Egyptian Revolution Tweets Gas Pipe Explosion as State and Army move in on Protesters Part 11

[Catherina]

Egyptian Revolution Tweets Gas Pipe Explosion as State and Army move in on Protesters Part 11
Part 10 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x353687

AymanM #egypt state TV gas pipeline to Jordan attacked in northern sinai
X minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Some related information here:

IDF secures Egypt border fearing terrorist infiltration from Sinai
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x319246

Gaza. .Heavy exchange of fire between Bedouin clans and riot police
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x314961

Al Jazeera update 30 minutes later (now): gas pipeline to Jordan attacked in northern sinai . Pipeline to Israel not affected.

Update; Egypt State TV states it was a *gas leak*, not terrorists. Stories from different countries involved contradict each other right now.



If you want to follow Tahrir on a map with overlay, see this thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x349802

[Catherina]

1. Protestors bunked out close to the museum preventing army + tanks from regaining control of square

ElFoulio “@hebalsherif: Protestors bunked out close to the museum preventing army + tanks from regaining control of square #tahrir” #jan25
7 minutes ago via Twitter for Mac

[Catherina]

2. At abdelmenem riad the army is trying to gain more ground into #tahrir, people are in a sit in to pr

Rouelshimi At abdelmenem riad the army is trying to gain more ground into #tahrir, people are in a sit in to prevent them. #jan25
5 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

[Catherina]

3. Protesters reaction to Mubarak resignation (unclear resignation now)

Tom_Rayner Audioboo: Rain and resignations - will breaking news lift the protesters spirits? http://boo.fm/b271050 #tahrir
5 minutes ago via AudioBoo



Muted satisfaction and wariness. In other words yawn

[Catherina]

4. Baradei: "Nobody has reached out to dialogue with me."

HalaGorani Baradei: "Nobody has reached out to dialogue with me." #Egypt
4 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

5. Mubarak family fortune

naglarzk تصحيح: ثروة آل مبارك فقط 875 دولار لكل مواطن http://bit.ly/gKeYzs
4 minutes ago via web

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/04/hosni-mubarak-family-fortune

[Catherina]

6. My 73-yr father wants to go to Tahrir tomorrow. Does any1 have a wheelchair we can borrow? He can ba

NadiaE My 73-yr father wants to go to Tahrir tomorrow. Does any1 have a wheelchair we can borrow? He can barely walk but still wants to go #egypt
2 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

7. famous in Japan Picture of the catapult

degner I'm famous in Japan: http://t.co/PKsd08O
2 minutes ago via Twitter for Mac

Now the Egyptian Camel cavalry followed catapult (sling)
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[Catherina]

8. Chants; "Talk to him in hebrew, he doesn't understand arabic"

Rouelshimi Chants; "Talk to him in hebrew, he doesn't understand arabic" #jan25
10 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

[Catherina]

9. Reaction- #Mubarak resignation 'Dosen't matter what he does...until he resigns we will be here.'

Jan25voices LPC #Tahrir: Reaction- #Mubarak resignation from NDP leadership. 'Dosen't matter what he does...until he resigns we will be here.' #Egypt
10 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

10. Hosni, nobody likes you, even the ones calling for u to stay r doing so cuz they're scared not cuz t

ElFoulio Hosni, nobody likes you, even the ones calling for u to stay r doing so cuz they're scared not cuz they support u, fuck off #jan25
7 minutes ago via Twitter for Mac

[Catherina]

11. Gamal Mubarak has resigned as Assistant SG of NDP endering him ineligible to run for president.

bencnn Gamal Mubarak has resigned as Assistant SG of NDP, head of Policies Committee, rendering him ineligible to run for president. #Egypt
6 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

12. Saw workers from Arab Contractors company and Siemens

norashalaby Saw workers from Arab Contractors company and Siemens #Jan25
6 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[Catherina]

13. Who was the boy band that did 'step by step'?

occupiedcairo Who was the boy band that did 'step by step'? #jan25
5 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[Catherina]

