Strikes erupt as Egypt protesters defy VP warnings

defendandprotect

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Wed Feb-09-11 06:25 PM
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Strikes erupt as Egypt protesters defy VP warnings

Showing growing impatience with the rejection, Suleiman issued a sharp warning that raised the prospect of a renewed crackdown. He told Egyptian newspaper editors late Tuesday that there could be a "coup" unless demonstrators agree to enter negotiations. Further deepening skepticism of his intentions, he suggested Egypt was not ready for democracy and said a government-formed panel of judges, dominated by Mubarak loyalists, would push ahead with recommending its own constitutional amendments to be put to a referendum.

"He is threatening to impose martial law, which means everybody in the square will be smashed," said Abdul-Rahman Samir, a spokesman for a coalition of the five main youth groups behind protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square. "But what would he do with the rest of the 70 million Egyptians who will follow us afterward."

Suleiman is creating "a disastrous scenario," Samir said. "We are striking and we will protest and we will not negotiate until Mubarak steps down. Whoever wants to threaten us, then let them do so," he added.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_egypt

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chimpymustgo

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Wed Feb-09-11 06:27 PM
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1. Keep fighting, brave Egyptians. You will be free. Sorry the US isn't lifting a finger to help.

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movonne

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Wed Feb-09-11 06:45 PM
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2. Not only not lifting a finger we are helping the vice pres..our Friend

Israel is calling the shots..

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chimpymustgo

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Wed Feb-09-11 10:14 PM
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3. I am so ashamed of this country. Everything we hated under Bush - more of the same under Obama.

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Better Believe It

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Wed Feb-09-11 10:23 PM
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4. K & R

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