Egyptian Revolution Tweets February 3 2011 Day of Departure Part 18

[Catherina]

Egyptian Revolution Tweets February 3 2011 Day of Departure Part 18

Previous thread here http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x346271

"In Egypt the People Are Taking Control"

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[Catherina]

1. whistling and chanting 'out, out, Hosni Mubarak.'

LaraABCNews Lara Setrakian
It's getting dark in Cairo, still thick crowds in Tahrir Square, whistling and chanting 'out, out, Hosni Mubarak.' #Egypt #Cairo
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

2. Mubarak, "If I resign today the sun will fall from the skies"

:rofl:

[alsame]

7. Wow, that's a Palinesque level of narcissism. ROFL.

[Catherina]

3. Protesters embracing, hugging journalists.. Sharp contrast to pro mubarak supporters chasing us

richardengelnbc richard engel
#egypt. Protesters embracing, hugging journalists.. Sharp contrast to pro mubarak supporters chasing us
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

4. State TV: The army will protect protesters who leave Tahrir Square. (Encouraging them to leave?)

glcarlstrom Gregg Carlstrom
State TV: The army will protect protesters who leave Tahrir Square. (Encouraging them to leave?) #jan25 #egypt

[Catherina]

5. many protesters leaving the square on foot. Going home

richardengelnbc richard engel
#egypt many protesters leaving the square on foot. Going home
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

6. well aware of the power of facebook and twitter. Multiple signs with both sites

ianinegypt Ian Lee
People in Tahrir are well aware of the power of facebook and twitter. Multiple signs with both sites. #jan25 #egypt
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

8. EU called on Egypt to meet the people's aspirations with "reform not repression" and said transfer o

ajimran Imran Khan
#Egypt: EU called on Egypt to meet the people's aspirations with "reform not repression" and said transfer of power must begin immediately.
1 minute ago



What part of of NO POLICE STATE are you not understanding?

Jan25voices Jan25 Voices
AJA: Chant: "now..Parliment..null...Mubarak..null...Habib El-Adly..null...down down with mubarak" #Egypt #Tahrir #Jan25
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

9. ministry of heath reporting 5000 injured since last Friday.

Jan25voices Jan25 Voices
AJA: #Egypt ministry of heath reporting 5000 injured since last Friday. #Tahrir #Jan25
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

10. State TV doing dangerous manipulation now, pretending 1000 thugs outnumber Tahrir ppl

amradelamin Amr Adel Amin
They're manipulating the images from #Tahrir to make it appear that the mere 1000 or so in Mohandesin outnumber the million in #Tahrir.
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

11. don't want US to push out mubarak, they want to do it ourselves

richardengelnbc richard engel
#egypt. Protesters tell me they don't want US to push out mubarak, they want to do it themselves
2 minutes ago


Too little, too late US.

[L. Coyote]

12. REC and X-POST

Please everyone, help build these running records of the events for posterity and for the people of Egypt, who are now back online:

***** EGYPT Live Blog ***** Al Jazeera English - Feb. 4 *****
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x341227

[Catherina]

13. Important question from Anderson Cooper about the military. Why only now doing their job?

andersoncooper Anderson Cooper
Why didn't #egypt's military actually help keep peace around liberation sq sooner? Why only today have they increased their presence?
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

14. The apparent celebrations I reported earlier were the result of a false rumour that mubarak had resi

Tom_Rayner Tom Rayner
The apparent celebrations I reported earlier were the result of a false rumour that mubarak had resigned #jan25
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

15. State TV bullshit

amradelamin Amr Adel Amin
That the "original" protestors wanted to "fix" or see the current regime "oversee" changes, but never intended to change it. WTF?
2 minutes ago


State TV bullshit

[Catherina]

16. On a list of demands hanging in Tahrir Square, the first one is "Mubarak must go." Still hasn't chan

ianinegypt Ian Lee
On a list of demands hanging in Tahrir Square, the first one is "Mubarak must go." Still hasn't changed. #jan25 #egypt
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

17. Egypt’s attorney-general bans former minister of commerce and industry from travel

AlMasryAlYoum_E Al-Masry Al-Youm
Egypt’s attorney-general bans former minister of commerce and industry from travel http://ow.ly/3Ql7N #Jan25 #Egypt
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

18. Head of the Egyptian Bar Assn: onlya limited segment of the population calling for the removal of #M

Jan25voices Jan25 Voices
AJA: Head of the Egyptian Bar Assn: onlya limited segment of the population calling for the removal of #Mubarak. #Egypt #Jan25
2 minutes ago


:rofl:

[Catherina]

19. Gorgeous picture

In my imageshack, please do not link but instead download and share

[Catherina]

