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Post by Titchaz on Nov 26, 2011 10:12:24 GMT 3
These protests/clashes in Egypt are not going away and I wonder what the military council has left to try and hood wink the masses. That council consists of Mubarak's bossom buddies and their is no way real democracy will be born in Egypt if these folks still sit in power and recycle the same ol' same ol'...Now look at the 'new Prime Minister'...isn't this the same fool who was Mubarak's PM in the ancien' regime?. Thank God the Grand Imam stood with the masses during the Friday prayers...that was the biggest boost the people needed. He even wished them victory...like soldiers going to war. Hii kitu haishi leo. Bob Marley couldn't have said it better, "You can fool some people sometime but you can fool all the people all the time." Here we go.... Mambo ndani ya Tahrir Square hapo...hatoki mtu mpaka kieleweke tu!
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Post by Titchaz on Nov 26, 2011 10:24:27 GMT 3
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Post by Titchaz on Nov 26, 2011 10:25:50 GMT 3
Give me liberty or gimmie death kinda stance...
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Post by Titchaz on Nov 26, 2011 10:31:44 GMT 3
Even KFC was turned into a makeshift clinic...
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Post by Titchaz on Nov 27, 2011 22:47:30 GMT 3
Sasa Tantawi anaanza kuleta fyoko fyoko!!!....Egypt military chief Tantawi warns over elections Egypt's army chief says he will not let "troublemakers" meddle in Monday's parliamentary elections, warning of "extremely grave" consequences if the country does not overcome its crisis. Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi spoke as thousands of protesters again gathered for another rally. He urged top presidential candidates Mohammed ElBaradei and Amr Moussa to back his nomination for Prime Minister. Recent unrest, in which dozens have died, has cast a shadow over the polls. Monday marks the first step of an election timetable which lasts until March 2012 and covers two houses of parliament. Protesters fear the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf) - which is headed by Field Marshall Tantawi and is overseeing the transition to democratic rule - is trying to retain power. Mass demonstrations have been calling for military rule to end before parliamentary elections are held - although there also have been smaller gatherings expressing support for the country's interim military rulers. 'Dangerous hurdles' Field Marshal Tantawi said the army would ensure security at the polling booths and reiterated that the vote would go ahead on schedule. "We will not allow troublemakers to meddle in the elections," he said, in comments reported on the website of state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper. "We are at a crossroads. There are only two routes, the success of elections leading Egypt towards safety or facing dangerous hurdles that we in the armed forces, as part of the Egyptian people, will not allow." More than 40 people have been killed and some 2,000 wounded in the last week as the security forces tried to break up massive protests, leading to the worst violence since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. Analysts say the vote is almost certain to proceed, but the voting procedure is complex and there has been little time for campaigning, so it is unclear how many people will cast ballots. Mubarak-era figure On Saturday, Field Marshall Tantawi held talks with leading political figures Mohamed ElBaradei and Amr Moussa to discuss the political crisis. The BBC's Jon Leyne, in Cairo, says the man that the military council has nominated as PM, Kamal Ganzouri, has not gained traction or widespread support. Aged 78, he looked every one of his years at a recent news conference and is seen as a Mubarak-era figure, our correspondent says. But Mohamed ElBaradei - who has said he would be prepared to lead a national government until a president could be appointed - and Amr Moussa are powerful political figures who would challenge the power of the army, our correspondent says. By naming Kamal Ganzouri as prime minister, Field Marshall Tantawi is clearly trying to head off that threat, our correspondent says. One thing is clear, our correspondent adds: Egypt is a very, very divided country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15909874
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Post by veri on Nov 28, 2011 9:02:37 GMT 3
Woah.
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Post by adongo23456 on Nov 28, 2011 18:48:52 GMT 3
Great job Titchaz. Where would be without you. Powerful stuff. The Egpytians have defied the cynicism from the West who pigeon holed their revolution to fail and turn into another dictatorship. We will see how the elections go. But these people are determined to change their country forever. Look what they have done is less than a year. These things take generations.
