Egyptian vs. Egyptian: Pro and Anti-Mubarak Protesters Clash in Cairo
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[Live feed of the clash:]
CAIRO (The Blaze/AP) — Several thousand supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, attacked anti-government protesters Wednesday as Egypt’s upheaval took a dangerous new turn. In scenes of chaos and pitched fighting, the two sides pelted each other with stones, and protesters dragged attackers off their horses.
The turmoil was the first significant violence between supporters of the two camps in more than a week of anti-government protests. It erupted after Mubarak went on national television the night before and rejected demands he step down immediately and said he would serve out the remaining seven months of his term.
A military spokesman appeared on state TV Wednesday and asked the protesters to disperse so life in Egypt could get back to normal. The announcement could mark a major turn in the attitude of the army, which for the past two days has allowed protests to swell, reaching their largest size yet on Tuesday when a quarter-million peacefully packed into Cairo’s central Tahrir Square.
Nearly 10,000 protesters massed again in Tahrir on Wednesday morning, rejecting Mubarak’s speech as too little too late and renewing their demands he leave immediately.
In the early afternoon Wednesday, around 3,000 Mubarak supporters break through a human chain of anti-government protesters trying to defend thousands gathered in Tahrir, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene.
Chaos erupted as they tore down banners denouncing the president. Fistfights broke out as they advanced across the massive square in the heart of the capital. The anti-government protesters grabbed Mubarak posters from the hands of the supporters and ripped them.
From there it escalated into outright street battles. The two sides tore up stones from the street and from a nearby construction site and began hurling stones, chunks of concrete and sticks at each, chasing each other as the protesters‘ human chains moved back to try to shield the larger mass of demonstrators at the plaza’s center.
At one point, a small contingent of pro-Mubarak forces on horseback and camels rushed into the anti-Mubarak crowds, swinging whips and sticks to beat people. Protesters retaliated, dragging some from their mounts, throwing them to the ground and beating their faces bloody. The horses and camels likely were the ones used by touts giving rides for tourists.
Gunfire rang out as some soldiers fired in the air in an attempt to control the crowd. But fighting was unabated. A front-line formed on a street next to the Egyptian Museum – the famed treasury of pharaonic antiquities and mummies – as protesters and government backers, some of whom brandished machetes, hurled projectiles at each other from either side of several abandoned military trucks.
Protesters were seen running with their shirts or faces bloodied. Men and women in the crowd were weeping. Scores of wounded were carried to a makeshift clinic at a mosque near the square and on other side streets. Doctors in white coats rushed about with bags of cotton, mercurochrome and bandages. One man with blood coming out of his eye stumbled into a side-street clinic.
The army troops who have been guarding the square had been keeping the two sides apart earlier in the day, but when the clashes erupted they largely did not intervene. Most took shelter behind or inside the armored vehicles and tanks stationed at the entrances to Tahrir.
Some anti-Mubarak protesters argued with soldiers, begging them to help. “Why don’t you protect us?” some shouted, while soldiers replied they did not have orders to do so and told people to go home.
Many protesters – who for days have showered the military with love for its neutral stance – now accused the troops had intentionally allowed the attackers into the square. “Hosni has opened the door for these thugs to attack us,” one man with a loudspeaker shouted to the crowds during the fighting.
“These are paid thugs,” another protester, 52-year-old Emad Nafa, said of the attackers. “The army is neglectful. They let them in.”
The new tensions began to emerge immediately following Mubarak’s speech Tuesday night. Later in the night, clashes erupted between pro- and anti-government demonstrators in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, while in Cairo groups of Mubarak supporters took to the streets, some carrying knives and sticks.
Gatherings of Mubarak supporters have also taken a harsher tone against journalists and foreigners. Two Associated Press correspondents and several other journalists were roughed up during various such gatherings. State TV reported Tuesday night that foreigners were caught distributing anti-Mubarak leaflets, apparently trying to depict the movement as foreign-fueled.
The violence could represent a dangerous new chapter in the nearly 10 days of upheaval that has shaken Egypt, which has already taken a series of dramatic and unpredictable twists.
After years of tight state control, protesters emboldened by unrest in Tunisia took to the streets on Jan. 25 and mounted a once-unimaginable series of demonstrations across this nation of 80 million. Initially, police cracked down hard with brutal and deadly clashes on the demonstrators. Then police withdrew completely from the streets for the day, opening a wave of looting, armed robberies and arson – largely separate from the protests themselves – that stunned Egyptians.
