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'Egypt is Free' chants Tahrir after Mubarak quits

CAIRO – Cries of "Egypt is free" rang out and fireworks lit up the sky over Cairo's Tahrir Square where hundreds of thousands danced, wept and prayed in joyful pandemonium Friday after 18 days of mass pro-democracy protests forced President Hosni Mubarak to hand over power to the military, ending three decades of authoritarian rule.

Ecstatic protesters hoisted soldiers onto their shoulders and families posed for pictures in front of tanks in streets flooded with residents of the capital of 18 million people streaming out to celebrate. Strangers hugged strangers, some fell to kiss the ground, and others stood stunned in disbelief. Chants of "Hold your heads high, you're Egyptian" roared with each burst of fireworks overhead.

"I'm 21 years old and this is the first time in my life I feel free," an ebullient Abdul-Rahman Ayyash, born eight years after Mubarak came to power, said as he hugged fellow protesters in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square.

The military, which effectively carried out a coup at the pleas of protesters that it push Mubarak out, announced on state television that is was committed to shepherding demands for greater democracy and that it would announce the next steps soon, possibly including the dissolving of parliament and creation of a transitional government to lead reforms.

Mubarak's downfall at the hands of the biggest popular uprising in the modern history of the Arab world had stunning implications for the United States and the West, Israel, and the region, unsettling authoritarian rulers across the Mideast.

The 82-year-old leader was the epitome of the implicit deal the United States was locked into in the Middle East for decades: Support for autocratic leaders in return for their guarantee of stability, a bulwark against Islamic militants and peace — or at least an effort at peace — with Israel.

The question for Washington now was whether that same arrangement will hold as the Arab world's most populous state makes a potentially rocky transition to democracy, with no guarantee of the results.

At the White House, President Barack Obama said "Egyptians have inspired us" and said of the important questions that lay ahead, "I'm confident the people of Egypt can find the answers."

The United States at times seemed overwhelmed throughout the 18 days of upheaval, fumbling to juggle its advocacy of democracy and the right to protest, its loyalty to longtime ally Mubarak and its fears the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood — or more radical groups — could gain a foothold. His fall came 32 years to the day after the collapse of the shah's government in Iran — the prime example of a revolution that turned to Islamic militancy.

Washington's concerns frustrated the young protesters, who argued that while the powerful Brotherhood would have to play a future political role, its popularity would be diminished in an open system where other ideologies were freed to outweigh it.

Neighboring Israel watched with the crisis with unease, worried that their 1979 peace treaty could be in danger. It quickly demanded on Friday that post-Mubarak Egypt continue to adhere to it.

Any break seems unlikely in the near term: The military leadership supports the treaty. Anti-Israeli feeling is strong among Egyptians, and a more democratic government may take a tougher line toward Israel in the chronically broken-down peace process. But few call for outright abrogating a treaty that has kept peace after three wars in the past half-century.

From the oil-rich Gulf states in the east to Morocco in the west, regimes both pro- and anti-U.S. could not help but worry they could see a similar upheaval. Several of the region's authoritarian rulers have made pre-emptive gestures of democratic reform to avert their own protest movements.

The lesson many took: If it could happen in only three weeks in Egypt, where Mubarak's lock on power had appeared unshakable, it could happen anywhere. Only a month earlier, Tunisia's president was forced to step down in the face of protests.

Perhaps more surprising was the genesis of the force that overthrew Mubarak. The protests were started by a small core of secular, liberal youth activists organizing on the Internet who only a few months earlier struggled to gather more than 100 demonstrators at a time. But their work through Facebook and other social network sites over the past few years built a greater awareness and bitterness among Egyptians over issues like police abuse and corruption.

When the called the first major protest, on Jan. 25, they tapped into a public inspired by Tunisia's revolt and thousands turned out, beyond even the organizers' expectations. From there, protests swelled, drawing hundreds of thousands. The Muslim Brotherhood joined in. But far from hijacking the protests as many feared, it often seemed co-opted by the protesters, forced to set aside its hard-line ideology at least for now to adhere to democratic demands.

