SUBHEAD: Mubarak resigns as Egypt's president as armed forces take control of country. Who's next?
By AP Staff on 11 February 2011 for Huffington Post -
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/11/mubarak-red-sea-egypt_n_821812.html)
[IB Editor's note: For live video coverage of people's victory this morning watch Democracy Now! (http://www.democracynow.org/) and Al Jazeera (http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/)]
Image above: Scene in Tahrir Square exploded into joy. From Huffington Post article.
Egypt's Hosni Mubarak resigned as president and handed control to the military on Friday, bowing down after a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands. "The people ousted the president," chanted a crowd of tens of thousands outside his presidential palace in Cairo.
By AP Staff on 11 February 2011 for Huffington Post -
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/11/mubarak-red-sea-egypt_n_821812.html)
[IB Editor's note: For live video coverage of people's victory this morning watch Democracy Now! (http://www.democracynow.org/) and Al Jazeera (http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/)]
Image above: Scene in Tahrir Square exploded into joy. From Huffington Post article.
Egypt's Hosni Mubarak resigned as president and handed control to the military on Friday, bowing down after a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands. "The people ousted the president," chanted a crowd of tens of thousands outside his presidential palace in Cairo.
Several hundred thousand protesters massed in Cairo's central Tahrir Square exploded into joy, waving Egyptian flags, and car horns and celebratory shots in the air were heard around the city of 18 million in joy after Vice President Omar Suleiman made the announcement on national TV just after nightfall.
Mubarak had sought to cling to power, handing some of his authorities to Suleiman while keeping his title. But an explosion of protests Friday rejecting the move appeared to have pushed the military into forcing him out completely. Hundreds of thousands marched throughout the day in cities across the country as soliders stood by, besieging his palace in Cairo and Alexandria and the state TV building.
"In these grave circumstances that the country is passing through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to leave his position as president of the republic," a grim-looking Suleiman said. "He has mandated the Armed Forces Supreme Council to run the state. God is our protector and succor."
Nobel Peace laureate Mohammed ElBaradei, whose young suporters were among the organizers of the protest movement, told The Associated Press, "This is the greatest day of my life."
"The country has been liberated after decades of repression," he said adding that he expects a "beautiful" transition of power.
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Mubarak had sought to cling to power, handing some of his authorities to Suleiman while keeping his title. But an explosion of protests Friday rejecting the move appeared to have pushed the military into forcing him out completely. Hundreds of thousands marched throughout the day in cities across the country as soliders stood by, besieging his palace in Cairo and Alexandria and the state TV building.
"In these grave circumstances that the country is passing through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to leave his position as president of the republic," a grim-looking Suleiman said. "He has mandated the Armed Forces Supreme Council to run the state. God is our protector and succor."
Nobel Peace laureate Mohammed ElBaradei, whose young suporters were among the organizers of the protest movement, told The Associated Press, "This is the greatest day of my life."
"The country has been liberated after decades of repression," he said adding that he expects a "beautiful" transition of power.
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1 comment :
This is the second revolution I watched. This one on the television, and the first one in person on the streets of Hungary in 1956. Both of them were amazing. I totally understand the euphoria of the people. Hopefully the next step will be the liberation of the Palestinian people by their Egyptian brothers and sisters. The oppessors have a reason to worry, because their might and power cannot stop the masses. And it was a good example for perseverance.
This also may prove to be a good lesson for those who think that money (e.g.USAID padi by US taxpayers) will buy friendship forever.
Aloha
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