20. One group is peaceful and uses technology, the other is violent and uses rocks to smash your head. W

Sandmonkey Sandmonkey
One group is peaceful and uses technology, the other is violent and uses rocks to smash your head. Which side do u wanna take? #jan25


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwFN9f8q5g0

[Catherina]

21. organizers declare next week as the week of standing firm "somod"

Jan25voices Jan25 Voices
AJA: organizers declare next week as the week of standing firm "somod"#Egypt #Tharir
4 minutes ago

[Catherina]

22. Now starting to get dark in Cairo, with men protecting it in rock battles on the outskirts

evanchill Evan Hill
Now starting to get dark in Cairo, the square has been calm all day, with men protecting it in rock battles on the outskirts

[Catherina]

23. NYT journo- This morning, the authorities tried hard to strangle today's #Egypt demonstrations. Toug

NickKristof Nicholas Kristof
This morning, the authorities tried hard to strangle today's #Egypt demonstrations. Tough checkpoints at bridges. #Fail

[Catherina]

24. Sunset over Tahrir has never looked more gorgeous.

mosaaberizing Mosa'ab Elshamy
Sunset over Tahrir has never looked more gorgeous.
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

25. are journalists still stuck in their hotels? No one seems to be talking about massive fight on Talat

Beltrew Bel Trew
@
@petersbeaumont are journalists still stuck in their hotels? No one seems to be talking about massive fight on Talat Harb

[Catherina]

26. in terms of maintaining security of the #Tahrir square and nursing the injured is truly impressive

pakinamamer Pakinam and Voice
People, what I've seen today in terms of maintaining security of the #Tahrir square and nursing the injured is truly impressive #Jan25
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

27. Mubarak efforts to strangle demos make this even more of a triumph principles can defeat thugs!

NickKristof Nicholas Kristof
#Mubarak efforts to strangle demos make huge #Egypt protests even more of a triumph. Maybe principles can defeat thugs!
1 minute ago



principles can defeat thugs!


Bookmark that one progressives.

[Catherina]

28. Makeshift clinics & the field hospital --with collection points & all, inspirational

pakinamamer Pakinam and Voice
Makeshift clinics & the field hospital --with collection points & all-- are v organized. Volunteers doctors are inspirational #Jan25 #Tahrir
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

29. If u count up all the numbers, today there are about 4 million protesters in Egypt

Sandmonkey Sandmonkey
If u count up all the numbers, today there are about 4 million protesters in Egypt. The numbers are not decreasing. #jan25
3 minutes ago

[Catherina]

30. Not leaving #Tahrir tonight! Had sisters come over too

ShaimaStreet Shaima
Not leaving #Tahrir tonight! Had sisters come over too :-) #jan25 #egypt
3 minutes ago

[Catherina]

31. Another call to prayer, another wave of intensity over #Tahrir Square.

araABCNews Lara Setrakian
Another call to prayer, another wave of intensity over #Tahrir Square.
3 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

32. I can't hold anymore, I haven't slept in 3 days now #tahrir I will try to sleep in the car

ZiadM Ziad
I can't hold anymore, I haven't slept in 3 days now #tahrir I will try to sleep in the car
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

33. The MB men and women-- ran a tight ship in #Tahrir & they manned the checkpoints & blockades impress

pakinamamer Pakinam and Voice
In fact, the Muslim Brotherhood --men and women-- ran a tight ship in #Tahrir & they manned the checkpoints & blockades impressively. #Jan25
3 minutes ago



pakinamamer Pakinam and Voice
Then again, love them or hate them, the Brotherhood (seasoned in emergency aid & development efforts) are extremely organized #Jan25 #Tahrir
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

34. Asyut (Cap. of Asyut Governate), march began at 12:30. Upwards of 20k protesters.

Jan25voices Jan25 Voices
AJA: Asyut (Cap. of Asyut Governate), march began at 12:30. Upwards of 20k protesters. #Egypt #Jan25
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

35. latest update from #Tahrir Square tonight (Sarah Lynch )

sarahbethlynch Sarah Lynch
Check out my latest update from #Tahrir Square tonight http://bit.ly/f8IATr #Egypt #Jan25
4 minutes ago


LIVE Reports from Tahrir: On the Phone with NOW Lebanon reporter Sarah Lynch
Posted by: Sarah Lynch and Angie Nassar
Friday, February 04. 2011


An anti-government protester waves a bloodstained Egyptian flag on February 4, 2011 in Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square, the epicentre of protests against President Hosni Mubarak now in their 11th day. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

...


http://www.nowlebanon.com/BlogDetails.aspx?TID=1124&FID=6




Audio reports at link

[Catherina]

36. EU freezes bank accounts of 46 relatives of Tunisia's former dictator Ben Ali

mrdalloway85 Roberto
RT @SultanAlQassemi: Al Arabiya: the EU freezes bank accounts of 46 relatives of Tunisia's former dictator Ben Ali
3 minutes ago

[dixiegrrrrl]

56. Great news!!!!

[Catherina]

37. Flyer suggesting process forward to a new govt. & constitution circulating.

RiverDryFilm Omar Robert Hamilton
Flyer suggesting process forward to a new govt. & constitution circulating. #Egypt #Jan25
3 minutes ago





Posted this earlier, in today's series.

