Egyptian Revolution Tweets February 3 2010 Crackdown Part 3

[Catherina]

Thread 2 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x339159

Compare these two articles.

CAIRO — Whipped up by state television and spoiling for a fight, thousands of supporters of President Hosni Mubarak flooded into the center of Egypt’s capital Wednesday, sparking violent clashes that shifted the momentum in a political confrontation that has gripped the region and the world.

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR2011020203035.html?wprss=rss_print

CAIRO — President Hosni Mubarak struck back at his opponents on Wednesday, unleashing waves of his supporters armed with clubs, rocks, knives and firebombs in a concentrated assault on thousands of antigovernment protesters in Tahrir Sqaure calling for an end to his authoritarian rule … The crackdown was in defiance of calls by the United States and Europe to avoid violence … The Mubarak supporters emerged from buses. They carried the same flags and the same printed signs, and they all escalated their actions, from shouting to violence, at exactly the same moment: 2:15 p.m. The protesters showed journalists police and ruling party identification cards which they said had been taken from Mubarak supporters who had been caught infiltrating Tahrir Square, also known as Liberation Square, and detained in a holding pen.

www.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/world/middleeast/03egypt.html

Please rec if you like this. These are getting immediately unrec'd

[Catherina]

1. April 6 Movement denies negotiating with VP Omar Suleiman - ++

marwame AL-JAZEERA: April 6 Movement denies negotiating with VP Omar Suleiman. #jan25 #Egypt
1 minute ago via HootSuite



Of course they didn't. April 6 choose Ghonim Wael as their spokesperson. Can you tell us more about Ghonim Mr Suleyman?

(Ghonim was reportedly released yesterday and is in a hospital recovering from vicious beatings after his capture by govt thugs during a week long detention, nothing in the official news yet. Tweet to speak, communications expertise messing up the media blackout, not too endearingin a police state).

[Catherina]

2. Mobs roam the streets. I can hear them shouting further ahead from my position

FDEgypt Mobs roam the streets. I can hear them shouting further ahead from my position. #Egypt #Cairo #Tahrir #Weissink
3 minutes ago via Mobile Web

[Catherina]

3. wrong place

[Catherina]

4. Video FURIOUS that people are willing to 'forgive' a regime that sanctions this kind of cold

aisaad FURIOUS that people are willing to 'forgive' a regime that sanctions this kind of cold-blooded BRUTALITY http://bit.ly/fyqAre #Egypt #Jan25
9 minutes ago via web

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_W13w-y2qs


This gives a feel of the mood in the streets. I'm not sure when that was filmed this morning

[Catherina]

5. Crowd in #Tahrir keeps cheering 'we won't go, he will go.' Then 'Misr, Misr, Misr,' like they do whe

LaraABCNews Crowd in #Tahrir keeps cheering 'we won't go, he will go.' Then 'Misr, Misr, Misr,' like they do when Egypt wins a soccer game. #Jan25
7 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

6. Someone's brought the display stand from their pharmacy to keep medical supplies on.

RiverDryFilm Someone's brought the display stand from their pharmacy to keep medical supplies on. #Egypt #jan25
8 minutes ago via web



So it's just misguided youth Mubarak?

[Oak2004]

8. And don't you know, Egyptians need a strong leader

They have no capacity to spontaneously and democratically organize themselves except through the Father of their nation.

(unnecessary :sarcasm: inserted here)

[Catherina]

10. +1 children not ready for democracy thugs say. n/t

[defendandprotect]

7. K/R --

[Catherina]

9. Committee to Protect Journalists, List of missing journalists, statement, article

Sarahngb and more.. RT @lizhenry: @Sarahngb Another list of journalists, http://bit.ly/hC5vrl #jan25 #egypt
half a minute ago via YoruFukurou


SIPA Press agency photojournalist Alfred Yaghobzadeh is treated by anti-government protesters after being wounded during clashes in Cairo. (AP)

New York, February 3, 2011--Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak unleashed an unprecedented and systematic attack on international media today as his supporters assaulted reporters in the streets while security forces began obstructing and detaining journalists covering the unrest that threatens to topple his government.

