Kissinger Bombshell: Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan targeted to stop food-independence

[bigron]

Protests in Egypt - live updates





http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2011/jan/28/egypt-protests-live-updates

[shipgeek]

Egypt Nobel laureate ElBaradei under house arrest


Share  AP foreign, Friday January 28 2011 SARAH EL DEEB

Associated Press= CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security officials say police have put Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei under house arrest. Police stationed outside his suburban Cairo home told him he cannot leave the house after he joined tens of thousands of protesters in the capital Friday.

Have they done this to protect him from being beaten up or killed in the riots so he can run for the new elections and become the new Egyptian leader?

[larsonstdoc]

Have they done this to protect him from being beaten up or killed in the riots so he can run for the new elections and become the new Egyptian leader?

  That would be a good assumption.

[shipgeek]

There is a curfew put in place in Cairo from 6.00 PM to 7.00 AM morning.
Let's see if the protesters will go with the curfew.

[bigron]

Iran cleric praises new 'Islamic Mideast'


Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:41PM

Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami

Senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami has praised the recent popular uprisings in the Arab world, saying they herald the creation of “an Islamic Middle East.”


The leader of Tehran's interim Friday Prayers was referring to the recent historic revolution in Tunisia and massive protests in Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen.

"Incidents that are happening in the Middle East and the Arab world should not be regarded simply," he told worshippers on Friday.

"To those who do not see the realities I clarify that an Islamic Middle East is being created based on Islam, religion, and democracy with prevailing religious principals," Ayatollah Khatami was quoted as saying by IRNA.

Egypt's largest opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday called on the country's people to continue protests after the weekly Muslim prayer congregation of Friday.

Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Essam al-Arian warned that Egypt would "explode" if the government does not listen to the people.

Police clamped down on anti-government protesters in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Friday.

The leader of Tehran's interim Friday Prayers said the recent uprisings in the Arab world have Islamic support as people came to the streets with the slogan of "God is the Greatest."

Ayatollah Khatami also praised the congregational prayers in Tunisia days after the revolution ousted former President Zine El Abidin Ben Ali from power.

A vast majority of Tunisia's population is Muslims and committed to Islamic values.

AGB/AKM


http://presstv.com/detail/162397.html

[bigron]

US slammed over Egypt military support

Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:56PM

An Egyptian riot policeman fires at protesters in Suez, Egypt Thursday, January 27, 2011.

A former White House official has criticized the US support of the Egyptian government, saying Cairo's strengthened military power may worsen the situation in the country.

MORE

http://presstv.com/detail/162399.html

[tritonman]

It is believed that the military will be on the side of the people protesting .  Curfew is being announced and we may soon find out as the police have lost a lot of ground to the protesters.  If the military is to side with one or the other we may soon know.

[bigron]

US cautions Egyptians against violence

Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:40AM

The United States has urged the Egyptian government and protesters to shun violence as public protests against the President Hosni Mubarak continue to rage in the African country.

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http://presstv.com/detail/162325.html

[bigron]

'Egypt deploys army to contain protests'

Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:0AM

Egyptian Army soldiers (file photo)

Egyptian army troops have been deployed in Cairo and are taking up positions ahead of the protests scheduled to take place after the Muslim Friday prayers, eyewitnesses say.

MORE

http://presstv.com/detail/162337.html

[shipgeek]

US cautions Egyptians against violence

US SHOULD MIND THEIR BUSINESS AT HOME!!!!

 

[bigron]

20 Egypt opposition members detained

Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:43AM

Egyptian riot police roam the streets during clashes with anti-government protesters at night in Suez, Egypt Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011.



At least 20 members of Egypt's opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, have been arrested as tensions rise ahead of the Muslim Friday prayers, the group's lawyer says.


MORE

http://presstv.com/detail/162353.html

[mr anderson]

[Optimus]

Thursday, January 27, 2011
Further Information on Suspected Massacre in Suez, Egypt
http://www.activistpost.com/2011/01/further-information-on-suspected.html
Philip Brennan

Disturbing reports of a massacre at the coastal town of Suez, in Egypt, are coming through Raw Story and the Egyptian Association for Change USA. From what we can ascertain, the whole city is on lock-down with a complete media blackout. Journalists from Al Jazeera and other reputable media outlets have been prevented from getting any where near Suez.

