Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Mubarak Announces He Won’t Run in September: Protesters – BFD!

Filed under: Middle East — by Will Kirkland @ 2:04 pm
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President Hosni Mubarak announced that he would not run for another term in elections scheduled for the fall, appearing on state television to promise an orderly transition but saying he would serve out his term. In comments translated by CNN, he swore that he would never leave Egypt but would “die on its soil.”

NYT

2143: Raafatology tweets: “Protesters are denouncing Mubarak announcment. #egypt is shaking from the chants in Tahrir. There is no word can describe what is going on now in #egypt.”

BBC

Meanwhile we have neolunatic John Bolton opining that the fall of Mubarak will necessitate Israeli action against Iran…

Former US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said the ouster of embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak would speed the timetable for an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

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Words for Acts

It is impudent in the extreme for this man to go around Europe haranguing people on their duties to civilization when his own country presents one of the most lawless aspects of modern life the whole world affords.

Roger Casement
Irish Human Rights Champion

commenting on Teddy Roosevelt's 1910 Guildhall
speech telling Great Britain to either rule Egypt or get out.



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