Friday, January 28, 2011

Unrest And Revolution In Egypt -- News Updates January 28, 2011 (Evening Edition)



Egypt Protests: America's Secret Backing For Rebel Leaders Behind Uprising -- The Telegraph

The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the Egyptian uprising who have been planning “regime change” for the past three years, The Daily Telegraph has learned.

The American Embassy in Cairo helped a young dissident attend a US-sponsored summit for activists in New York, while working to keep his identity secret from Egyptian state police.

On his return to Cairo in December 2008, the activist told US diplomats that an alliance of opposition groups had drawn up a plan to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak and install a democratic government in 2011.

He has already been arrested by Egyptian security in connection with the demonstrations and his identity is being protected by The Daily Telegraph.

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More News On The Unrest And Revolution In Egypt

Mubarak appears on TV, defends security forces -- Yahoo News/AP
Mubarak deploys army as Egypt deaths mount -- Yahoo News/AFP
Mubarak orders army to back police against unrest -- Yahoo News/Reuters
EGYPT: Streets grew quiet as President Hosni Mubarak spoke -- L.A. Times
Mubarak addresses nation, calls on government to resign but vows to remain in power himself -- Washington Post
Army set to take charge in Egypt -- Herald Sun
Army takes control of central Cairo square - witness -- Reuters
Mubarak calls for new government, defends response to protests -- CNN
Defiant Mubarak promises change, urges end to protests -- L.A. Times
Mubarak refuses to quit despite deadly protests -- ABC News (Australia)
Egypt's day of fury: Cairo in flames as cities become battlegrounds -- The Guardian
Curfew Set as Regime Defies U.S. Calls -- Wall Street Journal
A people defies its dictator, and a nation's future is in the balance -- The Independent
Egyptian protesters chant 'Freedom!' -- CNN
Egypt opposition party calls for 'transitional government' -- Jerusalem Post
The Egypt Museum in Danger -- National Review
Emerging Market ETFs Crash As Riots Roil Egypt -- Investors.com

Egypt's Internet still offline, a day later -- CNET News
Egypt Shuts Down Internet, Cellphone Services -- Wall Street Journal
Egypt's telecommunications blackout crushes citizen journalism -- Beta News
Egypt: wires cut -- Financial Times

Obama Says Mubarak Must Take Concrete Steps to Deliver Pledge on Reforms -- Bloomberg
US to review aid to Egypt, WH spokesman says -- Yahoo News/AP
U.S. Threatens to Cut Off Aid to Egypt -- Wall Street Journal
Biden: Mubarak Should Not Step Down -- FOX News
Clinton urges end to violence, but stresses Egyptian partnership -- The Hill
Moment of Truth for U.S. -- Wall Street Journal

COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS ON THE UNREST IN EGYPT

A Long March to Seize the Heart of Cairo -- Charles Levinson, Wall Street Journal
Egyptians’ Fury Has Smoldered Beneath the Surface for Decades -- Michael Slackman, New York Times
Egypt's Revolution -- Wall Street Journal editorial
Egypt: A pivotal moment -- The Guardian editorial
Fear of Islamists Paralyzes the U.S. -- Tony Karon, Time Magazine
Israel Has Faith Mubarak Will Prevail -- Karl Vick, Time Magazine
Obama administration could still get it right on Egypt -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Peering into Egypt's Internet Black Hole -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
What is happening in Egypt is not our business -- Peter Oborne, The Telegraph
Egypt Protests Show American Foreign-Policy Folly -- Stephen Kinzer, The Daily Beast
Egypt on Fire -- John McCormack, Weekly Standard
White House wobbles on Egyptian tightrope -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
ANALYSIS-Egyptian army could hold key to Mubarak's fate -- Reuters
Protests Rock Egypt -- Steven Cook, Council Of Foreign Relations
U.S. seeks balanced approach to Mideast turmoil -- Joby Warrick and Scott Wilson, Washington Post
Obama blowing it again in the Middle East -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
ElBaradei's last stand: ElBaradei's return to Egypt could offer the opportunity for a good alternative to the current leadership. -- Alaa Bayoumi, Al Jazeera
Rebellion in the Land of the Pharaohs -- Fouad Ajami, Wall Street Journal
Danger in Egypt: Dustbins I Have Known -- Richard Fernandez, Pajamas Media

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