Cairo, Egypt, make clear a Mubarak regime in downfall. Apparently the airport in Cairo is jammed, and Mubarak family members are reported to have arrived in London.
Egyptian Army units have spared the protesters, thus far. (photo: Ed Ou/NYT)
BREAKING: Cairo Is Falling
29 January 11
eports emerging from Cairo, Egypt, make clear a Mubarak regime in downfall. Apparently the airport in Cairo is jammed, and Mubarak family members are reported to have arrived in London.The pattern for Egyptian Army units has been one of peacemakers and non-opposition to the protesters. The Egyptian Army appears neutral, but unwilling to crush government opposition.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is reported to have named as first-ever vice president, his intelligence chief Omar Suleiman. Suleiman appears positioned for a bid as successor to Mubarak. Whether or not such a succession would be viable in light of opposition developments is unclear. Observers speculate that Suleiman may conversely be focused on preserving the Mubarak regime's control even if Mubarak himself flees.
Multiple reports of government-loyal family members fleeing Egypt for safe havens in Europe and the Middle East paint a portrait of a regime in its last throes.
For Mubarak, whose regime has enjoyed staunch Western - particularly American government - support, recent events, apparently inspired by the uprising in Tunisia, strike an ominous tone.
In a stunning departure from previous American administrations, the Obama White House has distanced itself from the Mubarak regime, choosing rather to sound a note of caution on human rights transgressions. Stopping short of statements by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron, who have called in a release for a "process of transformation," the Obama administration's position is nonetheless far removed from the unequivocal support Mubarak has enjoyed in the past.
Striking a more cautious tone, a senior US administration official expressed a preference for "managed change" and "adjustments over a fairly extended period of time."
Events in Cairo are moving and developing rapidly. It is far from clear what course power will take. What is clear is that the Mubarak regime is in retreat.
En let op hoe muisstil het zionistisch regime nu is.
8 opmerkingen:
Naema Tahir vandaag gehoord en gezien bij Buitenhof vandaag?
Zij waarschuwde voor de moslim fundamentalisten.
Corrie
Er rouleren momenteel 2 hypes over Egypte (ter afleiding natuurlijk):
1.
'Pas op voor de Moslim Broederschap!'
'Ze willen de sharia invoeren!'
Aldus figuren als Naftaniël, Boekestijn, PVV-aanhangers, etc.
Echter, zo las en hoorde ik uit verschillende bronnen, dat de Moslim Broederschap in Egypte "op dit moment" geen interesse heeft om de macht over te nemen.
Nog belangrijker is dat de Moslim Broederschap voor de VS geen gevaar vormt. Lees hierover dit inzichtelijke artikel (van 29 januari 2011) van de Canadese econoom Michel Chossudovsky, o.a. directeur van het Centre for Research on Globalization en emeritus hoogleraar aan de Universiteit van Ottawa:
"The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt constitutes the largest segment of the opposition to president Mubarak. According to reports, The Muslim Brotherhood dominates the protest movement.
While there is a constitutional ban against religious political parties Brotherhood members elected to Egypt's parliament as "independents" constitute the largest parliamentary block.
The Brotherhood, however, does not constitute a direct threat to Washington's economic and strategic interests in the region. Western intelligence agencies have a longstanding history of collaboration with the Brotherhood. Britain's support of the Brotherhood instrumented through the British Secret Service dates back to the 1940s. Starting in the 1950s, according to former intelligence official William Baer, "The CIA [funnelled] support to the Muslim Brotherhood because of 'the Brotherhood’s commendable capability to overthrow Nasser'". 1954-1970: CIA and the Muslim Brotherhood Ally to Oppose Egyptian President Nasser. These covert links to the CIA were maintained in the post-Nasser era."
2.
De plunderingen - om aan te tonen dat de opstandelingen ('de moslims') 'niet deugen'. Ik lees hier en daar over "counter insurgency" en "false flag" ops: politieagenten in burger die plunderen om de opstandelingen een slechte naam te geven.
