For a different take on the situation in Egypt

Lol when I liked Al Jazeera on facebook all these Americans came in commenting all up in arms and I had to tell them its not what they think and to check it out. Sad.

Not only is it possible, they did it and your country can do it too any time they want.

whynot_31 said:

who needs the internet when you have a word processor and copier....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/27/egypt-protest-leaflets-mass-action

(all together, with fists in air....)

the

people

united

will

never

be

defeated

(people are getting hyped)

"Will never be deleted" is more like it.

Here daily heights:

http://gizmodo.com/5746121/how-egypt-turned-off-the-internet

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/mona-eltahawy-cnn

January 29, 2011 04:52 PM

Mona Eltahawy to CNN: Call Egypt an Uprising, not Chaos

By scarce

(click thru to link for video)

Noted Egyptian journalist and speaker Mona Eltahaway takes CNN to task for their sensational descriptions of the events in Egypt and call it for what it is: a people's uprising and revolution.



The New York Times describes an interview on CNN with Mona Eltahawy:

Eltahawy ... appealed to the media to not fall for what she described as a Mubarak regime plot to make the protests in Egypt seem like dangerous anarchy. "I urge you to use the words 'revolt' and 'uprising' and 'revolution' and not 'chaos' and not 'unrest, we are talking about a historic moment," she said.

Moments later, as Ms. Eltahawy suggested that looting and damage to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo shown on Egyptian television was the work of "the police and the thugs of Hosni Mubarak," the lower third of the screen displayed the banner headline: "EGYPT IN CHAOS."

She added, "Egyptians want to fix Egypt, they don't want to destroy Egypt."

The network then displayed video from Egyptian state television of damage to the museum, which has been shown around the world on Saturday.

Less than hour later CNN finally smartened up (a little) and began calling it what it is, as Robert Mackey noted.

Less than an hour after Mona Eltahway, an Egyptian blogger and journalist, appealed to CNN to stop focusing on looting and security problems in Egypt following the government’s decision to withdraw the police from the streets, the broadcaster has changed its onscreen headline from “CHAOS IN EGYPT” to “UPRISING IN EGYPT.”

Well, up to or beyond 600 people have died, and thousands tortured, but yeah. Considering it's one of the most populous and powerful countries in the world... so far so (pretty) good.

I found this a really helpful overview of how Mubarak lost power, and the various allegiances and issues at work to bring him down and take Egypt forward.

http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/516/why-mubarak-is-out