8 Year old Saudi girls' thoughts on President Mubarak of Egypt and the current situation in Egypt

CAIRO -- The U.S. Embassy in Egypt on Sunday recommended that Americans leave the country as soon as possible, while other nations urged their nationals to avoid traveling to Cairo as days of protests descended into chaos, with looters roaming the streets and travelers stranded in the airport. The Sunday morning travel warning came as uncertainty mounted over how the demonstrations that have roiled the Arab world's most populous nation will play out. Those questions, coupled with the growing lawlessness, have panicked Egyptians and foreigners alike, with thousands flocking to the airport frantically trying to secure a dwindling number of available seats. Others hopped on private jets and made their escape.

Egypt was in the grip of increasing lawlessness on Sunday as gangs of armed men helped free thousands of prisoners and looters rampaged malls, banks and jewellery stores, even as many armymen doffed uniforms to join the uprising against President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule that has claimed at least 150 lives in six days. An embattled Mubarak, 82, visited the military headquarters and held hectic parleys with top commanders, a day after he showed first signs of handing over power by naming intelligence chief and his close confidant Omar Suleiman as Vice President.

Qatar-based Al-Jazeera channel put the death toll at 150 and said that 4,000 people had been injured since the unprecedented mass protests against Mubarak's autocratic regime began on Tuesday, while some other reports said over 100 had been killed. For the first time, a large number of judges also joined the mass protests threatening to destabilise the world's most populous Arab State.

Recorded in Gaza on January 27, 2011, Ken O'Keefe pays tribute to the revolutionaries of Tunisia and Egypt and calls on all just minded people to give physical support for the revolution.

"Regardless of whether you are a Christian, a Muslim, or an Atheist, you will demand your goddamn rights, and you will have them one way or the other."

Network's licences cancelled and accreditation of staff in Cairo withdrawn by order of information minister. The Egyptian authorities are revoking the Al Jazeera Network's licence to broadcast from the country, and will be shutting down its bureau office in Cairo, state television has said. "The information minister [Anas al-Fikki] ordered ... suspension of operations of Al Jazeera, cancelling of its licences and withdrawing accreditation to all its staff as of today," a statement on the official Mena news agency said on Sunday. In a statement, Al Jazeera said it strongly denounces and condemns the closure of its bureau in Cairo by the Egyptian government. The network received notification from the Egyptian authorities on Sunday morning. "Al Jazeera has received widespread global acclaim for their coverage on the ground across the length and breadth of Egypt," the statement said. An Al Jazeera spokesman said that the company would continue its strong coverage regardless.

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A lot of anger has shifted to international influences in Egypt as protesters witness “made in USA” labels on the weapons used against them, says Press TV's correspondent. Jihan Hafiz told Press TV that in Egypt “the police used excessive force to disperse protesters” as over one hundred people have already lost their lives in the past days. The report comes as Egypt is bracing for a sixth day of protests against President Mubarak's rule. The protesters have dismissed Mubarak's appointment of a vice-president and prime minister, calling for Mubarak's ouster. More than 2,000 were also injured in clashes that have rocked Cairo, Suez, and Alexandria.

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From midnight tonight identity cards can no longer be used to prove identity or to travel in Europe. The cards have been scrapped by the government under the Identity Documents Act. Within days the National Identity Register - which was designed to hold the details of card holders - will be destroyed. Immigration minister Damian Green said: 'Laying ID cards to rest demonstrates the government's commitment to scale back the power of the state and restore civil liberties.

'It is about the people having trust in the government to know when it is necessary and appropriate for the state to hold and use personal data, and it is about the government placing their trust in the common-sense and responsible attitude of the people.'

Card holders will no longer be able to use the cards to prove their identity or as a travel document in Europe. The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) (new window) has written to all existing cardholders and informed international border agencies, travel operators and customers of the change in law. For more information about the decommissioning of the National Identity Scheme and for frequently asked questions, visit the IPS website (new window).

Every once in a while someone in the world comes along and reminds us what a true hero really looks like. A 35 year-old Gurkha soldier named Bishnu Shrestha was riding a train when he suddenly found himself in the middle of a massive robbery. 40 men armed with knives, swords and guns stormed the train and began robbing the passengers. Bishnu kept his peace while the gang snatched cell phones, jewelry and cash from other riders. But then, the thugs grabbed the 18 year-old girl sitting next to him and forcefully stripped her naked. Before the bandits could rape the poor girl in front of her helpless parents, Bishnu decided he had enough.