14. Hosni Mubarak resignation as head of ruling party not true.

ajimran #Egypt:Hosni Mubarak resignation as head of ruling party not true. .
5 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

15. Warning-Keep getting same odd tweet :'The protests in #egypt are starting to get crazy, this new vid

Beltrew Warning-Keep getting same odd tweet from different usernames:'The protests in #egypt are starting to get crazy, this new video displays it'
2 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

[Catherina]

16. We will not forget your complicity @VodafoneEgypt @Mobinil @EtisalatMasr @TEDataEgypt will organize

estr4ng3d We will not forget your complicity @VodafoneEgypt @Mobinil @EtisalatMasr @TEDataEgypt will organize a boycott campaign soon #Jan25
4 minutes ago via web

[PhillySane]

37. Boycott Chili's!

[Catherina]

17. new committee formed in #tahrir for the musicians and artists of the revolution. First meeting infro

Rouelshimi There is a new committee formed in #tahrir for the musicians and artists of the revolution. First meeting infront of kfc. No free meal tho!
3 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

[Catherina]

18. NDP denies that Hosny Mobarak has resined from being the president of the party

linuxawy NDP denies that Hosny Mobarak has resined from being the president of the party #egypt #Jan25
3 minutes ago via Mobile Web

[Catherina]

19. Ppl sitting in front of tanks to make sure they don't enter Concerned at rapidly souring army

TravellerW Ppl sitting in front of tanks to make sure they don't enter #Tahrir. Concerned at rapidly souring protestor-army relationship. #egypt #jan25
3 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone

[Catherina]

20. Resignation of NDP goons brought to you by the heroes of Tahrir Sq

Sarahcarr Resignation of NDP goons who have strangled Egypt 4 the past 30 yrs: brought to you by the heroes of Tahrir Sq #jan25
2 minutes ago via YoruFukurou

[highplainsdem]

21. Eye witness report. BBC reporter Tamer Mo. Wagih Abdel Qader tied up next to a tank outside cinema r

occupiedcairo Occupied Cairo
@BBC RT @occupiedcairo: Eye witness report. BBC reporter Tamer Mo. Wagih Abdel Qader tied up next to a tank outside cinema rivoli. #jan25

[Catherina]

22. Someone asked me to take off my koffeyah to defy any Hamas interference theory. State TV propaganda

mosaaberizing Someone asked me to take off my koffeyah to defy any Hamas interference theory. State TV propaganda working, sadly. #Tahrir
5 minutes ago via Tweets60

[Catherina]

23. BBC reporter Tamer Mo. Wagih Abdel Qader tied up next to a tank outside cinema rivoli.

occupiedcairo Eye witness report. BBC reporter Tamer Mo. Wagih Abdel Qader tied up next to a tank outside cinema rivoli. #jan25
4 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[Catherina]

24. Big debate now as to whether State TV ACTUALLY went so far as to say Mubarak had resigned as head of

Tom_Rayner Big debate now as to whether State TV ACTUALLY went so far as to say Mubarak had resigned as head of party (as reported first by Reuters)
4 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

25. someone called me to be 'part' of it hmmm

Gsquare86 @monasosh @mand0z @alaa @mosaaberizing @wael someone called me to be 'part' of it hmmm #Jan25
2 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to monasosh

[Catherina]

26. Reports now suggest Mubarak has not quit as leader of ruling NDP

HalaGorani Confusion on whether Hosni Mubarak has quit as leader of ruling NDP. Reports now suggest that is NOT the case. #Egypt
less than a minute ago via web

[Catherina]

27. In tahrir, up on the roof of one of the high rises here controlled by anti gov ppl and getting a lon

evanchill In tahrir, up on the roof of one of the high rises here controlled by anti gov ppl and getting a long talk from a bearded sheikh
2 minutes ago via Seesmic for BlackBerry

[Catherina]

28. IvanCNN An Egyptian army general's tour of the fortified opposition enclave

IvanCNN An Egyptian army general's tour of the fortified opposition enclave in the heart of Cairo. Crowd says "no" to his tanks http://bit.ly/ffye7q
3 minutes ago via web

But y'all knew it before the rest of the outside world! It's thrilling seeing the tweets, the the stories! and how they collaborate.

