Unrest in Egypt discussion. (merge)

Sykk

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/28/egypt.protests/index.html?hpt=T1

But hours ahead of the protests, the internet went dark in parts of the country. Some text messaging and cell phone services appeared to be blocked.
Servers of Egypt's main internet provider were down early Friday, according to multiple services that check whether servers used by specific sites are active.
Servers for the Egyptian government's sites and for the U.S. Embassy in Cairo also appeared to be down.
"We are closely monitoring the situation and are aware that communication services, including social media, are being blocked," U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Thursday. "We continue to urge Egyptian authorities to show restraint and allow peaceful protests to occur."
Authorities arrested a prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader early Friday, detaining the party's main speaker, Issam al-Aryan, according to a relative. Police came to al-Aryan's Cairo home at 2:30 a.m. local time, his son-in-law said.

The government cut phones and internet ahead during protests.

Great idea, imagine if that happened here? What would you do?

There's going to be murder I'd say.

bonerm

Sykk wrote: »

What would you do?

Grumble (to myself).

Kimono-Girl

i would google a solution!

msg11

Just make them more angry turning off there internet and mobile phones...

ejmaztec

Sykk wrote: »

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/28/egypt.protests/index.html?hpt=T1



The government cut phones and internet ahead during protests.

Great idea, imagine if that happened here? What would you do?

There's going to be murder I'd say.

I'd open up my emergency Boards Smoke and Semaphore Signalling Kit.

Gillington

I'd grab a playboy and fap the good auld fashioned way!

Nodin

msg11 wrote: »

Just make them more angry turning off there internet and mobile phones...

Aye. Dictatorships and rising food prices is one thing, but take away a mans sports results and porno browse, and its wigs on the green.

smk89

Sykk wrote: »

What would you do?

Check my Koran for any in case of no internet and phone advice.

"And lo did Abraham speakth to his phone company."

tricky D

ejmaztec wrote: »

I'd open up my emergency Boards Smoke and Semaphore Signalling Kit.

Carrier pigeon protocol: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1149.html

or Ostriches: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2549.html

admiralofthefleet

how would i harvest my crops, oh noes!

GizAGoOfYerGee

In the past 12 hours, Wikileaks have been frantically publishing all Cairo cables.

http://twitter.com/wikileaks

blaze1

I knew my hardrive "movies" would come in handy one day...

Saadyst

Well since there's hardly been more than a handful of decent protests here, I'd say it wouldn't be something to worry about.

danniemcq

can we slag off egyptions for next while then?

hey yous all walk funny!!!

squod

danniemcq wrote: »

can we slag off egyptions for next while then?

Can't even get a breakfast roll in the place, stupid fordiners. No wonder the county's bolloxed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIIWKA_h12Q

Dravokivich

Sykk wrote: »

Great idea, imagine if that happened here? What would you do?

Watch the Porn I downloaded just in case there may be a connection issue...

darkman2

Amazing scenes seeing this dictator ousted and the people having no fear at all in his security thugs anymore. Question is will Mubarak go or be forced? Don't know much about Egypt but seems to be a big dominoe effect across this part of the world against these despot leaders. Good luck!!!

MagicMarker

Mmmmm, dominos.

fred252

Mmmmmm, despot

darkman2

fred252 wrote: »

Mmmmmm, despot

Is this a new pizza place?

iPlop

Mmmmm pyramid shaped pizza mmmmmmmmm

Zebra3

Victory to the people.

I'd say the Americans are ****ting it.

I hope those Saudi bastards (their royals) get taken out. :mad:

AnonoBoy

I wonder will they start shooting tourists again?

Zebra3 wrote: »

I'd say the Americans are ****ting it.

Why?

Bykobap

And it's live !

Sykk

Zebra3 wrote: »

I'd say the Americans are ****ting it.

Err.. what?

biko

http://english.aljazeera.net/

Protests have erupted in cities across Egypt, with demonstrators demanding an end to Hosni Mubarak's presidency.
Tens of thousands took to the streets across the country following Friday midday prayers.
State TV said a curfew will be imposed from 6pm to 7am local time.

Egyptian military vehicles were sighted on the streets of Cairo on Friday after a day of violent clashes between police and protesters demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak's rule.
Protesters had previously chanted slogans calling for the army to support them, complaining of police violence during clashes on Friday in which security forces fired teargas and rubber bullets.

"Where is the army? Come and see what the police is doing to us. We want the army. We want the army," the protesters in one area of central Cairo shouted, shortly before police fired teargas on them.
Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin, reporting from Cairo, said protesters reacted positively when an armoured vehicle with troops showed up, possibly indicating that it belonged to the military.

"The army is a respected establishment in Egypt, and many feel they need their support against what they see as excessive force by the police and security forces," he said.
Earlier, clashes between protesters and police erupted outside a mosque in Cairo.
Protesters reportedly threw stones and dirt at the police after security forces confronted them. They held up posters saying "No to dictatorship" and stamped on posters of Mubarak.

Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh, reporting from the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, said protesters streamed out of mosques shortly after prayers to chant slogans against Mubarak. Police responded immediately, firing tear gas to disperse the crowd.
Alexandria is a stronghold of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's technically banned but largest political opposition group, but Rageh said the crowds in the city predominantly consisted of "ordinary citizens".

"This is the same mosque where protests were held against police brutality in June after a 20-year-old man was beaten to death by police," she said. "It’s very symbolic that the current protests are taking place at the same place all over again."
Protests were also reported in Suez, a port on the Red Sea east of Cairo, and in the Nile Delta cities of Mansoura and Sharqiya, witnesses said.