“The girl cried for help, saying ´You are a soldier, please save a sister´,” Shrestha recalled. “I prevented her from being raped, thinking of her as my own sister.”

Here's the part of the story that makes you cheer. He pulls out a kukri (i.e. a knife) and proceeds to kill 3 of them, injure 8 of them, and causes the rest to flee. During the battle, he suffered a severe knife injury to his left hand, from which he's now recovered.

"The danger to America and Israel is that the Egyptian revolution will destroy this false choice of secular dictator-or-crazy Islamists by showing that Arabs are smart articulate people who can handle real democracy if they get to make it themselves."

Thousands of people in Egypt who flooded streets in riots calling for President Hosni Mubarak to step down were joined Saturday by relatives and supporters at protests in major American cities. "Mubarak will go. If not today, then tomorrow," Magdy Al-Abady, 39, of Chicago, said during a demonstration downtown in front of the Egyptian consulate's office. The genomics researcher, with an Egyptian flag draped over his shoulders, said his brother and parents were protesting in Egypt and he was speaking often with his brother. Protesters also gathered outside the United Nations complex in New York City, filled the street in front of the Egyptian embassy in Washington and marched through downtown San Francisco to show solidarity with the uprising. In Chicago, picketers marched and chanted, "Hey Mubarak you will see, all Egyptians will be free." They held signs that said "Victory to the Egyptian people" and "Freedom and Justice for all Egyptians."

Åbent Brev til den Danske Justitsminister Med forundring og harme har vi, Den Internationale Føderation af Modstandskæmpere (FIR) – forbundet af antifascister, som repræsenterer de overlevende kæmpere mod og forfulgte af naziregimet samt deres familier og nutidens antifascister med medlemsorganisationer i 25 europæiske lande og Israel – erfaret, at statsadvokaten i Kongeriget Danmark har rejst sigtelse mod Horserød Stutthof Foreningen med den absurde påstand, at den støtter terroristiske organisationer.

En agtet medlemsorganisation Horserød Stutthof Foreningen er en agtet medlemsorganisation af FIR. Foreningen er sammenslutningen af tidligere fanger fra Stutthof og deres familier. I årtier har Horserød Stutthof Foreningen understøttet arbejdet for at fastholde de historiske erindringer. Den går ind for, at de overlevendes politiske motto: »Tilintetgørelse af nazismen og dens rødder! Sikre skabelsen af en ny, en fredens og frihedens verden« bliver til virkelighed. FIR’s medlemsorganisationer går ind for en retfærdig verdensorden på grundlag af deklarationen om menneskerettigheder og de Forenede Nationers beslutninger og dermed imod social og militær undertrykkelse. Vore forbundsfæller er de nationale befrielsesbevægelser og sociale kræfter, der organiserer hjælp til mennesker, der er ofre for krig og undertrykkelse. Det er vores medlemsorganisationers egen politiske afgørelse, hvem de vil engagere sig for. Horserød Stutthof Foreningen har blandt andet engageret sig i humanitær hjælp i Gaza. Når sådanne uafhængighedsbevægelser, efter den amerikanske Bush-regerings antidemokratiske Patriots Act, over en kam dæmoniseres som »terroristiske«, er det en skandale. At det danske justitsvæsen mener at kunne forfølge en organisation af tidligere nazistisk forfulgte og deres familier på et sådant grundlag, er en uhyrlighed, som vi ikke kan acceptere.

Vi støtter Højtærede hr. justitsminister Barfoed, vi forventer, at De udnytter alle de muligheder, der er til Deres rådighed, for at forhindre en så skandaløs retssag. Vi vil give Dem vores støtte dertil, idet vi vil gøre ikke blot den danske offentlighed opmærksom på sagen og på vores protest mod det skete, men derudover også underrette vore medlemsorganisationer i andre europæiske lande og i Israel. Kongeriget Danmark er en vigtig del af det forenede Europa, og vi ønsker, at Europas politiske grundlag også i fremtiden bliver præget af respekten for de fælles erfaringer i kampen mod nazisme og besættelse, mod racisme og antisemitisme og for en demokratisk og fredelig udvikling. I den ånd ser vi frem til Deres svar.

Med højagtelse,
Dr. Ulrich Schneider, Generalsekretær for FIR
FIR er udnævnt som FN-fredsambassadør og har NGO-status ved UNESCO.
Dagbladet Arbejderen
29. Jan 2011

H/T: Patrick Mac Manus Copenhagen (Denmark)
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