But since Sunday, the army moved in to take control and the situation became more peaceful. The military announced it would not stop protests. As a result, the demonstrations swelled dramatically, protesters gained momentum and enthusiasm and many believed Mubarak’s immediate fall was at hand. The United States put intense pressure on Mubarak to bring his rule to an end while ensuring a stable handover.
Wednesday’s events could mean the regime has had enough, and that it and the military aim to ensure the end of the unrest after the 82-year-old Mubarak made the concession of announcing he would not run for a new six-year term in September elections.
As if to show the crisis was ending, the government began to reinstate Internet service after days of an unprecedented cutoff, and state TV announced the easing of a nighttime curfew, which now runs from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. instead of 3 p.m. to 8 a.m.
Mubarak supporters were on the street in significant numbers for the first time on Wednesday. Across the Nile River from the chaos in Tahrir Square, around 20,000 pro-government demonstrators held a rally in front of Mustafa Mahmoud Mosque in the upper-class neighborhood of Mohandiseen.
They waved Egyptian flags, their faces painted with the black-white-and-red national colors, and carried a large printed banner with Mubarak’s face as police officers surrounded the area and directed traffic. They cheered as a military helicopter swooped overhead.
Many said they came after seeing a notice on state television to attend the protest. Some appeared to be the sort of young toughs that the opposition accuses the regime of paying to be its fist in the streets.
But the large majority were middle-class families, some of whom said Mubarak’s concessions were enough and that they feared continued instability and shortages of food and other supplies if protests continue.
“I want the people in Tahrir Square to understand that Mubarak gave his word that he will give them the country to them through elections, peacefully, now they have no reason for demonstrations,” said Ali Mahmoud, 52, who identified himself as middle-class worker from Menoufia, a Nile Delta province north of Cairo.
The movement against Mubarak, meanwhile, was working to prevent any slipping in its ranks after the speech and resist any sentiment that the concession may have been enough.
“We recognize deceit when we see it,” said protester Nasser Saad Abdel-Latif. “No one will lose their energy … We won’t go until he goes.”
One protest organizer said the regime was going all out to pressure people to stop protesting.
“Starting with the emotional speech of Mubarak, to the closure of banks, the shortage of food and commodities and deployment of thugs to intimidate people, these are all means to put pressure on the people,” said Ahmed Abdel-Hamid, a representative of the Revolutionary Committee, one of several youth groups that organized the protests.
The movement is fueled by deep frustration with an autocratic regime blamed for ignoring the needs of the poor and allowing corruption and official abuse to run rampant. Tuesday’s massive rally in Tahrir showed a large cross-section of Egyptian society.
In his 10-minute speech Tuesday night, Mubarak hit on one of the themes that has been his evocative for some Egyptians in justifying his rule during his nearly three decades in power – that he can keep stability. Now he was promising to do so as he heads out the door.
The president, who almost never admits to reversing himself under pressure, insisted that even if the protests demanding his ouster had not broken out, he would not have sought a sixth term in September.
Somber but firm – without an air of defeat – he said he would serve out the rest of his term working “to accomplish the necessary steps for the peaceful transfer of power.” He said he will carry out amendments to rules on presidential elections.
He vowed he would not flee the country. “This is my dear homeland,” he said. “I have lived in it, I fought for it and defended its soil, sovereignty and interests. On its soil I will die. History will judge me and all of us.”
The step came after heavy pressure from his top ally, the United States. Soon after Mubarak’s address, President Barack Obama said at the White House that he had spoken with Mubarak and “he recognizes that the status quo is not sustainable and a change must take place.” Obama said he told Mubarak that an orderly transition must be meaningful and peaceful, must begin now and must include opposition parties.
Earlier, a visiting Obama envoy – former ambassador to Egypt Frank Wisner, who is a friend of the Egyptian president – met with Mubarak and made clear to him that it is the U.S. “view that his tenure as president is coming to a close,” according to an administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of the ongoing diplomacy.
Fox News has reporters on the ground who believe it’s a strong possibility Mubarak and his underlings are the ones arranging the pro-government, pro-Mubarak protests. One of those reporters says he has heard small arms fire, and the audio from live video of the event seems to support that report.
The London Telegraph is featuring live updates from reporters. According to those updates, CNN’s Anderson Cooper has become a victim of the violence — violence that may include plain-clothed police joining the pro-Mubarak forces:
See our complete story on the Cooper attack.
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AP correspondents Diaa Hadid, Lee Keath, Michael Weissenstein and Maggie Michael contributed to this report.
