After Tunisia, ‘Electrified’ Arab World Sets Sights On Brewing Revolt In Egypt

[Purveyor]

In a sign that an "electrified" Arab world has been inspired by the events in Tunisia to rise up against their governments, opposition leaders in Egypt have called for an open revolt in the country on January 25.

The US branch of the National Association for Change, an umbrella group of activists led by former IAEA chief Mohamed El-Baradei, issued a statement on Tuesday "urging all Egyptians to take to the streets on January 25th to protest the deteriorating conditions caused by the dictatorial Mubarak regime."

The message places El-Baradei -- a prominent figure in the international community since his role in Iraqi weapons inspections in 2002 and 2003 -- in virtually direct conflict with President Hosni Mubarak, who is generally considered an ally of Washington and whose government receives billions in US aid yearly.

The call for a revolt comes as several Egyptians set themselves on fire in protest this week, apparently inspired by the Tunisian uprising last week that started the same way.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/electrified-arab-world-revolt-egypt/

[oberliner]

1. What are your thoughts on this?

Do you see this as a positive development? What do you think will happen?

[cowcommander]

2. Nothing, as long as we keep pumping billions of foreign aid into Egypt

If anything truly bad happens there, expect another "police action"

[oberliner]

3. ElBaradei: Power change in Egypt "inevitable"

Vienna - Egyptian opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei said in an interview published Tuesday that political change in his native country was inevitable, particularly after the overthrow of the Tunisian president.

'It is inevitable. Change must come,' the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told Austrian press agency APA in Vienna, where he lives.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1612600.php/ElBaradei-Power-change-in-Egypt-inevitable

Maybe want to rethink your position?

[cowcommander]

5. Unless the economic situation gets really bad in Egypt, I still don't see it happening

There is discontent, but as long as the Mubarak regime can keep buying people off with jobs, the National Democratic Party is going to maintain power.

[oberliner]

6. Egypt Stocks Plunge as Foreigners Grow Weary of Social Unrest

Egypt’s benchmark stock index fell the most since May as foreign investors exited after two more men set themselves on fire in Egypt, one of whom would later die, emulating a Tunisian man whose act sparked violent protests against unemployment and corruption in Tunisia.

Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE, the country’s biggest publicly traded lender, dropped to the lowest level since September. The benchmark EGX30 retreated 3.1 percent, the most since May 25, to 6,693.58 at the 2:30 p.m. close in Cairo. The cost of insuring against default on government debt fell 11.5 points to 296, according to CMA prices, after hitting the highest level since July 2009 yesterday. Tunisia’s bourse suspended trading for a second day.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-18/egypt-stocks-slump-to-6-week-low-as-foreigners-exit-tunisia-is-closed.html

For what that is worth. I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens.

My sense is that they are in for something similar to what went down in Tunisia, but who knows.

[mdmc]

4. ..

[HEyHEY]

7. That's what ya call an effective opposition