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BREAKING: Mubarak Transfers Power to Supreme Council of Armed Forces

BBC: BREAKING NEWS: Vice-President Suleiman: Mubarak stepping down.

1604: The vice-president made a very brief televised statement. He said Mr Mubarak was stepping down for the benefit of the republic.

1606: Tahrir Square has erupted - pictures show cheering crowds waving flags in the dark

1607: State TV says Mr Mubarak has handed over responsibility for running the nation’s affairs to the higher military council.

1612: Full statement from Vice-President Suleiman: “In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, citizens, during these very difficult circumstances Egypt is going through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down from the office of president of the republic and has charged the high council of the armed forces to administer the affairs of the country. May God help everybody.”

Aljazeera:
6:03pm: He’s gone. He’s resigned. 30 years of Mubarak rule is over. Omar Suleiman says:
“President Hosni Mubarak has waived the office of president”
Aljazeera: NDP party head stepping down as well:
5:50pm Hossam Badrawi, the recently appointed general secretary of the NDP, resigns saying Egypt needed new parties.
“It’s a resignation from the position and from the party. The formation of new parties in a new manner that reflects new thinking is better for society now at this stage.”
 
Protestors chanting “We Won, We Won!”

1613: One of the protesters in Tahrir Square, Gigi Ibrahim, tells the BBC: “We did it. I cannot believe it. Mubarak the dictator has gone. And the Egyptian people will forever be free. We are so proud. Everyone is so happy. We’ve suffered for years and finally the dictator is gone. We will remember this day forever.”

Now the hard work begins (I hope)
 
TheRealJuliane said:
This cannot be good. Especially not for Israel.
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We will see.

I was wondering about the constitutionality of this. Here is a statement from the BBC:

1619: According to article 84 of the Egyptian constitution, if the president steps down, the speaker of the People’s Assembly shall temporarily assume the presidency. Secondly, a new president shall be chosen within a maximum period of 60 days from the date of the vacancy of the presidential office. It is not clear if this will apply if the Higher Military Council is in charge of the nation’s affairs.

1624: More from Jon Leyne: “Around Cairo, drivers are honking their horns in celebration and guns are being fired into the air. The huge crowds are rejoicing. However, the army takeover looks very much like a coup. The constitution has been breached. Officially, the speaker of parliament should be taking over. Instead it is the army leadership. Egypt moves into a very uncertain future.”

My understanding is that no one really trusts the Speaker at all, he is a very corrupt and unlikable fellow. I don’t think that anyone really cares about that now though. People will be partying all night.
 
1627: Riyaad Minty tweets: “History.”

Amen

1629: The BBC’s Jon Leyne in Cairo: “It’s as if the country has been liberated, everyone hooting their horns and waving flags.”

6:20pm Ayman Mohyeldin, Egyptian and Al Jazeera correspondent, says that for so many people, “a dream has become a reality”.
 
Dave_B said:
I am pleased for the Egyptian people. I’m hoping they can get back to normal life, and be more peaceful and harmonious. Here’s hoping 🙂
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Chances are more than good that the Muslim Brotherhood has engineered this whole thing and will step into the void. If that happens there is going to be huge trouble for Israel and the rest of the world, as Middle Eastern nations fall one by one away from democracy.

The administration does not understand what they have done. Or, some of them do, and they want the end result.

Please pray for Israel.
 
TheRealJuliane said:
Chances are more than good that the Muslim Brotherhood has engineered this whole thing and will step into the void. If that happens there is going to be huge trouble for Israel and the rest of the world, as Middle Eastern nations fall one by one away from democracy.

The administration does not understand what they have done. Or, some of them do, and they want the end result.

Please pray for Israel.
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It all depends if enough desire for real democracy has taken root over these last few days throughout the country that will cause new Jeffersonian democratic political parties to spring up. I have a lot of confidence in people in the long run. We shall see…
 
gilliam said:
We will see.

I was wondering about the constitutionality of this. Here is a statement from the BBC:

1619: According to article 84 of the Egyptian constitution, if the president steps down, the speaker of the People’s Assembly shall temporarily assume the presidency. Secondly, a new president shall be chosen within a maximum period of 60 days from the date of the vacancy of the presidential office. It is not clear if this will apply if the Higher Military Council is in charge of the nation’s affairs.

1624: More from Jon Leyne: “Around Cairo, drivers are honking their horns in celebration and guns are being fired into the air. The huge crowds are rejoicing. However, the army takeover looks very much like a coup. The constitution has been breached. Officially, the speaker of parliament should be taking over. Instead it is the army leadership. Egypt moves into a very uncertain future.”

