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From: J
Sent: Sat, January 29, 2011 7:25:34 AM
Subject: Re: Comments - Week of January 31
simmering events now heating up
stratfor issuing 'red alert'
empire must print some more to get oil price up
else saudi royal house would fall short on its entitlement program
when so fallen, what then happens in saudi arabia can easily be connected to what would happen in afghanistan / iraq
it is odd that iht / nyt / wsj do not bring up the truth that the empire is by far the largest arms supplier to african dictators as its program of resisting genuine popular will in egypt far outweighs anything the team china is doing in sudan
Mubarak Dismisses Egypt's Government
January 28, 2011 | 2241 GMT
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The Egypt Unrest
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in an address broadcast on state television Jan. 28 said that he has dissolved the government and will form a new government Jan. 29. In other words, Mubarak is not stepping down.
Changing the political face of the government is unlikely to pacify Egyptian protesters. Mubarak is undoubtedly the primary target of the demonstrations. The crisis in Egypt is thus far from over. The military still appears to be the main power broker in the country, and Mubarak’s fate is likely in the hands of his generals. Mubarak’s appeal to stay and the hours-long delay in making this speech could be a negotiated step between the two sides, but the potential for more direct and overt military intervention remains extremely high. Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Sami Annan is expected to return to Cairoby Jan. 29 and next steps by the military are likely to be discussed then.
The announcement was strategically made in the middle of the night in Egypt to give time for troops to take position. The military’s interaction with the demonstrators will need to be watched closely. So far, the military has been able to move into the cities and has been welcomed by the protesters without employing the more heavy-handed tactics of the internal security forces. What order they imposed came not from violence but from the perception that they would enable the demonstrators to bring down Mubarak.
If the military is now physically backing the regime, confrontations between demonstrators (whose grievance is ultimately with Mubarak) and the military forces is likely to turn more violent in the hours ahead
From: H
Sent: Sat, January 29, 2011 12:31:53 AM
Subject: Re: Comments - Week of January 31
what's happening in the Middle East could easily spiral out of control. it's the kind of thing nobody was expecting, a left-of-field event that could upset a number of apple carts. 'our' dictators are getting the boot...France was thinking about rescuing the Tunisian autocrat (he was their boy), and refrained at the last moment. Mubarak, who has ruled with an iron fist for 3 decades, 'belongs' to the US. so do the princelings of Saudi Arabia. if all these fascist tyrants are about to topple, it is not certain that what follows in their wake will continue to be subservient to the West. that said, I think we will also find out that radical Islamism is far weaker in all of these countries (except perhaps in Saudi Arabia) than we have been led to believe. this was just the propaganda story people like Mubarak used as justification for keeping their tyrannical regimes in place and as an excellent lever for receiving billions of dollars in aid every year.
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 4:39 PM, S wrote:
So so we have a genuine turn in the POG here, or another head fake on the road to 1270?
Arabs starting to panic yet? |
