Mother Jones has an excellent timeline RE: events in Egypt

[demmiblue]

Recent updates:

UPDATE 67, Saturday 6:35 p.m. EST: As noted in Update 56, Egypt's new vice president, Omar Suleiman, was deeply involved in the Bush administration's rendition and torture program. Jane Mayer, the New Yorker journalist who literally wrote the book on that program, has posted on that magazine's blog explaining the connection in detail.

UPDATE 68, Saturday 6:52 p.m. EST (Siddhartha Mahanta): As suggested by updates 65 and 66, the revolution will not be self-contained: the chaos in Egypt is bubbling over into Gaza. Palestinians in Gaza get most of their fuel from the blackmarket, through a labyrinthine array of tunnels and pipes that link the strip with Egypt’s Sinai peninsula. The LA Times reports that gasoline smuggling into the Palestinian territories has been disrupted, inciting panic that the supply could dry up completely. Hamas officials are doing their best to assuage their concerns. But it’s done little to stanch the rush to the pumps.

UPDATE 69, Saturday 8:20 p.m. EST (Siddhartha Mahanta): Hamas’ interior ministry says that the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt is under the control of Gaza security forces, reports Xinhua news service. Hamas also denies that Gazans have broken into Egyptian territories. But witnesses in the southern Gazan town of Rafah, near the Egyptian border, say they heard the sounds of explosions and gunfire on the Egyptian side of the borders. Xinhua also reports that Palestinian-run news agency Wafa says that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas telephoned his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak, affirming his government’s interests in keeping Egypt stable.

UPDATE 69, Sunday 4:30 a.m. EST (Monika Bauerlein) Al Jazeera's Dan Nolan tweets that according to Egyptian state TV, the channel's Cairo bureau is being closed and its reporters' licenses revoked. Al Jazeera's most recent report says things are tense across Cairo, with military tanks and armored vehicles blocking major roads throughout the capital, especially streets leading to Tahrir Square, the demonstrators' focal point. This could signal an imminent crackdown, or an effort to remove the protests' oxygen. More updates here as things develop.




http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/01/whats-happening-egypt-explained


This is a great resource for those that want an overview of what is occurring and why. :hi:

[Angry Dragon]

1. Thank you

[AllyCat]

2. Thank you. I've been looking for something like this.

The paper here in Madison just blows and is reporting all the stuff Mubarek and Joe Biden want us to hear.

[demmiblue]

3. YW... it is nice to have much of the info in one place!

:hi:

[Catherina]

4. They nailed their updates. Rec'd n/t