A statement on the Egyptian Association for Change USA Facebook wall reads:

...The situation in Suez copied and translated word for word from an Egyptian living in Suez: Now everything is fully destroyed, it is as if we are in emergency curfew, armored vehicles/tanks are everywhere in the area of 'Irbieen' and in the governerate - and we hear the sound of bombs/grenades every few minutes and there is still live ammunition and the protesters are brave men and women and none of them are afraid nor did anyone run or escape, even though they know that alot of protesters are detained in towers since 9 o'clock and there are no networks to confirm that parents are okay and security forces and fully in charge and we have yet to see the mayor, he hasn't even made a statement about what has happened and to comfort the parents of those who were jailed and the parents are enraged. One of the parents hasn't even received the body of her daughter until now and chaos is filling the place and we do not know what fate will being to us tomorrow with this government...

Few pictures or videos are coming out of Suez, but what we have been able to obtain do look very disturbing. A grainy photograph below, courtesy of Rassd News Network, shows fires in the streets of Suez and protesters milling around, probably shortly before the military crackdown on the protesters:

Some Arabic language audio reports are being posted up on YouTube, but as I do not speak Arabic I am unable to make use of them. As soon as English Language or subtitled versions start appearing, they will be posted to this site.

Naturally, I will post updates to the situation as and when they come.

[tritonman]

This is what is in store for the rest of the country I am afraid as military vehicles are elswhere and readying to make a move.

[bigron]

Live: Al Jazeera coverage of Egypt’s growing revolution

By David Edwards
Friday, January 28th, 2011 -- 10:04 am
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/al-jazeera/


The video below is a live broadcast from Al Jazeera English, covering the Egyptian revolution.


http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

[shipgeek]

Fresh protests erupt in Egypt

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/201112810059478272.html

For those who read/understand arabic

http://aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E2C81082-A981-4710-B717-75F3BDE1D0BB.htm

Already posted!

[bigron]

Egypt Protests: LIVE Updates As Opposition Fills The Streets

 
AP/The Huffington Post First Posted: 01/28/11 08:13 AM Updated: 01/28/11 09:51 AM


One more source for updates :

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/28/egypt-protests-live-updat_n_815233.html

[carlee]

bump

[Satyagraha]

Iran cleric praises new 'Islamic Mideast'


Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:41PM

Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami

"Incidents that are happening in the Middle East and the Arab world should not be regarded simply," he told worshippers on Friday.

"To those who do not see the realities I clarify that an Islamic Middle East is being created based on Islam, religion, and democracy with prevailing religious principals," Ayatollah Khatami was quoted as saying by IRNA.

I'm not sure I understand Khatami's comments, especially in light of the fact that he recognized a Soros Color Revolution when he saw it happening in Iran...

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Iran judiciary urged to firmly deal with riots
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/cleric-calls-for-execution-of-protesters
Fri, 26 Jun 2009

Tehran’s Friday prayers leader has called on the country’s judiciary to ‘firmly deal ‘ with the instigators of the post-election riots aimed at nullifying the vote results.

Reaffirming the stance of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami said, "Rioters and those who mastermind the unrest must know the Iranian nation will not give in to pressure and accept the nullification of the election results.”

“I ask the Judiciary to firmly deal with these people and set an example for everyone,” he added.

Iran became the scene of opposition rallies last week after the announcement of the results of the 10th presidential election, which declared incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the winner with nearly two-thirds of the votes.

Ayatollah Khatami, a member of the Assembly of Experts, said according to Islamic law, the saboteurs are considered as ‘mohareb’ (one who wages war against God), adding that Islam has the severest punishments for such parties.

Defeated candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have rejected the election result as fraudulent and demand a re-run — a request which has been dismissed by Iran’s electoral watchdog, the Guardian Council..

Ayatollah Khatami went on to say that ‘the current conduct of some defeated presidential candidates’ would ‘in fact serve the interests of the enemies’.

Earlier on Wednesday in a meeting with high-ranking parliamentarians in Tehran, Ayatollah Khamenei stressed that the country’s affairs must be handled based on the laws of the land as well as the principles of the Islamic Revolution.

Tehran’s Friday prayers leader blamed saboteurs and foreign media for the death of Neda Aqa-Soltan – the young woman killed last week in street protests.

He said Neda’s death had been ‘planned’ by saboteurs, adding that the ‘evil’ media of the US and Europe had used her death for propaganda purposes.
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Doesn't he recognize this happening in Egypt and Tunisia?
Perhaps using the "Muslim Brotherhood" has effectively psyop'd the Iranian clerics...

[ghost hacked]

Is this part of the Mid-East crisis that Gerald Celente was warning about with his Trends Journal??

[bigron]

WikiLeaks cables show close US relationship with Egyptian president


by Luke Harding

Hosni Mubarak and Barack Obama at the White House in 2009. Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters

US embassy cable predicted Hosni Mubarak, if still alive in 2011, would run again for presidency 'and, inevitably, win'

January 28, 2011


Secret US embassy cables sent from Cairo in the past two years reveal that the Obama administration wanted to maintain a close political and military relationship with the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, who is now facing a popular uprising.


