Protests in Egypt day by day
Violent clashes between anti-government protestors and those loyal to President Hosni Mubarak escalated Thursday, and dozens of foreign journalists and aid workers were arrested.
Cairo's Tahrir Square has been the epicenter of the protests.

Tuesday Jan. 25
Inspired by the fall of Tunisia's longtime dictator, thousands flock to the streets in Cairo and other major Egyptian cities to denounce Mubarak's rule.
Wednesday Jan. 26
Demonstrations continue despite a government ban. Police use tear gas, clubs and rubber bullets against the crowds.
Thursday Jan. 27
Mohamed ElBaradei, an opposition activist and former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, arrives in Cairo.
Friday Jan. 28
Clashes with police intensify, and deaths are reported. Overnight, the police are withdrawn and replaced with the military. The government institutes a curfew and blocks Internet access.
Saturday Jan. 29
Mubarak announces he is removing his cabinet and appoints a vice president. Protesters in Tahrir Square defy the curfew, and prison breaks and looting are reported throughout the weekend.
Sunday Jan. 30
ElBaradei is chosen as the opposition’s negotiator with the government but receives a lukewarm response when he speaks in Tahrir Square. The Obama administration calls for an "orderly transition" to an interim government until new elections are held.
Monday Jan. 31
Vice President Omar Suleiman says he will talk with opposition leaders. A calmer police force returns to the streets, and the army announces that it will not fire against the crowds.
Tuesday Feb. 1
More than 200,000 people peacefully gather in Tahrir Square. They vow to remain until Mubarak steps down and are not appeased by his promise not to run for reelection.
Wednesday Feb. 2
The peace that prevailed in Tahrir Square during Tuesday's massive demonstrations gives way to a standoff between pro-democracy demonstrators and thousands of Mubarak supporters. Internet access is restored.
Thursday Feb. 3
Violent clashes continue, and dozens of foreign journalists and human rights workers are taken into custody. On state television, Vice President Suleiman asks for patience from the people and rejects their plea for Mubarak to step down.
Friday Feb. 4
Hundreds of thousands of anti-Mubarak demonstrators gather in a calmer Tahrir Square on what they have called the "Day of Departure." They are joined by Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa, a possible replacement for ElBaradei as the leader of the opposition.

Pakistan and the Egyptian revolution

From the Early Dynastic Period before 3000 BC through to the end of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, when Egypt became a province of Rome under Augustus Caesar in 30 BC, Egypt has had many Pharaohs. From Hephaistos to Isiris (who also rose from the dead like Jesus, amazingly after three days) the people of the Nile have suffered in servitude and slavery. Each departure was heralded as a new beginning. From Ka to Khafra most Egyptians have suffered in dilapidating penury. From Kheperkare Nekhtnebef to Ramses, to Tut to Cleopatra to the French colonialism, and people of Al-Qahira have suffered. The departure of one Pharaoh simply brings about another one.

King of Egypt Farouk was born in 1920. In 1938, two years after the death of his father, King Fu’ad, Farouk ousted the Wafd government led by Nashas Pasha. King Farouk who had the largest pornographic collection of books int he world was steeped deep into hedonism. He miserably failed at his feeble attempts at half-hearted reform. His corrupt and ineffectual reign came to an end after he lost the support of the military after Egypt’s poor showing in its 1948 war with Israel. In 1952 King Farouq was forced to abdicate after a military coup led by Gamal Nasser.

The uprising against Farouq led them into the Socialist cul de sac which kept Egypt enslaved under the Nasserties. All of these Demi-Gods opposed the real representatives of the people. Hasn Al Banya and Syed Qutub have been declared bad and evil doers. Mubarak to the very last is depicting himself as the last wall against chaos and an Islamic takeover. It is the same line that Marcos used against the communists, and Allande used against the Marxists.

The death of Nasser and the murder of Sadaat were all heralded as the new dawn.

The French revolution against the monarchy in the ended coroneted another king. As often happens in third world countries, the revolutions bring about other dictators who commit the same mistakes. The beguiled Egyptians revolted against the Ottomans and got straddled with British colonialism and eventually King Farouq.

This current disaster on the Nile was manufactured in Washington–and the world may have to pay a heavy price for it. An overwhelming majority of the Egyptians have repeatedly voted for their representatives (guess who they are??)–to be over-run by one of the most brutal regimes in the Middle East. The Egyptians have endured 30 years of the current tin-pot and 15 years of the previous one—and America has kept them in place–or they would have been put on the wayside a long time ago.

Now we are giving them Mr. Sulaiman–asked him to create a VP slot and put the head of the dreaded Mukhabarat (intelligence Services which would put Savak to shame) as the new president of Egypt. Egypt’s newly appointed Vice President, Omar Suleiman, was the coordinator of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program. The nomination of Suleiman – and new Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq – confirms what many analysts and protesters have already known. There is a huge to question about the extent to which regime change will actually come about in Egypt. We have always said that this is Orchestrated change, and nothing will change.
CNN Egypt correspondent Ben Wederman agrees “New VP Omar Suleiman and PM Ahmed Shafiq are as Mubarak as Mubarak. Egyptians in no mood for more of the same.” (Jan25, Egypt). ElBredei got his Nobel Prize because he certified that Iraq had WMDs and Iran is on the way!!! These are the crooks that we are trying to force down the people of Egypt!!

The US has been supporting one of the most brutal regimes in the Middle East for 30 years under Mubarak and 15 years under Sadaat. CNN and the media is acting as if the State Department just woke up to this? Didn’t the world know that we were sitting on top of Mt. Vesuvius! Are we looking at another Algeria (where the legally elected government of the Salvation Front was prevented to take power)?