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Comments (189)
chuck
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:05amWhen all of these trolls are paying $10/gallon of gas, they won’t be posting here any more LOL! They‘ll be on the streets chanting ’social justice’ and the like, only to be squished like a grape. How’s that hoax and chains, and unicorn milk working out for ya libies?
Report Post »In a Bunker
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:45amI always smirk when I think of how they were demonizing the “drill here, drill now” crowd.
Report Post »firstlast
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:00amYou forget they’re driving electric cars
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:56amNo, the Egyptians are Sunni, Iranians are Shiite.
Report Post »I Believe In American Exceptionalism
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:54amLike I said yesterday, the 3:00 A.M. calls are piling up and Barack Hussein Obama (the smartest guy in the room and a Nobel Peace Prize winner) is twisting in the wind.
This is just another Obama WTF moment.
3:00 A.M. calls = Stump the Chump time
Report Post »Teapartywoman
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:58amYou Mean win the future right. LMAO
Report Post »chuck
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:50amWhat did I tell you folks yesterday, eh? This won’t end peacefully…2011 the year of revolt!
Report Post »Grandpa's Attic
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:50amGeauxAlready
How are you coming in and cutting line? Are you a worker for the Blaze?? Your posting are showing up late but posting before everone else??
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:49amA Middle East expert pointed out something very interesting once:
In the West we value honesty and integrity.
In the Middle East they put a high value on honor. (hence those awful honor killings)
It’s no surprise that ElBaradei will lie through his teeth like Baghdad Bob when talking about the MB. Mubarak is just as dishonest. They will lie to get what they want because it’s a matter of honor to them.
Kudos to Glenn for trying to sort this out.
Report Post »dcwu
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:32amAnother observation of the difference:
Report Post »Our symbol of justice is a blindfolded lady balancing the scales of truth and fairness.
Their symbol of justice is a sword.
rappini
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:49amWhere is Hildago when you need him.
Report Post »swkimbl
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:46amwhen I see these kind of revolts I am reminded of the french revolution, and what happened when Rodes Pierre took power and killed thousands that he decided was a threat, we shall see if history repeats it’s self, it usually does when we don’t learn from history.
Report Post »GnomeChomsky
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:26amHAHAHAHAHAH Who the in world is “Rodes Pierre”? HAHAHHAHAH
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:36amGnomechomsky, don’t mock!
Swkimbl may not know how to spell “Robespierre,” but he’s grasped an essential point nevertheless: that the people who begin revolution aren’t usually the people who finish them.
Report Post »GnomeChomsky
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:57am@lloyd
The fact that he doesnt know how to spell Robespierre leads me to the conclusion that he hasnt grasped anything at all but it is simply parroting something he heard someonelse say. I wouldnt be surprised that if you were to check the transcripts from Becks recent radio or tv shows youd find a nearly identical sentiment.
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:43amHey Gnomey……..your post………..HAHAHAHAHAH Who the in world is “Rodes Pierre”? HAHAHHAHAH” Your childish rants are an embarrassment to read. Lunch break is over ,teacher is calling, time to go back to class.
Report Post »firstlast
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:03pm@ BULLCRAPBUSTER, if you want to point out childish rants, at least be objective and point them ALL out.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:47pm@Gnomechomsky:
Sadly, you may be right. This site is chockablock with people who believe everything Glennie tells them, even though he tells them not to!
But that doesn’t change the fact that revolutions commonly eat their own.
Report Post »Redd
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:43amBarry steve dunham soetoro has just issued a statement… err, ahh, uhh, ehh, ahhhh, uuhhh, eghhh, uhuhuh.
Report Post »chuck_wagon
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:22amThat‘s the first thing he’s said in 2 and a half years that actually makes sense.
Report Post »mcccmar
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:42amIm tempted to say the hell with the whole damned bunch of these lunatics but the ramifications of all these middle eastern countries falling is daunting for the us – if access to the suez canal is restricted our economy- and Europe’s is up the creek. Scary times in the world – we need to pray for world peace and for our countries safety
Report Post »Grandpa's Attic
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:02amYou got it! The whole region in lock down would be not good, but the Middle Eastern countries would also go broke as well. With a Global Econ. you get a global problems delivered right to your doorstep…
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:44amYes, pray devoutly but hammer stoutly!
