Selepas Tunisia, Mesir pulak tunggu giliran

alien7749 · Post time 26-1-2011 08:20 AM

Post Last Edit by alien7749 at 26-1-2011 08:21

CAIRO – Egyptian police fired tear gas and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square Wednesday after the biggest demonstrations in years against President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule.

At least three people were killed in the nationwide demonstrations inspired by Tunisia uprising, which also demanded a solution to Egypt's grinding poverty and were likely to fuel growing dissent in a presidential election year.

Mobilized largely on the Internet, the waves of protesters filled Cairo's central Tahrir — or Liberation — Square on Tuesday, some hurling rocks and climbing atop armored police trucks.

"Down with Hosni Mubarak, down with the tyrant," chanted the crowds. "We don't want you!" they screamed as thousands of riot police deployed in a massive security operation that failed to quell the protests.

As night fell, thousands of demonstrators stood their ground for what they vowed would be an all-night sit-in in Tahrir Square just steps away from parliament and other government buildings — blocking the streets and setting the stage for even more dramatic confrontations.

A large security force moved in around 1 a.m. Wednesday, arresting people, chasing others into side-streets and filling the square with clouds of tear gas.

Discontent with life in Egypt's authoritarian police state has simmered under the surface for years. However, it is Tunisia's popular uprising, which forced that nation's autocratic ruler from power, that appears to have pushed young Egyptians into the streets, many for the first time.

"This is the first time I am protesting, but we have been a cowardly nation. We have to finally say no," said Ismail Syed, a hotel worker who struggles to live on a salary of $50 a month.

"We want to see change, just like in Tunisia," said 24-year-old Lamia Rayan.

Dubbed a "day of revolution against torture, poverty, corruption and unemployment," Tuesday's protests in cities across Egypt began peacefully, with police at first showing unusual restraint in what appeared to be a calculated strategy to avoid further sullying the image of a security apparatus widely criticized as corrupt and violent.

batmana · Post time 26-1-2011 08:21 AM

hosni mubarak ni lama gile pegang jawatan...

al-asil · Post time 26-1-2011 08:45 AM

aku tak fikir kerajaan husni mubarak semudah itu boleh dijatuhkan, sebab dia ni buleh tahan jugak kejamnya. student malaysia pon penah merasa kena masuk penjara bawah tanah kat sana, apatah lagi kalau rakyat dia, setakat ilang tak dapat dikesan tu biasa je

alien7749 · Post time 26-1-2011 08:49 AM

Sejarah membuktikan walaupun tyrant macamana pun diktator, kuasa rakyat yang bersatu tetap boleh menumbangkannya. Marcos, Suharto, Shah Iran

mysara · Post time 26-1-2011 08:51 AM

selepas si tyrant2 itu dijatuhkan, adakah negara2 yg didokong oleh kuasa rakyat itu menjadi maju dan bertambah aman berbanding dgn pentadbiran si tyrant itu?

devilito · Post time 26-1-2011 09:05 AM

satu persatu nak tumbang....... semuanya negara yg ramai rakyat beragama islam.... arap2 perubahan ni ke arah kebaikan dan lebih terbuka....

honeybee1802 · Post time 26-1-2011 09:14 AM

good friend of rosmah kan wife si hosni mubarak neh?

zidlan · Post time 26-1-2011 10:23 AM

dia tak akan semudah itu digulingkan semasa dalam pemerintahan selagi bekerjasama dengan Amerika untuk hancurkan rakyat Palestin di Semenanjung Gaza

alien7749 · Post time 26-1-2011 10:42 AM

selepas si tyrant2 itu dijatuhkan, adakah negara2 yg didokong oleh kuasa rakyat itu menjadi maju dan ...
mysara Post at 26-1-2011 08:51

pembangunan perkara kedua. Yang paling penting, rakyat bebas melaksanakan syariat, nak sembahyang jemaah, nak hadiri kuliah. Ni, nak pergi kuliah agama pun kena ambik nama oleh SB UMNO. apa kes...