Posted on 01/28/2011 7:17:35 AM PST by therightliveswithus
Mohammed ElBaradei, the top opponent of Egyptian dicatator Hosni Mubarak, has been placed under house arrest. This comes just days after his return to the country. Meanwhile, his pro-democracy followers have reportedly been beaten during ongoing protests shaking the country.
The Al-Jazeera TV network said at least one person was killed, but this could not be immediately verified.
"Speaking to Reuters, one witness described blood streaming from people with head wounds and others collapsing to the ground. Other witnesses gave similar descriptions.
Al-Jazeera also said opposition politician Ayman Nour, who ran in the 2005 presidential election, was hurt. Citing his son, the station said the politician was in intensive care after being hit by a rock on the head."
This could be a huge development that throws Egypt over the edge.
Mubarak is finished.
The question is who replaces him
The idiot El Baradei or the Muslim Brotherhood??
Shades of Iran when the Shah was deposed. They ought to put this Jerk on a Plane and don’t let him come back.
ElBaradei will be like Qotsbadeh in Iran, he was the moderate face of the regime used to gain credibility. But after the hardliners consolidated power, he was put up against the wall.
Boutros! Boutros!
Is this the same Elbaradai the UN.s IAEA?
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