Egyptian Protestors Rally to El Baradei

[RandySF]

My concerns expressed last night may be assuaged if this man can take the reigns.


http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2011/01/egyptian_protestors_rally_to_el_baradei.php?ref=fpa


Egyptian diplomat Mohamed ElBaradei, claiming a mandate from disparate opposition groups to negotiate a handover of power with the military, called on Washington to "cut off life support to the dictator." Six days of unrest has killed more than 100 people, rocked the Middle East and rattled global investors.

But President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, along with European leaders, stopped short of urging the immediate departure of the 82-year-old Mubarak, who has made the most populous Arab state an ally of the West in its conflicts with Soviet communism and, now, with radical Islam.

For many, however, the writing is on the wall. "Mubarak's time has run out," an Obama adviser told the New York Times.

On the streets of Cairo and other cities, thousands kept up the momentum for change, inspired by the overthrow of Tunisia's veteran strongman Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali two weeks ago. They shared food and jokes with soldiers in American-built tanks, who kept order and let protests run into the night despite a curfew.