Report Post »CountMeIn
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:39amWouldn’t be surprised if at least some of the pro-government support is legit. If I were an moderate egyptian and saw that little ghoul El-Bharadai praising the Muslim Brotherhood and calling for “Social Justice”, I’d probably see it as the greater threat to the life I lead.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:30amIf you were educated and anything but the ultra rich social justice would scare the **** out of you, it’s not about justice at all, it’s about making everyone poor except for the few ruling elites.
Report Post »Archstone
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:38amIt’s like watching a Return of the Return of the Mummy movie.
Report Post »Horsies, camels, whips… Fire up the popcorn babe, it’s movie
time!
Grandpa's Attic
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:48amThat is cute, but this is pretty damn serious…Would not be real funny if this “movie” becomes 3D on your street. This still has the potential to be really bad. Don’t gloat at someone elses misery..
Report Post »Aliza
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:49pm@ Grandpa’s Attic:
“…. Don’t gloat at someone elses misery..”
Why not? After all, the Muslim world were celebrating & dancing on the streets when we mourned our lost ones during 9/11!
They were also dancing & celebrating on the streets when Israel struggled with the forest fire and innocent people’s life were lost in the fire, while others lost their homes & everything in it…
So far, whenever any tragedy hit the western world, our civilization, the Muslims were dancing, celebrating on the streets and posting videos of their joy on YouTube, so we can get their message…
Why should we be compassionate?
Though, I never feel happiness over anybody’s misery, but I could understand if someone else would when it comes to Muslims, because I still remember 9/11. My mother had a ticket on one of those plains… except she missed the flight. So, whoever wants to gloat, let him gloat. I perfectly capable to understand his feelings…
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:37amWow! What does one expect? Would you chase someone through a divided Red Sea?
Report Post »Thunderstorm 316
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:37amAnd this is the revolution that the left is screaming for over hear, I’ll pass on that. I will just go to work, support thoughs I love, help the ones in need, support my community and country, and vote the politicians out or in that I like or dont like. That is how I will make a change, but that is just me.
Report Post »SpotoGo_Denny
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:37amRight before this I read the story about Maddow’s goof with christwire.org, where Maddow makes fun of Beck for saying this is the Coming Insurrection. Oh, the irony!
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:35amThey should force the whole damn region to take anger management classes.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:47amNo kidding, I’m willing to pay higher taxes to export free Prozac to the Middle East.
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:59amNo one seems to be addressing the part that overcrowded conditions plays in this. They all have to spend their entire lives within a stones throw of each other.
Report Post »Your Name Here
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:11amHow about salt peter capsules advertised as swine repellent.
Report Post »If they can‘t get it up they can’t breed and they’ll die off.
MaggieRose
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:34amHope the innocent ones are ok… the camels and horses!
Report Post »RedHarley
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:38pmI’m sure that PETA has people on the way to Cairo to make sure the camels and horses are treated well……
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:33amGo figure!
Report Post »BQI
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:33amPersonally, I believe we are seeing the beginnings of a New World Order. @ BQI today we added video of all of the riots spanning the Middle East. This is never been seen before. It fits into our article on “2012” prophesies and predictions.
http://www.blackquillandink.com Black Conservative Blog
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:36amBQI:
Report Post »Execellent links. Appreciate the work. One common (actually several) major element in everyone of those countries with protestors – High Unemployment. There is such a large delta bewteen the % of rich and the poor – the people are struggling to eat consistently – basic human survival desire. The rich of the Middle East have taken too long to build up their classes, and now it’s going to come back to bite them hard. UAE and Kuwait are exceptions – small enough that the majority are middle class to rich. Keep up the good work.
For myself, history has numerous major do-overs in countries, borders, governments, spanning dozens to hundreds of years – all because of one reason: mankind has always been the same since the beginning. Are we seeing another do-over – appears so. For all of us in the US, we will have to fight (words, votes, and other….) to keep our freedoms.
RN MOM
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:32amThis is the first I am hearing that Mubarak has supporters, and that there are 2 sets of protesters in the streets. Interesting, no one has interviewed the other side.
Report Post »CountMeIn
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:41amI agree with you, RN Mom. Whenever the media denies one side of the debate a voice I am immediately suspicious! We live in dangerous times with too many people trying to fulfill their half-baked agendas.
Report Post »Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:41amYeah me too RN Mom. I wonder how many of those folks that Mubarack put down were from the Muslim Brotherhood. I’m starting to get a different feel for this thing.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:31am.
Report Post »OMG they brought in the camel jockies, they riding thru the crowd whooping folks with sticks…………..