Friday marked the fourth consecutive day of protests in the Middle East's most populous nation coming on the heels of a social uprising in nearby Tunisia that ousted that country's president of 23 years.
Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog and an opposition leader in Egypt, returned to the country on Thursday night after telling reporters he was ready to lead a "transition" if asked. On Friday, he prayed with thousands of worshippers at a mosque in Cairo and had reportedly been prevented from moving freely by security forces.

The countrywide violence has so far left seven people dead.
In response, the government has promised to crack down on demonstrations and arrest those participating in them. It has blocked internet, mobile phone and SMS services in order to disrupt the planned demonstrations.

Before Egypt shut down internet access on Thursday night, activists were posting and exchanging messages using social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter, listing more than 30 mosques and churches where protesters were to organise on Friday.

bildo

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I wonder will they start shooting tourists again?



Why?

Because the US has major major holdings in Egypt both resource wise and as a diplomatic partner in the region.
Arms sales in the billions a year and don't forget the suez canal!!!
Only the most important trade route in the world.

prinz

Let's hope that any government that follows is an improvement for all. ElBaradei would seem like a good candidate.

AnonoBoy

bildo wrote: »

Because the US has major major holdings in Egypt both resource wise and as a diplomatic partner in the region.
Arms sales in the billions a year and don't forget the suez canal!!!
Only the most important trade route in the world.

I know nothing about Egypt.

If a new regime comes in will they sever ties with the States?

fred252

darkman2 wrote: »

Is this a new pizza place?

nah, its a new hot-pot place run by some guy called des

barnaclebill

Mmmmmmmmm, aplphabet spaghetti with just mmmmmmm's in it

bildo

Revolutions are now being orchestrated over internets as standard these days. Look at Iran, Tunisia and now egypt.
Net access and filtering is a very good reflection of how transparent and democratic a government is.
Heavy filtering usually means little actual control.

2011 we are all divided by 0

darkman2

News speculating now that the army are using live rounds on protestors

fred252

Zebra3 wrote: »

Victory to the people.

I'd say the Americans are ****ting it.

I hope those Saudi bastards (their royals) get taken out. :mad:

the royals have that place on lock down. i seriously doubt the locals have the desire to upset that apple cart.

Ps. Mmmmmm, live rounds

sorry, i hope no egyptians read this

dr.bollocko

Merrrrrrrrrrrrrrrge.

AnonoBoy

darkman2 wrote: »

News speculating now that the army are using live rounds on protestors

Your sig makes that post quite chilling.

GizAGoOfYerGee

AJ: Reports: Residents say army opened fire after protesters climbed onto tanks.

The National Democratic Party building is on fire

darkman2

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Your sig makes that post quite chilling.

I shall change it for the duration of the murderous schenadigans

GizAGoOfYerGee

Tunisia -> Egypt -> Yemen, reports of unrest in Jordan, Lebanon, and now the Internet is down in Syria

Heisenberg.

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GizAGoOfYerGee

Internet shutdown in Syria.

Cairo: CNN satellite feed showing protesters chanting freedom while police shooting tear gas at them.

darkman2

Live ammunition confirmed being used by the army. You can hear it in the background when the journalists are speaking.

GizAGoOfYerGee

EVERYONE TUNE IN TO LIVE VIDEO: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/


CNN reporter on scene saying that protesters are not attacking army but treating soldiers on scene almost with "adulation."

BBC journalist beaten and four French reporters arrested - Telegraph

Adamantium

Saw this earlier on,laughed but made me think as well:


Y'know the more I think about, the idea of shutting off the Internet might not be all that bad.
Newspapers and magazines will thrive again. Kids will have time to do their homework. People will stop ruining their careers by posting their drunk antic pictures on F-book. Email armageddon--I'm loving this.
People will have to support their local merchants, movie theaters, libraries, book stores, churches, etc. Phones will become phones again.
People will write letters, and the Post Office will become profitable. People will stroll through their neighborhoods, and discover how to converse without being anonymous.
And, I want my turntable back and the ability to walk into a record store a pick up a few 45s. Radio will play music again.

ejmaztec

I hope that a bunch of mad mullahs don't end up running any of these countries when the dust settles, or they'll be back to square one.

GizAGoOfYerGee

5.05pm:

An Associated Press reporter saw the protesters cheering the police who joined them and hoisting them on their shoulders in one of the many dramatic and chaotic scenes across Egypt on Friday. After chasing the police, thousands of protesters were able to flood into the huge Tahrir Square downtown after being kept out most of the day by a very heavy police presence. Few police could be seen around the square after the confrontation.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2011/jan/28/egypt-protests-live-updates#block-46#block-94

GizAGoOfYerGee

AlJazeera 6:48 pm - Fire still raging at the compound in Cairo that houses the ruling National Democratic Party.

Mirror of the Live Al-Jazeera stream: http://www.justin.tv/latd#/w/806464832/2

Update: the government called the army to establish a curfew because the police are not cutting it, some of them are refusing to attack the demonstrators. Mubarak is supposed to have addressed the people on TV.

Hilary Horse in press conference

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/
http://www.justin.tv/latd#/w/806464832/2

Zebra3

ejmaztec wrote: »

I hope that a bunch of mad mullahs don't end up running any of these countries when the dust settles, or they'll be back to square one.

Given the poverty the average person in Egypt lives in, square one would be a huge step forward for them.

ejmaztec

Zebra3 wrote: »

Given the poverty the average person in Egypt lives in, square one would be a huge step forward for them.

I doubt the position of the poor would change.

prinz

ejmaztec wrote: »

I doubt the position of the poor would change.

Don't you remember how the standard of living came forward in leaps and bounds in Afghanistan under the Taliban?

ejmaztec

prinz wrote: »

Don't you remember how the standard of living came forward in leaps and bounds in Afghanistan under the Taliban?

Oh yes, they turned it into a veritable Utopia.:o