Live: Al Jazeera coverage of Egypt’s growing revolution

[conniption]

omgomgomg, Alice!!!



Thank you.

[Sounder]

It's great to hear from you Alice, thanks for the update.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/af ... 612?page=2

I can imagine that the army had a fair bit of imperial pressure to do nothing.

But it makes sense for the army to not care for Morsi enlisting Egypt in support of the Syria debacle, given that they probably would not relish dealing with yet another generation of jihadists.

[beeline]

Alice! Please keep us posted!

[dada]

Such a great pleasure to read your words, Alice. Do you mind if I share them on facebook? So many out there need to see a perspective that isn't the media's narrative.

Thank you so much, it really made my week!

[Jeff]

Thanks, Alice, that was wonderful.

[chump]

Alice!!
I've been thinking about you all freakin' day today! Thanks for the update. I've been hoping that Egypt's indigenous military would step up and do the right thing for their neighbors. I'm so glad that you posted.

Thanks

[Twyla LaSarc]

Thank you Alice. It is good to hear from you.

[Hunter]

SO IF I SUGGESTED that the FIRST riots in Egypt where likely the result of grassroots behind the scenes efforts by western intelligence agencies to get a president out of there that wasnt doing the bidding of the US and then the the people there were encouraged to vote in Morsi then when it was determined by those very people that Morsi was a western installed puppet leader the military went in and threw his ass out and the riots going on now are legit and organic and they are demanding a real leader who cares about Egypt and its people, would I be close to the truth or what?


ISNT THIS WHAT IS GOING ON IN SYRIA, ASSAD is not a hard line Radical Muslim Leader so you would think WE WOULD BE SUPPORTING HIM but that doesnt help our agenda, so we want to overthrow him and replace him with some Muslim Brotherhood radical who will create more chaos and instability in the middle east giving us more reason and justification to establish more permanent presence in the region ah la all the new military bases being built in Iraq. Does that sound about right or am I way off there too?


WE DONT WANT NON HARD CORE MUSLIM leaders running the middle east, we want guys who support and harbor terrorists and terrorism so that it gives us more reason to establish control of the entire region with new military bases etc.

[slimmouse]

Alchemy, this is essentially the precise same line that Patrick Henningsen talks abouit in the interview I linked to on the Syria thread.

On the down side, he was suggesting that Egypt may well end up in "civil war" within the next 12 months or so, which is one of the reasons Im so happy to see Alice back, cos we have our wonderfully articulate and unique source on the ground giving us real time information on the feelings of the people of Egypt.

Im sure it would encourage Henningsen therefore to know what we have just heard from Alice, since it acts as a very real time indicator of what real people think, as opposed to the line that Mainstream pundits have been endlessly feeding us ( Helsinger NOT included), courtesy of some Imperialist think tank or other.

This is clearly where such "intellects" hope it will go. Im sincerely hoping the pscopaths who employ these professional lackeys are about to get something of a rude awakening.

Oh and Alice, welcome back . Dont be too much of a stranger ok ?

Edited to get the name right.

[Hunter]

Alchemy, this is essentially the precise same line that Patrick Helsinger talks abouit in the interview I linked to on the Syria thread.

On the down side, he was suggesting that Egypt may well end up in "civil war" within the next 12 months or so, which is one of the reasons Im so happy to see Alice back, cos we have our wonderfully articulate and unique source on the ground giving us real time information on the feelings of the people of Egypt.

Im sure it would encourage Helsinger therefore to know what we have just heard from Alice, since it acts as a very real time indicator of what real people think, as opposed to the line that Mainstream pundits have been endlessly feeding us ( Helsinger NOT included), courtesy of some Imperialist think tank or other.

This is clearly where such "intellects" hope it will go. Im sincerely hoping the pscopaths who employ these professional lackeys are about to get something of a rude awakening.

Oh and Alice, welcome back . Dont be too much of a stranger ok ?

Are you serious, I need to read that article I havent checked out the syria thread yet, I honestly just sort of pulled all that out of my ass just basically from gut feeling in addition to, well, thats just how the US does business isnt it.

Thanks for the heads up, I will def check that article out. I havent seen this Alice person post much but I see she is from Egypt, that is great to have a local around here, looking for to his/her contribution! I really hope things work out for your people and their country, they make me so proud to see them take to the streets, I sadly cannot even imagine or dream about Americans doing such a thing and boy DO WE NEED TO, tomorrow is July 4th and its way past due to take back our independence!