Don’t we know that the people want Ikhwan Ul Muslimeen –but that does not US and Israeli interests. What else will they do to prevent he real representative of the Egyptians (Muslim Brotherhood)? Everything was tried in Lebanon, but Hizbullah won anyway.

Three personalities have shaped the Middle East. Syed Qutub, and Hasan Al Banna the Pakistani Maududi. Syed Abul A’ala Maududi was born in September 25, 1903 and set up his Jamat e Islami (JI) in Pakistan. Banna was very impressed by the JI and pattered his IM on the JI. While Banna died early, Maududi lived along time and wrote many books which are widely read in Egypt. In fact most Egyptians know Maududi more than they know about any other Pakistani.

Syed Qutb, the doyen of the Ikhwan al-Muslimun, had a very profound impact on the Muslim Arab youth coming out of dark ages of Nasser’s socialism in the late 60s. Western writers in recent years have focused on him as one of the two most influential Muslim thinkers of this century, the other being Syed Maududi. Just like Lenin had revised pure Marxism, Syed Qutb in his jail cell wrote a book in which he revised Hassan al-Banna’s vision of establishing an Islamic state in Egypt after the nation was thoroughly Islamized. Syed Qutb used Maududi’s philosophy about a revolutionary vanguard which would first establish an Islamic state and then, bring about Islamization of Egypt. Qutb like Maududi was against Arab nationalistic ideologies. Qutub’s 11 years in prison walls gave him an opportunity to confirm what Maududi’s writings. In 1965 Qutub published his seminal works “Mallem Fittareek” (Milestones), which led to his re-arrest with the accusation of conspiracy against the Egyptian President, Abdul Nasser. It is amazing that it was almsot the same time when Maududi arrested by Ayub Khan under similar charges. Maududi convicted and sentenced to be hanged was pardoned by Ayub Khan. Syed Qutb however was hanged by Nasser for sedition. His followers looked toward Maududi for intellectual capital. Maududi died on September 22, 1979 but his works are read all over the Arab world.

Hasan al-Banna, the eldest son of watch repairman was born in Al-Mahmudiyya Egypt in October 1906. In 1927 he formed the Muslim Brotherhood (Jama’at al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun). In the book “Letter To A Muslim Student” (FOSIS,1995) Banna explained the dynamics of the Ikhwan. His greatest achievement was his ability to create a sophisticated, organizational structure aiming to translate his vision into real life. The Ikhwan was not merely a social, political or religious association or group. It was a movement. By 1934, the Ikhwan had established more than fifty branches in Egypt. The focused on establishing a social network of schools, mosques and factories. At the end of World War II, the Ikhwan Al-Muslimeen had over half a million active workers and about 3 million active supporters. Over two thousand branches were in existence altogether and fifty in Sudan – which at the time was part of Egypt. While the royalty of Egypt was kowtowing to the colonialists, Al-Banna told the Ambassador that Egypt and all its money is the property of the Egyptian people and that Britain’s time in Egypt was coming to an end. Due to his Anti-British activities Al-Banna was exiled to Upper Egypt in 1948.

Nasser and Saddat were not the only ones who baned the Ikhwan—the government of Noqrashi Pasha banned the Ikhwan despite the fact the Ikhwan fought for Egypt in 1948. The Ikhwan was blamed for the murder of the puppet Prime Minister and banned. Shortly afterwards, on the 12th of February 1949, Hassan al-Banna, 43 at the time was assassinated. He was survived by a daughter named “Esteshhaad” – martyrdom. The Muslim Brotherhood has survived all attempts to stifle it and has grown stronger in Egypt. The Islamic resurgence manifest today in the Arab world today owes its origin directly or indirectly to the Muslim Brotherhood Organisation.

CNN props like Fawad Ajami really crack me up. When asked what the people of Egypt want, he said “we don’t know”. When pressed on the subject he balked, and said “It doesn’t matter what the people want, its the ground realities that matter. The Egyptian elite and the Egyptian Army will defend themselves against the opposing forces”. Well let us consider this Ajami statement. Mr Ajami could not get himself to tell the truth–the people of Egypt want the Ikhwan Ul Muslimeen, and the Ajami crowd is pressing the US to oppose the poplar will of the Egyptians. Well what else can we expect from one of the leading players rooting for the US invasion of Iraq. Mr. Ajami did talk about the riots in Iran, but could not utter a grunt against the occupation of Palestine.

Who is Mohamed ElBaradei? He is an opportunist and the fake “leader”. In fact, he is a nobody. His following in Egypt is non-existent, and no one really cares. He is being propped up as someone and getting a lot of unfair media coverage.

Will all this interference push Egypt to an Iranian type of chaos? American attempts to hijack the revolution and putting in another dictator– Strong Man Sulaiman (the newly appointed VP) or ElBaradei (the US point man who had declared that Iraq had WMD and got a Nobel Peace prize for doing it) may or may not succeed.
The world knows that ElBraadei and Sulaiman are being propped up to support the US ally in the Middle East so that the “occupation” does not end.

Prediction: The revolution has been hijacked by ElBerei (who has no following in Egypt) and Sulaimon the butcher of Cairo. They will try to control it, either like Algeria where the Salvation Front was prevented from taking power (by the US backed junta) and endured a decade of civil war–or like Pakistan where a dictator was uprooted by a popular movement but in the middle Mr. Zardari was imposed on the people.

Possibility: If we don’t stop this, and don’t learn from our mistake the Ikhwan Ul Muslimeen (Muslim Brotherhood) will take over Egypt, one way or the other–abrogate the peace treaty with Israel and help the Palestinians get their state. in affect anohter Lebanon and an Arab version of Iran. An awakened Egypt will cause ripples affects all the way to Indonesia in the East and Morocco in the West.