^ The flames from the National Democratic Headquarters are quickly spreading. According to the state media, the flames are dangerously close to the National Museum.
It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms.
EDIT: The people are apparently shouting "The Army and People are one!" Downtown Cairo has turned into a battlefield.
EDIT 2: The President is addressing the people
edited 28th Jan '11 2:17:19 PM by Pentadragon
KVLFON
The President guy is quoted to have said "there's a thin line between freedom and chaos", eh heh heh heh. 
edited 28th Jan '11 2:35:04 PM by lordGacek
"Atheism is the religion whose followers are easiest to troll"
OMG NO NOSECONES
My wife's cousing lives in Cairo. I am now worried for her safety.
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
The Wanderer
Mubuak is asking the govt. to resign.
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.^^^ Heh.
So after watching the speech, it seems that he is attempting to distance himself from any blame. He stated that he is sacking the cabinet but he himself refuses to resign.
He doesn't seem to realize that he is the problem.
edited 28th Jan '11 2:32:51 PM by Pentadragon
Now that I'm thinking about it, is the Nile flammable?
i. hear. a. sound.Nile River =/= Cuyahoga River 
EDIT: Oh dear, the protestors did not like that speech.
edited 28th Jan '11 2:35:46 PM by Pentadragon
Right right, I got my locations mixxed up. 
...still curious.
edited 28th Jan '11 2:34:11 PM by Bur
i. hear. a. sound.
The Shadows Devour You.
Thats right Mubuak, throw out the last few people who might have given a damn about you.
Least the Tunisian president had the decency to throw himself out first... well, if he wasn't just fleeing for his life.
The term "Great Man" is disturbingly interchangeable with "mass murderer" in history books.
KVLFON
Because Raw Power's not in the thread.
"Atheism is the religion whose followers are easiest to troll"
OMG NO NOSECONES
Wait, is it getting really ugly in Egypt now?
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.Well, I made a few updates on the situation on the last page. However, I am finding it difficult to come up with an accurate assessment of Egypt without sounding alarmist.
Don't know how much further this will escalate, but from I am seeing through my livefeed, a lot of Egypt is burning.
I'm sorry pvtnum.
edited 28th Jan '11 2:47:09 PM by Pentadragon
KVLFON
A curiosity:
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OMG NO NOSECONES
Alarmism is needed sometimes.
Like, when a country is poised to jump off a cliff.
^ Or when that happens, good grief.
edited 28th Jan '11 2:50:41 PM by pvtnum11
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.
^This live feed is awesome; then again my Arabic is shit.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
I am sorry it is one thing to get rid of the government but trashing the city unnecessarily ie setting it on fire is not a good thing.
The protest in Egypt were far from peaceful and non-violent. Starting fires and throwing stones is never peaceful.
balloon: What is your obsession with the anarchists on the left? I have yet to see peaceful anarchists on the left. Some anarchist asshole always throws rocks and turns into a firebug and starts smashing store fronts.
Who watches the watchmen?
vigilantly taxonomish
*used to be an anarchist, attended (local) left-wing protests, was never violent*
I'm sorry to say that prior to this, I have not been keeping up to date with political developments in Egypt at all. Maybe it's reached the point where a little noise and upheaval is really what it takes to get any change made.
edited 28th Jan '11 3:57:25 PM by BobbyG
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Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Yeah but fucking up someone innocent bystanders life is not acceptable. Neither is torching your nations museum. I could care less about government buildings and offices but when you start fucking up joe store owners life by messing up his store or what have you that is going too far.
Bobby: If only there were more like you in Britain especially in the more recent events.
Who watches the watchmen?
vigilantly taxonomish
Yeah, torching innocents' property is not cool.
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Gunpla is amazing!
Its the main reason why I dont support revolutions like this, unless its REALLY REALLY bad. Maybe it is, but innocents should not have to be harmed sadly.
More like giant cherries
^^^^ There's not much to keep up with. Prior to a couple weeks ago, politics have been essentially the same over the last twenty years in the Arab World. In most countries, you even have the same people in charge.
While below the surface, tensions have been growing due to demographic and technological changes.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's PlayTanks are patrolling in Cairo near the US and UK embassy.
Obama criticizes the government action.
No statement yet from the UN.
Protests are currently ongoing in front of the Egyptian embassy in Washington and the White House.
edited 28th Jan '11 5:28:57 PM by Pentadragon
For some reason, Mubarak's actions are reminding me of an unholy union between the Shah of Iran and Nicolae Ceausescu...
Proud Canadian
@Bobby G: This is not "a little noise". This is a country of almost 80 million violently rejecting their government on a national scale. And this is ins't a spark that you can say won't travel: E Gypt is following Tunisia, and Jordanians (sp?) have rioted too.
edited 28th Jan '11 5:39:37 PM by Erock
If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.
They better be guarding those museums.
i. hear. a. sound.