Great reporting Ivan! Great work guys!

Egyptian army, demonstrators stand off in Tahrir Square
By Ivan Watson, CNN

February 5, 2011 -- Updated 1714 GMT (0114 HKT)


Protesters line up against Egyptian military tanks at an entrance to Tahrir Square on Saturday.

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Opposition activists formed a human chain outside one of the entrances to Tahrir Square on Saturday afternoon to prevent two Egyptian military tanks from crossing through barricades into what has effectively become an anti-Mubarak enclave in the heart of the Egyptian capital.

An eyewitness said scuffles broke out after an army general asked demonstrators to take down their makeshift barricades of corrugated steel and debris, which were built up during 48 hours of bloody fighting with regime supporters next to Cairo's landmark Egyptian Museum.

"This general went through the barricades, they knocked down some barricades on the way to the museum, which caused some panic and scuffling," said photographer Ron Haviv. "When he did it all chaos broke loose."

Haviv said that initial tension was defused after Gen. Hassan Al Roweni began negotiating with medics who have established a first aid station for wounded combatants just behind the first line of barriers.
"He is still talking to doctors at the clinic," Haviv said. "He is asking them to remove the clinic."
Later, Roweni made a tour of Tahrir.

...

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/05/egypt.unrest.standoff/index.html

[Catherina]

29. They r not representing protesters,they r representing the groups they belong to

monasosh @Gsquare86 @mand0z @alaa @mosaaberizing @wael They r not representing protesters,they r representing the groups they belong to #Jan25
1 minute ago via web in reply to Gsquare86


Yep

[Catherina]

30. something funny happening with my egyptian mobile - call a number and it connects to some random per

SherineT something funny happening with my egyptian mobile - call a number and it connects to some random person! #egypt #jan25
5 minutes ago via Nambu

[Catherina]

31. Article People are forming a human shield as a reaction

Rouelshimi People are forming a human shield as a reaction RT @Reuters: Egypt army seeks to free Tahrir Square for traffic http://t.co/8z6lOFd"
3 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/05/us-egypt-protests-idUSTRE7141S820110205?WT.tsrc=Social%20Media&WT.z_smid=twtr-reuters_%20com&WT.z_smid_dest=Twitter


Egypt army seeks to free Tahrir Square for traffic

By Marwa Awad
CAIRO | Sat Feb 5, 2011 11:58am EST

...

There was a mixed reaction from protesters, who have had cordial relations with the military during the 12 days of unprecedented demonstrations in a country for long ruled with an iron fist and harsh security policies.

"The regime is playing the economic card. They're saying people are losing money, not getting their pay, etc. Yes, there are losses but that's the price we have to pay for three decades of passivity," said Omar Rayes, a 15-year-old student.

"Hosni Mubarak and the government trivialize the needs of the nation," said Mostafa Atteya, 29-year-old financial manager. "Even if only a quarter of a million people are expressing a demand, their needs must be respected. The political stupidity the regime practices heightens people's animosity."

...

"The army is doing the job of the NDP," said Sayyid Hamdy, referring to Mubarak's ruling National Democratic Party. "It wants to separate the protesters, it wants to make Tahrir look like it's back to normal so that the world thinks the protesters have been satisfied and left the square."

(Additional reporting by Shaimaa Fayed; writing by Andrew Hammond; editing by Angus MacSwan)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/05/us-egypt-protests-idUSTRE7141S820110205?WT.tsrc=Social%20Media&WT.z_smid=twtr-reuters_%20com&WT.z_smid_dest=Twitter

[Catherina]

32. Reuters:AlArabiya tv has retracted its report that Mubarak had resigned as head of Egypt's NDP

naglarzk @kalnaga RT @BBCWorld Reuters:AlArabiya tv has retracted its report that President Mubarak had resigned as head of Egypt's ruling party
3 minutes ago via web in reply to kalnaga

[Catherina]

33. Reporting beyond Tahrir Sq a nightmare today - thug threats, and Egyptians believing state tv which

jrug Reporting beyond Tahrir Sq a nightmare today - thug threats, and Egyptians believing state tv which says foreigners are stirring trouble!

