Egyptian Revolution Tweets February 3 2010 Crackdown Part 5

[Catherina]

Thread 4 here http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=340668&mesg_id=340668

Compare these two articles.

CAIRO — Whipped up by state television and spoiling for a fight, thousands of supporters of President Hosni Mubarak flooded into the center of Egypt’s capital Wednesday, sparking violent clashes that shifted the momentum in a political confrontation that has gripped the region and the world.

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR2011020203035.html?wprss=rss_print

CAIRO — President Hosni Mubarak struck back at his opponents on Wednesday, unleashing waves of his supporters armed with clubs, rocks, knives and firebombs in a concentrated assault on thousands of antigovernment protesters in Tahrir Sqaure calling for an end to his authoritarian rule … The crackdown was in defiance of calls by the United States and Europe to avoid violence … The Mubarak supporters emerged from buses. They carried the same flags and the same printed signs, and they all escalated their actions, from shouting to violence, at exactly the same moment: 2:15 p.m. The protesters showed journalists police and ruling party identification cards which they said had been taken from Mubarak supporters who had been caught infiltrating Tahrir Square, also known as Liberation Square, and detained in a holding pen.

www.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/world/middleeast/03egypt.html

False reporting can't erase the fact that "In Egypt the People Are Taking Control"



Please rec if you like this. These are getting immediately unrec'd

[Catherina]

1. Gangs Hunt Journalists and Rights Workers - NYTimes.com

MostafaMGaafar Gangs Hunt Journalists and Rights Workers - NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/3PSXz
1 minute ago via HootSuite

[Catherina]

2. US officials (anon) interior is involved in rounding up journalists

evanchill US officials have said (anonymously) that the interior is involved in rounding up journalists in Egypt. http://ow.ly/3PToq
2 minutes ago via HootSuite


http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/03/egypt-crisis-more-injuries-reported-in-cairos-tahrir-square/


Update 8:21 p.m. in Cairo, 1:21 p.m. ET The United States has information suggesting that the Egyptian Interior Ministry is involved in rounding up journalists who are covering the unrest there, U.S. State Department officials said Thursday.

[Catherina]

3. three Central Security trucks seen driving towards Tahrir Square

RiverDryFilm Just got a call - three Central Security trucks seen driving towards Tahrir Square from Ahmed Orabi now. #jan25 #egypt
1 minute ago via web

[Catherina]

4. No trusting the army for their security anymore

3arabawy New post: #Jan25 Tahrir Square ميدان التحرير http://bit.ly/gdGlcS
2 minutes ago via arabawy.org





No trusting the army for their security anymore, protester started putting up barricades around Tahrir Square, and started forming security committees to protect their occupation from attacks by Mubarak’s thugs.

[Catherina]

5. Kenneth Cole apologizes for poor taste

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20030594-71.html

[Catherina]

6. Prime Minister of #Egypt asked the Minister of Interior not to interfere with tomorrow's protesters.

Raafatology Egyptian State TV : Prime Minister of #Egypt asked the Minister of Interior not to interfere with tomorrow's protesters. #Egypt via @Shokeir
2 minutes ago via web


naglarzk RT @BreakingNews Egypt PM tells interior minister not to obstruct peaceful marches on Friday - Reuters #tahrir #egypt #jan25
1 minute ago via web

And pig's fly.

[Catherina]

7. "Not to interfere" but an "all-day Friday curfew"

Govt getting sloppy there.

[Catherina]

8. google spreadsheet of the death toll in egypt

adamakary a google spreadsheet of the death toll in egypt, might be interesting to refer to in the days to come: http://bit.ly/hhLwwP
2 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

9. Picture from earlier today, Barricades are up, security committees to defend

Barricades are up, with protesters forming security committees to defend the square from further attacks by Mubarak’s thugs…

[Catherina]

10. moment of tension. ppl whistle to warn thugs are coming

Zeinobia There is an attack reportedly taking place in Tahrir , we need confirmation
1 minute ago via TweetDeck



sharifkouddous moment of tension. ppl whistle to warn thugs are coming. Everyone rushes to protect entrances. They prepare for an attack but none comes yet
1 minute ago via Echofon

[Catherina]

11. Katie Couric just landed at JFK, tweets

read from bottom up. I didn't even know she was there. Posted for her experience with ProM thugs

katiecouric
Thank u everyone for your concerns! I just landed at JFK..may go back, but for now very happy to be home. See u at 6:30 I hope!
2 minutes ago via HootSuite

