Mubarak dead?

darkman2

A bit of buzz on the interweb that the former Egyptian dictator may be dead.

ShamoBuc

Had to happen sooner or later.

bonerm

Spreading rumours about a former Egyptian ruler? Tut! Tut! Tut!

Ruu_Old

He's not dead, baby, just having a break.

red menace

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is near death, possibly in a coma, according to Egyptian newspapers.
The 83-year-old disgraced despot fell into a coma Saturday, a day after he fled Cairo for the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, according to the daily Al-Masry Al-Youm.
The paper quoted sources saying he was being cared for at home and was not hospitalized.
Rumors had circulated widely that Mubarak fainted twice while recording his defiant final speech on Thursday. He had been expected to quit in that speech, but unaccountably veered off script, angering his last supporters and hastening his eventual ouster.
Reuters quoted a military source who would only say Mubarak was "breathing."
The Saudi-owned daily Asharq al-Awsat said Mubarak was not in a coma but was close to death and intent on expiring on Egyptian soil.
The paper quoted a former top security official who said Mubarak was refusing entreaties by his family to go to Germany, where he had gallbladder surgery last year.
"He has asked those around him to allow him to die in his country, and I believe this is just a matter of time," the officials said. "It is unfortunate that this is how it will end."
Egypt's ambassador to the U.S., Sameh Shoukry, told The Today Show Monday he could not confirm any details but that his personal sources say Mubarak "is possibly in somewhat of bad health."
The rumor-happy Middle East was swirling Tuesday with unconfirmed reports that Mubarak had actually already died.
He had survived six assassination attempts in the past.
Meanwhile, the ripple effect of the Egyption revolution continued to spread:
* In Bahrain, a protester was killed in street clashes with security forces at the funeral of a protester killed Monday in the suppression of a demonstration against police abuses.
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the capital's central square, which they renamed "Tahrir" - or Liberation - in honor of the plaza in Cairo that was central to Egypt's uprising.
According to reports on Twitter, protesters chanted: "Mother prepare my coffin, I am going out to free my country."
King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa went on TV to plead for calm and offer condolences for the dead and pledges of political reform.
*In Yemen, small bands of protesters were out for a fifth day demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
*In Iran, hardliners called for the execution of Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the opposition politicians who helped call for Monday's protests in Tehran.
"I find it ironic that you've got the Iranian regime pretending to celebrate what happened in Egypt when, in fact, they have acted in direct contrast to what happened in Egypt by gunning down and beating people who were trying to express themselves peacefully in Iran," President Obama said at his press conference Tuesday morning.

Bet those protesters feel pretty silly now

darkman2

I put a trusty question mark in the thread title just in case.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/02/15/2011-02-15_exegyptian_president_hosni_mubarak_in_a_coma_reports_protests_flare_up_in_bahrai.html?r=news

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is near death, possibly in a coma, according to Egyptian newspapers.
The 83-year-old disgraced despot fell into a coma Saturday, a day after he fled Cairo for the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, according to the daily Al-Masry Al-Youm.
The paper quoted sources saying he was being cared for at home and was not hospitalized.
Rumors had circulated widely that Mubarak fainted twice while recording his defiant final speech on Thursday. He had been expected to quit in that speech, but unaccountably veered off script, angering his last supporters and hastening his eventual ouster.

Almost dead!

Edit snap! red menace

KylieWyley

his final two fingers up to the protestors.

what a stubborn aul fella!

red menace

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/02/15/2011-02-15_exegyptian_president_hosni_mubarak_in_a_coma_reports_protests_flare_up_in_bahrai.html?r=news

Almost dead!

Edit snap! red menace

I guess you googled Mubarak Dead also?