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Post by Titchaz on Nov 29, 2011 4:43:39 GMT 3
Great job Titchaz. Where would be without you. Powerful stuff. The Egpytians have defied the cynicism from the West who pigeon holed their revolution to fail and turn into another dictatorship. We will see how the elections go. But these people are determined to change their country forever. Look what they have done is less than a year. These things take generations. Karibu sana ndugu Adongo, this thing in Egypt is gonna take whatever it takes lakini nguvu ya uma lazima ishinde. Mubarak's pharaohnic ghost still looms large over the affairs of this so called new dispensation lakini watu wamekataa. The west is sitting in its own irony as it tries to figure out 'what is best for the world'. I'm reminded of the days towards the end of Arafats regime when they kept saying PLO is corrupt and needs to change; mara sijui free and fair elections...next thing we know the Palestinians voted overwhelmingly for Hamas...that democracy was a stillbirth from the jump after the same West cired 'Terrorist!"...Sasa tujue lipi? Same thing is now playing out in Egypt. Yelling at the Miltary to stop using excessive force, free elections...wale jamaa wa Muslim Brotherhood wata-sweep viti kibao then lets here what the same West is going to blubber. This is going to be crucial looking at the geopolitics of the middleast as Israel and Iran trade war stories! Meanwhile the Egyptians went to vote: Egypt election: Long queues in first post-Mubarak vote Large numbers of Egyptians have turned out to vote in the first elections since former President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in February. Voting was extended to cope with the high turnout and few security problems were reported. There had been fears the vote might be delayed after deadly protests against the interim military rulers who replaced Mr Mubarak. Protesters occupying Cairo's Tahrir Square have boycotted the vote.The protesters fear the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces led by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, which is overseeing the transition to democracy after decades of authoritarian rule, is trying to retain power.At least 41 demonstrators have been killed and more than 2,000 wounded in the past 10 days, as tensions have flared in the Arab world's most populous state. Voters 'energised'Early on Monday, queues formed outside polling stations in Cairo before the official opening time of 08:00 (06:00 GMT). A high turnout was reported in many areas, and in places queues were said to have stretched up to 3km (two miles). "Before we knew in advance who was going to dominate, so apathy was the order of the day," Alexandria taxi driver Etimad Sameh told Reuters news agency. "Today we don't know what the outcome will be. Voters are energised." The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo called the scene at a polling station there a "chaotic celebration of democracy", as people pushed to cast their votes. Elsewhere, more orderly queues formed. Officials blamed a delay to the voting in some Cairo constituencies on the late arrival of ballot papers and a shortage of ink and administrative officers. The head of the Supreme Judicial Committee for Elections, Judge Abdel Moez Ibrahim, said voting would be extended until midnight in all constituencies affected by a late start. Later, the military council said all polling stations would remain open an extra two hours until 21:00 to accommodate the high turnout. In a violation of election rules, pamphlets for some candidates were distributed outside some polling stations. State-run TV reported that 25 people were injured in election-related violence. In Assiut, in the south, the army said it had regained control after a shooting incident. Officials denied reports that voters there had attacked polling stations. There have also been reports that in Cairo and Port Said, candidates' numbers on voting cards had been changed. Leftist candidate Al-Badry Farghali, in Port Said, told the BBC this had happened to him and another candidate, George Ishaq, a well-known activist. Lengthy processVoters in nine provinces, including Cairo, Port Said, Alexandria and Assiut vote on Monday and Tuesday in the first stage of a process extending until March. Other provinces take their turns through December and early January for elections to the 508-member People's Assembly. Voting for the upper house, or Shura Assembly, of parliament takes place after that and the presidential election is supposed to be held by mid-2012. About 50 million people are eligible to vote out of a population in excess of 85 million - with candidates from 50 registered political parties.The new parliament is likely have a strong Islamist bloc led by the Muslim Brotherhood, liberal groupings and some reconditioned relics of Hosni Mubarak's old party, says the BBC's Kevin Connolly in Cairo.Official results from the first phase of voting should be announced on Wednesday, but the final make-up of the lower and upper house of parliament will not be clear until March. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15914277
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Post by Titchaz on Nov 29, 2011 5:22:04 GMT 3
Egypt's complicated vote- Three separate polls over coming months
- Elections to 508-member People's Assembly (lower house) - 28 Nov-10 Jan 2012
- Elections to 270-strong Shura Council (upper house) - 29 Jan-11 March 2012
- Presidential elections due mid-2012
- Two-thirds of members for both houses elected by PR
- One-third chosen by first-past-the-post system
- Provinces divided into three groups, voting on different dates
- More than 40 political parties compete, fielding more than 10,000 candidates
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Post by Titchaz on Nov 29, 2011 5:32:03 GMT 3
Fifteen thousand candidates are fighting for places in the upper and lower houses of parliament. Polling stations and ballot boxes have been guarded by almost 100,000 troops and police officers.