About 300 people were killed in the course of the turmoil. Police attacked the first protests with water cannons and gunfire and then a force of regime supporters _believed to be paid thugs — assaulted Tahrir trying to dislodge the protesters, only to be beaten back in two days of pitched battles.

Wael Ghonim, a Google Inc. executive who earlier this year secretly opened one of the Facebook pages that became an organizing forum for the protests, said he "went mad' when he heard the news of Mubarak's ouster.

"I don't want to become of the face of this revolution ... I did my best," he told The Associated Press. "I expect a bright future. I trust in 80 million Egyptians."

Mubarak, a former air force commander came to power after the 1981 assassination of his predecessor Anwar Sadat by Islamic radicals. Throughout his rule, he showed a near obsession with stability, using rigged elections and a hated police force accused of widespread torture to ensure his control.

He resisted calls for reform even as public bitterness grew over corruption, deteriorating infrastructure and rampant poverty in a country where 40 percent live below or near the poverty line.

Up to the last hours, Mubarak sought to cling to power, handing some of his authorities to Suleiman while keeping his title.

But an explosion of protests Friday rejecting the move appeared to have pushed the military into forcing him out completely. Hundreds of thousands marched throughout the day in cities across the country as soldiers stood by, besieging his palaces in Cairo and Alexandria and the state TV building. A governor of a southern province was forced to flee to safety in the face of protests there.

Mubarak himself flew to his isolated palace in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, 250 miles from the turmoil in Cairo.

Vice President Suleiman — who appears to have lost his post as well in the military takeover — appeared grim as he delivered the short announcement.

"In these grave circumstances that the country is passing through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to leave his position as president of the republic," he said. "He has mandated the Armed Forces Supreme Council to run the state. God is our protector and succor."

Nobel Peace laureate Mohammed ElBaradei, whose young supporters were among the organizers of the protest movement, told The Associated Press, "This is the greatest day of my life."

"The country has been liberated after decades of repression," he said adding that he expects a "beautiful" transition of power.

The question now turned to what happens next. Protesters on Friday had overtly pleaded for the army to oust Mubarak. The country is now ruled by the Armed Forces Supreme Council, the military's top body consisting of its highest ranking generals and headed by Defense Minister Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi.

After Mubarak's resignation, a military spokesman appeared on state TV and promised the army would not act as a substitute for a government based on the "legitimacy of the people."

He said the military was preparing the next steps needed "to acheive the ambitions of our great nation" and would announce them soon. He praised Mubarak for his contributions to the country. Pointedly he did not salute his former commander-in-chief. Instead he stood at attention and raised his hand to his cap in a salute to protesters killed in teh unrest.

Earlier in the day, the council vowed to guide the country to greater democracy. It said was committed "to shepherding the legitimate demands of the people and endeavoring to their implementation within a defined timetable until a peaceful transition to a democratic society aspired to by the people."

Abdel-Rahman Samir, one of the protest organizers, said the movement would now open negotiations with the military over democratic reforms but vowed protests would continue to ensure change is carried out.

"We still don't have any guarantees yet — if we end the whole situation now the it's like we haven't done anything," he said. "So we need to keep sitting in Tahrir until we get all our demands."

But, he added, "I feel fantastic. .... I feel like we have worked so hard, we planted a seed for a year and a half and now we are now finally sowing the fruits."

Sally Toma, another of the organizers, said she did not expect the military would try to clear the square. "We still have to sit and talk. We have to hear the army first," she said.

For the moment, concerns over the next step were overwhelmed by the wave of joy and disbelief.

Outside the Oruba presidential palace in northern Cairo, where tens of thousands had marched during the day, one man sprawled on the grass, saying he couldn't believe it. Protesters began to form a march toward Tahrir in a sea of Egyptian flags.

Thousands from across the capital of 18 million streamed into Tahrir, where protesters hugged, kissed and wept. Whole families took pictures of each other posing with Egyptian flags with their mobile phones as bridges over the Nile jammed with throngs more flowing into the square.

