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Super Friday Egyptians step up "Day of Wrath" in an attempt to oust Mubarak
by Joseph Ernest January 28, 2011
Newscast Media CAIRO Egypt -- Protestors in Egypt have escalated the "Day of Wrath" that was largely organized over the Web. Shopkeepers have been warned to keep their shops closed due to the uncertainty of what might occur during the demonstrations. Their goal is to oust the Egyptian president after 30 years in power.
Rioters go head-to-head with riot police
The Egyptian government, under Hosni Mubarak has also stepped up its military presence and members of the Muslim Brotherhood have reportedly been detained. Mubarak's son Gamal Mubarak is also is reported to have fled to London, England with his family.
After returning from the Austrian city of Vienna, where he lives, Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the UN nuclear watchdog and Nobel peace laureate, has announced that he will join the demonstrators on Friday. He has also offered to lead a transition of government, should power change hands.
In this BBC video the police are overpowered by demonstrators who include women
Concerned about their human rights, poverty and oppression, Egyptians used Facebook as a tool to unite themselves and already have over 91,000 who have pledged on their Facebook page to attend the demonstrations. The page has since been taken down but you may view images on this other site.
Barack Obama, urged both the government and protesters
to show restraint as they expressed their "pent-up frustrations".
"It
is very important that people have mechanisms in order to express
legitimate grievances," he said as he answered questions from an online
audience on the YouTube website. Obama also urged Mubarak to make changes to the political system to appease the angry protesters.
"I've always said to him that making sure that they are moving forward on reform -- political reform, economic reform - is absolutely critical for the long-term well-being of Egypt." Add Comments>>
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