[Catherina]

11. E Egyptian army starts rounding up journalists

AlMasryAlYoum_E Egyptian army starts rounding up journalists http://ow.ly/3PN1S #Egypt #Mubarak #Jan25
half a minute ago via HootSuite


Lots of tweets from yesterday/today are showing up in articles today. These guys are exhausted! Please help them by getting these stories out so their work and risks they're taking aren't in vain.


And let me know when the State Dept finally gets around to professing *shock* again.

[EFerrari]

12. ** FB sign up for worldwide solidarity protests on FRIDAY**

http://on.fb.me/eoiMRk

:hi:

[Catherina]

13. Egyptian Army must choose a side

Raafatology Egyptian Army must choose a side http://bit.ly/fOLdP3 #Egypt #jan25
less than a minute ago via web



THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2011

Egyptian Army must choose a side
After Mubarak's thugs failed to terrorize protesters in Tahrir Squar today and last night, pressure builds on Egypt's Army to choose a side.

The army choose not to interact with the thugs last night and let them kill as many as 8 protesters.

The prime minister and the Vice President spoke to the people today. Both of them promised to prevent any more killing, but as I am writing these words, the thugs in Tahrir are still fighting.

Tomorrow, is a big day in Egypt's history. Millions of people are heading out to the street again without guns or any kind of weapons.

...

http://www.raafatology.com/2011/02/egyptian-army-must-choose-side.html


The people are going to beg the Army to protect protect Egypt's only hope tomorrow. The Army could swing either way because there are also factors of Pan Arab Nationalism involved. I think Pan Arabism will win out because they've felt humiliated by the west too long, at all levels, from despots reduced to servants of DC and Riyadh to the little guys on the street who can't afford to eat.

[Catherina]

14. Israeli conspiracy theories-for Egypt unrest-begin to spread

AlMasryAlYoum_E Israeli conspiracy theories-for Egypt unrest-begin to spread http://ow.ly/3PMUM #Egypt #Mubarak #Jan25
2 minutes ago via HootSuite


Sherif Younis, a historian, attributes the dissemination of the rumors to a group of National Security Services members, secret police, NDP members, businessmen and media agencies—both government-owned and self-claimed independents--whose interests are tied to the existing political regime.


State TV hauled out a bunch of conspiracy kooks over the last days to present their garbage theories about Israelis, the Muslim Brotherhood and anyone else who can whip up fear. Exact mirror of what Fox News has been doing for over a decade and did during the entire uprising.

We saw the protestors with our own eyes. Christians protecting Muslims, Israelis and Jews safely marching with the demonstrators. Don't believe a word of this trash. This uprising is based purely economic injustice compounded by paid lackey tyrants who oppress instead of serving the people.

[Catherina]

15. all live feeds of Tahrir Square have stopped

waelabbas all live feeds of Tahrir Square have stopped
4 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

16. activists disappearing and journalists are being beaten up, keep an eye on me, i might be next

Gsquare86 hmmm activists disappearing and journalists are being beaten up, keep an eye on me, i might be next
1 minute ago via Echofon

[Catherina]

17. The regime thought it could terrorize and overrun the square yesterday.

3arabawy The regime thought it could terrorize and overrun the square yesterday. If it wasn't for the shabab's resistance, we would have lost. #Jan25
less than a minute ago via Echofon

[Catherina]

18. most conservative estimate in Tahrir today 200,000 despite yesterday's massacre

3arabawy The most conservative estimate I heard of protesters in Tahrir today was 200,000. Fantastic turnout, despite yesterday's massacre. #Jan25
2 minutes ago via Echofon

[Catherina]

19. HM says muslim brotherhood are responsible. False, they were with us

linuxawy Mubarak says that muslim brotherhood are responsible about what happened in tahrir, actually they were protesting with us against him #egypt
2 minutes ago via Ping.fm

[Catherina]

20. Live Call into #Tahrir: Journalist Jano Charbel provides updates (minutes ago)

Jan25voices Audioboo: Live Call into #Tahrir: Journalist Jano Charbel provides updates (minutes ago) http://boo.fm/b269608 #Jan25
7 minutes ago via AudioBoo


In english

[Catherina]

21. Mubarak wants to go, but fears chaos

ITwitius #Egypt Mubarak wants to go, but fears chaos: ABC interview Mubarak wants to go, but fears chaos: ABC interview
9 minutes ago via web


Coordinated chaos coming for sure now.