[Catherina]

34. spectacle of Hosny hanging on by his fingernails like a pleading jilted teenager getting on my nerve

Sarahcarr Unedifying spectacle of Hosny hanging on by his fingernails like a pleading jilted teenager is getting on my effin nerves #jan25
3 minutes ago via YoruFukurou

[Catherina]

35. @Sandmonkey, @abc news wants to talk to someone who was arrested. Get in touch

pakinamamer @Sandmonkey Mood, @abc news wants to talk to someone who was arrested. Get in touch w @Ali_Bahnasawy. Your phone is off, I tried calling now
2 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

[Catherina]

36. Cairo shopkeeper, "Even if I have lost money, freedom is more important" he said.

jrug Still, met a lovely Cairo shopkeeper. Asked him how much money he'd lost. "Even if I have lost money, freedom is more important" he said.
2 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

[Catherina]

38. Shut Up Khamnenei , Shut Up Fox News And Cherchez Le Regime In The gas pipeline

Zeinobia Shut Up Khamnenei , Shut Up Fox News And Cherchez Le Regime In The gas pipeline #News #Egypt #media → http://bit.ly/hA7Zp6
2 minutes ago via QwaiderBlogTweeter

[Catherina]

39. Ivan CNN Must-read blow-by-blow account of how Egyptian secret police are torturing dissidents in th

IvanCNN Must-read blow-by-blow account of how Egyptian secret police are torturing dissidents in the midst of a revolution http://nyti.ms/iefzoW
1 minute ago via web

...

They searched the ZDF bags and found much more than just a camera. “We have a woman with a German passport of Arab origin and an American in a car with camera, satellite equipment and $10,000,” he said. “This is very suspicious. I think they need to be checked.”

Anxiety turned to anticipation when we were driven to a military base. The military had been the closest thing Egypt had to a guarantor of stability and we thought once we explained who we were and provided documentation we would be allowed to go to our hotel.

In a strange exchange that only made sense later, Ms. Mekhennet asked a soldier, “Where are you taking us?” The soldier answered: “My heart goes out to you. I’m sorry.”

Ms. Mekhennet asked her interrogator, “Where are we?” The interrogator answered, “You are nowhere.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/weekinreview/06held.html?pagewanted=2#h[]

[Catherina]

40. Depressing - New on Arabist: The NDP shuffle

Sarahcarr Depressing RT @arabist: New on Arabist: The NDP shuffle http://arb.st/h7baMV
half a minute ago via YoruFukurou



The NDP shuffle
By Issandr El Amrani February 5, 2011 at 6:53 PM

This morning I was on BBC Radio 4's Today show. The guest ahead of me was Dr. Ibrahim Kamel, CEO of Kato, member of the NDP's Politburo and one of Gamal Mubarak's most ardent and vocal backer until two weeks ago. On the show he strongly defended Hosni Mubarak and said the government would now engage in reform, which he welcomed. I don't recall him being an advocate for political reform two weeks ago.

...

In part of the ongoing coup carried out by Omar Suleiman and his army buddies (with Mubarak remaining as a fig leaf so it is not seen as such) they need a new political class. Badrawy has class, money and social clout. He is sleek and shiny. Another former Gamal acolyte who is staying on is Muhammad Kamal, a smart political science professor who obtained his PhD at John Hopkins. I don't think a lot of Egyptians will have such selective amnesia as to forget where they stood before.