My understanding is that no one really trusts the Speaker at all, he is a very corrupt and unlikable fellow. I don’t think that anyone really cares about that now though. People will be partying all night.
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This is a very unstable situation. Too much turmoil, too much confusion. If the Brotherhood weren’t standing in the wings, maybe things would settle down, but the whole thing could tip over in a very short amount of time. Yes it amounts to a coup. I don’t know what the military will now do. This could be very bad.
 
1643: Egyptian protest figurehead Wael Ghonim tweets: “The real hero is the young Egyptians in Tahrir square and the rest of Egypt”

1644: Another leading opposition figure, Mohamed ElBaradei, tells the Associated Press: “This is the greatest day of my life.” The Nobel laureate says Egypt has been “liberated after decades of repression” and that he expects a “beautiful” transition of power.

1650: The BBC’s Hamada Abu Qammar reports that many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been firing their guns into the air in celebration at the resignation of Mr Mubarak. The Islamist group Hamas, which control Gaza, has already proclaimed the announcement as the “beginning of the victory of the Egyptian Revolution”.
 
TheRealJuliane said:
This is a very unstable situation. Too much turmoil, too much confusion. If the Brotherhood weren’t standing in the wings, maybe things would settle down, but the whole thing could tip over in a very short amount of time. Yes it amounts to a coup. I don’t know what the military will now do. This could be very bad.
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1642: Former Egyptian army General Samah Seif El Yazal tells the BBC: “There are two directions the Higher Military Council can go. The first is to ask the existing government to run the country for a transitional period of perhaps a year. The other option is for the military to run the country by committee. We are very anxious to hear from them about what they intend to do.”

How things can go terribly wrong after these popular uprisings:
by Yuliya Tymoshenko, former prime minister of Ukraine and current leader of the opposition:
My revolution betrayed - After revolutions, counter-revolutions may follow. But how can the spirit of an uprising be kept up as the years pass?

Obama to make a speech in about 1.5 hours. He vasilated a bit at first but ended up on the right side of history.
 
Atheist Jews have perverted the Holy Land and I don’t care about the consequences for ‘Israel’.

I do care about innocent Egyptians who may suffer however.
 
Middle East channel Al Arabiya reports that the Higher Military Council, which has taken control from Hosni Mubarak, will fire Mubarak’s Cabinet, suspend both houses of Parliament and rule with the head of the supreme constitutional court.

Reuters is quoting a military source as saying Defense Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi will be the head of the ruling military council.

worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/11/6033562-report-council-to-suspend-parliament-fire-cabinet

Caution here, that channel has been wrong about things in the past. So wait for confirmation on this.

7:12pm Bahrain’s foreign minister Khalid al Khalifa: Egypt takes the Arab world into a new era … Let’s make it a better one

1719: Swiss foreign ministry says government freezing potential Mubarak assets in Switzerland, Reuters reports.
 
Loml said:
Atheist Jews have perverted the Holy Land and I don’t care about the consequences for ‘Israel’.

I do care about innocent Egyptians who may suffer however.
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Oh, Boy…Here we go…:rolleyes:

And what do “Atheist Jews” have to do with what happened in Egypt?:confused:

Pray Tell. Don’t be Shy…👍
 
How important is this?

This important:

1/3 of all Arabs in the Middle East live in Egypt
 
Today, Egypt.

Tomorrow: MEXICO.
Go for it, guys. Throw out the corrupt officials.
 
gilliam said:
How important is this?

This important:

1/3 of all Arabs in the Middle East live in Egypt
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Indeed. 👍

I tend to think Suleyman will do good in the Interim “Government,” whatever that ultimately is. He’s Trusted by Israel and is Pro-American. 🙂

I DO worry about the Brotherhood taking advantage of the Power Vacuum and Instabiltiy that happens after Mubarak almost certainly goes into Mandatory Exile. 😦
 
OrdinaryMelkite said:
Oh, Boy…Here we go…:rolleyes:

And what do “Atheist Jews” have to do with what happened in Egypt?:confused:

Pray Tell. Don’t be Shy…👍
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I was responding to this:
Chances are more than good that the Muslim Brotherhood has engineered this whole thing and will step into the void. If that happens there is going to be huge trouble for Israel and the rest of the world, as Middle Eastern nations fall one by one away from democracy.
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The administration does not understand what they have done. Or, some of them do, and they want the end result.
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Please pray for Israel.
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Sorry that I assumed others would read all the posts in the thread before replying, all I meant to say was that I care little about Israel’s welfare.
 
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