Mahmoud Ghanem, who came from the northern Nile Delta five days ago to join the Tahrir protest camp, proclaimed, "My children can finally live in freedom."

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AP correspondents Hadeel al-Shalchi, Sarah El Deeb, Hamza Hendawi, Marjorie Olster, Tarek el-Tablawy and Maggie Hyde contributed to this report.

Himpunan Jutaan Rakyat Mesir… Semua Akan Tertumpu Kepada Tentera

Masa depan Politik Mesir Amnya dan talian hayat Rejim Hosni Mubarak khususnya bergantung pada keputusan tentera pada hari ini.. Adakah Tentera Mesir akan Bersama Rakyat atau masih menurut kehendak mubarak yang dibenci oleh Majoriti seluruh rakyat Mesir… ramai pemerhati melihat,separuh tentera Mesir telah berpihak dan akan berpihak kepada Rakyat dan separuh lagi masih ragu-ragu sama ada akan berpihak kepada Diktator Mubarak atau kepada rakyat jelata

apapun sama-samalah kita lihat pada hari ini.. Adakah Askar-askar Mesir dan Diktator Mubarak mampu untuk menahan atau menyekat kebangkitan rakyat Mesir dalam Himpunan dan Protes Jutaan rakyat Mesir pada hari ini yang dilihat sebagai kemuncak kepada kebangkitan rakyat Mesir Menolak Diktator Mubarak sahabat karib Zionis Israel @ sekutu setia Amerika Syarikat..



As mass demonstrations continue to threaten Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s grip on power, the country’s powerful military is emerging as perhaps the crucial player in determining the course of events in the Middle East’s most populous nation.

All eyes on Egypt’s military: How will it respond?
Already, the army — which has long enjoyed close ties to the ruling regime — is playing a key role in the efforts of the embattled Mubarak regime to control the growing chaos. Over the weekend, after police withdrew, the army deployed to cities across Egypt, keeping order but generally not forcing protesters from the streets. Today, the Egyptian government received permission from Israel to move soldiers into the Sinai Peninsula, which has been largely demilitarized since a 1979 peace treaty between the two countries. And Mubarak has now turned to three career military men — including Omar Suleiman, a former army general and head of the intelligence services, now appointed vice president — to help run the government.

But the army has promised not to fire on peaceful protests, and has said it recognizes the legitimacy of the protester’s demands. If it were to turn completely on Mubarak, he could lose his already tenuous hold on power. The Lookout asked Stephen Zunes, a professor of politics and chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, about how the Egyptian military might respond, and how that response might influence events:

LOOKOUT: What role has the military played in Egyptian society during Mubarak’s regime? How is it viewed by ordinary Egyptians?

SZ: Egypt has essentially been under military rule since the revolution that overthrew the monarchy in 1952. Mubarak, for example, was the commander of the Egyptian air force prior to Sadat (also a career military officer) naming him as vice-president in 1975. In recent years, the military hierarchy appeared to oppose Mubarak’s intention of naming his son Gamal as his successor. With the naming of military intelligence chief Suleiman as vice president, the military hierarchy is reasserting its political leadership.

LOOKOUT:Â Now that the army has been called out into the streets in certain areas to confront protesters, are Egyptian soldiers expected to remain loyal to Mubarak? Would that still likely be the case if they were ordered to fire on Egyptian citizens?

SZ: While the military might be willing to push Mubarak aside, they are unlikely to support a democratic transition of the kind being demanded from the street. And there are certainly those in the military leadership who would be willing to try a Tiananmen Square-style massacre to stop it. The bigger question is whether soldiers, overwhelmingly from the poorest and most disenfranchised segments of the Egyptian population, would be willing to obey those kinds of orders. I would tend to doubt it.

LOOKOUT: Without the support of the army, would Mubarak have any way to hold onto power?

