Middle East Revolutions: Current Bahrain protests getting violent

[Mistress Stowastiq]

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RamyRaoof Ramy Raoof
by ioerror
we hear shooting fire/machine gun then we find injuries in the demonstrators. Hard to deterimne source/location of shooting. #Jan25 #Egypt
2 minutes ago

kaepora Nadim Kobeissi
by ioerror
"We owe it to the Egyptians that died here today to stay - we know that if we leave they will hunt us one by one." #Egypt #Egyptians
3 minutes ago

MayaHojeij Maya Hojeij
by ioerror
Alarabiya eyewitness: one sniper caught by protesters had police ID card, they refused to kill him, but they hit him.#Egypt #jan25
3 minutes ago

kaepora Nadim Kobeissi
by ioerror
"Hassan was shot right in the head, I don't understand what more the world needs to act." #Egypt #Egyptians
2 minutes ago

ioerror Jacob Appelbaum
The Mubarak's Egyptian government is shooting unarmed civilians in the head. Why is Obama not making a statement RIGHT NOW? #egypt #jan25
2 minutes ago

monaeltahawy Mona Eltahawy
Now that Internet back on, definitely more "pro-#Mubarak" people on. Mubarak regime has upped heat on its social media propaganda #Jan25
48 seconds ago

litfreak Nora
There better be THOUSANDS of Egyptians on the streets tomorrow.This isn't abt politics. It's about your brothers and sisters who DIED #Jan25
1 minute ago

jonsnowC4 Jon Snow
US Embassy wakes up to Curfew existance..now telling citizens NOT to make for airport until curfew is lifted...
2 minutes ago

jonsnowC4 Jon Snow
I can see many ambulences in Square centre...sounds of syrens mixes with raised voices of proteters and tank heavy machinegun fire
3 minutes ago

monaeltahawy Mona Eltahawy
RT @mubaraketganen we can't b alllowed to go home and disappear we will be put on lists, tracked, detained a la (wael) ghonim #Jan25
1 minute ago

eacusa EACUSAمصريون للتغيير
#jan25 #egypt My sister just recieved a phone call from Tahrir square saying they are FIRING LIVE BULLETS, they... http://fb.me/UfTE1wr7
2 minutes ago

alaa Alaa Abd El Fattah
At some stage found an elderly univ prof throwing rocks next to me had to drag him away by force #Jan25
4 minutes ago

TeaWithCarl Carl Levinson
#Mubarak thugs all but fled..pro democracy group still within #Tahrir Sq,numbers=low thousands..constant machine-gun tank fire #jan25 #cairo
4 minutes ago

LaraGibaly Lara El Gibaly
@evanchill hasn't tweeted in over 30 minutes. Worrying. He should be on his way back from #Tahrir by now. #Egypt #Jan25
4 minutes ago

H_Eid Hossam Eid®
Why would the state department escalate to the word order and immediately when calling Americans to deport Egypt?? What do they know ??
5 minutes ago

weddady weddady
RT @BloggerSeif: I am Lebanese, I know the sound of machine guns. Those are machine guns, NOT pistols being used #Jan25
5 minutes ago

TeaWithCarl Carl Levinson
@BlogsofWar @monasosh My friend called me from frontline, another protester is shot dead right infront of her #Jan25 #Tahrir #jan25 #Cairo
8 minutes ago

[Zoolander]

Link TV has by far the best coverage. What a travesty. Idk who they are streaming now, dont think its AJE, but its great.

[WahiGuard]

Just heard similar info on AJE. The woman on there broke my heart the way she described what was going on. When the reporter asked her why she isnt going home, the passion and pride in her voice.

Yes and when they had her on again she gave me some pride and even more hope for their revolution. And how they cannot trust their own government and how Hilary Clinton`s word meant nothing to them at all. They have my full support and if the Nobel Prize for Journalism was worth anything it`ll go to AlJazeera for giving people real news and continuing to report when a regime arrested their reporters and shut off their communication.

and right about now I wish I still had cable(canceld that mess months ago) just to watch the LinkTV feeds.

[isladar]

Shit, it's starting up again.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

Shit, it's starting up again.

Hmm on twitter it sounded like the battle sided on the anti-mubs.
Ok correction, just saw this tweet:

mosaaberizing Mosa'ab Elshamy
by farida904
We're fighting on the bridge now. They don't exceed 100. We need to hold on for 30 more minutes. #Tahrir 12 minutes ago

I wonder if there is any links online to the biased Egyptian TV that Mubarak broadcasts on?

@wahiguard I really hope all of the news stations take notice at the quality of the work that AJaz did during and after their journalists were fired by Egypt Gov, kicked out of their building, licenses pulled and forced to report in no name style. I know some stations supported them by airing the story about them getting kicked out and denouncing the Egypt Gov for doing it. Earlier this week they had to totally rely on AlJaz for their news video. Hopefully they will be nominated for their work.

