BBC - biggest crowd yet in Tahrir Square - live coverage

People from all walks of life. They're speaking with a female doctor who is heading there - this will be the first time she joins protesters ever. I'm lovin' this.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

They're hanging effigies live on TV.
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to make sure the protest is peaceful. They are being searched by organized citizens
not by the government. I think they don't want provocateurs agents.

Unbelievable discipline in the middle of uncertainty. I am impressed.
It is lovely to see the women and children - even babies in the middle of the gathering crowd.

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Doing it that long before the rally encouraged people to show up who would never otherwise risk their skins or those of loved ones.

If nothing goes wrong, today should be a hell of a party.

There are tents with food vendors. :D

Unlike when we protested Bush and his War.

I've got live feeds in the corner of my computer screen.
I hope the whole top tier of the government steps down today.

could be an important date in history.
Go Egyptians!!

The country is coming to a halt. Some of the jobs that can't be done because of these events are going to be gone forever. ATMs are out of money as food prices skyrocket.

Mubarak doesn't have to shoot. He has to have the patience to wait. The crowd, however, has to maintain enthusiasm day after day after day. With no particular threat to rally them. No Neda.

The problem is, even if Mubarak hangs on, foreign money is still going to feel uneasy.

I'm not sure it matters anymore if Mubarak goes or stays. The damage is done.

The military steps in against him. Yes, Mubarak could wait it out but only
if he has the military behind him. We shall see....

Egyptian market rallied yesterday (after falling 20+ since begining of year) and is stable today.

I think many capitalist believe Egypt is ready for a massive economic expansion.

The Middle East is looking to explode. I suggest you put all your money there.

It has a younger and more educated population than China yet has higher rate of poverty. From a shipping standpoint it is closer to many destination ports than the far east.

It simply needs political stability and infrastructure. Democratic reforms can lead to stability and oil money if not siphoned off my crony government can be put to infrastructure spending.

I read that they also have people dealing with the litter. As someone who has done rally litter detail, I fully appreciate how huge a job that is.

that's exactly what the Army are doing - acting only to preserve safety.

Al Jazeera reporting that the demonstrators will stay at Tahrir Square and not march

From BBC link
#1033: For those who didn't catch it on our live video feed, the BBC's Frank Gardner says there's a joke doing the rounds among Egyptians that they'll soon be watching Mr Mubarak on the History Channel - not on the BBC or CNN.

Egyptians have a good sense of humor from the ones I've met.

although I'm not sure which History Channel they watch.

TV - Sports. SPORTS? Ready to hit the online sites now. Then a brief reference on MSNBC now moving on to more important things, and CNN, while in Egypt, is broadcasting stories about tourists leaving, etc -- no live coverage. Fucking frustrating. I got out of bed for this???

The New York Times has more details on former US ambassador to Egypt Frank Wisner's mission, amid speculation he may gently prod Mr Mubarak to step down when the two meet in Cairo later on Tuesday.

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1043: The BBC's Lyse Doucet reports: "There is palpable joy and celebration in Tahrir Square. Meet an entire family, three generations, a gaggle of young and old women in colourful headscarves and men in suits. They say the army's announcement that they wouldn't fire on their people made them feel it was safe for all of them to come and make it a family outing. Why were they here? I asked. They said in unison: 'Mubarak must go'."

Just watch BBC or AJE or both.

Yeah, I've got BBC up online thanks to your link! :hi: --

I didn't think AJE could broadcast live from there? Seems all 'friendly' news organizations are allowed access.

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Oh Happy Day!

on the ground there? It seems as though they were able to get their broadcast out?

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I haven't slept at all but I took a nap the night before. I'm TOO excited to sleep! I'm drinking champagne now! It's a good thing I don't have to work lol.

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it looks like my 'bed' will be here w/my laptop and TV. :7

Drink up! This is a most joyous occasion!

cameras a few hours ago but they swore they wouldn't let Mubarak's people stop them.

I think the main concern was that they were the only ones showing how the revolution really went down and how people had to fight tooth and nail.

I think Governments around the world wanted to rewrite the revolution as something that happened very peacefully, with not fighting, so that their citizens don't get the right ideas.

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2nd glass of champagne now. Expect slurred typing any minute

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headache to boot! At least toss in some OJ! :hi:

I think I'm too wired to even get buzzed right now!

What a day, what a week! What a year! :hi:

As we've said before, it just keeps getting better!

And now MAYBE our news will present the "crisis" more objectively now.

after reading his glowing praise of Mubarak a few years ago, I decided to shut up and also to not let anything ruin my celebratory mood. 30 years too late, especially since Mubarak is out already, and $68 Billion short in my opinion. And doesn't speak very well of someone who's on the intelligence committee. His statement yesterday kept talking about Mubarak and peace, Mubarak and peace. I wanted to scream when I read it because the words Mubarak and peace don't go together.

I don't trust our media at all. I don't think their corporate for-profit funding will ever allow them to be more objective. That's something we really need to fix.

Back to celebrating again!

And Jordan's cabinet resigned already. How good is this thing going to get?

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the rest of the media is infatuated with a snowstorm

This is the start of a global process that will unfold over the next 7 years or so...

People will no longer put up with elites pretending to be democrats while functioning like autocrats and monarchs. The gap between rich and poor will no longer be tolerated.

Maybe 2012 really is the beginning of the new.

I'm so excited, I just can't hide it!

Governments are the ones who should be afraid not citizens. Bye Bye Mubarak

Happy Revolution Day Everyone!

1220: The BBC's Lyse Doucet reports from Tahrir Square in ACiro: "Run into a group of bankers and CEOs standing on the edge of the square in casual attire, looking a bit awkward. Don t want to give their names. Joke that they are not that brave yet. But they want to see change."
1211 The BBC's Wyre Davies is at what he calls a massive demonstration in the northern port city of Alexandria. He says there are thousands of Muslims, Christians and people who support various different factions at the rally, but that they all have one common demand - that Hosni Mubarak step down. There have been minor skirmishes with pro-Mubarak groups, who have tried to confiscate journalists' recording equipment, but the president's supporters are vastly outnumbered by opposition protesters.
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Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahaha even those fuggers want to be oart of history :rofl:

There's a tweet, in my tweet thread, about an Egyptian CEO who, between the roadblocks and determination not to miss this historic event, took a SPEEDBOAT to Cairo. No way was he going to miss that.


The pro-Mubarak groups are so cute. Here doggie, doggie!

I'd give an arm and a leg to be in Cairo, or anywhere in Egypt, right now!

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1343: David Anderson, professor of African Politics at Oxford University, says Mr Mubarak will almost certainly step down:"I think we're looking at days, perhaps weeks, but not too long, because I think that the signal from the army last night was clear enough - that people could protest if they wanted to and they were more or less inviting a demonstration of dissent. And I think in that situation, Mubarak can't really survive."

Place your bets here!

So it looks like England

It would be POETIC JUSTICE for England to have to deal with the mess. If his wife is British, they may not be in a position to say no.

I hope it's Dubai because his presence will cause problems in every other country I can think of.