[Catherina]

22. The presidential guard, perhaps? ABC news crew threatened with beheading

Tom_El_Rumi The presidential guard, perhaps? RT @tomgara: "A group of angry Egyptian men carjacked a ABC News crew and threatened to behead them" #jan25
12 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[Catherina]

23. Situation in square. Crackdown on journalists.

Jan25voices Audioboo: Now: Tarek Shalabi updartes from Tahrir. Situation in square. Crackdown on journalists. http://boo.fm/b269598
22 minutes ago via AudioBoo


Recording is in English, please listen, I have no time to right now.

[Catherina]

24. Journalists are being cleared from hotels surrounding Tahrir square.. for a reason world

PLACEB0 Journalists are being cleared from hotels surrounding Tahrir square right now, Tahrir is becoming secluded...for a reason world #jan25
24 minutes ago via Chromed Bird

[Catherina]

25. shooting at us from the bridge lots injured, yet the gvt pretends it wants dialog

Ssirgany RT @alaa: They are still shooting at us from the bridge lots injured, yet the gvt pretends it wants dialog. #Jan25
24 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[Catherina]

26. Entrance to the square manned by legions of guys in crash helmets. Feels dangerous

RiverDryFilm Entrance to the square manned by legions of guys in crash helmets. Feels dangerous as soon as you're out. #Egypt #jan25
26 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

27. Buttons

Raafatology Support #Jan25 Egypt Uprising, add a #twibbon now! - http://twb.ly/eGUB91 - Create one here - http://twb.ly/f02AU3
26 minutes ago via Twibbon

[Catherina]

28. Journo Amazing to hear that #Mubarak is unhappy abt violence--when he launched it

NickKristof Amazing to hear that #Mubarak is unhappy abt violence--when he launched it. And he's still claiming that he prevents chaos? Gimme a break.
27 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

29. ABC Mubarak interview was done in Cairo. I was wrong re him being in Sharm

ITwitius #Egypt ABC Mubarak interview was done in Cairo. I was wrong re him being in Sharm - unless he's flown up and back.
2 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

30. interview we can conclusively see that Mubarak is totally &utterly detached from realit

Tom_El_Rumi From @camanpour interview we can conclusively see that Mubarak is totally &utterly detached from reality. He'… (cont) http://deck.ly/~x0n8v
4 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[Catherina]

31. Mubarak when you leave, we'll be partying in the streets, not chaos

Too many people will b partying on the streets RT @camanpour: Mubarak told me:'if I resign today there will be chaos' http://abcn.ws/dV5IOE
15 minutes ago via TweetDeck in reply to camanpour

[Catherina]

32. Short of armed invasion, you can't stop what's happening in Egypt now

tomgara Short of armed invasion, tell me what Obama can do that would change what is happening in Egypt right now. #jan25
4 minutes ago via web
Retweeted by Tom_El_Rumi and 1 other

[Catherina]

33. And pigs fly

marwame RT @camanpour: In my intv w/ Mubarak he said he is troubled by violence in Tahrir Sq but gov't is not responsible for it. (also, pigs fly)
5 minutes ago via HootSuite

[Catherina]

34. Using thugs to attack protesters and journalists is something the US backed govt in #Egypt has done

justimage Using thugs to attack protesters and journalists is something the US backed govt in #Egypt has done for years.
5 minutes ago via txt

[Catherina]

35. At least 13 killed in the Violence in Tahrir square.

ajimran #Egypt: At least 13 killed in the Violence in Tahrir square.
6 minutes ago via web


When? Last night or today? Probably last nigh'ts massacre

[Dappleganger]

36. Egyptian Police Start Wave of Arrests

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Egyptian-Police-Start-Wave-of-Arrests-115190329.html


Egyptian security forces are arresting demonstrators as clashes continue between supporters of President Hosni Mubarak and his opponents who want him to go now. The latest violence has killed at least five people and injured hundreds.