Zie:
Al Jazeera gisteren:
"7:38pm Ayman Mohyeldin reports that eyewitnesses have said "party thugs" associated with the Egyptian regime's Central Security Services - in plainclothes but bearing government-issued weapons - have been looting in Cairo. Ayman says the reports started off as isolated accounts but are now growing in number."
Human Rights Watch bericht vandaag:
"Police and government officials have pulled out so there are no government services - the governor's been gone since Tuesday so there's a power vacuum. People formed impromptu block committees to provide local security, armed (they say) with only sticks and kitchen knives. The locals say the only people with weapons are police who've taken off their uniforms and are responsible for most of the looting and crime."
De Telegraph:
"'Thugs' going around on motorcycles looting shops and houses, according to Al Jazeera. They say they are getting more and more reports of looting. More worryingly, one group of looters who were captured by citizens in the upmarket Cairo district of Heliopolis turned out to have ID cards identifying them as members of the regime security forces."
De Egyptische krant Al MasryAlyoum publiceert hierover ooggetuigeverslagen.
EGYPT: Looting as Counter-Insurgency
Natuurlijk zal er hier en daar geplunderd worden, daar twijfel ik niet aan. De woede is groot, en de armoede nog veel groter. Maar ik twijfel er ook niet aan dat 'agents provocateurs' worden ingezet. Bij andere (ook Westerse) grote demonstraties is dat tegenwoordig gebruikelijk. Maar toen er destijds in Roemenië op grote schaal geplunderd werd, was dat geen media-hype. Nog afgezien van de plundering van hele landen natuurlijk...
Er rouleren momenteel 2 hypes over Egypte - ter afleiding:
1e hype:
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'Pas op voor de Moslim Broederschap!'
'Ze willen de sharia invoeren!'
Aldus figuren als Naftaniël, Boekestijn, PVV-aanhangers, etc.
Echter, zo las en hoorde ik uit verschillende bronnen, dat de Moslim Broederschap in Egypte "op dit moment" geen interesse heeft om de macht over te nemen.
Nog belangrijker is dat de Moslim Broederschap voor de VS geen gevaar vormt. Lees hierover dit inzichtelijke artikel (van 29 januari 2011) van de Canadese econoom Michel Chossudovsky, o.a. directeur van het Centre for Research on Globalization en emeritus hoogleraar aan de Universiteit van Ottawa:
"The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt constitutes the largest segment of the opposition to president Mubarak. According to reports, The Muslim Brotherhood dominates the protest movement.
While there is a constitutional ban against religious political parties Brotherhood members elected to Egypt's parliament as "independents" constitute the largest parliamentary block.
The Brotherhood, however, does not constitute a direct threat to Washington's economic and strategic interests in the region. Western intelligence agencies have a longstanding history of collaboration with the Brotherhood. Britain's support of the Brotherhood instrumented through the British Secret Service dates back to the 1940s. Starting in the 1950s, according to former intelligence official William Baer, "The CIA [funnelled] support to the Muslim Brotherhood because of 'the Brotherhood’s commendable capability to overthrow Nasser'". 1954-1970: CIA and the Muslim Brotherhood Ally to Oppose Egyptian President Nasser. These covert links to the CIA were maintained in the post-Nasser era."
(het moet in gedeeltes anders lukt het niet)
"The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt constitutes the largest segment of the opposition to president Mubarak. According to reports, The Muslim Brotherhood dominates the protest movement.
While there is a constitutional ban against religious political parties Brotherhood members elected to Egypt's parliament as "independents" constitute the largest parliamentary block."
The Brotherhood, however, does not constitute a direct threat to Washington's economic and strategic interests in the region. Western intelligence agencies have a longstanding history of collaboration with the Brotherhood. Britain's support of the Brotherhood instrumented through the British Secret Service dates back to the 1940s. Starting in the 1950s, according to former intelligence official William Baer, "The CIA [funnelled] support to the Muslim Brotherhood because of 'the Brotherhood’s commendable capability to overthrow Nasser'". 1954-1970: CIA and the Muslim Brotherhood Ally to Oppose Egyptian President Nasser. These covert links to the CIA were maintained in the post-Nasser era."
Ik geef het op, ik stuur wel een mailtje
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