GeauxAlready
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:56amI shot coffee thru my nose watching MSNBC when those guys rode thru the crowd whooping people with their camel sticks roflmao……………….
Report Post »republitarian
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:05pmWhat morons! They had no plan at all. Where was the infantry behind them? They just rode into the crowd, thinking it would disperse. Once the crowd recovered from the initial shock, they pulled them from their mounts with ease. I wonder if any of them lived.
Report Post »Grandpa's Attic
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:28amI will give MuBarak some credit here this Pro-govt. push is pretty surreptitious….plain clothiers are a smart way to defuse a situation without looking like the army getting involved…
I hope it works…the situation, from this point, will only have negative outcomes for the protestors as it is time for the Egyptian people to go back to their lives.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:34amI guess barry will put his thugs in the streets with Tea Party t-shirts on
Report Post »Don’t listen to what he is saying. Watch what he does. If he makes a formal call for Mubarak to leave immediately, he is handing it over to the Brotherhood. That is the bad thing here…there is no one to take control except the army. Since there are no opposing political parties, there is no one standing in the wings to come forward…..
except the Brotherhood, Code pink and Acorn Rafke.
Lloyd Drako
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:42am“It is time for the Egyptian people to go back to their lives.”
You mean lives of poverty, unemployment, repression and frequent harassment by a corrupt police?
Those lives?
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:54pmEP46……we alteady know thst our US taxpayer money is being abused…..when funding ACORN, the radical leftist organization w its long history of VOTE FRAUD….that the democrat party protects and funds as a CRIME SYNDICATE…..as evidenced by giving ACORN direct access to over $8 Billion from within the $787 Billion Stimulus….as PAYOFFS to the democrat party’s political contributors for assisting Usurper obama/soetoro to hijack the White House….through VOTE RIGGING.
As POTUS, as an ILLEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT, usurper obama/soetoro and his THUGOCRACY….has obstructed the VOTE RIGGING schemes and the ELECTION FRAUD from being prosecuted………w the corrupt US Attorney General eric holder refusing to appoint a Special Prosecutor to prosecute ACORN…….regardless of the ACORN offices being raided for FRAUD, VOTE FRAUD, VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD… …..leading into the 2008 presidential election..
Under the radar, while the white house was spewing its PROPOGANDA…of having peace talks between PLO and Israel…..but only Israel was willing to have conferences…….while construction was stalled in the capitol city of Jerusalem….for ONE YEAR….for the peace talks….Abbas of the PLO refused to come to the table…..until the tenth month…..two months before the one yr was up……bc under the table….democrat hillary clinton illegally occupying the government position of.Secretary of State had negotiated w the PLO to provide them w $900 MILLION of our US taxpayer money……..which is being suspected of the PLO supporting the TERRORIST group HAMAS, is another front for the Muslim Brotherhood.
Usurper obsma/soetoro….as an acornseiuvoterigged POTUS….as an ILLEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT……paved the way……for The Muslim Brotherhood ….to infiltrate Egypt…….by forcing the Egyptian government to accommodate his demands for his speech in Cairo, Egypt in April 2009…..when addressing the Arab and Muslim world…for The Muslim Brotherhood to be in attendance…..although the Muslim Brotherhood had been banned from Egypt for DECADES….bc of their vicious acts of Terrorism.
There is a lawsuit filed against Timothy Geithner….by a member of our American Troops, who had served in Iraq…..and became aware that Geithner had been providing funding for Shariah-financed businesses, products and services…..giving our US taxpayer money to people living by Shariah Law……as the same people that our troops were fighting on the battlefield.
As research was being done for the lawsuit, it was discovered that Geithner as Secretary of the US Treasury……had provided bailout money to AIG….and set up a TRUST FUND w our US taxpayer money….in which the Trust Fund was never set up as a legal entity……but had a mission to develop Shariah-financed products and services, and clearly stated in their mission that none of the money could be provided to anyone or any business outside of Shariah Law.
This is besides the Conference in August 2010, of Islamic organizations….from around the world…meeting w Usurper obama/soetoro….people of a RELIGIOUS group = Muslims…..excluding all other religious groups…..having access to the acornseiuvoterigged president to discuss financing of Muslim organizations….and how to cut through bureauocracy and red tape…..for OUR US TAXPAYER MONEY.
This is our US taxpayer money at work…….w a Usurper in the White House…
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:27amTick, tick, tick Booooooooooooooooommmmmmmm!!!!! I still want a rock franchies over there, a guy could make a kill’in………………..