[Catherina]

38. A shout-out to the photogs at #Tahrir. We scribblers can hang back, but they live on front lines & a

NickKristof Nicholas Kristof
A shout-out to the photogs at #Tahrir. We scribblers can hang back, but they live on front lines & are targets. Pure guts!
3 minutes ago

[Catherina]

39. For Egypt's muslims today will mark the day and location where there was a friday prayer of more tha

Sandmonkey Sandmonkey
For Egypt's muslims today will mark the day and location where there was a friday prayer of more than a million people. Cool. #jan25
3 minutes ago

[Catherina]

40. #Cairo: helicopters flying over tahrir square

foreignproducer karine mayer
#Cairo: helicopters flying over tahrir square
2 minutes ago

[Catherina]

41. state tv to broadcast announcement soon

foreignproducer karine mayer
#egypt: state tv to broadcast announcement soon
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

42. Somebody must have told the gorillas to stay away.

FDEgypt FDEgypt
Amazing how peaceful todays protests have been. Somebody must have told the gorillas to stay away. #Egypt #Cairo #Tahrir #Weissink
26 seconds ago

[Catherina]

43. This, more than anything, has been a war of ideas. Ours is freedom, personal rights & end of dictato

Sandmonkey Sandmonkey
This, more than anything, has been a war of ideas. Ours is freedom, personal rights & end of dictatorship; theirs isn't. #jan25
28 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

44. anti-regime protesters aiming to take ground through side streets between taalat harb, ramsis st and

Tom_Rayner Tom Rayner
Looks like anti-regime protesters aiming to take ground through side streets between taalat harb, ramsis st and tahrir sq #jan25

[Catherina]

45. MB was not the majority, but were heavy on organization.

Sandmonkey Sandmonkey
@
@ellozy They were not the majority, but were heavy on organization.
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

46. 26 injured due to clashes between pro and anti #Mubarak protesters

Jan25voices Jan25 Voices
BBC A: 26 injured due to clashes between pro and anti #Mubarak protesters #Jan25 #Egypt
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

47. Suleiman said that parents should tell children to go home. Problem is that parents are on Tahrir as

FDEgypt FDEgypt
Suleiman said that parents should tell children to go home. Problem is that parents are on Tahrir as well. #Egypt #Cairo #Tahrir #Weissink
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

48. Army is not neutral. Idleness when innocent people are getting hurt is a statement. It's taking the

TravellerW Mo-ha-med
Army is not neutral. Idleness when innocent people are getting hurt is a statement. It's taking the side of injustice. #egypt #jan25
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

49. Lots of people in #Tahrir have mentioned Amr Moussa as a potential president. His trip to the square

NickKristof Nicholas Kristof
Lots of people in #Tahrir have mentioned Amr Moussa as a potential president. His trip to the square puts him play.
53 seconds ago

[Catherina]

50. So now Omar Suleiman is in charge? I don't understand!!!!

Sarahngb Sarahngb
So now Omar Suleiman is in charge? I don't understand!!!!
25 seconds ago

[Catherina]

51. Terrific photographs - Secrets of the photographers in #Tahrir:

NickKristof Nicholas Kristof
Secrets of the photographers in #Tahrir: http://nyti.ms/icGboK #Egypt #Jan25
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply



Terrific photographs

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/even-the-middle-ground-is-perilous-in-cairo/?hp

[Catherina]

52. Hat tip to @AJEnglish for fine coverage of #Egypt and #Tunisia. It's sad that so few American cable

NickKristof Nicholas Kristof
Hat tip to @AJEnglish for fine coverage of #Egypt and #Tunisia. It's sad that so few American cable co's offer it.
1 minute ago

[Catherina]

53. "he will leave, we will NOT leave"!

aisaad Aisha Saad
"he will leave, we will NOT leave"! #Egypt #Jan25
59 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[Catherina]

54. Gunfire heard as youths with sticks, rocks fight near Cairo's Tahrir Square

Sarahngb Sarahngb
!!! RT @cnnbrk: Gunfire heard as youths with sticks, rocks fight near Cairo's Tahrir Square. http://on.cnn.com/friQlK
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply






Egypt crisis: Witnesses report street battles away from square

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/04/egypt-crisis-troops-in-riot-gear-approach-tahrir-square-early-friday/?on.cnn=2

[Catherina]

55. Part 19 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x346913