Thanks for all the good wishes, everyone! It is pretty scary and unruly out there, but we're being very cautious. #Egypt
about 22 hours ago via web

http://twitpic.com/3vtovz - A shot of the square. marie colvin from sun times says it was bedlam..now hearing gunfire.
11:27 AM Feb 2nd via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Outside square Pro mubarak protestors very hostile...wouldn't let us shoot video, pushing etc another photog just got punched and maced
9:17 AM Feb 2nd via OpenBeak

http://twitpic.com/3vrfa9 - With mohammed el baradei opposition leader..heading to square..
7:22 AM Feb 2nd via Twitter for BlackBerry®

http://twitpic.com/3vr3bg - Pro Mubarak protesters walking over bridge to liberation square where things r reportedly getting ugly
6:46 AM Feb 2nd via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Pro Mubarak demonstators reportedly being paid...on their way to liberation square
6:36 AM Feb 2nd via OpenBeak

http://twitpic.com/3vqucp - Amr Moussa, head of the arab league talking the future of egypt and region. "Egypt can never go back."
6:16 AM Feb 2nd via Twitter for BlackBerry®

http://twitpic.com/3vqsb4 - Shooting the aforementioned stand up!
6:08 AM Feb 2nd via Twitter for BlackBerry®

http://twitpic.com/3vqrgl My friends nicolla and @mahagaber at the pyramids in giza after shooting a stand up!
6:05 AM Feb 2nd via OpenBeak

http://twitpic.com/3voxf2 The nile in the morning...twitter now working! Off to interview head of the arab league re; egypt's future
1:20 AM Feb 2nd via OpenBeak

So proud of reports prepared from great @CBSNews team here in #Egypt, & back in U.S. for tonight's @CBSEveningNews. Are you tuned in?!?!
5:38 PM Feb 1st via web

Reporting from Cairo -- talking to some of the participants in the Tahrir Square protests here in #Egypt. http://twitpic.com/3vl3y6
5:00 PM Feb 1st via Twitpic

@CBSEveningNews team back in NYC is going to help me report via Twitter -- access is limited here in Cairo. Stay tuned! #Egypt
4:35 PM Feb 1st via web

http://twitpic.com/3vec5w Ahmed elmesky of st.louis returning to egypt for tomorrow's march says mubarak must leave
2:21 AM Feb 1st via OpenBeak

http://twitpic.com/3vebg4 Sherief from austin texas (ut) going home to cairo to participate in what's unfolding!
2:17 AM Feb 1st via OpenBeak

http://twitpic.com/3ve37s In the munich airport...2am eastern time. Waiting for flight to cairo.
1:36 AM Feb 1st via OpenBeak

En route to #Egypt...will keep you posted from the road, as I can, on what we're seeing there
5:05 PM Jan 31st via HootSuite


http://twitter.com/katiecouric

[Catherina]

12. 5 are pulled from offices, beaten and taken into custody.

Jan25voices http://twiturm.com/2pwj8 5 are pulled from offices, beaten and taken into custody. Eyewitness by Chairman of Hamza Associates. #Egypt #Jan25
half a minute ago via Twiturm.com

Audio in English

[Catherina]

13. some Army tanks are slowly leaving some entrances of Tahrir square

kalnaga #Tahrir news: eyewitness: some Army tanks are slowly leaving some entrances of Tahrir square http://wp.me/pZL7F-aI
2 minutes ago via WordPress.com




This is how they tranferred them to the thugs the other night after searching the protestors to make sure they entered with no weapons, then they unmanned the entrances so camels, horses, busses, machetes, police dogs, could get through.

[Catherina]

14. thugs are getting ready to attack our people in Tahrir with the assist of the Egyptian Police.

Raafatology Mubarak's thugs are getting ready to attack our people in Tahrir with the assist of the Egyptian Police. #Egypt #jan25
3 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

15. several CSF Vehicles are heading to Tahrir, Police Trucks are heading to Tahrir now!

Zeinobia Thugs are reportedly going to attack Al Tahrir several CSF Vehicles are heading there according to Nawara Negm who is there.
3 minutes ago via TweetDeck


afatology News about Police Trucks are heading to Tahrir now! #Egypt Mubarak's thugs are still attacking our people. Mubarak is killing every 1
5 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

16. we call on all of Egyptian to go, we know for sure the police will kill them

Raafatology We dont know if the army will protect our people in Tahrir. we know for sure the police will kill them, but we call on all of Egyptian to go

3 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

17. army commandos group 39 of Ibrahim Rafai is at Tahrir

Zeinobia Now you are speaking the members of legendary army commandos group 39 of Ibrahim Rafai is at Tahrir ya army :D
5 minutes ago via TweetDeck


I have no idea who these people are of if this is good or bad

[Catherina]

18. Chants Spirits high a little while ago video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W13Rb0iFHfY

[Catherina]

19. ysalah It's happening any minute now. Pray for them. 4 minutes ago via web

ysalah It's happening any minute now. Pray for them.
4 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