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Post by Titchaz on Nov 29, 2011 5:36:15 GMT 3
Some voters got help to reach polling stations. Tahrir Square in Cairo was occupied by only a few hundred protesters on election day. Voting was extended to cope with the numbers and delays.
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Post by Onyango Oloo on Dec 1, 2011 9:28:09 GMT 3
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Post by Titchaz on Dec 2, 2011 3:55:45 GMT 3
Is this why the military council is delaying announcing the results?
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Post by jakaswanga on Dec 18, 2011 21:37:53 GMT 3
Titchaz,Mwalimu I plead with you to find a post the latest photos from Tahrir Square in Cairo. The Egyptian army has committed a sacrillege, proving they and the people are not one. They kicked a young woman unconcious, unveiled her, and dragged her topless on the streets like a gunia! kicking her exposed breasts more.They did not know someone was filming from the balcony! It is a pure horror. The wananchi who tried to help, were bludgeoned senseless and stamped upon by the criminal army. [WHICH IS ONE WITH THE PEOPLE!] Mean while here is what the army is up to: Islamic paties winThis article BY ESAM AL-AMIN explains alot of the background to the public disaffection. ------------ And this: A young Egyptian female blogger is in jail. She sent out a series of tweets which became the subject of placards in the last weeks demonstrations against the millitary junta of Marshal Tantawi. She wrote she could not recall any heroic battles in the past three decades in which Tantawi could have achieved the rank of Field Marshall. He is a toy soldier, scared even of a dead Israeli! Then on second thoughts, she remembered he had been an exemplary soldier in theft and opressing Egyptians on behalf of Mubarak!Indeed he is a Field Marshall, in the theft of public resources! she wrote and tweeted! What a small man! Tantawi sent out millitary intelligence to trace her as TV stations beemed these insults and them tweets became a rage! Meanwhile another male blogger was interviewed in hospital with broken bones, coming from a week long interrogation by the army! THE ARMY AND THE PEOPLE ARE ONE, YOU SEE!
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Post by Titchaz on Dec 18, 2011 23:28:50 GMT 3
Titchaz,Mwalimu I plead with you to find a post the latest photos from Tahrir Square in Cairo. The Egyptian army has committed a sacrillege, proving they and the people are not one. They kicked a young woman unconcious, unveiled her, and dragged her topless on the streets like a gunia! kicking her exposed breasts more.They did not know someone was filming from the balcony! It is a pure horror. The wananchi who tried to help, were bludgeoned senseless and stamped upon by the criminal army. [WHICH IS ONE WITH THE PEOPLE!] Jakaswanga,I believe this is what you are talking about.... Egyptian soldiers clash with protesters near Cairo's Tahrir Square on December 16, 2011 after demonstrators threw petrol bombs and set fire to furniture in front of the nearby parliament. Egyptian soldiers beat-up protesters during clashes near Cairo's Tahrir Square on December 16, 2011 after demonstrators threw petrol bombs and set fire to furniture in front of the nearby parliament.
