860 Arrested as Egyptian police crack down on new protests:
Egyptian anti-government activists clashed with police for a second day Wednesday in defiance of an official ban on any protests. Beefed up police forces on the streets quickly moved in and used tear gas and beatings to disperse any demonstrations. Ref. Source 5
Chaos In Egypt
Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei placed under house arrest, high-level security source tells CNN.
The Egyptian government has extended a curfew to all areas, as thousands of protesters attempt to storm government buildings in Cairo. Ref. BBC
Egypt: Arrests of foreign journalists, Internet blocked:
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the arrests of four French journalists as they were preparing to cover protests in Cairo today. All the different methods being used by the Egyptian authorities to obstruct the right to impart news and information are completely unacceptable, the press freedom organization said. Ref. Source 3
The people are not backing down but I do wonder what kind of government is going to replace the last one.
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Egypt's Next Strongman
When Cairo switched its strategic alliance from Moscow to Washington, he received training at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare School and Center at Fort Bragg, N.C., in the 1980s. Suleiman continues to have privileged contacts with U.S. Intelligence and military officials, with whom he has now been dealing for at least a quarter-century. Ref. Source 1