Egypt's military moves to take control of parts of Cairo

[Playinghardball]

Reporting from Cairo — Egypt's military moved more aggressively Sunday to take control over parts of the capital, but the sixth day of unrest ended with increasing questions about how much longer President Hosni Mubarak could withstand calls for his resignation, including an electrifying demand from opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei that he step down to "save the country."

Read more at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-egypt-unrest-20110131,0,3864461.story

[FirstLight]

1. i thought the military was *with* the people

? :shrug:

[customerserviceguy]

5. They may have orders to secure more sites

Clearly, what happened in the museum should not be repeated, and a smart military commander would take steps to preserve property from wanton vandalism.

[iamtechus]

7. They have gained control over all those people without firing a shot!

Smart huh?

[sufrommich]

2. Nothing on Al Jazeera about this. In fact they've been

interviewing Egyptians who are wondering where the army is.

[jahlove17]

3. Bloodshed

Hope there's not too much bloodshed, on top of what has already been shed.

[justiceischeap]

4. Of course the military is taking control of parts of Cairo, the police have disappeared

at Mubarak's behest. Then they went out in plain clothes and looted and shot guns and destroyed artifacts in museums and shot people without provocation.

[Earth_First]

6. Noooo....

That's not what Fox is telling me at all!

:sarcasm: