Egyptian Revolution Tweets. Day 16, Determination, Part 2

[Catherina]

Egyptian Revolution Tweets. Day 16, Determination, Part 2

Part 1

Some Mubarak Financial documents DDos'd to dissappear found here

To see Tahrir reference points on Google Earth + overlay


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4eUV2DAYwM">Try Not To Cry Little One

Please rec if you read these, these get mercilessly unrec'd. Weird.

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1. 'Saudi Arabia: We'll support Egypt if US cuts aid', Dictator supports another

Raafatology Raafat- نيويورك
'Saudi Arabia: We'll support #Egypt if US cuts aid' http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=207647 Dictator supports another
37 minutes ago

'Saudi Arabia: We'll support Egypt if US cuts aid'
By JPOST.COM STAFF
02/10/2011 13:26

Abdullah speaks with Obama, tells him not to humiliate Mubarak, will prop up his regime if Washington withdraws its support, 'Times' reports.

Talkbacks (5)

US President Barack Obama spoke with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia Wednesday to discuss events in Egypt. The Saudi King reportedly said that in the case that the United States withdraws its financial support of Cairo, that his kingdom would prop up Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's regime, The Times reported.

According to the report, the Saudi king told Obama not to push Mubarak too hard, so as not to humiliate him amid the ongoing protests demanding his ouster.

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White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs suggested that some Egyptian leaders thought they could wait out the protesters by offering up some concessions and assuming "life will return to normal" after years of repression. He added that the Egyptian protesters demanding change "are not likely to dissipate until the government takes some genuine steps."

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=207647

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2. Mubarak residence or military base? Journalists now get press briefing from TV screen in separate bl

ayaelb Aya el Batrawy
Mubarak residence or military base? Journalists now get press briefing from TV screen in separate bldg #Jan25 #Egypt http://bit.ly/hoG9W4
36 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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3. 5 Military production factories on strike

3arabawy Hossam عمو حسام
5 Military production factories on strike #egyworkers RT: @H_Eid: عن الجزيرة: خمس مصانع حربية دخلت في اعتصام الان
37 minutes ago

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4. Govt way behind. mass labor strikes but Suleiman busy refuting 'democracy' statements. Too late!

Ssirgany Sarah El Sirgany
Govt responses r still on delay. We've moved to mass labor strikes while Suleiman is busy refuting 'democracy' statements. Too late!
37 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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5. Egypt takes aim at #AlJazeera for Protest Coverage

AymanM Ayman Mohyeldin
#Egypt takes aim at #AlJazeera for Protest Coverage #tahrir #jan25 #jan28 http://fb.me/zD7moeVI
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Egypt takes aim at Al-Jazeera for protest coverage
(AP) – 1 hour ago

CAIRO (AP) — ...

Security forces have detained, and later released, at least nine Al-Jazeera correspondents since the protests erupted last month. Authorities have banned its Arabic and English language channels from broadcasting and revoked the press credentials of all of its journalists. The channel has continued to report despite the restrictions.

Pro-government thugs set the Qatar-based network's Cairo offices ablaze last week, along with the equipment inside, as part of a broad pattern of attacks on journalists covering the unrest.

The network has won accolades from many around the globe for its near round-the-clock coverage of the unprecedented unrest in Egypt, and seen a spike in interest in its report from U.S. viewers. But it has collided head-on with Egyptian authorities, who have sought to portray the broadcaster — the Arab world's most popular — as a malevolent force fueling the unrest.

Egypt's newly appointed vice president, Omar Suleiman, told Egyptian newspaper editors on Tuesday that "certain satellite channels" are provoking the protesters and insulting Egypt.
A week earlier, Suleiman said: "I blame some friendly countries who own unfriendly channels that have fueled the youth against the country by lying and showing the situation as worse than it is."


http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iSMQFRw29dOtdBYESjXs74n0SxcQ?docId=0072b6ccdc1d4daa874a88ce71d880a0

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6. How to get to parliment

Zeinobia Zeinobia
Guys. From where shall I go to parliment
38 minutes ago



MohammedY Mohammed Yahia
@
@Zeinobia Walk down Kasr El Eini St. going to #Tahrir. When you find alot of noise from your right, go down that road. This is parliament :)
36 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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7. Wael Abbas on my way to Tahrir

waelabbas Wael Abbas
on my way to Tahrir
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8. who'd have thunk, i now like anderson cooper #crazyworld

ElFoulio Abdel-Rahman Hussein
who'd have thunk, i now like anderson cooper #crazyworld #jan25 bit.ly/dI55kd
36 minutes ago


son Cooper: "The Mubarak regime tells lie after lie." (Egypt Feb 8, 2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ishl23HgS6o

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9. Fish want Mubarak down

Raafatology Raafat- نيويورك
RT"@btnafas7oria: Fish wants Mubarak down - http://on.fb.me/ijvayw #25jan #Egypt السمك يريد اسقاط النظام"
36 minutes ago

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11. Sign reads: The fish want to topple the regime.

marwame Marwa Elnaggar
Sign reads: The fish want to topple the regime. http://ow.ly/3TP1n #Egypt #jan25
36 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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10. internal army source, generals high up get millions each month & will never support

estr4ng3d Abdelrahman
According to internal army source, generals high up in command get paid millions each month,&thats why they will never support #Jan25 #Egypt
36 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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19. Same source claims there are around 6000 people currently detained by military police

estr4ng3d Abdelrahman
Same source claims there are around 6000 people currently detained by military police. #Jan25 #Egypt
39 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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12. #Egypt state TV has just reported about Prosecutor Gen. measures agnst former officials

RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh
I'm going to list now what #Egypt state TV has just reported about Prosecutor Gen. measures agnst former officials #Tahrir #Jan25
35 minutes ago

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13. State TV: Prosecutor processed complnt agnst Ahmed Ezz, Rachid M Rachid, Zoheir Garana, Ahmed Maghra

RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh
#Egypt state TV reports Prosecutor processed complnt agnst Ahmed Ezz, Rachid M Rachid, Zoheir Garana, Ahmed Maghrabi #Tahrir #Jan25
34 minutes ago

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14. colleague just had his notebooks confiscated in Cairo, and his photographs deleted. got the camera

Farrelltimes Farrelltimes
A colleague just had his notebooks confiscated in Cairo, and his photographs deleted. He got the camera back. #egypt
35 minutes ago

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15. CNN Strikes erupt in #Egypt; anti-Mubarak protesters remain defiant

Raafatology Raafat- نيويورك
Strikes erupt in #Egypt; anti-Mubarak protesters remain defiant - CNN.com http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/10/egypt.protests/
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Strikes erupt in Egypt; anti-Mubarak protesters remain defiant
By the CNN Wire Staff
February 10, 2011 -- Updated 1211 GMT (2011 HKT)

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- ...

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National Railway Council employees called for longer contracts, prompting a pledge to extend them from their leaders. Some did not return to work Thursday, said Mostafa Qinawi, head of the Railway Council.

Employees of the steel industry and the Suez Canal Port Authority also took to the streets to demand better salaries, state-run al-Ahram newspaper said.

Protests sparked fears that the Suez Canal -- a significant oil transport hub -- would be shut down and send oil prices skyrocketing.

The workers demanded better compensation and transparency in executive salaries, the spokesman said.

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http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/10/egypt.protests/

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16. inside the presidential palace r pissing in their pants (article)

3arabawy Hossam عمو حسام
Those inside the presidential palace r pissing in their pants shorouknews.com/ContentData.as… #jan25
37 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Quick google chrome translation

The presidential palace from the inside .. Military barracks .. And the faces of a turbulent
Last Updated: Thursday, February 10, 2011 14:33 GMT

Tomorrow the presidential palace from a distance like a "war zone", after it became the barbed wire surrounded on all sides, and Army tanks and armor surrounded on all sides, and despite this, the traffic on the way to the palace in the suburb of Heliopolis smoothly to a large degree , Immediately after highlighting the press card for the presidency of the Republic opens Gate 3 allocated to cross the journalists, according to the newspaper "Life" Saudi Arabia on Wednesday 09/02/2011.

Contrary to expectations, the security measures inside the presidential palace is not "exceptional", as it is subject to the "guests" to the inspection of a normal cross-portal, in addition to registration data release, but are not allowed in such a climate, the special presence of journalists on the balcony of the palace, as it does not address these as usual, to the presidential building to enter the press room, where guests make official statements or comments, but ask them to go to the press center, which is a separate extension, near the presidential building, to wait for this data.

In the press center, attend the delegates of national newspapers in the form of almost daily basis, and here does not allow one to leave, but out of the palace only, the majority of statements made by Vice-President, Omar Suleiman, find its way to reporters across the television screens scattered in the press center, and Presidential spokesman ambassador Suleiman Awad absent from the scene, while the foreign press Its presence is very weak.

Faces inside the presidential palace and bridle, sullen, worried and sad, overwhelmed by a case of anticipation, and cameras covering the events, only the state television cameras, the Egyptian Event in the field of editing, not at the presidential palace, where arrangements were made to "transition of power."

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http://www.shorouknews.com/ContentData.aspx?ID=387956

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17. MP & NDP official Ahmed Ezz accused of 'aggression on public funds' mishandling steel factory

RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh
MP & NDP official Ahmed Ezz accused of 'aggression on public funds' mishandling aquistion by his steel factory of state co. #Tahrir #Jan25
37 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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18. Egypt labor unrest spreads - bus drivers strike (WaPo Article)

Raafatology Raafat- نيويورك
#Egypt labor unrest spreads - bus drivers strike http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/10/AR2011021000995.html #jan25
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Egypt labor unrest spreads as bus drivers strike
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
The Associated Press
Thursday, February 10, 2011; 7:18 AM

SLIDESHOW Previous Next

Anti-government protesters shout slogans as they line up after spending the night in front of the Egyptian Parliament in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Around 2,000 protesters waved huge flags outside the parliament, several blocks from Tahrir Square, where they moved two days earlier in the movement's first expansion out of the square. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) (Emilio Morenatti - AP)


CAIRO -- Bus drivers and public transport workers in Cairo joined thousands of state employees on strike Thursday in spreading labor unrest that has pumped further strength and momentum into Egypt's wave of anti-government protests. With its efforts to manage the crisis failing, the government warned of the potential for a coup.

The warning from Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit was the second from the regime this week that a coup could take place, a sign that the reinvigorated protests could face a new crackdown.

Speaking to the Arab news network Al-Arabiya on Thursday, Aboul Gheit said that if "adventurers" take over the process of reform the military "will be compelled to defend the constitution and national security ... and we'll find ourselves in a very grave situation."

Youth activists organizing the 17-day-old protests demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak planned to up the ante even further, calling for an expanded rally on Friday, hoping to repeat a showing earlier this week that drew about a quarter-million people.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/10/AR2011021000995.html

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20. Frmr Min of Trade Rachid M Rachid accused of profiteering, mishandling 200Mil$ of export dev. fund

RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh
Frmr Min of Trade Rachid M Rachid accused of profiteering, mishandling 200Mil$ of export dev. fund #Egypt #Tahrir #Jan25
40 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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21. Frmr Min of Trade Rachid M Rachid whose family runs Unilever Egypt accused of forwarding personal b

RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh
Frmr Min of Trade Rachid M Rachid whose family runs Unilever #Egypt accused of forwarding personal business thru his position #Jan25 #Tahrir
39 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Mubarak's gonna throw everyone to the crowds before he leaves. I'd hate to be one of Mubarak's old pals right now.

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30. Of all accusations to frmr officials, the ones I find hard to believe r those against Rachid

RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh
Of all accusations to frmr officials, the ones I find hard to believe r those against Min of Trade Rachid M Rachid #Egypt #Tahrir #Jan25
41 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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31. Me too. Think Rachid was a good person made into a scapegoat bec he refused to join new govt

MohammedY Mohammed Yahia
@
@RawyaRageh Me too. I actually think Rachid was a good person who is being made into a scapegoat bec he refused to join new gov #Jan25
40 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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22. on the Brotherhood

3arabawy Hossam عمو حسام
on the Brotherhood diigo.com/0f7rb #Jan25
39 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Muslim Brotherhood Says It's Not Looking to Grab Power in Egypt
Feb 9, 2011 – 1:21 PM

CAIRO, Egypt -- The outlawed Muslim Brotherhood said today that embattled President Hosni Mubarak must step down but insisted it has no plans to hijack the Egyptian political process.

"The Muslim Brotherhood are not seeking power," Muhammad Mursi, a Brotherhood leader, told reporters as anti-government protesters flooded Tahrir Square in central Cairo for a 16th day.

"We want to participate, not to dominate. We will not have a presidential candidate. We want to participate and help," said Mursi, who has joined in meetings with new Vice President Omar Suleiman.

Seeking to assuage Western fears that the Brotherhood will make a power grab, Mursi said Egypt's largest organized opposition group was "with the will of the people."



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http://www.diigo.com/annotated/65458b72adabb03988639e4bb7635afe

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23. Frmr Min of Tourism Zoheir Garana accused of profiteering, mishandling state land, misappropriation

RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh
Frmr Min of Tourism Zoheir Garana accused of profiteering, mishandling state land, misappropriation #Egypt #Tahrir #Jan25
40 minutes ago

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24. seriously @bencnn is too good for CNN. I hope he joins @AjEnglish.

3arabawy Hossam عمو حسام
And seriously @bencnn is too good for CNN. I hope he joins @AjEnglish. #Jan25 #MSM
39 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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25. Longest list of accusations is to frmr Min of Housing Ahmed Maghrabi: profiteering, waste of public

RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh
Longest list of accusations is to frmr Min of Housing Ahmed Maghrabi: profiteering, waste of public funds & land, graft #Egypt #Jan25
39 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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27. Maghrabi also accused of slew of botched deals in projects ranging from housing to water & sewage

RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh
Maghrabi also accused of slew of botched deals in projects ranging from housing to water & sewage #Egypt #jan25 #Tahrir
41 minutes ago

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28. Prosecutor General is open to receiving documents that wud spprt cases agnst accused frmr officials

RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh
#Egypt state TV says Prosecutor General is open to receiving documents that wud support cases agnst accused frmr officials #Jan25 #Tahrir
40 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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26. Events - Solidarity with Egyptian Revolution (DC and NYC)

Raafatology Raafat- نيويورك
Song in Solidarity with Egyptian Revolution http://nblo.gs/e72gX
40 minutes ago

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Song in Solidarity with Egyptian Revolution


http://www.bonfion.com/forum/topic.php?topicID=356

Washington DC 1 PM, Saturday 12, 2011

Egyptian Solidarity Rally & March
Organized by Egyptian American Organizations
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
The Whitehouse "Lafayette Park", Washington DC
1:00 - 4:00 PM
Support the Egyptian Revolution. End US Support to Mubarak and His Regime. Also join protesters as they sleep over night in front of the white house (We have permit for the sleep over)
Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161878673860801
Come March in Solidarity with millions of Egyptian People in their struggle for democracy and human rights as they demand the immediate DEPARTURE of the repressive Mubarak regime
For Bus Tickets in NY area: Call 212-633-6646 & 646-462-4677
NY Buses leave at 7:30 AM from The International Action Center at 55 W. 17 St., Suite 5C New York, NY 10011
NY Buses return by 9:00 PM

New York City 1 PM, Saturday 12, 2011

Amnesty International CALL TO ACTION
IN SOLIDARITY, IN DEFIANCE
Global Day of Solidarity with the people of Egypt
Join Amnesty International USA and others around the world as we stand with the people of Egypt in their demand for an end to the crackdown, for their freedom, their basic human rights and immediate reform.

Saturday, February 12th @ 1pm
(near) Egyptian Mission to the United Nations
(44th Street and Second Ave. NYC)

Please show your solidarity and defiance by wearing black, white or red
(the colors of the Egyptian flag).

We Stand with the People of Egypt!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=168958493150270

For more information please contact [e-mail] or 212.633.4181

http://networkedblogs.com/e72gX

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29. Trade unions: the revolutionary social network at play in Egypt and Tunisia

Raafatology Raafat- نيويورك
Trade unions: the revolutionary social network at play in #Egypt and Tunisia | Eric Lee and Benjamin Weinthal | Eric... http://bit.ly/dFwXQU
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Trade unions: the revolutionary social network at play in Egypt and Tunisia
The media have focused on Facebook and Twitter, but the pro-democracy movements have flourished thanks to unions

Eric Lee and Benjamin Weinthal
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 10 February 2011 12.57 GMT



Egyptian textile workers demonstrating over high prices and low wages in 2008, in the northern town of Mehalla. Photograph: Stringer/EPA

Perhaps the most overlooked factor in the demise of the authoritarian Ben Ali regime in Tunisia, and the weakening of Hosni Mubarak's grip on state power in Egypt, has been the trade unions in both countries.

While the media has reported on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook as revolutionary methods of mobilisation, it was the old-fashioned working class that enabled the pro-democracy movements to flourish.

As working men and women in Egypt became increasingly vulnerable to exploitation and a deteriorating quality of life, the only legal trade unions – the ones affiliated to the Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) – proved worthless. The result of all of this was an unprecedented wave of strikes across the public and private sectors that began in 2004 and has continued to the present day. During the first four years of the current strike wave, more than 1,900 strikes took place and an estimated 1.7 million workers were involved.

As one worker in a fertiliser company put it, the effect of going on strike was to convince the employer "that they had a company with human beings working in it. In the past, they dealt with us as if we were not human."

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/10/trade-unions-egypt-tunisia

"they dealt with us as if we were not human." Workers of the world waking up all over.

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32. omigod they like, speak english language, really funny video

ElFoulio Abdel-Rahman Hussein
omigod they like, speak english language, really funny video bit.ly/g1svwH #jan25
35 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


State TV propaganda a few days ago. Hilarious even if you don't speak Arabic. Academy Award stuff

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33. Love it! "the People is the referee!" (on the card: "Mubarak out!")

TravellerW Mo-ha-med
Love it! "the People is the referee!" (on the card: "Mubarak out!") #Egypt #jan25 http://twitpic.com/3yadln
36 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Great picture. No jpg extension

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34. Analysis: Labor strikes pose fresh test for #Mubarak

Raafatology Raafat- نيويورك
Analysis: Labor strikes pose fresh test for #Mubarak #Egypt #jan25 http://tinyurl.com/4l7m7fs
33 minutes ago

Analysis: Labor strikes pose fresh test for Mubarak

By Marwa Awad and Alexander Dziadosz
CAIRO | Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:53am EST
(Reuters) - An outbreak of strikes by Egyptian workers, emboldened by more than two weeks of anti-government protests, is compounding the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak as he confronts a mass movement determined to oust him.

Thousands of workers in industries like textiles, steel and telecommunications are staging protests, sit-ins and strikes over wages and working conditions across the country, suggesting a spirit of civil disobedience is spreading.

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But the acceleration of the strike movement could push the country's army, now limited mostly to guarding streets and state buildings, to step in to avert economic paralysis, analysts say.

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"The revolution is increasing the expectations of different social forces who think they have rights that have been ignored for a long time," said Gamal Soltan, senior research fellow at the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.

"I think it is implicit that if their demands are not met, they are going to escalate them and politicize them, perhaps joining the protesters. They have a bargaining chip that they didn't have before."

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/10/us-egypt-labour-idUSTRE7192MQ20110210

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35. Special Report: In Saudi Arabia, a clamor for education

Raafatology Raafat- نيويورك
Special Report: In Saudi Arabia, a clamor for education #kSA http://tinyurl.com/6fufecc
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Special Report: In Saudi Arabia, a clamor for education

By Ulf Laessing and Asma Alsharif
JEDDAH | Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:13am EST

(Reuters) - Saudi teenager Abdulrahman Saeed lives in one of the richest countries in the world, but his prospects are poor, he blames his education, and it's not a situation that looks like changing soon.

"There is not enough in our curriculum," says Saeed, 16, who goes to an all-male state school in the Red Sea port of Jeddah. "It is just theoretical teaching, and there is no practice or guidance to prepare us for the job market."

Saeed wants to study physics but worries that his state high school is failing him. He says the curriculum is outdated, and teachers simply repeat what is written in text books without adding anything of practical value or discussions. Even if the teachers did do more than the basics, Saeed's class, at 32 students, is too big for him to get adequate attention. While children in Europe and Asia often start learning a language at five or six, Saudi students start learning English at 12. Much time is spent studying religion and completing exercises heavy with moral instruction. One task for eighth grade students: "Discuss the problem of staying up late, its causes, effects and cure."

In the face of rising unemployment, Saeed has taken parts of his education into his own hands. He learned how to use the internet on his own and sets himself research projects in his own time to try to make up for his school's shortcomings. "The subjects available are not enough to carry us to the career or specialization that is needed for the job," he complains.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/10/us-special-saudi-education-idUSTRE7191PV20110210

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36. Anyone got more info on these arms factory strikes?

blakehounshell Blake Hounshell
Anyone got more info on these arms factory strikes?
32 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Per a friend who's as sharp as a tack

Keep your eye on the major manufacturing cities, particularly:

Helwan - Automobile Manufacturing
Salheya - Automobile Manufacturing
Abu Qir - Petrochemicals
Alexandria - Steel
Sadat City - Steel
Suez - Steel
10th of Ramadan City - Steel

also: 6th of October City, Borg El Arab, Badr City, El Obour, Abo Rawash, Shubra al khiema, New Cairo, Mubark City, Mahala, El Amriya.

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37. Iranian regime supports Egypt protests,but Rev Guard threatens to crush support rally for Egypt

IvanCNN Ivan Watson
Iranian regime supports Egypt protests,but Rev Guard threatens to crush support rally for Egypt by Iranian opposition http://bit.ly/gjCrDI
32 minutes ago

Iranian official warns against opposition rally
By the CNN Wire Staff
February 9, 2011 -- Updated 1924 GMT (0324 HKT)

Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian authorities have warned against any attempt by Iran's opposition movement to hold a rally in support of the popular uprisings in the Middle East, Iran's state news agency reported.

"We definitely see them as enemies of the revolution and spies, and we will confront them with force," said Revolutionary Guard Cmdr. Hossein Hamedani, according to IRNA news agency.

Last week, Iran's two leading opposition figures, Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karrubi, requested permission to hold a rally on February 14.

Iran's hard-line leadership has expressed strong support for the protests in Egypt, calling them an "Islamic awakening."

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http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/09/iran.opposition.warning/index.html

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38. When was the last time you saw a rainbow in Cairo?!

Ssirgany Sarah El Sirgany
Never RT @Lujee: When was the last time you saw a rainbow in Cairo?! RT @AboulEinein Rainbow over #Tahrir http://twitpic.com/3yaet5 #Jan25
30 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


Twitpic very slow now.

