Egypt Erupts in Protest as Mubarak Calls Curfew
Fear factor broken as protests spread across Egypt and regional powers scramble to react. (This story was posted January 28, 2011)
- Unprecedented scenes unfold in Cairo, Suez, and Alexandria as tanks and protesters face off on the streets, defying Mubarak's call for curfew.
- Egyptian blogger and activist Wael Abbas was somehow able to circumvent Internet block on Friday. He posted this video:
- Photos of tear gas canisters used by the Egyptian army and police were re-tweeted to highlight U.S. financing and military aid to Israel and Egypt.
- @mmhastings tear gas canister used by #Israel flic.kr/p/8DwuBb & #Egypt yfrog.com/h0uh3dbj Yup. Same shit. via @lisan
- The U.S. government is now reviewing military aid to Egypt.
- Below, the video that allegedly prompted Mubarak to turn off the Internet.
- Classified Wikileaks cable from U.S. Ambassador in Egypt contextualizes Mohammed ElBaradei's role in Egyptian politics.
RT @wikileaks: Important cable from 2010: "El Baradei Returns to Cairo" bit.ly/eZ7dWW #jan25 #jan28 #egypt #wikileaks- Dated in 2009 - another cable reveals that U.S. was well aware of
"Torture and police brutality in Egypt are endemic and widespread. The police use brutal methods mostly against common criminals to extract confessions, but also against demonstrators..." 
WikiLeaks releases new cables on #Egypt; first describes 'endemic and widespread' torture, police brutality bit.ly/dTfuNq- Worldwide interest in Egypt reveals itself online.
- Report: Spot fires throughout Cairo, fears that fires in downtown could spread to the National Museum #Jan25 twitpic.com/3u7quv
- One Al Jazeera correspondent had to open a second Twitter account to work around the 1,000-tweets-per-day limit.
RT @Dima_Khatib: @AJEstream I opened parallel account that I am using whenever this one is down. @dima_khatib2 #jan25- A manual was distributed amongst activists to prepare fellow protesters for Friday's demonstrations. It included information on how to assemble a crowd strategically, how to combat armored police, and what kind of slogans to shout.
Protesters were told not to share it online ahead of the the demonstrations to avoid government intervention. - RT @stimulator: Egyptian Riot Manual: When fighting the pigs in Alexandria don't forget your rose! twitpic.com/3u75o8