SZ: In either case, it appears at this point that Mubarak is finished. Certainly by September, when the presidential elections are scheduled, but I am assuming long before then. You can have all the formal trappings of government you want and all the military firepower at your disposal you can muster, but if people don’t recognize your authority and refuse to obey your orders, you no longer have power. Dictators from [Ferdinand] Marcos to [Slobodan] Milosevic, when faced with similar uprisings, found this out the hard way, and it’s becoming increasingly likely that Mubarak will as well.

LOOKOUT:Â What are the various pressures acting on the military, both the commanders and the rank-and-file troops?

SZ: The Obama administration has apparently told the military that a crackdown would lead to the severing of US military aid and cooperation, which — given the $1.5 billion annual taxpayer-funded US assistance — is quite a disincentive. For the troops, they may be faced with the choice of disobeying commands or attacking their friends, family and neighbors.

LOOKOUT: The military could well play a role in any new regime that replaced Mubarak. What might such a government look like and how might it rule differently from Mubarak’s regime? Would it be any more democratic or open?

SZ: Some argue that the military under Oman Suleiman’s leadership is essentially in charge already. In any case, Suleiman has shown strong leadership and mediation skills, and is well liked in some Western capitals, but he is no democrat. He is despised by many Egyptians as a result of his ruthlessness as head of military intelligence, where he effectively served as torturer-in-chief.

While some hope he might be pragmatic enough to lead a democratic transition, it is unlikely that the protesters will be satisfied unless there is a broad representative civilian interim government that can oversee free elections. Neither Mubarak nor the military can be trusted to supervise free and fair elections.AP

(AP Photo/Ben Curtis: A man wearing the uniform of a captain in the Egyptian army is carried by demonstrators on Tahrir, or Liberation Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday.)

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An Egyptian mother and her sons hold up signs calling for the end of the current regime as they and others gather in Tahrir Square, in central Cairo, on January 31, 2011, on the seventh day of protests against long term President Hosni Mubarak’s regime.



Egyptian demonstrators gather in Tahrir Square, in central Cairo, on January 31, 2011, on the seventh day of protests against long term President Hosni Mubarak’s regime.



Himpunan jutaan rakyat Mesir Hari Ini
KAHERAH 31 Jan. – Penunjuk perasaan Mesir hari ini menyeru supaya rakyat negara ini melancarkan mogok dan mengadakan perhimpunan berjuta-juta orang di Kaherah esok (1 Febuari)bagi meningkatkan gesaan menuntut perletakan jawatan Presiden Hosni Mubarak.

Seorang penunjuk perasaan yang juga penganjur, Eid Mohammed berkata, mereka memutuskan untuk melancarkan mogok umum dan perhimpunan seramai berjuta-juta orang esok.

Pelancaran mogok itu buat pertama kalinya diseru oleh pekerja di bandar Suez lewat semalam.

“Kami akan menyertai pekerja Suez dan memulakan mogok umum sehingga permintaan kami ditunaikan,” kata seorang lagi penganjur protes, Mohammed Waked.

Di Dataran Tahrir, Kaherah, beratus-ratus penunjuk perasaan berkampung sepanjang malam tadi dalam usaha untuk mengekalkan momentum demonstrasi besar-besaran di negara ini dalam tempoh tiga dekad.

Mereka bertegas untuk tidak berganjak sehingga Mubarak meletak jawatan.

Sementara itu, Mohamed ElBaradei lewat semalam memberitahu sejumlah besar penunjuk perasaan di Dataran Tahrir bahawa mereka kini sedang menuju ke era baru.

“Kita adalah di pihak yang benar, kekuatan kita ialah pada jumlah yang menyertai protes ini. Saya minta anda bersabar kerana perubahan akan tiba.

“Kita perlu berkorban jiwa dan darah untuk negara,” kata beliau sambil disambut oleh penunjuk perasaan dengan berteriak ‘Rakyat mahu gulingkan Presiden’. - AFP

Harga Minyak Naik Lagi..Terima Kasih Rakyat Tenang.

Tahniah pada penyokong penyokong berani mati BN kerana hasil dokongan andalah minyak RON97 naik lagi 10 sen menjadikannya RM2.50 serkarang.... haha...