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44. Pic Rainbow over Tahrir Square

3arabawy Hossam عمو حسام
Rainbow over Tahrir Square :) http://yfrog.com/h0jzngjj #Jan25
15 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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48. just witnessed my first rainbow in Cairo - wish I could share it

adamakary Adam Makary
I've just witnessed my first rainbow in Cairo - wish I could share it but the lens on my camera phone isn't that good
15 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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39. Wael Abbas Parliament protest - LIVE at http:/

waelabbas Wael Abbas
Parliament protest - LIVE at http://bambuser.com/v/1402815
28 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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40. best video ever, Gaddafi defines democracy, priceless

ElFoulio Abdel-Rahman Hussein
This is the best video ever, Gaddafi defies democracy, priceless #jan25 bit.ly/dNhLxR
27 minutes ago


The Definition Of Democracy According to "Gaddafi"!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF6letCroA8


In Arabic



ElFoulio Abdel-Rahman Hussein
Re. previous tweet, Gaddafi defines democracy, not defies, typo
21 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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41. Companies owned by Egyptian #military are estimated to be a $30 billion busines

estr4ng3d Abdelrahman
RT @MilitantNews @estr4ng3d Companies owned by Egyptian #military are estimated to be a $30 billion busines… (cont) http://deck.ly/~gaQVa
20 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

RT @MilitantNews @estr4ng3d Companies owned by Egyptian #military are estimated to be a $30 billion business or equal to 15% of Egyptian economy #egypt #jan2

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42. Al Arabiya: Egypt Prosecutor General officially accuses NDP thug Ahmed Ezz with corruption & request

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Arabiya: Egypt Prosecutor General officially accuses NDP thug Ahmed Ezz with corruption & requests the lifting of his immunity #Jan25
21 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

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43. Bloggers in #Tahrir issue revolution demands

AlMasryAlYoum_E Al-Masry Al-Youm
Bloggers in #Tahrir issue revolution demands http://ow.ly/3TRyF #Jan25 #Egypt
12 minutes ago


Link not loading. Will update this post when it does

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45. super crowded day at Tahrir. Crowds joined by union marches moat demanding the state appointed union

occupiedcairo Occupied Cairo
Another super crowded day at Tahrir. Crowds joined by union marches moat demanding the state appointed union leaders #jan25
15 minutes ago


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46. Rouelshimi: Just finished setting up a blog, needs work but should do for now

Rouelshimi Rowan El Shimi
Just finished setting up a blog - http://rowanelshimi.wordpress.com - still needs a lot of work, but should do for now! #Jan25
17 minutes ago

[Catherina]

47. Kanye West sings for the Egyptian uprising

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MgCziE-Qxg&feature=player_embedded

NadiaE Nadia El-Awady
Kanye West sings for the Egyptian uprising http://bit.ly/hDRzMD #egypt #jan25
15 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

Amazing: Egyptian Uprising
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MgCziE-Qxg&feature=player_embedded



Well done!

[Catherina]

51. Just discovered Kanye West's song is an old one. Someone just put footage of the uprising over it

NadiaE Nadia El-Awady
Just discovered Kanye West's song is an old one. Someone just put footage of the uprising over it. #egypt #jan25 (should have checked first)
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply


It's still amazing!

[Catherina]

49. peasants in sharkiya support the tahrir protesters but concepts like freedom r a luxury, just want

adamakary Adam Makary
The felaheen in sharkiya support the tahrir protesters but concepts like freedom r a luxury, they just want 2 meet their most basic needs
8 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply



per wikifelaheen - The plural of fellah, a class roughly equal to peasant in the Middle East and North Africa

[Catherina]

50. Looks like lawyers intend to liberate abdin square and surround the official presidential palace

occupiedcairo Occupied Cairo
RT @MayaGowaily: Looks like lawyers intend to liberate abdin square and surround the official presidential palace #Jan25
6 minutes ago

[Catherina]

