Thursday, February 3, 2011

Popular uprising against Mubarak of Egypt calls for army to Stop Protests

Egyptian protesters lose the support of the military? Following the resignation announcement of Husni Mubarak, the army is now urging an end to the demonstrations. But the opponents of the regime do not yield - they call for new protests. Cairo - Egypt's military, which has been openly sympathized with the demands of the demonstrators and not against it happening, has called on Wednesday for an end to protests.


A spokesman of the armed forces, said the message of the protesters had arrived, their demands are known. Now people could restore normal life in the country. But the government's critics do not yield so far. It is therefore considered unlikely that the appeal has the military. The opposition called on Wednesday for new protests.

In the morning, again, many people flocked to Tahrir square in central Cairo, says SPIEGEL ONLINE reporter Matthias Gebauer. Many protesters had camped the night in the square. At the same time more tanks were stationed in Cairo. On the announcement by the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that he would forego a second term, hundreds of thousands of protesters Tuesday night reacted furiously.

They called on Mubarak's resignation Friday. "Get out, get out, get out," they shouted, booed and waved their shoes over their heads in the direction of a Mubarak-portraits. In the Arab world, this is a sign of great contempt. Now at risk of further clashes. Because on Wednesday also Mubarak's supporters took to the streets.

Thousands of people came to the demonstrations in Cairo and Alexandria. It could be a test of the three million-member National Democratic Party of Mubarak to regain the initiative. In Alexandria, there was reportedly the station al-Jazeera has developed between the two sides. Lock of the Internet partially offset some of the critics of the government claims the government came to meet already.

After days of failure, the Internet in parts of Egypt after all, was again accessible. In addition, the curfew has been relaxed: it is now from 17 bis 7 clock clock in the morning, before a much stricter rule was true of 15 clock bis 8 clock. Mubarak also brought the promised constitutional reform on the road.

The Egyptian television reported that the reform should be completed within 70 days. It is all about a paragraph that makes it virtually impossible for independent candidates to compete for the office of President. The change that clause was before the protests a week ago was one of the main demands of the opposition.

Now that has the extra-parliamentary opposition developed into a mass movement, its leaders expect, but further, more radical reforms. "We hear your voice" Above all, they demand the immediate resignation of Mubarak. But this will, which he has represented in his ten-minute televised address to remain on the presidential elections in September in office.

He would "work for the remaining months to take the necessary steps for a peaceful transfer of power". Will not go into exile, the Egyptian president. "This is my beloved home country - I have lived here, I have fought for it, and I have his ground, defending its sovereignty and interests," he said.

"I will die here. The story is about me and judge us all." But will lead to less support of key allies USA. Barack Obama had urged Mubarak to open in the face of mass protests in his country for an immediate and orderly transition to a new government. Obama telephoned on Tuesday night after Mubarak's claims to be speaking to the nation with the 82-year-old head of state.

The protest movement, he declared: "We hear your voices." In a press conference at the White House had Obama hinted that a departure in September, it is probably not soon enough. Mubarak has in the telephone call itself accepted that "the status quo is unsustainable and that change must take place."

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