20. Protesters in Tahrir are protecting themselves. Army disappeared!!

Raafatology Protesters in Tahrir are protecting themselves. Army disappeared!! #Egypt #jan25
3 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

21. Is something wrong with the mobile networks?

ShaimaStreet Is there something wrong with the mobile networks, wala eih el-3obara? #jan25 #tahrir #egypt
3 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

[Catherina]

22. still no word from Prominent human rights lawyer Ahmed Seif

RiverDryFilm Prominent human rights lawyer Ahmed Seif was arrested this morning and we still don't know where he is being held. #egypt #jan25
half a minute ago via web

[Catherina]

23. Int Fed of Journalists sends letter to new PM denouncing targeting

NadiaE RT @abeersaady Int Fed of Journalists sends letter to new PM denouncing targeting of Egyptian and foreign journos, correspondents & bloggers
5 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

24. 7 routes leading to Tahrir square. We set up barricades and numerous lines of defence on everyone. H

mosaaberizing There are 7 routes leading to Tahrir square. We set up barricades and numerous lines of defence on everyone. Hundreds patroling. #Tahrir
2 minutes ago via Tweets60


This is so surreal, so Lord of the Flies medieval battle.

[Catherina]

25. People who can go to Tahrir,,,, our Army sold us to the police and the thugs

Raafatology People who can go to Tahrir, please do so. our Army sold us to the police and the thugs. #Egypt #jan25
1 minute ago via web

[Catherina]

26. largest and most crucial of these entrances are Asr El Nil and Abd El Meneim Reyad

mosaaberizing The largest and most crucial of these entrances are Asr El Nil and Abd El Meneim Reyad (October bridge). Constant clashes there. #Tahrir
2 minutes ago via Tweets60

[Catherina]

27. Ben CNN Mubarak govt set to launch another onslaught against pro-democracy movement

bencnn Tweets from #Tahrir say Mubarak govt set to launch another onslaught against pro-democracy movement. #Egypt #Jan25
less than a minute ago via web

[Catherina]

28. Abdel Meneim Reyad is where snipers occupy roofs and thugs come from the bridge then attack us down

mosaaberizing Abdel Meneim Reyad is where most of the martyrs fell. Snipers occupy roofs and thugs come from the bridge then attack us down. #Tahrir

less than 20 seconds ago via Tweets60

[dixiegrrrrl]

30. death toll in alexandria, at least 100 people have lost their lives so far

RT @adamakary: the last i heard about a death toll in alexandria, at least 100 people have lost their lives so far

[Catherina]

29. Assistant 2 the Minister of Interior in Egypt tells Nile TV "No one will obstruct

SaadAbedine Assistant 2 the Minister of Interior in Egypt tells Nile TV "No one will obstruct any peaceful demonstration going 2 Tahrir Square tomorrow"
3 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

31. evanchill heading to Tahrir nw

evanchill Going to check out tahrir, first time I've been outside all day
less than a minute ago via Seesmic for BlackBerry

[Catherina]

32. Tahrir is calm. All rumours of anything else are false

occupiedcairo Tahrir is calm. All rumours of anything else are false #jan25 #ta7yamasr
less than a minute ago via TweetDeck

[Catherina]

33. Picture- Protesters prepared piles of rocks

Protesters prepared piles of rocks, to use them against Mubarak’s thugs if they dared resuming their attacks, coming down from Qasr el-Nil bridge…

[Catherina]

34. tomorrow will be a big day no matter what happens

NadiaE tomorrow will be a big day no matter what happens. Must sleep to have energy tomorrow. Good night, everyone! #egypt
2 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

35. IvanCNN at least 6 troop carrier trucks loaded with personnel are lined up facing the protester bar

IvanCNN A column of at least 6 troop carrier trucks loaded with personnel are lined up facing the protester barricades in Tahrir Square. #Egypt
2 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

36. Final thought before I collapse:There's only one reason to attack journos-

ashrafkhalil Final thought before I collapse: There's only one reason to attack journos--if you don't want them to report what's coming next #jan25
less than a minute ago via web

[Catherina]

37. will see you tomorrow Mubarak

Raafatology will see you tomorrow Mubarak #Egypt #jan25
1 minute ago via web

[Catherina]

38. IvanCNN Can't tell whether the passengers in these military vehicles are soldiers,police.... helmets

IvanCNN Can't tell whether the passengers in these military vehicles are soldiers or police...but all seem to be wearing helmets.
2 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

39. Video Protesters going Medieval building a catapult to fight

mand0z Protesters going Medieval building a catapult to fight against the regime thugs http://yfrog.com/5t990z #Jan25
1 minute ago via YoruFukurou

[Catherina]

40. Govt should be careful about the paranoia and xenophobia they're sowing

ashrafkhalil #Jan25 Govt should be careful about the paranoia and xenophobia they're sowing through society. This country depends on foreign tourists
1 minute ago via web

