Keeping Up With Protests In Egypt

Protests spread across Egypt, the Internet is cut off, the military is mobilizing, and Nobel Peace prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei under house arrest.

Some sources for live updates:

  • NRO’s updates.
  • Here’s a constantly updated BBC news page.
  • The Beeb’s updated compilation of eyewitness accounts.
  • Live blogging from the Christian Science Monitor.

    • Some people have been linking to Al Jazeera for live footage, but that requires installing RealPlayer, and there are some things I just won’t do…

    Is this revolution a good or bad thing for Egypt? Depends on who comes out on top. Hosni Mubarak probably isn’t on the list of the ten most brutal and corrupt world leaders, but he probably does make the top twenty. Replacing him with a real Democratic government would be great. Replacing him with the Muslim Brotherhood would be like replace the Shah with Ayatollah Khomeini, only possibly a lot worse.

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      January 28, 2011 at 1:52 PM

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