- People have been simmering with disconent.
- Nasser did not deliver nor Anwar Sadat.
- Mubarak has tested the patience of Egypt for too long.
- A Nation,cradle of civilization , has been betrayed ruthlessly.
- Now, the common man says’No more’ -by Non-Violence.
- Nearly a week of mass protest with least violence.
- The military openly declares that it needs people’s cooperation and states that it will not fire/attack demonstrators .
- Power of people reinforced by non -violence.
- May God Bless Egypt.
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Hundreds of thousands of people have flooded into central Cairo, where protesters have called for a “million-strong” march to press their demand that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak cede power.
Peaceful protesters carried signs saying “Bye, bye Mubarak” and chanted “Take him with you” as helicopters flew overhead. Effigies of Mr. Mubarak hung from traffic lights.
Military forces are stationed throughout the capital, but were not interfering with the rally crowds. The army announced earlier it recognizes the “legitimate demands” of the Egyptian people, and pledged not to fire on protesters.
Opposition activist Mohamed ElBaradei told Al Arabiya television that Mr. Mubarak should leave in order for Egyptians to start a “new phase.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is asking besieged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to lift the emergency police powers that have safeguarded his iron rule while focusing behind the scenes on elections this fall that could be a chance to achieve a legitimate democracy without Mubarak in control, administration officials said.
Two American officials said the U.S. government would prefer that Mubarak, 82, not run for re-election in presidential voting scheduled for September.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of diplomacy and the difficult situation the Obama administration finds itself in.
In public, the administration would say only that elections should be open and fair.
“The United States government does not determine who’s on the ballot,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday.
Neither Gibbs nor State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley would say what the U.S. thinks Mubarak should do. Options include that Mubarak would step aside in favor of his newly named deputy Omar Suleiman, or announce that he will not run for re-election in the fall.
“That is not for our country or our government to determine,” Gibbs said. “I don’t think that people that seek greater freedom are looking for somebody else to pick what and how that change looks like.”
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