Report Post »Lana40
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:34amLOL, I don’t care who you are……..that was funny!!!! :)
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:54amI love franchies with my cheeseburger.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:11amdont you mean
Fradom fries?
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:18amVery funny – LOL – some very witty conservatives on this blog.
Report Post »Unfortantly, the guns and ammo will start sneaking in from many other areas – and they won’t go to the Murbarak side.
JD Carp
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:03amNow that’s good, honest capitalist thinking. I wish I had thought of it! I opted for the empty champagne bottle concession knowing they have all the gas they need to fill them.
Report Post »theCREATORisGOD
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:24amAnyone who thought Mubaraks announcement that he was stepping down was going to quiet the crowds and bring order was kidding themselves. I knew it was going to get worse, not better. There is now bloodshed, and this may very well turn into a civil war.
Report Post »donh2
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:19amMubarak is a great leader. His speech came at a time when the people have had enough with the brutal mobs of anarchy and are running out of cash and sustinance. Mubarak has set the stage where the regime now has the moral authority to restore order, and the blood will be on the hands of El Baradei.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 4:51pmYes I agree, and there is enough blame to go around. Watching live on TV right now things are a mess, and I hope all parties can settle down and work this out. But at this point anything can happen and things are getting ugly. As for Mubarak, he has been in power far too long and he must go, but anarchy is never a solution. What happens next is anyones guess.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:23amI bet Soros and Piven are gleefully clapping and jigging around the room. How is it that good people die young and these “devils” are still alive and healthy?
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:25amYep just like trained seals……………
Report Post »theCREATORisGOD
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:26amBecause Grandma, their cowards and hide like bin laden, they call for violence yet will not join it. Remember how Saddam went out? Like a little punk in a hole in a cave, this is who those people are.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:27amPray for the peace loving people of Egypt and the Middle East.
Report Post »Lana40
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:32amGrandma, they will get their ‘award’ somewhere down the line. I doubt it’ll be pretty. And like you, I just never understood why we sacrifice the young during times like these. It seems us older folks could use our ‘brains and experience’ to fight off any problems instead of allowing our children to fight w/ their fists. (so to speak) and die. Ya know?
Report Post »Michiganjohn
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:41amOddly enough, I don’t feel “inspired” about this like Obama does.
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:45amThis is the type of thing Glenn predicts for Mainstreet USA. Sorry Glenn, but your “COMING INSURRECTION” will not happen here any more than your prediction that we’ll all see “THE ARM OF GOD” in our lifetimes. Glennis the Menace is full of crap, and people need to wake up and recognize what fear-mongering fraud this guy really is. Beck is starting to make Alex Jones look rational and mentally sound by comparison. Wouldn‘t it be interesting to hear recordings of Beck and his inner circle when they’re off the air, plotting the next great announcement of doom and armageddon as they collect millions from the gullible saps that buy into his hogwash? Maybe we’ll get to hear that sooner rather than later. Stay tuned.
Gonzo
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:51amThanks beckisnuts, now that you have explained it all to us, we’re heading over to The Huffington Post where we can get a realistc slant on the news. You have TheBlaze all to yourself now that you’ve so effectively exposed Glenn for what he is. We are all grateful.
Report Post »chuck
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:57amGlenn, you have told us this could happen here, I believe you. You have not called for any riots, you have exposed those that have, and we appreciate the info, because now we can be ready to take on whatever happens now. Thank you for the heads up! As to BECKISNUTS, I’m afraid he is just a liberal troll trying to stir up trouble, as usual. But we just read his/her posts and laugh well, this person/thing is just another useless tool, who will wind up gnashing the teeth, when the SHTF…God’s speed everybody, I love America!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:03amGood one, GONZO! I am amazed that any opinion that conflicts with their opinion is “crazy”, but they can get all the facts wrong, or make them up as they go along, and we are the crazy ones. BECKISNUTS is on the wrong site if he/she thinks the repititious rant will change anyone’s mind and never gives any hard facts, just makes it up as he/she goes along.
Report Post »RedHarley
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:04am“Fox News has reporters on the ground who believe it’s a strong possibility Mubarak and his underlings are the ones arranging the pro-government, pro-Mubarak protests.”
As opposed to Code Pink and Wade Rathke, both who appear to be on the ground in Cairo, helping to whip up the anti-government protestors……
http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?id=5667
And from Rathke on Jan. 29:
In a final note for those who rightly should be keeping score at home, props to the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, which once again is at the forefront of monitoring these intersections of politics and technology and was invaluable in monitoring traffic here in Egypt like they were earlier in looking at Google’s experience in China and Russian bot attacks.
