Key Thing To Watch Now In Egypt: How The Army Reacts : The Two-Way. Hide captionProtesters cheered and chanted earlier today (Jan. 29, 2011) as they rode on an Army truck that was rolling into Cairo's Tahrir Square. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Protesters cheered and chanted earlier today (Jan. 29, 2011) as they rode on an Army truck that was rolling into Cairo's Tahrir Square.
When NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson was on the air from Cairo this morning with Weekend Edition's Scott Simon, Egyptian Army tanks and personnel carriers rolled into Tahrir Square. And anti-government protesters, she said, were riding atop them — cheering and waving to others in the crowd. Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson talking with Scott Simon "It is amazing how receptive the crowd is to the Army. ...
"Why are people cheering and crawling all over the tanks? " "They are absolutely convinced of this," Soraya said. And that's a key point. As Heather Hurlburt writes for The New Republic, Egypt's military "will ultimately, though perhaps not today, make the decisive difference. Egypt (and Beyond) LiveBlog: Restoring Order? 0615 GMT: Here's the sign that we have moved from Sunday into Monday --- a Cairo observer reports, "Good morning. I could still hear chanting at 4AM.
I could still hear chanting at 8AM. People are roaming Tahrir square now. " A BBC correspondent reports "small numbers" of police on the streets of Cairo. 0600 GMT: Laura Rozen of Politico gives some insight into how the US Administration is now doing crisis management on Egypt: The news of this "think tank", with names such as Abrams and Kagan as well as Ross's leadership of the group, does not fill me with confidence. 0440 GMT: President Mubarak has a new idea to send the protesters home. "I require you to bring back confidence in our economy," Mubarak said in a letter to Shafiq, read on TV on Sunday. Will it work? 0435 GMT: While protests continue in Egypt, the people have a new problem: shortage of food. 2315 GMT: The Economist has headlines from Egypt's major newspapers today: Independent daily Al Masry Al Youm: Al Ahram: Al-Akhbar:
Latest Updates on Protests in Egypt. Liveblogging Egypt: Day 2 - Max Fisher - International. Tracking the ongoing demonstrations and government response 12:45 p.m. EST / 7:45 p.m. Cairo Speaking over the phone to Al Jazeera, opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei warned that the collapse of the Mubarak government was inevitable. "A coalition government must be formed, with a new democratic constitution that the people can vote on in an referendum," he said. "The regime must understand that it has to leave. 12:39 p.m. 12:16 p.m. 11:58 a.m. 11:25 a.m. Today, the slogan of "Where is my vote? " 11:19 a.m. 11:06 a.m. 10:58 a.m. 10:47 a.m. 10:29 a.m. 10:24 a.m. However, many Arab activists and writers have been more critical. 9:53 a.m. 9:44 a.m.
Senior military leaders will likely focus on how to best protect and expand the institutional prerogatives and interests of the armed forces. 9:34 a.m. 9:20 a.m. 9:10 a.m. 9:09 a.m. Egypt's fourth day of nationwide protests has ended in uncertainty. Photo at top by Peter Macdiarmid/AFP/Getty. Liveblogging Egypt: Day 1 - Max Fisher - International. Tracking the ongoing demonstrations and government response Egypt's fourth day of nationwide protests has ended in uncertainty. Police have withdrawn from much of Cairo, Suez, and Alexandria, the largest centers of protest, and the Egyptian military has moved in. The Obama administration has taken a somewhat firmer stance in support of the protesters and says it will "review" the $1.2 billion in annual military aid to Egypt.
President Hosni Mubarak gave a jarringly unapologetic speech where he sacked his government, warned protesters he would "not be lax or tolerant," and promised vague "reforms" if Egypt returned to stability. Whatever tomorrow brings for Egypt, The Atlantic will be tracking the news and commentary. 6:51 p.m. EST / 1:51 a.m. 6:40 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 5:58 p.m. 5:26 p.m. However, he warned protesters' aims "cannot be achieved through violence or chaos," adding, "I, as President of the Country will allow citizens to protest within the frontiers of the law. ... 4:43 p.m. Cairo. Egypt (and Beyond) LiveBlog: Black Hole or Another Day of Revolution? 0336 GMT: So there is a 13-hour curfew imposed in Egypt, right? What that means is that people should remain at home, there shouldn't be any gatherings and police should be in-charge of the street.
Instead, the police are missing and people are swarming through the capital Cairo. The situation is made worse by opportunistic looters. Several people in Egypt are reporting that shopkeepers are gathering relatives and friends to protect their businesses from looters in isolated areas of the city. Does that make sense? 0307 GMT: And now the mother of all disclosures? The Daily Telegraph quotes a Wikileaks diplomatic dispatch with the following story: Read the full story on the Daily Telegraph here. 0241 GMT: What are Egyptians doing now? FB friend: My sister-in-law has a sister in Egypt, her sisters husband went out to protest & has not been seen in almost 36 hours. 0228 GMT: Nobody's ready to use the dreaded d-words. British Premier David Cameron called for reforms in Egypt.
Curfew > Ignored.