Tahniah jugak pada pengundi pengundi BN yang dengan undian korang jugak lah, konfom lepaih kenaikan harga minyak petrol RON97 ni... barang barang lain jugak akan turut dinaikkan sekali... haha...


Tahniah yang tidak terhingga jugaklah pada pecacai pecacai bangsa BN ni kerana hasil dari cacaian korang jugaklah nanti gaji kita orang akan jadi bertambah kecik dan tak cukup utnuk anak bini makan... haha...


Dengan kenaikan itu, maka hampir lengkap lah usaha kita untuk menghirup udara segar dalam sebuah negara maju... sebab semua negara maju, barang depa tak dak dah yang murah murah... haha...


Tahniah... tahniah... tahniah... haha... tahniah pada pengundi pengundi Tenang kerana anda telah dikurniakan dengan kenaikan harga barangan keperluan kelak hasil dari kemnenangan yang diberi pada BN pada Ahad lepas... haha...
Posted by Shalehudin at 8:37 AM Berkaitan

Tenang,Labis , Segamat Masih tidak Tenang!!

Labis: Segamat lumpuh sejak malam kelmarin apabila terputus perhubungan darat dengan dunia luar, berikutan semua laluan keluar masuk ke daerah itu ditenggelami air sehingga 1.5 meter.

Jalan keluar masuk ke daerah ini membabitkan Jalan Batu 8 Jementah-Lubuk Batu, Jalan Gemas-Segamat dan Jalan Bandar Segamat-Labis ditutup sepenuhnya kepada semua jenis kenderaan.

Berikutan perkembangan itu, semua pengguna jalan raya dinasihat tidak menggunakan laluan berkenaan berikutan kedua-dua hala jalan ditenggelami air dan berbahaya untuk dilalui.

Jurucakap polis berkata, semua hubungan ke Segamat kini lumpuh berikutan jalan dinaiki air mencecah paras dada orang dewasa, malah di sesetengah kawasan termasuk laluan di Tenang Station dikategorikan bahaya kerana arus deras.

Pasukan penyelamat kini diletakkan dalam keadaan berjaga-jaga bagi menghadapi sebarang kemungkinan berikutan Sungai Segamat terus merekodkan kenaikan parasnya berikutan hujan berterusan sejak seminggu lalu.

Dalam pada itu, Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) menghentikan sementara operasi pejabatnya di Segamat.

Pengurus Besar Perhubungan Awam KWSP, Nik Affendi Jaafar, berkata ahli dan majikan yang ingin mendapatkan perkhidmatan KWSP boleh menghubungi cawangan KWSP terdekat iaitu di Muar atau Melaka.

Ahli juga boleh menghubungi Pusat Panggilan KWSP di talian 03-89226000 atau menghantar pertanyaan di laman web www.enquiry.kwsp.gov.my atau mendapatkan maklumat KWSP di laman web myEPF www.kwsp.gov.my.

Sementara itu, banjir besar yang melumpuhkan pekan Labis dan beberapa kawasan sekitarnya sehingga menjejaskan pilihan raya kecil Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Tenang kelmarin, mulai surut.

Bagaimanapun, kebanyakan kedai dan premis perniagaan masih ditutup.

Tinjauan mendapati kedai makan dan serbaneka di pekan ini diserbu penduduk mendapatkan bekalan makanan sehingga stok makanan mulai berkurangan.

Tinjauan mendapati beberapa jalan sekitar Pekan Labis dipenuhi sampah sarap yang dihanyutkan banjir malam kelmarin, manakala beberapa jalan raya turut rosak.

Penduduk Kampung Paya Merah, Paya Merah Lama dan Lembah Bakti di Labis juga masih ditempatkan di pusat penempatan banjir berikutan rumah mereka ditenggelami air sehingga paras bumbung.

Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Tenang, Mohd Azahar Ibrahim, yang memenangi pilihan raya kecil itu, kelmarin, turut meninjau mangsa banjir di Dewan Serbaguna Kampung Paya Merah.