HERE in Egypt ?? hmmmmmm
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:05amtheCREATORisGOD
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 8:26am
Because Grandma, their cowards and hide like bin laden, they call for violence yet will not join it. Remember how Saddam went out? Like a little punk in a hole in a cave, this is who those people are.
LOL…actually, I remember watching the video of him “going out” S*#t scared and having his neck popped.
Report Post »Now THAT was good business!
My Sacred Honor
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:07amGotta hand it to Cooper…was a professional enough journalist to actually count the number of times he was punch while being assaulted. That cat is earning more of my respect daily!
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:08amGONZO – yet you continue to post the same comment over and over throughout the stories. You just know the truth lies in the Blaze which is why we keep seeing you. So you ignorant jerk, why don’t you this time, really put your money where your mouth is (out of your a$$) and promise us all we won’t ever see your stupid, ignorant comments any longer.
Have a nice day.
Glennis_the_Menace
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:10amGlenn is right! It’s the end of the world! Buy gold! Buy freeze dried raisons, wheat and pop tarts! God’s on his way to planet earth!!! Put on your Mormon underwear and get on your knees!!! But first, stop by Glenn’s webiste and buy a T-shirt for the kids and sign up to Insider Extreme. CHA-CHING!!!!!
joe3
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:14am10 times, wonder if he really got hit? hell be marked up good. if not, he was just b15ch slapped.
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:16amglennis the menace, lol, at least beckisnuts is good for a little chuckle now and then!
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:16amUnfortunately, If everyone would just remember their human history!!!…When was the last time a tyrant or a controlling government just stepped aside because “the people” reasoned with them and used their experience of age with them? It has nothing to do with using our brains and experience, it is humanity’s fight for freedom against oppression. To boil it down there is evil in this world and you can’t reason with evil you must oppose it and this sometimes with force. Could we have reasoned with Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao Tse-Tung, Stalin…… come on guys if you are older you should realize like our founders that every generation has to fight for the freedoms they have. Remember it was our older wiser founding father that said the tree of liberty must occasionally be watered by the blood of patriots. I wish I lived in a world that was peaceful but that would be to make Earth, Heaven and deny that their are evil people and governments that want to dominate and oppress. Ironically, the freedoms you enjoy to speak out were purchased by violence and spilled blood from opposing an oppressive government. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (originally a pacifist) came to this realization and attempted to carry out an assassination attempt on Hitler. There is such a thing as a good fight. And there is such a thing as a false peace. We don’t make peace with evil, we oppose it. I never hear people denounce the civil war as a “violent unjust war” or how could we have fought such an evil war….No one says fighting Hitler was wrong. We must realize that we are opposed by many in the Middle East that would see Israel’s destruction as well as our own. And they don’t want peace and they cannot be reasoned with….They want to KILL us. Until we come to grips with that and realize its not a misunderstanding, its not just get know them better, its not give them a little to appease them, its not using our experience and reason. Although, I fully believe their has been unjust wars and conflicts with ulterior motives we cannot, we must not, oppose all “action by force” as somehow evil or wrong. It is my humble opinion that all evil needs to flourish is for good men to do nothing. There is such a thing as a just use of violence and an unjust peace, there are somethings worth laying our lives down. And there are other forces behind what is going on in the Middle East, namely those who would see the world brought into a global government. We have to oppose this ladies !!!!
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:21am“Sticks and stones may break my bones…”
Report Post »But charging in with a CAMEL??? Now THAT is hard core!
wildjoker5
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:25amMaybe CM was right and the Tea Party is like the anti-gov protesters, mostly non-violent protest against the regime that is oppressive and taking away “freedoms”. But what do you call the pro-gov protesters? The ones that come out and vigilantly against the predominantly peaceful (I use it lightly) protest?
Report Post »79USMC83
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:41amIt seems allot of the young commentors are getting a kick out watching people beat one another over POLITICS. Some are mocking Beck because of his belief it is only a matter of time here. America has had many riots in it’s past and cities have been burned!! This is the most I have ever seen America divided POLITICALY. What is happening in the Middle East has NOTHING to do with DICTATORS and all to do with RADICAL ISLAMIC JIHADISTS using another TACTIC along with TERROR. POLITICAL UNREST is a form of Governments being overthrown. Iran is a great example,funny how the FREEDOM protest there just STOPPED. They were stopped by FEAR. The freaking Iranians just HUNG a DUTCH women because of their riots !!!!
