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We Want What You Have: We Want our FreedomREPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
BY CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR
CAIRO, Jan. 31, 2011
Up until today I've been struggling with whether this is going to go the way of the revolution in Iran in 1979, when millions of people came out on the street and overthrew the Shah -- or protests we all saw in Iran in 2009 when the so called "green revolution" was quickly put down.
But today something happened that I think was very significant.
The Egyptian army went on state television and read a statement in which they said they accepted people's right to peacefully express themselves and that the army would never use force against the Egyptian people.
So the one question that everyone has been asking since the beginning, "What will happen if the army is given the order to fire?" was answered. They will not fire on the people.
Full Piece:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/abc-news-christiane-amanpour-reports-protestors-fight-freedom/story?id=12806642 Great reporting, it's a shame she seems to have forgotten what happened in Indonesia in 1998 before she came to this revelation, though. For my take, check out this OP, if you haven't already:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x290024">Instead of: "It's going to be like Iran in '79!" How about, "It could be like Indonesia after 1998"?