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Post by Titchaz on Dec 18, 2011 23:33:28 GMT 3
This is the face that started the Arab spring in Tunisia lest we forget...
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Post by Titchaz on Dec 18, 2011 23:49:48 GMT 3
Jakaswanga,Here is the video of the army beating up on these folks plus the stomping of the woman on her bare chest. Damn!!!..Kama una roho ndogo usitizame maana utatokwa na machozi:
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Post by tnk on Dec 19, 2011 3:56:16 GMT 3
Jakaswanga,Here is the video of the army beating up on these folks plus the stomping of the woman on her bare chest. Damn!!!..Kama una roho ndogo usitizame maana utatokwa na machozi: mkuu titchaz, salamu kwanza and then thanks for the video update this is the tragedy of armed forces in africa and the people in charge. they are called the disciplined forces, but are actually the most undisciplined when it comes to dealing with unarmed citizens. unless we can get not just educated but people who value life, heading these institutions then atrocities will continue to be committed all the time i have always wondered, if someone has an intellectual or factual disagreement or difference with another, how does use of force/violence resolve the problem? if a child is hungry, you can beat him/her all you want, the child will still be hungry, if you are charged the responsibility of caring for the child, and use the beating to silence the cries, you must be world idiot no.1 the so called "leaders" of any country who send out these dolts are not mentally fit to lead a parade 2 year olds.
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Post by Titchaz on Dec 19, 2011 6:49:47 GMT 3
Mkuu tnk,salamu nimepokea na heshima kwako narudisha mkuu mwenzangu. Yaani hii seketa ya wamisri inasikitisha hata mwenzio hapa sina la kusema. Yaani inauma sana kuona jinsi watu wanavyotembezewa kichapo na hao 'disciplined security forces'. Kwa kifupi hii ishu bado Hosni Mubarak is calling the shots na tusiwe na haraka kusema kua wamisri wamepata demokrasia baada ya Mubarak kuondoka. Meanwhile sample this article: Image of unknown woman beaten by Egypt's military echoes around world Egyptian soldiers beating and dragging a young woman during clashes in Tahrir Square. Her image has become the latest icon of the revolution. Photograph: Reuters The woman is young, and slim, and fair. She lies on her back surrounded by four soldiers, two of whom are dragging her by the arms raised above her head. She's unresisting – maybe she's fainted; we can't tell because we can't see her face. She's wearing blue jeans and trainers. But her top half is bare: we can see her torso, her tummy, her blue bra, her bare delicate arms. Surrounding this top half, forming a kind of black halo around it, is the abaya, the robe she was wearing that has been ripped off and that tells us that she was wearing a hijab. Six years ago, when popular protests started to hit the streets of Egypt as Hosni Mubarak's gang worked at rigging the 2005 parliamentary elections, the regime hit back – not just with the traditional Central Security conscripts – but with an innovation: militias of strong, trained, thugs. They beat up men, but they grabbed women, tore their clothes off and beat them, groping them at the same time. The idea was to insinuate that females who took part in street protests wanted to be groped. Women developed deterrent techniques: layers of light clothing, no buttons, drawstring pants double-knotted – and carried right on protesting. Many of the smaller civil initiatives that grew into the protest movement: "We See You", "Against Corruption", "The Streets are Ours" were women-led. But, a symbiotic relationship springs up between behaviours. Mubarak and Omar Suleiman turn Egypt into the US's favourite location for the torture of "terror suspects" and torture becomes endemic in police stations. The regime's thugs molest women as a form of political bullying – and harassment of women in the streets rises to epidemic levels. Until 25 January. The Revolution happened and with it came the Age of Chivalry. One of the most noted aspects of behaviour in the streets and squares of the 18 days of the Egyptian Revolution was the total absence of harassment. Women were suddenly free; free to walk alone, to talk to strangers, to cover or uncover, to smoke to laugh to cry to sleep. And the job of every single male present was to facilitate, to protect, to help. The Ethics of the Square, we called it. Now our revolution is in an endgame struggle with the old regime and the military. The young