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Unrest in Egypt

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Re: Unrest in Egypt

huskyfan said:
does anyone know if these protesters are pro democracy or are they Muslim extremists (like what happened in Iran?)
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Well, I'm sure they're all Muslims. :)

The rhetoric from the crowd has been about economics and politics, not religion. This sure seems like a "man on the street" revolt. The man on the street is probably more religious than somebody from Burbank, but I don't think he's Fred Phelps.
 
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huskyfan said:
don't know much about Egypt. just heard that Mubarack is 82 and has been grooming a son to pass power onto. apparently the son is bad news.
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Too bad they'll never get this news in North Korea and get some ideas...
 
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Kepler said:
They've got TV in Iran, though.

And Saudi Arabia.
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The "Saudi on the street" is pretty affluent, though. Their poor underclass are generally foreign workers.

BBC is reporting that the army and police may be clashing with each other in Cairo.
 
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One of the cities (I didn't hear which one) had the Army roll in driving tanks, the protesters surrounded them, the military got out and shook hands with every single protester. Sounds like some of the military units are choosing sides.

Mubarak still hasn't appeared on TV.

The contrast between state-run TV and what we see on AJ is striking.
 
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Priceless said:
One of the cities (I didn't hear which one) had the Army roll in driving tanks, the protesters surrounded them, the military got out and shook hands with every single protester. Sounds like some of the military units are choosing sides.
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Suez. But later those same protesters were running from the streets, maybe from the po po.
 
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Kepler said:
Gladdening the hearts of repressive regimes everywhere. Hopefully that can't be done in a country with lots more ISPs, but a good reminder to keep technologies decentralized and break up companies that roll over for government's grubby little hands (I'm looking at you, Comcast).
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I thought the US Gov't was looking at installing a central "Kill Switch" to the internet, for the safety of our country. Sorta like what Egypt just did?
 
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huskyfan said:
and there goes the dow ... down -132 ...

I don't keep up on this stuff ... is the Suez canal still the big deal it once was?

does anyone know if these protesters are pro democracy or are they Muslim extremists (like what happened in Iran?)
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Lots of shipping from Europe to Asia goes that way, as its a lot quicker than going all around Africa.
 
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8% of all global shipping according to CNN, which was nice enough to share that oil prices are rising in response to the unrest, up to 89.21$/barrel.
 
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bostonewe said:
8% of all global shipping according to CNN, which was nice enough to share that oil prices are rising in response to the unrest, up to 89.21$/barrel.
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Only 8 percent?? Are they factoring in stuff thats shipped via Air Freight or is that just everything thats put on a boat?? I do know they've been having problems with the Pirates off of Somilia going that route, but I would still think overall there would still be cheaper and quicker to send boats through the Suez.
 
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Who decides, on the night of a riot, "I think I'll take the Buick and just nip downtown"?
 
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Interesting quote.

A minister in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's government tells Vick that Israel believes Egypt's security forces will be able to suppress the protesters. "We believe that Egypt is going to overcome the current wave of demonstrations, but we have to look to the future," he said. While it would be better if Egypt were a democracy, since "democracies do not initiate wars," the minister said, "I'm not sure the time is right for the Arab region to go through the democratic process."
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