MORE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/28/wikileaks-cairo-cables-egypt-president




 

[bigron]

I'm not sure I understand Khatami's comments, especially in light of the fact that he recognized a Soros Color Revolution when he saw it happening in Iran...

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Iran judiciary urged to firmly deal with riots
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/cleric-calls-for-execution-of-protesters
Fri, 26 Jun 2009

Tehran’s Friday prayers leader has called on the country’s judiciary to ‘firmly deal ‘ with the instigators of the post-election riots aimed at nullifying the vote results.

Reaffirming the stance of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami said, "Rioters and those who mastermind the unrest must know the Iranian nation will not give in to pressure and accept the nullification of the election results.”

“I ask the Judiciary to firmly deal with these people and set an example for everyone,” he added.

Iran became the scene of opposition rallies last week after the announcement of the results of the 10th presidential election, which declared incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the winner with nearly two-thirds of the votes.

Ayatollah Khatami, a member of the Assembly of Experts, said according to Islamic law, the saboteurs are considered as ‘mohareb’ (one who wages war against God), adding that Islam has the severest punishments for such parties.

Defeated candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have rejected the election result as fraudulent and demand a re-run — a request which has been dismissed by Iran’s electoral watchdog, the Guardian Council..

Ayatollah Khatami went on to say that ‘the current conduct of some defeated presidential candidates’ would ‘in fact serve the interests of the enemies’.

Earlier on Wednesday in a meeting with high-ranking parliamentarians in Tehran, Ayatollah Khamenei stressed that the country’s affairs must be handled based on the laws of the land as well as the principles of the Islamic Revolution.

Tehran’s Friday prayers leader blamed saboteurs and foreign media for the death of Neda Aqa-Soltan – the young woman killed last week in street protests.

He said Neda’s death had been ‘planned’ by saboteurs, adding that the ‘evil’ media of the US and Europe had used her death for propaganda purposes.
===============================

Doesn't he recognize this happening in Egypt and Tunisia?
Perhaps using the "Muslim Brotherhood" has effectively psyop'd the Iranian clerics...

Pilikia !

Very good point........looks like the Iranians have two weights & two meassurements  !!

VERY CONTRADICTARY

[Freeski]

Looks like Mubarak has only one of two choices: leave Egypt or crush the people.

[carlee]

http://revereradio.net/showthread.php?3783-Egypt-Air-Flight-number-MS299-to-Luxor-is-carrying-15-boxes-of-Gold.           

[Satyagraha]

WikiLeaks cables show close US relationship with Egyptian president

by Luke Harding

Hosni Mubarak and Barack Obama at the White House in 2009. Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters

US embassy cable predicted Hosni Mubarak, if still alive in 2011, would run again for presidency 'and, inevitably, win'

January 28, 2011


Secret US embassy cables sent from Cairo in the past two years reveal that the Obama administration wanted to maintain a close political and military relationship with the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, who is now facing a popular uprising.


MORE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/28/wikileaks-cairo-cables-egypt-president

Friends?

Remember the Wikileaks cable that revealed Bush the Elder's 'friendship' with Saddam Hussein?

Bush Sr. tacitly approved Saddam's invasion of Kuwait, then did an about face on his friend Saddam, and launched the Gulf War in retaliation for the invasion he'd agreed to in the first place! (Recently cited by Ron Paul in Congress; this cable exposes that Bush the Elder virtually orchestrated the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, subsequently using it as a reason to retailiate and thus begin the "20 year war".) 

"Based on the State Department cable, the facts are clear: in 1990, then-President George H. W. Bush's administration, failed to denounce Iraq's intended military action against in Kuwait in July 1990. The silence encouraged Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to invade Kuwait in August 1990. The Gulf War was left unfinished for thirteen years, with an embargo, sanctions, and "no-fly" zones."
   
The April Glaspie Cable: "Green Light" to Gulf War One


So info about close ties with Egyptian president may well have forecast (in this war=peace, friendship=betrayal world) of Obama's abandonment of his friendship in favor of installing a new regime as his "friend" Mubarak, exits the country.
 

[Satyagraha]

http://revereradio.net/showthread.php?3783-Egypt-Air-Flight-number-MS299-to-Luxor-is-carrying-15-boxes-of-Gold.           

WTF??

So this is the treasury of the people of Egypt on its way to Global Government headquarters in Brussels!

[Satyagraha]

Pilikia !

