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What is Obama Waiting for? Egypt is Burning. (Live blog)

Posted: February 2, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Breaking News, Egypt | Tags: , |44 Comments

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JohnKingCNN (at 10:11 pm CST):

Obama admin official sees tipping point, says next “24-48 hours” key and US urging military to choose “society” over mubarak.

Heartwarming moment in the middle of chaos:

http://yfrog.com/h7ap5rdj

Christian Protesters protecting their Muslims Fellows during their prayers in #Tahrir square.

Enduring America‘s latest tweets:

#Egypt: Captured Thug in Cairo: We Were Paid by MP to Beat Americans in Tahrir Square http://tinyurl.com/5ukrq7l

#Egypt: Egypt State TV Blaming Killings in Tahrir Square on a Random Car Shooting on Protesters http://tinyurl.com/5ukrq7l

Mona Eltahawy, an hour ago (around 10 pm CST):

My heart, my sould, my memories, what most excites me about #Egypt, is there at #Tahrir. Only thing keeping me optimistic re #Egypt is youth

Mona, we are with you in Tahrir Square!

Another tweet from Mona, about an hour later:

I am torn between staying here NYC and continuing my media uprising to amplify #Egypt voices and returning to #Cairo for revolution. #Jan25

Egyptian blogger Ramy Raoof broadcasted this LIVE about 20 minutes ago:

http://bambuser.com/channel/RamyRaoof/broadcast/1378902

AJE Live reporting:

5 killed 7 killed in overnight clashes and more than 800 wounded

arise_subvert 836 casualties is being reported on Al Jazeera. #Egypt The reporter thinks that is low.

Interesting read from pbs.org Frontline:

Women, Islam, Egypt, and Iran by SETAREH SABETY

Last update to the live blog for now (more in the comments):

RT @kttrend: #egypt can’t sleep when i know the massacre of innocent ppl is happening wo any intervention from world leaders, do smthg #obama do smthing

44 Comments on “What is Obama Waiting for? Egypt is Burning. (Live blog)”

  1. dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:
    February 2, 2011 at 10:23 pm

    I’m watching MSNBC Brian Williams is describing what’s going on in the square. He’s showing picture of people riding in from rural areas on camels and horses with big scimitars waving to join the protesters in the fight.

    Also this wikileaks cable was just released re the torture by the Police via our Cairo embassy

    http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2009/05/09CAIRO814.html

    –Torture: Broadening the definition of torture and increasing the penalties. (Comment: Currently, the law defines torture only in the context of extracting confessions. Most sentences for police offices have been the minimum prescribed by law. End comment.)

  2. WomanVoter's avatar WomanVoter says:
    February 2, 2011 at 10:33 pm

    wikileaks WikiLeaks
    Egypt: US State Department and Google talk to unblock videos, blogs
    http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2008/11/08CAIRO2371.html

    I mean, really what could some 40 photos of grannies, mothers, youth wimminz and little girls do to US policy. They are Freedom/Pro-Democracy protesters, some ultra religious, some moderate, some modern liberal and they all are willing to speak up and be heard, because they can’t tolerate the continuation of generational oppression under dictator Hosni Mubarak.

  3. dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:
    February 2, 2011 at 10:36 pm

    http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0211/Hillarys_3_am_moment.html

    Ben Smith: Hilary’s 3 am moment

    Confronted with the most acute foreign policy crisis of his administration, President Barack Obama is increasingly relying on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her advice and connections — including a 20-year friendship with the family of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that has drawn fire from human rights advocates.

    It was Clinton who came up with the idea of sending Frank Wisner, U.S. ambassador to Egypt in the 1980’s, to Cairo to deliver Obama’s pointed request that Mubarak not seek a new term as the country’s leader, an administration official told POLITICO.

    And it was Clinton who Obama dispatched to appear on five Sunday morning shows to send a not-so-subtle message to the tottering dictator that the time had come for a “peaceful transition to real democracy,” not Mubarak’s “faux democracy.”

    As a Democratic presidential candidate in 2008, Clinton aired the famous “3 a.m.” commercial, with its image of a White House phone ringing with news of an international crisis, to question Obama’s foreign policy experience. But in the past week, Clinton has been at the center of Obama’s frantic attempt to keep pace with spiraling events — including a critical meeting in the Oval Office last Saturday when Obama deputized Clinton to clarify the administration’s confused response to the crisis.

