparently around two million have gathered.

[DainBramageStud]

[QUOTE=Fables;27791374]Apparently around two million have gathered.[/QUOTE]

holy duck

[Jsm]

[QUOTE=Fables;27791374]Apparently around two million have gathered.[/QUOTE]

I think there is some confusion about this, Al Jazeera are saying 2 million, BBC are saying "at least" 100k, and sky are saying "tens of thousands". I guess we will not know the exact numbers.

[Fables]

Yeah, I really don't know who's more accurate at the moment.

I also looked up some of the largest crowd gatherings I got this from Wiki:

[quote=Wiki] An estimated 2 million people gathered for the Republic Protests on May 13, 2007 in İzmir, Turkey. [/quote]

So I don't think it's impossible.

[ThePutty]

It's not just in tahrir square, it's outside too on the bridges and everything

[Fables]

Al Jazeera are saying MPs are setting up barbed wire around Mubarak's HQ.

And damn I should sleep.

[Whomobile]

I just saw the crowd gathered on the news and holy duck on a stick, there has to be at least several hundred thousand there.

[LooperNor]

[img]http://static.vg.no/uploaded/image/bilderigg/2011/02/01/1296559107907_586.jpg[/img]

Holy balls!

[Fables]

I'm really hoping Mubarak will listen to the people before this becomes violent.

It'd really help if the damned Western leaders would put a lot more pressure on him.

[Pharaoh]

just called voodoo , the number in Alexandria is over a million !!!

[Fables]

Damn really?

[Pharaoh]

yeah , many people are protesting but they left some to guard their houses from thugs

[MercZ]

Guardian has this shot over Tahrir Square

[img]http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/2/1/1296567838605/An-Egyptian-military-heli-032.jpg[/img]

[Ond kaja]

[QUOTE=MercZ;27792534]Guardian has this shot over Tahrir Square

[img_thumb]http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/2/1/1296567838605/An-Egyptian-military-heli-032.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]

That's a lot of people. Good to see they are fighting for their freedom. Hopefully ElBaradei becomes the new Egyptian president, since he has a lot of competence and experience from working with the UN, he knows how to come up with democratic solutions and compromises.

[MercZ]

Picture of Cairo in 1960

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3412/4605098184_4f78419ab6_z.jpg[/img]

And now what? Mubarak has broken the country.

[Ogris]

This is going to be the day that's going to decide everything.

Good luck egypt.

[TrulliLulli]

[QUOTE=MercZ;27792648]Picture of Cairo in 1960

[img_thumb]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3412/4605098184_4f78419ab6_z.jpg[/img_thumb]

And now what? Mubarak has broken the country.[/QUOTE]

cairo is fucking big, the stuff in the picture is probably still there