Very good point........looks like the Iranians have two weights & two meassurements  !!

VERY CONTRADICTARY

By using the "Muslim Brotherhood" in this op, the globalists have put the Iranians in the position of either supporting a secular government in a predominantly Muslim country (Mubarak's government), or supporting the (fake) religious "Muslim Brotherhood". They can't support the secular government, even if they smell the stink of a Soros-style operation here; they must come out in favor of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Brilliant move to force Iran's support of the downfall of the Egyptian government. Public support at any rate.
I have to believe they see the truth of this, and they understand that their own color revolution was stopped; but only temporarily.

[Satyagraha]

Friends?

Remember the Wikileaks cable that revealed Bush the Elder's 'friendship' with Saddam Hussein?

Bush Sr. tacitly approved Saddam's invasion of Kuwait, then did an about face on his friend Saddam, and launched the Gulf War in retaliation for the invasion he'd agreed to in the first place! (Recently cited by Ron Paul in Congress; this cable exposes that Bush the Elder virtually orchestrated the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, subsequently using it as a reason to retailiate and thus begin the "20 year war".) 

"Based on the State Department cable, the facts are clear: in 1990, then-President George H. W. Bush's administration, failed to denounce Iraq's intended military action against in Kuwait in July 1990. The silence encouraged Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to invade Kuwait in August 1990. The Gulf War was left unfinished for thirteen years, with an embargo, sanctions, and "no-fly" zones."
   
The April Glaspie Cable: "Green Light" to Gulf War One


So info about close ties with Egyptian president may well have forecast (in this war=peace, friendship=betrayal world) of Obama's abandonment of his friendship in favor of installing a new regime as his "friend" Mubarak, exits the country.
 

Here's the OFFICIAL "about face" - or 180-degree turn away from friend to foe:
A shock to the Egyptian government; after 'everything is just fine' for so long - now the Obama Administration is changing course completely:

U.S. shifts tone, bluntly urges Mubarak to reform now
By Arshad Mohammed Arshad Mohammed – Wed Jan 26, 6:25 pm ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States bluntly urged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday to make political reforms in the face of protesters demanding his ouster, in a shift in tone toward an important Arab ally.

In issuing a fresh call for reforms after a day of clashes between Egyptian police and protesters, Washington appeared to be juggling several interests: its desire for stability in a regional ally, its support for democratic principles and its fear of the possible rise of an anti-U.S. Islamist government.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered the message at a news conference with the foreign minister of Jordan, another Arab country that watched the ouster of Tunisia's president in a popular revolt two weeks ago.

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Different country, different leader, different US president - but the SAME SCRIPT.

[carlee]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkoSbw7630E&feature=player_embedded

[Freeski]

Here's the OFFICIAL "about face" - or 180-degree turn away from friend to foe:
A shock to the Egyptian government; after 'everything is just fine' for so long - now the Obama Administration is changing course completely:

U.S. shifts tone, bluntly urges Mubarak to reform now
By Arshad Mohammed Arshad Mohammed – Wed Jan 26, 6:25 pm ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States bluntly urged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday to make political reforms in the face of protesters demanding his ouster, in a shift in tone toward an important Arab ally.

In issuing a fresh call for reforms after a day of clashes between Egyptian police and protesters, Washington appeared to be juggling several interests: its desire for stability in a regional ally, its support for democratic principles and its fear of the possible rise of an anti-U.S. Islamist government.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered the message at a news conference with the foreign minister of Jordan, another Arab country that watched the ouster of Tunisia's president in a popular revolt two weeks ago.

=======================

Different country, different leader, different US president - but the SAME SCRIPT.

This is one of THE key problems with politics today -- ever changing positions for strategic political gain rather than carved-in-stone principles, much like the difference between "democracy" (fluid principles) and "republic" (unwavering principles).

[carlee]

The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to the most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in the world. It has 136,000 items on display, with many more hundreds of thousands in its basement storerooms.   they will  raid the  Museum for sure will blame it on the protesters

[Guns Equal Freedom]

The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to the most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in the world. It has 136,000 items on display, with many more hundreds of thousands in its basement storerooms.   they will  raid the  Museum for sure will blame it on the protesters

That was one of my thoughts too, was about all the valuable ancient things that are valuable in price and valuable to human existence to show them their past. Unstable countries don't care about that so much.

