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The Situation in Egypt
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kai
ragamuffin
Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down as president of Egypt.
Mr Suleiman said Mr Mubarak had handed power to the high command of the armed forces.
BBC News - Egypt crisis: President Hosni Mubarak resigns as leader
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Alceste
Vagabond
The army statement was that Mubarak has resigned and Suleiman is now in charge. Constitutional reforms and a free, fair election have been promised. The state of emergency will be lifted when the strikes and protests have ended and the protesters will not be prosecuted. That's all very positive, but I don't believe any of it with Suleiman in charge. Remember "Egypt is not ready for democracy" according to him.
kai
ragamuffin
Alceste
Vagabond
Got a link? I read a translation of the complete statement on al Jazeera.
kai
ragamuffin
me too , i have never seen so much celebrating over a military coup, but hey let them party its their night ,theres time for questions tommorrow
Bismillah
Submit
Mubarak resigns, hands power to military - Hawaii News - Staradvertiser.com
Not sure about the veracity of the snippets that I have read because according to Al-Jazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201121185311711502.html
Though I also know the Parliament has lost its authority as well.
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YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
I know. I cannot imagine jumping up and down in jubilation if the Canadian Military took over Canada. It was be a true WTF moment, for sure.
In all seriousness, the military kept Mubarak in power all these years, why on Earth would people think that their taking control would be a good thing? :areyoucra
The people of Egypt have to understand that any group that moves in to fill the void, does so at the express pleasure of the military. (Here I am not talking about the interim period, but rather, after the September elections.)
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Alceste
Vagabond
Ah, I got that wrong. They were just laying out the context when they mentioned Mubarak's powers being delegated to Suleiman. They were kind of vague on who's in charge now.
Statement of Egyptian armed forces - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
Statement of Egyptian armed forces - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
Alceste
Vagabond
Actually the bulk of the repression, torture, intimidation and harassment was carried out by state security and police. The army in Egypt is widely perceived to be neutral. They may be celebrating the coup but they're still burning police stations.
Bismillah
Submit
Canada has not been ruled under an autocratic tyrant for the past thirty years and the celebration is of the elections not the transitory government.
The military has largely been a third party content with and at times blossoming under Mubarak's rule. That said, it is important that the military in the end has sided with the protesters.
Quite the opposite has been affirmed by these protests. If anything the military has come to recognize and respect the power of the protesters and the hold they have over Egypt.
EiNsTeiN
Boo-h!
The Army is neutral. We won't deny that it had to be bit biased to its supreme council leader, but after all, it will have to support the people.
The Army won't benefit from ruling the country, in contrary, I believe this delay was all to postpone this decision that we surely know the Army does not favour.
The Army insisted in the previous days that it's waiting for a more peaceful exit, and that the military interferring should be the last playing card; which we played at the end.
The Army could have taken control from day 1, and this gives a sense of honesty.
The Army is widely respected in Egypt, and it will settle down for the demands of the people, because this honorable image is too important to them.
The Army won't benefit from ruling the country, in contrary, I believe this delay was all to postpone this decision that we surely know the Army does not favour.
The Army insisted in the previous days that it's waiting for a more peaceful exit, and that the military interferring should be the last playing card; which we played at the end.
The Army could have taken control from day 1, and this gives a sense of honesty.
The Army is widely respected in Egypt, and it will settle down for the demands of the people, because this honorable image is too important to them.