52. Head of Cairo Stock Exchange says final decision on re-opening to be announced Saturday

RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh
Head of Cairo Stock Exchange says final decision on re-opening to be announced Saturday #Egypt #Jan25 #Tahrir
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

53. How many secret graves will we discover after we get rid of Mubarak and his jackboots? #Torture

3arabawy Hossam عمو حسام
How many secret graves will we discover after we get rid of Mubarak and his jackboots? #Torture #Jan25 #Police #Mukhabarrat
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

54. The Egyptian people are now givng the world classes in revolution. Pay attention to the teachers!

avinunu Ali Abunimah
The Egyptian people are now givng the world classes in revolution. Pay attention to the teachers! #jan25
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

55. We had a lot to learn from the Palestinians too

3arabawy Hossam عمو حسام
@
@avinunu We had a lot to learn from the Palestinians too habibi:) http://bit.ly/f2HKM9 #Palestine #Jan25 #intifada
44 seconds ago

Interview with Hossam el-Hamalawy (3arabawy)
Professor Mark LeVine interviews journalist and blogger Hossam el-Hamalawy on the situation in Egypt.
Mark LeVine Last Modified: 27 Jan 2011 13:07 GMT


Hossam el-Hamalawy, an Egyptian journalist and blogger
Hossam el-Hamalawy, is an Egyptian journalist and blogger for the website 3arabawy. Mark LeVine, professor of History at UC Irvine, managed to catch up with Hossam via Skype to get a first-hand account of events unfolding in Egypt.



Mark LeVine: What is the relationship between regional and local events here?

Hossam el-Hamalawy: You have to understand that the regional is local here. In 2000 the protests didn't started as anti-regime protests but rather against Israel and in support of Palestinians. The same occurred with the US invasion of Iraq three years later. But once you take to the streets and are confronted by regime violence you start asking questions: Why is Mubarak sending troops to confront protesters instead of confronting Israel? Why is he exporting cement to be used by Israel to build settlements instead of helping Palestinians? Why are police so brutal with us when we're just trying to express our solidarity with Palestinians in a peaceful manner? And so regional issues like Israel and Iraq were shifted to local issues. And within moments, the same protesters who chanted pro-Palestinian slogans started chanting against Mubarak. The specific internal turning point in terms of protests was 2004, when dissent turned domestic.

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Mark LeVine: What about the role of the US in this conflict. How do people on the street view its positions?

Hossam el-Hamalawy: Mubarak is the second largest recipient of US foreign aid aside from Israel. He's known to be America's thug in the region; one of the tools of American foreign policy and implementing its agenda of security for Israel and the smooth flow of oil while keeping Palestinians in line. So it's no secret that this dictatorship has enjoyed the backing of US administrations since day one, even during Bush's phony pro-democracy rhetoric. So one should not be surprised by Clinton's ludicrous statements that were more or less defending the Mubarak regime, since one of the pillars of US foreign policy was to keep regimes stable at expense of freedom and civil liberties.

We don't expect anything from Obama, whom we regard as a great hypocrite. But we hope and expect the American people - trade unions, professors' associations, student unions, activist groups, to come out in support of us. What we want for the US government is to completely get out of the picture. We don't want any sort of backing; just cut aid to Mubarak immediately and withdraw backing from him, withdraw from all Middle Eastern bases, and stop supporting the state of Israel.

Ultimately, Mubarak will do whatever he has to do to protect himself. He will suddenly adopt the most anti-US rhetoric if he thought that would help him save his skin. At the end of the day he's committed to his own interests, and if he thinks the US won't support him, he'll turn somewhere else. The reality is that any really clean government that comes to power in the region will come into open conflict with the US because it will call for radical redistribution of wealth and ending support for Israel or other dictatorships. So we don't expect any help from America, just to leave us alone.

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/01/201112792728200271.html

Be still my beating heart. What a gorgeous man.

[Catherina]

56. Part 3 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x385511