Egypt Unrest: Mubarak Steps Down!

[Majnun]

Gamal Mubarak has fled the country along with his family.

 

[mikkix]

Change is destined in egypt.
Egyptian Chief of army staff gives positive signal to Americans to kick Husni Mubarak,
Albaradei the next american puppet is ready for the throne.
Egypt Army ready to take the throne.
This has been done for the past 90 years to the Muslims.
Controlled by army and beareacracy.
The question when it will happen.

 

[VelocuR]

 

[mikkix]

as i predicted earlier Husni mubarak resigns..

 

[mikkix]

Dissolved parliament soon he will resigned.

 

[Majnun]

Mubarak asks Cabinet to resign

 

[mikkix]

Mubarak asks Cabinet to resign

that will be backfired, will cause more damage and create choas.
depends on america, if they want islamist then definitely new election which leads to allowed opposition islamists.
if they want liberals then husni has to go and transfer the throne to al baradei.
my thesis.

 

[mikkix]

Mubarak on TV demands Cabinet resignation - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - msnbc.com

 

[ajtr]

Washington eyes a fateful day in Egypt​

Like approximately 99 percent of the Arab world, and the U.S. government, I've been glued to Al Jazeera all morning watching the astonishing images of mass demonstrations and brutal security force repression across Egypt. I'm not going to even try to summarize the course of events thus far -- for now I just wanted to quickly note that the Obama administration needs to get out in front of this very, very soon. Its messaging has been good thus far, consistently and firmly been speaking out against Egyptian repression and in support of political freedoms. The message has been muddied by a few unfortunate exceptions such as Clinton's early comment about Egyptian stability, presumably before she had been fully briefed, and Biden's bizarre praise for Mubarak last night. Despite those false notes, it's been a strong message.... but one which is rapidly being overtaken by events.

The administration has to get out in the next few hours with a strong public statement by a senior official, such as Secretary of State Clinton, which clearly lays out that using violence against citizens is a U.S. red line and which goes beyond "urging" or "hoping" that the Egyptian government responds. It's really important that the United States be clearly and unambiguously on the right side of these events, and not wait and see too long for it to matter. The public message should be paired with blunt private messages to the Egyptian government that there's no going back to business as usual, regardless of whether Mubarak rides out this storm in the short run.

This is about more than Egypt -- it touches the United States' entire position in the region. After weak early coverage, Al Jazeera has more than risen to the occasion today with graphic, riveting coverage of the fateful day. Al Jazeera and a few other media outlets have compensated for the Egyptian government's remarkable shutdown of virtually the entire internet and mobile phone networks, and have thwarted the regime's effort to impose an information blackout allowing its brutal methods to go unwitnessed. Al Jazeera has reclaimed ownership of a narrative which has long been the core of its DNA.

It will be a long time before anyone in the region forgets some of the scenes which aired today. And it will be a long time before anyone forgets what position the United States took on today's events --- whether it lived up to its rhetoric on Arab democracy, or whether it silently accedes to brutal repression by a friendly dictator. The administration needs to be careful, more so than analysts like me, but there's no hiding from this now.

Washington's hesitation isn't hard to understand: for all the energy and passion on the street, Mubarak's regime very well could survive and would remember well any wavering of U.S. support. Other regimes in the region might be quite concerned if the U.S. failed to back its long time ally. And popular movements which might replace Mubarak would not likely be as supportive on foreign policy, putting at risk key U.S. policies such as the blockade of Gaza. It's easy for me, as an analyst, to push the United States to be forceful in support of the Egyptian protestors but I can understand why the administration appears cautious. That said, the arguments for caution are crumbling rapidly.

Mubarak's regime has been wounded at its core, and even if he survives in the short run the regime will have to make major internal changes to regain any semblance of normality. An Egyptian regime which spends the next years in a state of military lockdown will hardly be a useful ally. It's not like there's an active peace process to compromise. The Islamist scarecrow shouldn't work, given the Muslim Brotherhood's limited role in events (despite the efforts of the Egyptian regime to claim otherwise).

More broadly the costs to the Obama administration with Arab public opinion of being on the wrong side of this issue will be enormous. This isn't about the "magical democracy words" of the past few years -- it's about a moment of flux when real change is possible, whether or not the United States wants it. Accepting Mubarak's fierce gambit now would put an end to any claim the United States has of promoting democracy and reform for a generation, and alienating the rising youth generation on which the administration has placed so much emphasis. It would also make Cairo the graveyard of Obama's Cairo speech and efforts to rebuild relations with the Muslims of the world. The United States will be better positioned to push such changes in the right direction if it maintains a strong and principled position today -- regardless of whether Mubarak or someone else ends up in control. The cautious strategy right now is the same as the principled one, whether Mubarak falls or if he survives.

The Obama administration has handled developments in the Arab world skillfully over the last month. It has done a good job of siding with the universal demands for freedom and political rights, without taking overt sides. It has wisely avoided trying to stamp the events as "made in America." Now conditions are changing rapidly, and now is the time for the administration to move to a new level. I'm hoping that we'll soon hear some strong words from administration officials about Egypt.

UPDATE, 11:40am: Secretary Clinton is now scheduled to give a statement on Egypt in about 10 minutes. Good. I know that a lot of Arabs are disappointed with Obama's perceived silence on Egypt over the last few days (and furious over Biden's comment) but there's a long way to go. The Obama administration is going to have to play a key role in talking Mubarak down if it comes to that, and the right intervention there would be at least as important, probably more important, than public statements. There is a longer game here than posturing for the cameras -- getting this right is the point.



Washington eyes a fateful day in Egypt | The Middle East Channel

 

[akash57]

H. Mubarak has stated that he has dissolved his cabinet and is going to name a new govt. tomorrow (Sat. January 29, 2011), but not once did he mention his own resignation. I don't think it is going to be easy to get rid of H. Mubarak as it was to get Ben Ali out of Tunisia.

I was watching Al-Jazeera Live in English for about 2 hours. The situation isn't good in any sense. I'm pretty sure I heard something about similar movements starting in Yemen and Jordan.

 

[Majnun]

Protests have continued today. No new developments so far.

 

[Durrak]

Egypt's president gave the first indication on Saturday he was preparing an eventual handover of power by naming a vice-president for the first time in 30 years after protests that have rocked the foundations of the state.

 

[Durrak]

Hosni Mubarak's decision to pick Omar Suleiman, his intelligence chief and confidant, as his No. 2 is the first time the 82-year-old leader has hinted at a succession plan and may suggest he will not run in an election scheduled for September.

 

[Super Falcon]

mubarak is a real enemy of muslims and best ever puppet of america and israel he should be hanged till death one hundreed times and this picture which my buddy has posted says 30 year history

 

[Ahmad]

people were fed up with this guy for the last 30 years, now he is frail and want to appoint his son, mubarak seem to be badly bleeding by these protests.