[carlee]

  why are some of the policemen smiling?  http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/359538;_ylt=Ar6_Pxq4nsMS_4s2EEesKPis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNnYzZkOG8zBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwMTI4L21sX2VneXB0X3Byb3Rlc3QEY2NvZGUDbW9zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwM2BHB0A2hvbWVfY29rZQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNlZ3lwdGlhbnNmbG8-

[Oh Canada]

Revolution In Egypt - Who's Next?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWTBwG2mxhU
The good people of the world have had enough or your taking from us. We are coming to take back what is so rightfully ours. Our Freedom.
Like the people of Egypt we all are victims of a corrupt government/regime that will continue to take everything from us. So the question is.

Who's Next?

[carlee]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698
live tweets


1810: An Egyptian film producer calls on the army to deploy troops around the world-famous Cairo Museum, close to where one of the main protests has been taking place. He tells al-Arabiya TV that not "one single soldier" is currently protecting the institution.

[Protean]

Related article by Webster Tarpley---


http://tarpley.net/2011/01/16/tunisian-wikileaks-putsch/

CIA Wants Aggressive New Puppets to Play Against Iran, China, Russia

All of these countries do of course require serious political as well as economic reform, but what the CIA is doing with the current crop of destabilizations has nothing to do with any positive changes in the countries involved. Those who doubt this should remember the horrendous economic and political record of the puppets installed in the wake of recent color revolutions – people like the IMF-NATO kleptocrat agents Yushchenko and Timoshenko in Ukraine, the mentally unstable warmongering dictator Saakashvili in Georgia, and so forth. Political forces that are foolish enough to accept the State Department’s idea of hope and change will soon find themselves under the yoke of new oppressors of this type. The danger is very great in Tunisia, since the forces which ousted Ben Ali have no visible leader and no visible mass political organization which could help them fight off foreign interference in the way that Hezbollah was able to do in checkmating the Lebanese Cedars putsch. In Tunis, the field is wide open for the CIA to install a candidate of its own choosing, preferably under the cover of “elections.” Twenty-three years of Ben Ali have unfortunately left Tunisia in a more atomized condition.

Why is official Washington so obsessed with the idea of overthrowing these governments? The answer has everything to do with Iran, China, and Russia. As regards Iran, the State Department policy is notoriously the attempt to assemble a united front of the entrenched Arab and Sunni regimes to be played against Shiite Iran and its various allies across the region. This had not been going well, as shown by the inability of the US to install its preferred puppet Allawi in Iraq, where the pro-Iranian Maliki seems likely to hold onto power for the foreseeable future. The US desperately wants a new generation of unstable “democratic” demagogues more willing to lead their countries against Iran than the current immobile regimes have proved to be. There is also the question of Chinese economic penetration. We can be confident that any new leaders installed by the US will include in their program a rupture of economic relations with China, including especially a cutoff of oil and raw material shipments, along the lines of what Twitter revolution honcho Mir-Hossein Mousavi was reliably reported to be preparing for Iran if he had seized power there in the summer of 2009 at the head of his “Death to Russia, death to China” rent-a-mob. In addition, US hostility against Russia is undiminished, despite the cosmetic effects of the recent ratification of START II. If for example a color revolution were to come to Syria, we could be sure that the Russian naval presence at the port Tartus, which so disturbs NATO planners, would be speedily terminated. If the new regimes demonstrate hostility against Iran, China, and Russia, we would soon find that internal human rights concerns would quickly disappear from the US agenda.

Full article---
http://tarpley.net/2011/01/16/tunisian-wikileaks-putsch/

[shipgeek]

The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to the most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in the world. It has 136,000 items on display, with many more hundreds of thousands in its basement storerooms.   they will  raid the  Museum for sure will blame it on the protesters

I hope the museum does not catch on fire. This museums has treasures of humanity such as the mummys of King Tutankhamun and countless other such treasures that would be lost forever. You can spend whole days in this museums without still not seeing everything. It is huge and containing invaluable archaeological treasures and Egyptian antiquities.

[carlee]

http://www.wikileaks.ch/cable/2010/02/10CAIRO237.html     

[independentWV]

I hope the museum does not catch on fire. This museums has treasures of humanity such as the mummys of King Tutankhamun and countless other such treasures that would be lost forever. You can spend whole days in this museums without still not seeing everything. It is huge and containing invaluable archaeological treasures and Egyptian antiquities.

Firetrucks on scene now

[Optimus]

Next Domino: Syria Shuts Down Internet Service
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/next-domino-syria-shuts-down-internet-service
Tyler Durden's picture
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/28/2011 09:57 -0500

With Egypt pretty a done deal, many are wondering who is next. Al Arabiya provides the answer: Syria has just shut down its internet service. And as one glance at the map below suggests, should this indeed be the case, and if Jordan promptly follows suit, Israel will be surrounded by revolutions. Which is surely a reason for WTI to plunge another 20%.