woman is part of this. Since Friday the military has openly engaged with civilian protesters in the heart of the capital. The protesters have been peacefully conducting a sit-in in Ministries' Street to signal their rejection of the military's appointment of Kamal Ganzouri as prime minister. Ganzouri announced that no violence would be used to break up the Cabinet Office sit-in. Moments later the military took on the protesters. For a week Military Police and paratroopers had kidnapped activists from the streets, driven them off in unmarked vehicles, interrogated them and beaten them. On Friday they kidnapped Aboudi – one of the "Ultras" of the Ahli Football Club. They gave him back with his face so beaten and burned that you couldn't see features – and started the street war that's been raging round Ministries' Street for the last three days. The protesters have thrown rocks at the military. The military has shot protesters, and thrown rocks, Molotov cocktails, china embossed with official parliament insignia, chairs, cupboards, filing-cabinets, glass panes and fireworks. They've dragged people into parliament and into the Cabinet Office and beaten and electrocuted them – my two nieces were beaten like this. They beat up a newly elected young member of parliament, jeering: "Let parliament protect you, you son of … ". They took a distinguished older lady who's become known for giving food to the protesters and slapped her repeatedly about the face till she had to beg and apologise. They killed 10 people, injured more than 200, and they dragged the unconscious young woman in the blue jeans – with her upper half stripped – through the streets. The message is: everything you rose up against is here, is worse. Don't put your hopes in the revolution or parliament. We are the regime and we're back. What they are not taking into account is that everybody's grown up – the weapon of shame can no longer be used against women. When they subjected young women to virginity tests one of them got up and sued them. Every young woman they've brutalized recently has given video testimony and is totally committed to continuing the struggle against them. The young woman in the blue jeans has chosen so far to retain her privacy. But her image has already become icon. As the tortured face of Khaled Said broke any credibility the ministry of the interior might have had, so the young woman in the blue jeans has destroyed the military's reputation. www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/18/egypt-military-beating-female-protester-tahrir-square
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Post by Titchaz on Dec 19, 2011 13:18:47 GMT 3
Oh ye women of Egypt, my heart bleeds with you...
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Post by Titchaz on Dec 19, 2011 13:31:28 GMT 3
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Post by Titchaz on Dec 19, 2011 13:36:51 GMT 3
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Post by jakaswanga on Dec 19, 2011 21:22:23 GMT 3
Titchaz, Heshima kwako ndugu, ndiyo hiyo. Tantawi and his thugs deserve jail. The true face of the Egyptian army. The USA is funding them massively still.
Here is what people were dying in the street to prevent: --quoted from EL-AMIN ESSAY:
>>The draft included: no parliamentary oversight of the military's defense budget; a provision that would require parliament to obtain the military's approval prior to issuing any laws affecting its budget or functions; authority for the military to refer the new constitution to the Supreme Constitutional Court if it is thought to violate any of the constitutional declarations issued by the military, in essence casting a veto over the new constitution before the people even cast a single vote; a provision that would allow the[b] military to appoint 80 of the 100 members of the constitution-writing assembly[/b], thus deeming the whole elections process a farce; and claiming authority to appoint a new constitution-writing assembly if the first one does not agree on a constitution within six months.<<
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Post by tnk on Dec 19, 2011 22:05:07 GMT 3
titchaz that picture shows that, the children, the youth and even the elderly wazee (complete with bakora) are in this together. wow
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Post by Titchaz on Dec 20, 2011 12:58:55 GMT 3
titchaz that picture shows that, the children, the youth and even the elderly wazee (complete with bakora) are in this together. wow Mkuu, hapo ndipo unajua sasa nikubaya AKA kumedhoki!..
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