    Can I hear a rousing round of WE TOLD YOU SO!!!

  4. WomanVoter's avatar WomanVoter says:
    February 2, 2011 at 10:40 pm

    </stroWikiLeaks among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

    OSLO – Anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks has been nominated for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian politician behind the proposal said on Wednesday, a day after the deadline for nominations expired.

    The Norwegian Nobel Committee accepts nominations for what many consider as the world’s top accolade until February 1, although the five panel members have until the end of the month to make their own proposals.

    Norwegian parliamentarian Snorre Valen said WikiLeaks was “one of the most important contributors to freedom of speech and transparency” in the 21st century.

    “By disclosing information about corruption, human rights abuses and war crimes, WikiLeaks is a natural contender for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Valen said.
    http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/wikileaks-nominees-nobel-peace-prize/

    Some good news amidst all the horror of today, by the violence by Hosni ‘Dictator’ Mubarak’s paid thugs.

  5. dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:
    February 2, 2011 at 10:58 pm

    TimothyS Tim Shorrock
    “Mubarak has broken the deal” says Clemons. I would think that reflects how the WH views the situation. So – expand discussions w/military.
    2 minutes ago Favorite Undo Retweet Reply
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    Tim Shorrock
    TimothyS Tim Shorrock
    Rachel didn’t mention that Steve Clemons is advising Obama administration, as reported by the Guardian today. He’s excellent but she should.

    Steve Clemons is being interviewed by Rachel Maddow on MSNBC

    • WomanVoter's avatar WomanVoter says:
      February 2, 2011 at 11:08 pm

      That explains the F/U and the State Department asking all Americans to leave, because there is going to be a blood shed and the White House thought they had more clout in dealing with a dictator and are now learning what the Freedom/Democracy protesters already know all to well…dictators NEVER KEEP THEIR PROMISES!

  6. WomanVoter's avatar WomanVoter says:
    February 2, 2011 at 11:01 pm

    timeoutcorner Andrew McInnes
    by JShahryar
    @monaeltahawy @wedaddy @JShahryar @ioerror Isn’t it lovely that White House is hanging up on people who call about #Egyptians being killed?

    This is very concerning because I honestly was hoping that Freedom and Democracy by the Generation X & Y was what was going to usher peace in the region, but the White House is going the Huckabee way and with the fears of Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly. They don’t get the connection, between poverty and ultra conservativeness with a promise of something better somewhere else, blah, blah, blah…

    I trust the youth that is fighting for their Freedom/Democracy and Universal Human Rights. We have seen the thugs, going after the protesters and now have journalists hiding for safety and VP Biden still insists that Hosni Mubarak isn’t a dictator.

  7. bostonboomer's avatar bostonboomer says:
    February 2, 2011 at 11:24 pm

    President Obama is “very concerned” about Mubarak’s refusal to transfer power.

    Mubarak was described as being alternately sanguine and defiant in his conversation with President Obama last night, though it was described by one official as being very different from their conversation Friday night when Mubarak blamed the protests on the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and assured President Obama the situation was under control.

    Needless to say, it wasn’t then, and it isn’t now.

    The Obama administration is also very concerned that no matter what interim government in Egypt comes next, the situation for the US could get worse not better. Administration officials are worried about continued Egyptian cooperation on matters such as counterterrorism, upholding the Camp David accords, access to the Suez canal, combating the smuggling of weapons into Gaza, and standing against Iran. Officials say it’s difficult to see how whatever comes in the interim for the Egyptian government will end up being better for the US on those issues.

    Other worries include the spread of the contagion of chaos into countries such as Jordan. Some in the administration are weighing how will recent US actions will be perceived by US allies in terms of the lack of support for Mubarak.

  8. WomanVoter's avatar WomanVoter says:
    February 2, 2011 at 11:24 pm

    Is it possible to embed Al Jazeera Live Stream here like they are doing in the live blogs?
    http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2011/2/2/egypt-latest-live-coverage-from-al-jazeera-english.html

    • WomanVoter's avatar WomanVoter says:
      February 2, 2011 at 11:30 pm

      Listen while blogging is the max time information for me, for as long as it lasts, if indeed Hosni Dictator Mubarak is planning a lock down via the army as is rumored.

    • Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)'s avatar Wonk the Vote says:
      February 2, 2011 at 11:33 pm

      I tried to vodpod it here–didn’t work. Bigger sites must have media permissions to embed.

      Ok I got it to work finally but the AJE feed crashes my browser for some reason (that’s why I use the AJE on youtube stream instead.) Anyhow it was difficult, but I think I got it for you guys. I’ll embed it into the post. Just give me a moment.

      • WomanVoter's avatar WomanVoter says:
        February 2, 2011 at 11:58 pm

        Wonk,

        Thanks for trying. 🙂

      • Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)'s avatar Wonk the Vote says:
        February 2, 2011 at 11:59 pm

        Woman Voter, look up, the Al Jazeera feed is there!

      • dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:
        February 3, 2011 at 12:14 am

        that’s kewl … i’ll add that media update within the week …

      • Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)'s avatar Wonk the Vote says:
        February 3, 2011 at 12:27 am

        Sweet! This wasn’t a wordpress media problem though. The AJ site feed just doesn’t work for me–I have to stream AJ live on youtube, but the youtube version has embedding disabled… so I thought Al Jazeera had embeds blocked. Then when Woman Voter asked, I remembered AJ’s direct site feed, but I had to figure out how to snag a video basically hidden in an invisible cloth to me since it doesn’t even work on my end. Anyhow, hope it works for all those who can see it!

      • minkoffminx's avatar Minkoff Minx says:
        February 3, 2011 at 12:30 am

        AJE is using Creative Commons for their video and photos, I believe if you credit the source there is no blocked embeds.

        I have a hell of a time with the AJE feed, wish they had a live audio only feed. Like satellite radio.

      • Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)'s avatar Wonk the Vote says:
        February 3, 2011 at 12:36 am

        Yeah I just thought it was a more a technical streaming issue that blocked it, and maybe these other sites have the streaming version rights, but then I realized that probably I have permission too , I just can’t tell bc of all the problems I have with the feed.

        I’d love a Sirius version of AJE, heh

      • Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)'s avatar Wonk the Vote says:
        February 3, 2011 at 1:19 am

        Kat @ 1:11

        oh goodie! thx for letting me know

  9. minkoffminx's avatar Minkoff Minx says:
    February 2, 2011 at 11:46 pm

    Hey, you got the AJE live feed to embed? Wonderful!

  10. Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)'s avatar Wonk the Vote says:
    February 2, 2011 at 11:47 pm

    I’ve just added the Al Jazeera English Live feed to the post per Woman Voter’s request. I can’t check if it works properly because it’ll crash my browser again.

    Let me know if it’s working/not working.

  11. WomanVoter's avatar WomanVoter says:
    February 3, 2011 at 12:14 am

    MA Blue,

    So, what is your top secret post about, since I can see it!

  12. minkoffminx's avatar Minkoff Minx says:
    February 3, 2011 at 12:22 am

    Dima_Khatib Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
    Get live reporting from protesters on Tahrir Square: @Alaa @RamyRaoof @aGharbeia @monasosh @Sandmonkey @WaelAbbas @3arabawy #jan25
    1 minute ago http://twitter.com/#!/Dima_Khatib

  13. WomanVoter's avatar WomanVoter says:
    February 3, 2011 at 12:23 am

    EANewsFeed EA WorldView
    Latest #Egypt Video: Must-Listen I-view w Anti-Mubarak Protester “We Are Not Leaving” http://tinyurl.com/6kq2dpc #p2 #tcot #sidibouzid

    This young lady’s experience is just heart breaking and the realization that they will more than likely remain, under a dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak. “It becomes the massacre square”-young lady

  14. Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)'s avatar Wonk the Vote says:
    February 3, 2011 at 12:40 am

    More than 800 wounded….

  15. Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)'s avatar Wonk the Vote says:
    February 3, 2011 at 1:12 am

    AJE live:

    ElBaradei says if there is another massacre, Mubarak will be held personally responsible.

  16. Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)'s avatar Wonk the Vote says:
    February 3, 2011 at 2:44 am

    etharkamal: Mubarak told Saddam to leave Iraq and spare his country carnage in 2003. Now, Egyptians telling Mubarak to leave. via @Firas_Atraqchi #jan25 10 minutes ago via web

    RT @sharifkouddous: I’m inside Tahrir. It looks like a war zone. Many wounded. But there are still many here and more are coming in. They are defiant. #Egypt

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