Egyptian fighter jets are flying extremely low over Tahrir Square in Cairo

[Turborama]

Source: The Atlantic Live Blog

8:56 a.m. EST / 4:56 p.m. Cairo Egyptian fighter jets are flying extremely low over Tahrir Square in Cairo, which has been a focal point of the protests since they began on January 25. It's not clear if the frequent fly-overs, which have been so close that their roar has overpowered media broadcasts out of the square, are meant to intimidate protesters. If that is the intention, it is not having that effect.

Read more: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/01/liveblogging-egypt-day-3/70483/

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(Just heard Tim Marshall on Sky say that reporters have been barricaded into their hotels)

Video...

Military jets fly above Cairo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnYYUhc4IMQ

Fighter Jets Fly Above Egypt Protesters

BREAKING NEWS2:54pm UK, Sunday January 30, 2011

SKY NEWS

Egyptian air force fighter jets have been flying low over Cairo as helicopters hovered above protesters demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak's rule.

It was the latest show of military might in an apparent effort to send demonstrators back to their homes before a curfew.

Mr Mubarak held talks with top military commanders earlier in the day, state media reported.

Despite a heavy military presence, huge crowds flocked to Tahrir Square, which has become a rallying point for demonstrations in the Arab nation.

More: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Egypt-Protesters-Gather-In-Cairo-After-Mass-Jailbreaks---President-Hosni-Mubarak-Refusing-To-Quit/Article/201101415918759?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15918759_Egypt:_Protesters_Gather_In_Cairo_After_Mass_Jailbreaks_-_President_Hosni_Mubarak_Refusing_To_Quit

Video footage of the jet fighters circling around is embedded on their homepage: http://news.sky.com/skynews

Click on the image in my sig line to watch live coverage.

[Hissyspit]

1. Wonder whose tax dollars paid for those fighter jets?

[Dennis Donovan]

2. From Wikipedia's Egyptian Air Force page:

<snip>
The backbone of the Egyptian Air Force is 220 F-16 fighters. The Egyptian Air Force is the 4th largest operator of F-16's in the world.
</snip>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Air_Force

[HysteryDiagnosis]

5. You want your money back, don't you.... pretty cool that we profit so much from

the violence in this world.

[Kali]

7. at least some of the pilots trained in New Mexico

tangled webs, eh?

[justiceischeap]

3. Video of Jets flying over

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnYYUhc4IMQ

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Egypt Thread #3 (1-30-11)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x307160

Who has the coffee?

[SkyDaddy7]

6. Everyone MUST WATCH Aljazeera Live!!

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

Their coverage has been awesome! As always!

[geckosfeet]

8. Fighter jets vs civilian population. Let that settle in for a few seconds. eom

[Renew Deal]

9. I think they're trying to say that if they wanted to keep control, they could.

Things could get real if the Egyptian gov't chose to.

[kudzu22]

10. I have a bad feeling about this...