Friday, January 28, 2011

Egypt, El Baradei returned home: "I'm here for a change"

Mohammed El Baradei, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the leader of the most popular opposition Third day of fighting in Egypt. After the seven deaths in Cairo, two more protesters were killed in the clashes taking place in a small town in Sinai. This is Mohammed Atef, a young man of 25 years by a bullet in his mouth and crushed by an armored police Zouayed El Sheikh.

To date, nearly a thousand arrests. Meanwhile, Mohammed El Baradei, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and one of the most popular Egyptian opposition leader, has denied a summary of his statements made by Al Arabiya television that he attributed his intention to "seize power" in Egypt.

"I never said such things," he responded to journalists who urging him with questions about his political plans. "I am here to work for an orderly and peaceful change," El Baradei has clarified yet. The man came back to Cairo by plane from Vienna where he lived so far. In the afternoon, in fact, the Arabic broadcaster, in a brief overlay, had attributed the former head of the International Atomic these words: "Ready to take power for a period of transition, if you ask the square." ElBaradei, welcomed by supporters, and a mass of international journalists, under a close surveillance of the safety said: "I will continue to support the change and ask the system to do the same before it's too late." "Mubarak is the time to leave - had El Baradei said in an interview with the Daily Mail -.

He served the country for thirty years and it's time to retire. " The man also said he will not take the lead of the demonstrations, but to contribute to the current political situation. After confirming the news of a huge demonstration organized for tomorrow, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has stated: "It will cover all of Egypt, and I will be with the demonstrators.

Do not lead them, I am interested in driving political change. The people have broken the cycle of fear, and once you do you will never go back. " The wave of protest in North Africa, after the escape of Ben Ali in Tunisia is flashing Egypt, has arrived in the Arabian peninsula, with the first events in Yemen.

Sixteen thousand demonstrators took to the streets of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in office since 1978. "Thirty years in power is enough, Ben Ali has gone after twenty," shouted the demonstrators, inspired by the so-called "jasmine revolution" that led to the collapse of the twenty-year regime of Tunisian rais.

In Egypt, the resumption of clashes between police and protesters calling for the end of the Mubarak regime. According to Al Jazeera a crowd gathered in front of a police station on fire in Suez, where the army fired rubber bullets. In Cairo, the protests continued outside the headquarters of the journalists union, the main objectives of the crackdown implemented by the Egyptian authorities.

Clashes were reported in Ismailia, where agents have engaged in battle with 600 opponents. The prosecutor general accused of attempted coup, while 40 protesters were at least 1,000 arrests carried out by Egyptian police last Tuesday, when I started the protests against President Mubarak.

Two events which focused on the wait: the massive protest organized for tomorrow and the return of Mohamed El Baradei. On some accounts you read Facebook messages to this effect: "Muslims and Christians in Egypt will continue the battle against corruption, unemployment and oppression." For the dissident Ayman Nour Friday prayers provide the occasion for a new showdown with the opposition.

The dissidents, who seems to have a recognized leader, could find it in El Baradei, estimated by different social groups at home and provided with appropriate contacts in the international community. The return of the former diplomat at home, waiting for the night, seems to coincide with an intensification of pressing the White House on rais.

According to reports from Bloomberg, Barack Obama would have phoned Mubarak on Wednesday to convince him to take the opportunity of the protests to accept democratic reforms. In fact, the party chairman said today he is ready to engage in dialogue with the demonstrators. This was announced by Safwat El-Sherif, Secretary General of the National Democratic Party in an interview on the website of Israel Yedioth Ahronoth.

El-Sherif has also appealed for restraint and the security forces, both the demonstrators to the march tomorrow. (ER)

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