Meanwhile, the scapegoats are already being created. People against who there has been a five-year press campaign, such as Ahmed Ezz, have had their assets seized and may be under arrest. I'm sure Ezz is no angel, but having him (and people that I believe are pretty respectable like Youssef Boutros-Ghali and Rachid Mohamed Rachid) scapegoated while others (notably generals dealing in big land deals) escape unscathed is ridiculous and dishonest. All of this reinforces my feeling that we are in the middle of a slow-moving coup, and possibly one planned for a long time.

http://www.arabist.net/blog/2011/2/5/the-ndp-shuffle.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[Catherina]

41. NDP trying to give a veneer of honesty to foreign governments. No one I know is falling for it.

occupiedcairo NDP trying to give a veneer of honesty to foreign governments. No one I know is falling for it. #jan25
half a minute ago via TweetDeck

[Catherina]

42. AC360 There is no turning back for protesters

ianinegypt There really is no turning back for protesters http://bit.ly/hWc9TD #jan25 #egypt
5 minutes ago via TweetDeck

AC360 Anderson Cooper reporting

http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2011/02/04/ac.report.notebook.cnn


Pretty good the first minutes I could watch. Honest

[Catherina]

43. Chanting Tahrir Sq "mesh ha nezha' " - we will not get bored!

bbclysedoucet Chanting Tahrir Sq "mesh ha nezha' " - we will not get bored! #jan25 #egypt
5 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

44. How come no one has published the list of what they accused Adly, Ezz, Garanah and Maghraby of?

Kikiesque How come no one has published the list of what they accused Adly, Ezz, Garanah and Maghraby of?
3 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

45. The egyptian revolution is the perfect example of decentralisation.

Rouelshimi The egyptian revolution is the perfect example of decentralisation. #jan25
9 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

[Catherina]

46. This revolution is teaching me about things I hope to teach my children one day, things I hoped my p

Sarahngb This revolution is teaching me about things I hope to teach my children one day, things I hoped my parents would have taught me.
7 minutes ago via YoruFukurou

[Catherina]

47. realising some people do believe state TV,&are scared of change.How to reassure them?

Beltrew After talking to egyptians outside of Tahrir square, realising some people do believe state TV,&are scared of change.How to reassure them?
7 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

[Catherina]

48. State TV Foreign entities finance the purchase of blankets for protesters in the square. The retards

pakinamamer Mehwar: Foreign entities finance the purchase of blankets for protesters in the square. The retards who produce these shows!! #Jan25 #Tahrir
7 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

[Catherina]

49. Line of coach buses, idling on the Corniche all day, are now driving up near the Egyptian Museum.

glcarlstrom Line of coach buses, idling on the Corniche all day, are now driving up near the Egyptian Museum.
7 minutes ago via Seesmic for Android

[Catherina]

50. Beautiful piece on #Tahrir Square by @linaattalah http

naglarzk Beautiful piece on #Tahrir Square by @linaattalah http://bit.ly/g6nKY5 #jan25 #egypt
6 minutes ago via web


Cairo's Tahrir Square: From traffic headache to revolutionary icon


Photographed by AFP

...

Besides the thousands camping around the square for the past few days, the square speaks the revolution. A large piece of cloth was rolled on the façade of a facing building. “Our Demands,” it reads, listing seven points, starting with Mubarak’s ouster and moving on to an interim government free of any figures associated with the current regime. The list of demands also includes the dissolution of parliament, an investigation into the violence waged against protesters on 29 January, a new constitution, the end of the emergency law and free elections.

The list of demands on the building’s façade overlooks the popular organization going on in the square: intermittent garbage collection rounds, food and water procurement and distribution, a media center, and a field hospital. Music, poetry and graffiti are all forms of on-site entertainment in the square. In hundreds of pockets, groups gathered here and there to honor the fallen, speak politics, remember the past, and ponder the future.

...

For activist Mohamed Kalfat, the square should remain a symbol of liberation. “This is a place where we fought battles, spilled blood, and talked politics at night," he says. "It should be opened up as a festive pedestrian area on 25 January of every year to commemorate these days."

Kalfat is one of thousands who fiercely fought to hold the square on 29 January, when pro-Mubarak thugs stormed the square with batons and Molotov cocktails. When he woke up the following day to see that all his friends were still in possession of the square, he realized the scope of the people's revolution. “But the revolution should spread everywhere, not just Tahrir,” he says.

...

http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/cairos-tahrir-square-traffic-headache-revolutionary-icon-0

[Catherina]

51. Part 12 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x354496