Report Post »Teapartywoman
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:44amThe Coming Insurrection, Beck is the only one that I know of that has stated this fact for God knows how long. We are in very scary times people.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:47amAttention Students….You are now watching chaos and confusion BY DESIGN. Coming to a US city near you soon. For your homework…start practicing Self-Reliance. Failing to pass this class could be life threatening. So I recommend you do your homework well and study hard. You are dismissed.
Report Post »RedHarley
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 9:54amI am no fan of people like Mubarak. He is obviously a thug and a dictator and needs to be replaced. That being said, it would be interesting if the Code Pinkos and people like Wade Rathke would get rounded up by his goons. It would only be better if they got caught with paper or digital documents that could tie their actions to the State Department or this administration. Just sayin……
I had already posted about Rathke’s comment “HERE in Egypt” on Jan 29 in his blog.
Report Post »TODAY, Rathke in his blog took exception to Glenn talking about the “organizers forum”, and that it had planned a meeting in Cairo and the activists there in Sept. 2011.
This piece it starts out: “New York After a long day of meetings in the big city, I got back to my priceline special in Chinatown on the Bowery”
If you know anything about liars the one thing they do to give themselves away is to give way too much detail in their attempts to mis-direct. Why did Rathke feel the need to start by saying a bit too much about exactly where is is “supposed” to be.
It is just my opinion but I would not be surprised at all if he was there before the demonstrations and is still there. It is my hope he is not allowed to leave for a while………The Egyptian people need to at least know they are being used and exploited by a bunch of US leftists allied with the Muslim Brotherhood and El Baradei. Then they can decide what kind of government they want.
rdk
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:04amThe 78 year old Piven will probably hop an airplane and join the rock throwing crowd. Sure.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:17amThink that will knock any sense into A. Cooper?
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:38amAnd somehow, in the midst of all this chaos, Omar says to Mohammed, “Lets steal a camel and a couple of horses and ride them right into this mob of 10,000 HUNGRY, angry, stone-throwing, mindless rioters…Yeah…what a plan!”
I don’t know guys, but seems to me that some in this mob just may view their act as…”Hey…let‘s get together and I’ll bring lunch”…or better yet…let‘s do a burnt offering to Allah and I’ll bring the sacrificial lamb! These people are frightening!
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:38amGrandma, why bet?
Why not take the trouble to find out what Soros and Piven are actually saying about the Egyhptian situation?
It shouldn’t be difficult to do a little minimal research; report back to us what you find.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:39amCan you say “Palestinian v Palestinian”…let’s see….that only lasted 10 YEARS! Pray for those you aren’t seeing on the streets…they must be horrified!
wodiej
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:08amSad but true.
Report Post »79USMC83
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:24amStones and sticks today, Suicide car bombs tomorrow !!!
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:33amSticks and stones to break their bones,,,,,,,,and history set back two millenia.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:35am@Lloyd Drako:
“Grandma, why bet?
Why not take the trouble to find out what Soros and Piven are actually saying about the Egyhptian situation?
It shouldn’t be difficult to do a little minimal research; report back to us what you find.”
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Now Now Now…Don‘t be pickin’ on OUR Grandma!
Jayk Signal
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:39amThis Mubarek clown’s a real lightweight. Dear Leader needs to give this dope some tips on handling rowdy protesters.
Here are the top ten ways Mubarek could get the situation back under control.
10. Claim to have secret evidence that the protesters are all racist
9. Always refer to them using a sexual slur
8. Call them “astroturf”
7. Pay community activists to show up at the rallies with posters of Obama in a Hitler mustache (claim it’s proof of #10, above)
6. Send in “objective” reporters to argue with the protesters and remind them just how good they have it
5. Call them fringe group extremists
4. Count the protesters. Divide the number by 100. Tell the public you serve everyone, not just this tiny group of frustrated malcontents
3. Pay union thugs to threaten the protesters with violence
2. Somewhere in the world there’s a lunatic planning a violent attack — when it happens, blame it on the protesters
And the #1 way to renew hope to the Egyptian people:
1. Have Chris Matthews brag that whenever you speak he soils his shorts
Report Post »so broke
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:04pmComing to a city near you !!
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 4:19pmThis is going to hell in a handbasket quickly. Pray for them.
And, BECKISNUTS is clueless as usual.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:06am@Jayk Signal:
Sad isn’t it? Good memory my friend…it’s been a tough couple of years! Whew!
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