[Catherina]

37. Shabab means youth. Lots of people ask what it means

3arabawy Since I'm getting asked this a lot from non-Arabic speakers: Shabab means youth. :) #Jan25
7 minutes ago via Echofon

[Catherina]

38. Notification of events held by various Organizations in the #US

Raafatology Notification of events held by various Organizations in the #USA http://t.co/Ae2Q11Z #Egypt #Jan25 #Tahrir #cairo
8 minutes ago via Tweet Button

[Catherina]

39. started filming and immediately was surrounded by 100 ppl chanting against Mubarak.

justimage A camerman at tahrir started filming and immediately was surrounded by 100 ppl chanting against Mubarak. #Egypt
10 minutes ago via txt

[Catherina]

40. All the rocks from last nights battle have been cleared. It was like a sea

RiverDryFilm All the rocks from last nights battle have been cleared. It was like a sea. Remarkable. #Egypt #jan25
half a minute ago via web



SO THEY WON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO THROW BACK.

[Catherina]

41. Bad feeling. need to be wiser and more alert than we have ever been

Sarahngb I am very worried and I have a very bad feeling. We need to be wiser and more alert than we have ever been. #jan25
2 minutes ago via YoruFukurou

[Catherina]

42. Senior judge to CNN journo "What I saw yesterday made not only me.. the rest of the Egyptian percei

NicRobertsonCNN Senior judge tells us "What I saw yesterday made not only me.. the rest of the Egyptian perceive him as a traitor" #Egypt #jan25 #Mubarak
2 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

43. Spirits are becoming very high in Tahrir square. numbers of people are huge!

marwame RT @mayagowaily: Spirits are becoming very high in Tahrir square. numbers of people are huge! #jan25 #Tahrir
4 minutes ago via HootSuite

[Catherina]

44. Audio From Tahrir, minutes ago- "What the global support means to us in Tahrir"

Jan25voices Audioboo: From Tahrir, minutes ago. TarekShalaby(.com) "What the global support means to us in Tahrir" http://boo.fm/b269625
4 minutes ago via AudioBoo

In English

[Catherina]

45. Journo in hotel. Neighborhood patrols checking on residents for safety

HannahAllam Knock on the door now. Stashed laptop, hid notebooks while husband answered. Turned out to be n'hood patrol. Still shaking. #Jan25 #Egypt

[Catherina]

46. MBs has nothing to do with our revolution. they are Egyptian like us

Raafatology to all of our friends in the west, the MBs has nothing to do with our revolution. they are Egyptian like us. Don't listen to #Mubarak
6 minutes ago via Tweetie for Mac

[Catherina]

47. HM's next argument " if I leave then the solar system will collapse!"

marwame RT @alihabibi1: the next argument for #Mubarak is: if I leave then the solar system will collapse! Come on! #Egypt #Jan25 #Tahrir
6 minutes ago via HootSuite

[Catherina]

48. Senior judge calls yesterday's Cairo clashes “massacre” & tells us regime should face war crimes tri

NicRobertsonCNN Senior judge calls yesterday's Cairo clashes “massacre” & tells us regime should face war crimes tribunal. #Egypt #jan25 #Mubarak
6 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

49. I apologize to foreign reporters, terrorized for covering the truth

Zeinobia As Egyptian I apologize to foreign reporters who came to our country and are being terrorized by the regime for covering the truth
6 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[Catherina]

50. Sr Judge to CNN: #Mubarak regime panicking, has never seen such demos

NicRobertsonCNN Senior judge in #Alexandria- former Chief Justice Lower Court--tells us #Mubarak regime panicking, has never seen such demos before #jan25
7 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

51. Article bu Raafatology In #Egypt the PEOPLE Are Taking Control

Raafatology RT @NohaAtef: In #Egypt the PEOPLE Are Taking Control http://bit.ly/he28RF (via @WorldPulse ) #Jan25 #Mubarak (via @weddady)
7 minutes ago via Tweetie for Mac

[Catherina]

52. Thread 4 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x340668