whats going on in Egypt? please tell me?

[Katie Ninja]

k so i logged onto twitter today and #Egypt is trending and i was wondering what's going on ? so can anyone help me out by telling me ?

thanks
and when i say trending i mean a lot of people are talking about it and there's something big going on there and thats what i want to know

[Expertcelery094]

There is a "Revolution" Going on, protests are going on in many countries in the middle east, not just Egypt.
Tomorow, God-willing there will be an Egyptian Revolt gathering (friday 1-18-11)
It is about time Mubarak steps down! His son and wife already left the country

The egyptian people are Crying:
Yes to Rights! Yes to Freedom! Yes to Democracy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo5Fn1-2E8o

[kenoplayer]

The people are protesting the oppressive government. The same thing happened last week in Tunisia. More countries are to follow suit in the next few weeks.

[Babs]

The internet and Twitter had enabled the Egyptians to communicate with one another their discontent and now there's a blackout of all internet traffic in order to quell the uprising. The people are demanding reform and they're taking to the streets to get it. Cairo is in chaos. We need to do all we can to support the Egyptians on the streets. Praying for them, praying for Egypt.

THIS IS FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST: (1.29.11)
[My daughter]'s in Cairo. Her cell phone is working today.

She said the demonstrations during the day included women and men, but just men at night. She said Egyptians are the nicest people in the world. She said the demonstrators are aware others around them and once when one of the police got hurt demonstrators carried him off to safety.

Some demonstrators are carrying signs and chanting things about human rights & justice and THEY are not the violent ones, they are not looting. The talk on the street is that Mubarak opened up some of the jails and let out thugs to terrorize neighborhoods, while calling back the police. They think it might be a strategy to have the people want him back to restore order. It's nice people out during the day and hoodlums at night. If the demonstrators see vandalism or violence being perpetrated they chase down the vandal, lock him in a garage and call the police. She said mostly the police are ok, just doing their job. But police stations have been trashed and guns stolen. Citizens have to deal with looters. Right now where she is groups of men are outside of the buildings and blocking cars so they can check every single car before letting it pass through the neighborhood. People are really united.

The word is that the army is on their own right now i.e. they were given orders to shoot to disperse the crowd and they refused. When they saw that the men in the neighborhood were out protecting the area they told them it was good that they were standing there and gave them an emergency number to call.

Confusion around the airlines. They think the airlines are shut down right now but not sure.


EDITOR'S NOTE: The airports are open, but flight cancellations and delays are rampant. Some countries are scheduling emergency flights to evacuate their nationals.

[Tony]

the same president and the national democrats ruling party (which is not national or democratic) have been in power for 30 years backed by the u.s.a -while imposing economic and social reform that not only didnt work put made things much worse for people living in the egypt . . .the people had enough.