[Catherina]

41. All fine. Cyber-panic is not helpful. Square safe and people must keep filling it

occupiedcairo @monasosh + @mosaaberizing are in Tahrir now. All fine. Cyber-panic is not helpful. Square safe and people must keep filling it.#jan25
less than 20 seconds ago via TweetDeck

[Catherina]

42. toughest attacks were yesterday and still failed. Everything else today fades in comparison.

mosaaberizing The toughest attacks were yesterday and still failed. Everything else today fades in comparison. We're doing great, really. #Tahrir
2 minutes ago via Tweets60

[Catherina]

43. spirit of the guys are high. they r saying they'd rather die in Tahrir

Raafatology spirit of the guys are high. they r saying they'd rather die in Tahrir #Egypt #jan25
less than a minute ago via web



ziadaly Rumor has it that tomorrow will be a wonderful day for protestors provided they do not leave #Tahrir #Jan25 #fb
1 minute ago via Twitter for iPad



monasosh I know u ppl will think I am exagerating but Tahrir square is the safest place in cairo right now! And it is cozy :) #Jan25
less than a minute ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

[Catherina]

44. just to be clear, no attack in Tahrir yet. our people are ready and waiting.

Raafatology just to be clear, no attack in Tahrir yet. our people are ready and waiting. but we have information there will be one. #Egypt #jan25
2 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

45. Video Protesters cleaning Tahrir Square earlier

3arabawy New post: #Jan25 Protesters cleaning Tahrir Square المعتصمون يكنسون ميدان التحرير http://bit.ly/g8jLy9
2 minutes ago via arabawy.org


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqJ5VRNVUOU&feature=player_embedded

[Catherina]

46. The state is propagating rumours to create fear.

occupiedcairo The state is propagating rumours to create fear. Do not spread information you are not certain of. It is unhelpful and dangerous #jan25
less than 20 seconds ago via TweetDeck



Which is why I'm only sticking to older tweeters. There are a lot of new tweeters no one ever saw before, new accounts. People aren't stupid, Mubarak brought the net back up so he could participate in the cyber fight.
Fat chance.

[Catherina]

47. Picture Barricades - Defending the Revolution

3arabawy New post: #Jan25 Barricades - Defending the Revolution متاريس لحماية اعتصام التحرير http://bit.ly/hY02ov
1 minute ago via arabawy.org



Barricades set up by the revolutionaries in Tahrir Square, to defend themselves against further attacks by Mubarak’s thugs coming from Qasr el-Nil Bridge…

[Catherina]

48. Cairo is fairly calm

nolanjazeera Say a prayer that Fri doesn't turn as ugly as many fear it might. Cairo is fairly calm at mo but I fear a storm is coming. Hope I'm wrong
3 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

49. For all the talk about reporters in danger, it is Egyptians who face 10 times the risk and have no

NickKristof For all the talk about reporters in danger, it is Egyptians who face 10 times the risk and have none of our protections.
2 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

50. 200,000 are in Tahrir right now!!!! getting ready for the Thugs and the #departurefriday

Raafatology 200,000 are in Tahrir right now!!!! getting ready for the Thugs and the #departurefriday #Egypt #jan25 god bless Egypt
2 minutes ago via web

[Catherina]

51. The efforts of this regime to create an atmosphere of suspicion à la 1930s Germany must be defeated

occupiedcairo The efforts of this regime to create an atmosphere of suspicion à la 1930s Germany must be defeated. Egypt is too beautiful for that #jan25
less than 20 seconds ago via TweetDeck

[Catherina]

52. List of attacks on journalists by the government since the Egyptian Revolution began:

RiverDryFilm List of attacks on journalists by the government since the Egyptian Revolution began: http://bit.ly/hqblXB #jan25 #egypt (via @guardian)
1 minute ago via TweetDeck

[Catherina]

53. Video Treating the injured

3arabawy New post: #Jan25 Treating the injured مستشفى طوارئ من الأطباء المتطوعين لعلاج الجرحى http://bit.ly/gmyHkB
less than a minute ago via arabawy.org


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5RHR_cqw5I

[Catherina]

54. Tahrir is calm. All rumours of anything else are false

ziadaly “@lo2lo2a82: RT @Shokeir: من التحرير الان RT @S_Elhussieny : Tahrir is calm. All rumours of anything else are false #jan25 #fb
2 minutes ago via Twitter for iPad

[Catherina]

55. despite loses of life among demonstrators, attacks/kidnap by NDP thugs, people in Tahrir Square are

RamyRaoof despite loses of life among demonstrators, attacks/kidnap by NDP thugs, people in Tahrir Square are very strong, united and hopeful. #Jan25
half a minute ago via web

[Catherina]

56. Part 6 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x341896