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Friday, January 28, 2011

Cairo Is Getting Crazy

I posted earlier in the week about anti-government protests in Egypt. Well, now the government is trying to regain control, and it isn't pretty. Massiv deomnstrations again today led to protestors clashing with police. Overnight the internet and cell-phone service were disrupted as an attempt to stop the protestors from gathering en masse according to the Huffington Post. Guess what, that didn't work. They have also initiated a country-wide curfew to attempt to control the country.

One of the countries most influential pro-democracy advocate, Mohamed El Baradei, was trapped along with followers inside a mosque after the noon prayer. Police so rounded the building and shot tear gas into the streets to block anyone from leaving the mosque. The army has also been called in, and there are some reports of gunfire. But the people have been chanting "the people and the army, we are one," according to CNN. If the army takes up the side of the protesters, this will get interesting real fast.

All told there were six major groups, made up of thousands of protesters, moving through Cairo today. They threw rocks at police, who fought back with batons, tear gas, and water cannons. I think it's safe to say if this keeps up, President Hosni Mubarak's 30 year-rule will be over within the next month.

Here's a good way to gain control of your country that's spiraling into chaos, cut off their internet and cell-phone service. Because that doesn't further piss off people who are already poor and pissed. And this Mubarak guy is probably just sitting in his palace or whatever-the-fuck he lives in, praying that his military doesn't decide that yeah, democracy is pretty good. I think in the next week the shit is really going to hit the fan, maybe even as early as this weekend. We will see.

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