[slimmouse]

OK, I'll post the link here also since theres enough relevant analysis and info in the entire interview which knits sweetly into this thread too.

http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/20 ... 130628.php

[coffin_dodger]

Alice - wonderful news from the cradle of civilisation - thank you so much for letting us know about the incredible sense of relief, hope and collective courage of your people.

[hava007]

FWIW - wishing u well, and profoundly impressed by your people's stamina and courage.

I found myself thinking of you guys too. Am way too pooped from celebrating with millions of Egyptians who are out in the streets of every city, town, village and street of Egypt to write much, but I made the mistake of watching CNN and it (almost) soured my mood, so to set the record straight:

This was not a military coup.

What we saw today was the culmination of a massive, nation-wide conspiracy to deliver the Egyptian people from a US-imposed terrorist regime. The conspirators were: Egyptian peasants; Egyptian factory workers and labor leaders; Egyptian millionaires; Egyptian writers and thinkers, poets and songwriters; Egyptian judges, lawyers, prosecutors and constitutional experts; Egyptian singers, actors, dancers and painters; Egyptian housewives and mothers and professional women and workers (my God, the women inspired us all so much!); Egyptian soldiers, Egyptian police officers; Egyptian liberals; Egyptian conservatives; Egyptian leftists; Egyptian journalists; Egyptian tourist guides and hotel employees; the Egyptian Church; the Egyptian Islamic scholars of Al-Azhar; Egyptian comics and satirists; Egyptian bus and taxi drivers, Egyptian waiters and grocery store workers; Egyptian teachers and students and doctors and I hope I haven't forgotten anybody.

The US-imposed regime was terrorizing and oppressing Egyptians, using murder and threats of a "blood-bath" should the people rebel against the "democratically-elected government" of armed terrorists, which was brought to power via fraudulent elections under the approving eye of the US. Every day, the terrorist regime grew more powerful, its ranks swelled by terrorists from "Al Qaeda" and other, more obscure but no less bloodthirsty groups who were welcomed into the country from Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and elsewhere. Weapons, including anti-tank missiles and rpg's and guns were flooding the country. Egypt was becoming fragmented into a number of isolated enclaves, placing its continued existence as a unified state in doubt. The regime's supporters were openly inciting sectarian hatred and constantly threatening to launch a civil war against the nation's Christians, whom they refer to as "Crusaders". The people begged the military to save them, but the Egyptian military was openly threatened by the US that any "military coup" would be "unacceptable" to the "international community". Even when the soldiers and regular police officers became openly rebellious against the top brass, the army refused to step in, fearing US military or economic retaliation, or both.

Thus, the Egyptian people put aside their differences to provide the army with the visible and undeniable proof that it is they, and not the army leadership, that is calling the shots and that is demanding that the army remove the terrorist US-imposed regime from power and disarm its militias. And that, boys and girls, is what they did, in numbers never before seen in human history and the military responded, to great nation-wide exultation and the relief of millions of grateful Egyptians. As for what comes next, the Army is leaving that to a number of widely trusted and respected individuals with a spotless record of bravery in standing up for human and civil rights even at the risk of their own lives, led by Dr. Mohamed El Baradei. The army and the police have strictly defined their role as servants of the people's will.

I know, it sounds too good to be true. If you like, you can choose to believe CNN instead. It doesn't matter in the least. We've lived through the nightmare of the past two and a half years, we've tasted bitter despair and the sure knowledge that as a nation, we were hurtling headlong towards the edge of a cliff, and it was every single one of us who made the massive effort to pull off this miracle. We did it, and we know exactly how and why we did it, and that's all that matters.

[norton ash]

It's great to hear from you, Alice, thanks so much for your take on the whole mainstream-media-muddled situation! It's clear how many of us here at RI are trying to understand the recent developments, and want to know your opinion.

Peace, justice.

[Nordic]

Alchemy, Alice is/was one of the great treasures of RI. She unfortunately (for us) has been taking a break from here for a while.

But if you would like to learn an extremely enlightening point of view from her region, I would heartily suggest you dive into her past posts about Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Zionism, etc.

I learned a hell of a lot from Alice over the years, and everything she wrote here is still available on the site.

Hugs, Alice!! Hope you stay for a bit!!