{"id":1688,"date":"2011-02-03T19:52:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T23:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2011-02-03T20:01:45","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T00:01:45","slug":"live-from-eqypt-the-regime-strikes-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/2011\/02\/03\/live-from-eqypt-the-regime-strikes-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Live from Eqypt: The Regime Strikes Back."},"content":{"rendered":"

Anjali Kamat1<\/sup> of Democracy Now! \u00a0joined Sharif Abdel Kouddous in Cairo Tuesday and has been tweeting from there.<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday Feb 2, 2011 [A sampling in chronological order. Anjali’s tweets ‘anjucomet’ are shown with no header. Retweets begin with the original tweeter.]<\/p>\n

oh the counterrevolution might get ugly here in\u00a0#egypt<\/a>. very sad.<\/p>\n

Rpts that pro-Mubarak protesters paid 50 Egyptian pounds ($US 8.50) to show up. Plenty of incentive when people are starving#jan25<\/a> #egypt<\/a><\/p>\n

#Mubarak<\/a>‘s thugs are destroying the inspiring solidarity and camaraderie at Tahrir square here in\u00a0#Cairo<\/a> with violence.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

bloodshed escalates as military stands back & watches\u00a0#Mubarak<\/a>‘s thugs create absolute chaos. i’m in local newspaper office around corner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

evanchill<\/a> Evan Hill \u00a0retweeted\u00a0by anjucomet<\/em>
\nI can’t believe that yesterday I was watching girls scrawl protest signs with markers in a jubilant Tahrir, and now it’s a war zone. So sad.<\/p>\n

3arabawy<\/a> Hossam \u0639\u0645\u0648 \u062d\u0633\u00a0retweeted by anjucomet<\/em>
\nMubarak’s thugs r now throwing molotov cocktails on the Egyptian museum. Our civilization will b turn to ashes by Obama’s allies#Jan25<\/a><\/div>\n

last night\u00a0#tahrir<\/a> square felt like a carnival, now its
\nthe site of carnage, a possible massacre. ppl r devastated and furious with#Mubarak<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wednesday 2\/3\/2011<\/p>\n

About 9:AM EST; 4 PM Cairo; 5 PM Makkah<\/p>\n

Pro-Mubarakites keep throwing some kind of firebombs at anti-Mubarak groups, who respond with rocks and slingshots\u00a0#jan25<\/a><\/p>\n

The molotov cocktails keep coming\u00a0#jan25<\/a> #egypt<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

About 11 AM EST; 6 PM Cairo; 7 PM Makkah<\/p>\n

the mood inside tahrir square is getting very tense with the number of pro-govt infiltrators on the rise & growing hostility to journalists<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

About 5:30 PM EST; 12:30 AM Cairo; 01:30 AM Makkah<\/p>\n

staggering compilation of journalists and media people attacked \/ detained \/ harassed in\u00a0#Egypt<\/a>:\u00a0http:\/\/is.gd\/WWmxGV<\/a> [5:00 PM EST 2\/3\/11]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

5:50 PM EST<\/p>\n

my report from\u00a0#Egypt<\/a> in today’s edition of The Hindu:http:\/\/is.gd\/xiL4g6<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rachel Maddow has “The Counterrevolution will be Tweeted.”<\/a><\/p>\n

1<\/sup>Anjali is from south India, but she has lived in Egypt as well as Jordan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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