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Saturday 12 February 2011

A New Egypt


The scene on the streets of Egypt yesterday quickly changed from hostility to that of fireworks, flag waving and cheering as Hosni Mubarak stepped down after 30-years of presidency. All presidential powers will given to the Egyptian Military's high council until the new elections in September of this year.

Many have described yesterday as the 'Day of Glory' in which thousands of citizens took to Tahrir Square, not in anger but in jubilation. This freedom is a new feeling for many at Tahrir Square as many of those celebrating are under 30-years old so have never known what it is like not to live under emergency law under one President. One of those celebrating is local Egyptian journalist, Ibrahim Ahmed, who said "This will be a liberal, civilian country, like those in Europe. We want democracy, freedom of speech, no corruption and free and fair elections".

Outside of Egypt many foreign authorities have been congratulating the people of Egypt. In an attempt to gain the favour of the new ruling party, US President Barack Obama quickly released a statement saying "The United States will continue to be a friend and partner to Egypt. We stand ready to provide whatever assistance is necessary and asked for to pursue a credible transition to democracy". However many Egyptian  leaders may find this to be somewhat hypocritical as the US has been a long time ally of Mubarak by donating $1.5 billion a year to his regime, and even having former President George W. Bush stay for a week's vacation in one of Mubarak's villas.

British Prime Minister David Cameron also offered his congratulations but warned that the Egyptian people must be careful in electing their next president and offered his aid in implementing a fair election come September.

- What are your opinions?


*I realise that I'm a little bit behind on the situation but I haven't had chance to update because I've been busy working on my Purge Violent Extremism Campaign*

16 comments:

  1. finally the egyptians have reached their goal

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  2. Good for Egypt, but their troubles are far from over I think

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  3. I glad about this! thanks blogger!

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  4. A lot of people don't realize that if Obama had come out stronger in favor of the protesters, he would have alienated his ally Israel and would have risked strained ties with Egypt had the protests failed.

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  5. now we need to do this in america!

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  6. Facebook youth speak, and the world trembles. If I ran, say, Jordan Syria Yemen Iran or Thailand I'd be sweating right now.

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  7. It's about time. I hope they don't make the same mistake Iran did in the 70's

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  8. SO fucking glad Egypt is on the right path now :D

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  9. It is indeed a bit hypocritical for the USA to pretend to be buddies with the Egyptian people after supporting Mubarak so much. Thats what I hate about politicians, they just say what we want to hear and then do whatever the hell they want behind closed doors.

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  10. I can't get enough of this news! yay

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  11. I'm happy for them and I hope the transition to democracy is a smooth one. I also hope they elect a nice person because nice people are better than mean ones.

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  12. Maybe someday this will happen in China...

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  13. Hopefully this will spread like wild fire.

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  14. they should use the LRAD on the egyptian protesters. =O oh yeah, I said it.

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  15. It's only a matter of time before more revolt spreads all over the world. Until then, I guess. :(

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