Two weeks after the protests against Hosni Mubarak, a new massive demonstration is taking place in Tahrir Square in Cairo, which has become the stronghold of dissent of the Egyptians who are asking the president to step aside. According to the opposition in the square there are at least 300 thousand people, a figure not confirmed by security forces.
The popular revolt in Egypt, thus enters into its third week and the tug of war between the Mubarak regime and the opposition continues unabated. The demonstrations continue, despite government concessions. Why the protest does not lose the momentum, the Movement April 6, promoter of the first event (January 25), also organized the two events today, and another one in Tahrir square in front of the Egyptian state television, Cairo .
The concessions Mubarak - Meanwhile, the regime continues to make new concessions. Monday the government has approved a plan to increase the salaries of state sector by 15 percent from April and pledged to spend 6.5 billion Egyptian pounds (about $ 940 million) to increase pensions. Today, the Vice-President Omar Suleiman has announced that they are prepared "a plan and timetable for the peaceful transition." The man who has long been Mubarak's intelligence chief and has so far led the talks with the opposition groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, Mubarak met to inform him of the first round of national dialogue, the talks on Sunday .
"The president welcomes this national dialogue and confirmed that we are putting together the right solution to the current crisis," said Suleiman, promising that the violence against the demonstrators eventually: "The president stressed that the youth of 'Egypt deserve the appreciation of the nation and issued a directive to prevent that they are persecuted, harassed or deprived of freedom of expression.
" Suleiman was also reported that Mubarak has appointed a committee to amend the Constitution and meet the demands of political forces. Sunday, the vice president had already announced the creation of this committee, along with other measures such as the expansion of press freedom and the liberation of prisoners 'of conscience'.
Google released the manager becomes a symbol of protest - I mean, to survive, the regime tries to buy time. In the intentions of its organizers, the demonstration today must be evidence of the ability of the square to keep the pressure on the government of the Rais. The release manager for Google, Wael Ghoneim, a symbol of the faces of the protest started on the web, after two weeks (in which - he said - was taken blindfolded to a prison security) may galvanize the protest.
Ghoneim, head of marketing at Google for the Middle East and North Africa, was missing since Jan. 28. "I am not a symbol, a hero or something, but what has happened to me is a crime," said the young man after his release. "We must break this system, based on censorship." Wikileaks: "Israel wants Suleiman in power since 2008" - Vice President Egyptian Omar Suleiman was pointed out by Israel as his favorite for the succession to Hosni Mubarak in 2008.
E ', according to a cable sent to U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv and released by Wikileaks through the Telegraph. The document, dated August 2008, reports a conversation that took place between U.S. diplomats and David Hacham, senior adviser to Israeli Defense Ministry, in that it considers that a delegation led by the holder of Defense, Ehud Barak, had been very well impressed by the then Egyptian intelligence chief.
On the contrary, the Israelis were "shocked" by what he had aged Mubarak and his way of speaking "shuffling," reads the text published by the British newspaper. Hacham, says the cable, is exaggerated in "praise" for Suleiman and stressed that among the Israeli Defense Ministry and the Egyptian General Intelligence Service, there was a "hotline" that worked every day.
"Hacham pointed out that Israel is considered likely that at least Suleiman became interim president in the event of death or incapacity of Mubarak," says the dispatch. "We refer to the embassy in Cairo for the analysis of scenarios of succession, but there is no doubt that Israel is very comfortable with a perspective that calls into question Omar Suleiman," says the cable.
The popular revolt in Egypt, thus enters into its third week and the tug of war between the Mubarak regime and the opposition continues unabated. The demonstrations continue, despite government concessions. Why the protest does not lose the momentum, the Movement April 6, promoter of the first event (January 25), also organized the two events today, and another one in Tahrir square in front of the Egyptian state television, Cairo .
The concessions Mubarak - Meanwhile, the regime continues to make new concessions. Monday the government has approved a plan to increase the salaries of state sector by 15 percent from April and pledged to spend 6.5 billion Egyptian pounds (about $ 940 million) to increase pensions. Today, the Vice-President Omar Suleiman has announced that they are prepared "a plan and timetable for the peaceful transition." The man who has long been Mubarak's intelligence chief and has so far led the talks with the opposition groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, Mubarak met to inform him of the first round of national dialogue, the talks on Sunday .
"The president welcomes this national dialogue and confirmed that we are putting together the right solution to the current crisis," said Suleiman, promising that the violence against the demonstrators eventually: "The president stressed that the youth of 'Egypt deserve the appreciation of the nation and issued a directive to prevent that they are persecuted, harassed or deprived of freedom of expression.
" Suleiman was also reported that Mubarak has appointed a committee to amend the Constitution and meet the demands of political forces. Sunday, the vice president had already announced the creation of this committee, along with other measures such as the expansion of press freedom and the liberation of prisoners 'of conscience'.
Google released the manager becomes a symbol of protest - I mean, to survive, the regime tries to buy time. In the intentions of its organizers, the demonstration today must be evidence of the ability of the square to keep the pressure on the government of the Rais. The release manager for Google, Wael Ghoneim, a symbol of the faces of the protest started on the web, after two weeks (in which - he said - was taken blindfolded to a prison security) may galvanize the protest.
Ghoneim, head of marketing at Google for the Middle East and North Africa, was missing since Jan. 28. "I am not a symbol, a hero or something, but what has happened to me is a crime," said the young man after his release. "We must break this system, based on censorship." Wikileaks: "Israel wants Suleiman in power since 2008" - Vice President Egyptian Omar Suleiman was pointed out by Israel as his favorite for the succession to Hosni Mubarak in 2008.
E ', according to a cable sent to U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv and released by Wikileaks through the Telegraph. The document, dated August 2008, reports a conversation that took place between U.S. diplomats and David Hacham, senior adviser to Israeli Defense Ministry, in that it considers that a delegation led by the holder of Defense, Ehud Barak, had been very well impressed by the then Egyptian intelligence chief.
On the contrary, the Israelis were "shocked" by what he had aged Mubarak and his way of speaking "shuffling," reads the text published by the British newspaper. Hacham, says the cable, is exaggerated in "praise" for Suleiman and stressed that among the Israeli Defense Ministry and the Egyptian General Intelligence Service, there was a "hotline" that worked every day.
"Hacham pointed out that Israel is considered likely that at least Suleiman became interim president in the event of death or incapacity of Mubarak," says the dispatch. "We refer to the embassy in Cairo for the analysis of scenarios of succession, but there is no doubt that Israel is very comfortable with a perspective that calls into question Omar Suleiman," says the cable.
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