[Cantih]

This is all coming to a head. Former President Ben Ali promised not to run again and to institute reforms and changes just before the Tunisians kicked him out. If Mubarak's forces have been beaten back and the army refuses to intervene, there are really only so many options left for him if he wants to leave Egypt alive.

My hope, is that the people have the mind to not even kill the bastard. Frog march him to the airport, throw him out and never let him back in.
As amazing as these people have been, it might just be possible.

Maybe I've got an overinflated sense of what's happening here, but it really seems to me like this could become the most important event to happen in my lifetime thus far.

Possibly, but hey, last half century saw a man on the moon, the fall of the Berlin wall, the end of apartheid, and the birth of the internet.
I wouldn't call it just yet, humanity can amaze as much as it can disappoint.

[Caiyuo]

I wonder if there is any links online to the biased Egyptian TV that Mubarak broadcasts on?

@wahiguard I really hope all of the news stations take notice at the quality of the work that AJaz did during and after their journalists were fired by Egypt Gov, kicked out of their building, licenses pulled and forced to report in no name style. I know some stations supported them by airing the story about them getting kicked out and denouncing the Egypt Gov for doing it. Earlier this week they had to totally rely on AlJaz for their news video. Hopefully they will be nominated for their work.

I believe this is the state TV site: http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Default.aspx There's a link to "Live TV" but the site itself seems to be fairly slammed but I'm also not sure if the feed is even available in english or sub as I only got fragments of it and what ever's on now doesn't seem to be relevant to the situation.

[Edelweiss]

Dawn now, so shit will likely intensify in the next two hours as the Mubarak thugs roll back in, and more revolutionaries turn out after resting.

[Edelweiss]

I believe this is the state TV site: http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Default.aspx There's a link to "Live TV" but the site itself seems to be fairly slammed but I'm also not sure if the feed is even available in english or sub as I only got fragments of it and what ever's on now doesn't seem to be relevant to the situation.

It was last week (until...Thursday? I forgot exactly when). Then it started on irrelevant stuff, and seemingly has not turned back since.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

I believe this is the state TV site: http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Default.aspx There's a link to "Live TV" but the site itself seems to be fairly slammed but I'm also not sure if the feed is even available in english or sub as I only got fragments of it and what ever's on now doesn't seem to be relevant to the situation.

Thank you, I will check it out.


Sunrise in Egypt now on AJaz.

AlJazeng reporter expressing surprise while reading American headlines and how they openly blame Mubarak for the thugs because AJ has made a point of saying "alleged".

[Cantih]

An essay from an Egyptian student.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/...tian_revo.html

Dunno about the back half of it, but the front seems like a basis of info to know.
Maybe Ksandra can tell if it's actually useful.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

It was last week (until...Thursday? I forgot exactly when). Then it started on irrelevant stuff, and seemingly has not turned back since.

Trying to find the pro mubarak tv with the little white pyramid logo in the right corner because I am curious as to what they are showing vs hiding.

[WahiGuard]

I really do not like all the Muslim fear mongering. From hearing the people in Tahrir (sp?) Square I feel the young people have an idea of what to do and know any religious run government couldnt work they just want basic secular human rights and employment.

[Edelweiss]

Trying to find the pro mubarak tv with the little white pyramid logo in the right corner because I am curious as to what they are showing vs hiding.

It's essentially televised denial of everything we've watched over the past day and a half; insofar that it has carried on as if nothing was going on.

[Edelweiss]

I really do not like all the Muslim fear mongering. From hearing the people in Tahrir (sp?) Square I feel the young people have an idea of what to do and know any religious run government couldnt work they just want basic secular human rights and employment.

Islamic fundamentalism/Muslim fear mongering is what "sells"/gives America's relatively broad-based right-wing power; you probably could not convince the average American that there's potential for secular government in the Middle East because of how intense and widespread their shit is. Sand people, Allah, etc. = key words.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

Lots of civilian media being posted from Egypt here.
http://bambuser.com/channel/RamyRaoof/broadcast/1378902

[Mistress Stowastiq]

I really do not like all the Muslim fear mongering. From hearing the people in Tahrir (sp?) Square I feel the young people have an idea of what to do and know any religious run government couldnt work they just want basic secular human rights and employment.

Yes, the original fliers passed out when they had no internet to organize for the protest called for all religions and non to make it clear that it was for democracy.

Sorry double post

[Edelweiss]

Lots of people recieving text messages from Vodafone, imploring people to "listen to reason and confront the anti-government protesters." Of course, this just pisses the revolutionaries off more.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

Lots of people recieving text messages from Vodafone, imploring people to "listen to reason and confront the anti-government protesters." Of course, this just pisses the revolutionaries off more.

So the pro mubs have a master list of everyone's phones?

[Edelweiss]

So the pro mubs have a master list of everyone's phones?

Unclear; though it could suggest corporate collaboration with Mubarak... given the nature of his rule, i'm sure business interests have allied themselves with his regieme. So maybe it's more unclear really to what extent they're collaborating with Mubarak, though given that the texts are seemingly -from- Vodafone, it's suggesting they're wholly in bed with the regieme.