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Momodou
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 Posted - 11 Feb 2011 : 17:11:46
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Hosni Mubarak resigns as president
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201121125158705862.html
Egyptian president stands down and hands over power to the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces.
Egypt crisis: President Hosni Mubarak resigns as leader
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12433045
Vice-President Omar Suleiman made the announcement in a brief statement on state TV.
It came as thousands massed in Cairo and other Egyptian cities for an 18th day of protest to demand Mr Mubarak's resignation.
Protesters responded by cheering, waving flags, embracing and sounding car horns. "The people have brought down the regime," they chanted.
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turk
USA
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Posted - 11 Feb 2011 : 17:51:30
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| Revolution requires 'heart'. No one can stand against people if they are determined and ready to die. They deserve all the credit... Congrats Egyptians. |
diaspora! Too many Chiefs and Very Few Indians.
Halifa Salah: PDOIS is however realistic. It is fully aware that the Gambian voters are yet to reach a level of political consciousness that they rely on to vote on the basis of Principles, policies and programmes and practices. |
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Senegambia
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Posted - 11 Feb 2011 : 18:03:50
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| The strongman Mubarak's indeed been ousted by the people. And the question I am tempted to ask is: Which dictator's next? |
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turk
USA
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Posted - 11 Feb 2011 : 18:28:47
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| I think the question is not about which dictator's next, it is more about which people are brave enough to make a change. |
diaspora! Too many Chiefs and Very Few Indians.
Halifa Salah: PDOIS is however realistic. It is fully aware that the Gambian voters are yet to reach a level of political consciousness that they rely on to vote on the basis of Principles, policies and programmes and practices. |
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Senegambia
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Posted - 11 Feb 2011 : 20:01:14
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Just two days ago, I saw some of Mubarak's supporters on tv saying how good Mubarak has been to egypt. How he brings peace and how he developed egypt. They said Egyptians needed a strong leader and Mubarak was such. Sounds familiar anyone? Just the same things we hear from some pro-dictators-opposition-skeptics here in Bantaba.
Those [opposition] leaders many viewed as inefficient, and as lacking the backbones to effect changes are the ones that are likely to take part in Egypt's future gov't.
When dictators succeed in demoralising and breaking down opposition elements just because they hate to be challenged, what follows is people's uprising. What Egyptians just achieved is something heroic that does not make them braver than others who seemingly cannot do the same. Should such a movement get initiated in another nation of oppressed people, you will be shocked to see what it looks like to finally be able to express oneself to a brute!
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mansasulu
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Posted - 11 Feb 2011 : 21:06:20
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| good riddance! |
"...Verily, in the remembrance of Allâh do hearts find rest..." Sura Al-Rad (Chapter 13, Verse 28)
...Gambian by birth, Muslim by the grace of Allah... |
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11 Feb 2011 : 23:19:43
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Originally posted by turk
I think the question is not about which dictator's next, it is more about which people are brave enough to make a change.
EXCELLENT COMMENT AND VERY CHALLENGING 
"Know yourselves, know your country, and the world. Then you shall be the architect of your own destiny. " FOROYAA/PDOIS
ALSO JOLLOF ON-LINE NEWSPAPER FEATURE THESE REPORTS WITH COMMENTS;
1. Mubarak loses, Egypt wins: President bows to people UNDER http://www.jollofnews.com/mubarak-loses-egypt-wins-president-bows-to-people.html
2. Lesson for Yahya Jammeh – Gambia Coalition for Human Rights UK UNDER http://www.jollofnews.com/lesson-for-yahya-jammeh-gambia-coalition-for-human-rights-uk.html
NOTE 1st COMMENT BY ML UNDER 2. ABOVE; "Enough is enough when people demand it and call for change but we must be ready for it to face the uprising challenges of change which is not about TALK TALK. Thank God that change has come to Egypt that is never influenced by the external forces but influenced by the internal forces. It is not making stories and noise but making actions. So if one says Gambia is next not that I don’t welcome it when not destructive than the change we making but I wonder how when one is not ready to stand to the challenges other than becoming a cyber warrior and making noise."
ISN'T IT INTERESTING
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Karamba
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Feb 2011 : 01:01:03
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Thank you Momodou for the Breaking News.
Only a matter of time for all brands of terror leaders and brutal, power hungry creatures get set for extinct.
The world will be a happier place when finally ridden of the last brutal bandit posing in the political high chair as leader of state.
They have several things in common. |
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 13 Feb 2011 : 14:22:03
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Hosni Mubarak used last 18 days in power to secure his fortune
Hosni Mubarak used the 18 days it took for protesters to topple him to shift his vast wealth into untraceable accounts overseas, Western intelligence sources have said.......
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faderabraham
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Posted - 13 Feb 2011 : 14:41:38
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dosent surprise me but its not his fortune its the egyptian peoples fortune.
typical dictator look out yah yah the people power will one day come for you |
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turk
USA
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Posted - 13 Feb 2011 : 15:32:49
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Should such a movement get initiated in another nation of oppressed people, you will be shocked to see what it looks like to finally be able to express oneself to a brute!
I usually don't put much value on 'if, should, will, could'. I usually put value on action rather than empty rhetoric.
Anwyay, Egyptians had courage to stand up against Mubarak. But, this is not about Mubarak. It is about regime that includes army, technocrats and people of the system. There are 1.5 million paid government agents in Egypt just to spy.
This is just a start of beginning. It may take years to make change. After revolution post-ottoman empire it took 87 years to transitioning better government system. It is naive, childish to think that things will get better because he is gone. Just like bantaba-opposition-posters-blame-Jammeh-for-even-bad-weather-in-gambia like to find a scape-goat in Jammeh but they never blame themselves and society's lack of readiness for the change...With the except Mansa and terengba who only used the word 'we' when they talk about Gambian problems. This is not about personalities of mubarak or soloman. It requires total change in society. The army take over with the promise of reforms. Will they keep their promise? It looks like this was a quiet coup. There are still Americans and Israelis influencer. It will take years but at least Egyptians proved that they have courage and heart. My heart goes to those who martyred themselves... They are the heroes. |
diaspora! Too many Chiefs and Very Few Indians.
Halifa Salah: PDOIS is however realistic. It is fully aware that the Gambian voters are yet to reach a level of political consciousness that they rely on to vote on the basis of Principles, policies and programmes and practices. |
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kobo
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