Egypt: Reaping what the West has sown
As the army tries – and fails – to clear Cairo’s Freedom Square, Jon Snow reflects on the role of the West in backing Mubarak in the past.
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The Egyptian Army’s passivity in the bloody protests suggests an internal conflict of agendas, one which could inspire a coup by lower-level officers, a former Army Commander tells Channel 4 News.
When President Obama appeared on American TV sets just before 7pm on Tuesday he talked about “difficult days ahead”. And he wasn’t just talking about difficult days in Egypt, blogs Sarah Smith.
As the army tries – and fails – to clear Cairo’s Freedom Square, Jon Snow reflects on the role of the West in backing Mubarak in the past.
I went up to the 16th floor in the Finance Ministry to interview the new Minister of Finance Samir Radwan. We were greeted by men in bowties and dinner jackets. Outside some 50 tanks are drawn up around the tomb of the unknown warrior where President Sadat was assassinated.
As violence erupts on the streets of the Egyptian capital, Channel 4 News looks at the victims of the protests and speaks to “The Martyr” who helped mobilise thousands to take on the regime.
When Obama spoke to Mubarak, what exactly did he say? Channel 4 News examines America’s game plan in Egypt as Sarah Smith plots a timeline of the US President’s biggest foreign policy test yet.
President Hosni Mubarak tells Egypt he will not seek re-election in September, but Barack Obama says the time for change is now. It means the protests will continue, reports Jonathan Rugman in Cairo.
Egypt’s police have disappeared from the streets where protesters have amassed in their thousands, and a former Middle East adviser to the EU tells Channel 4 News that the top brass may be in hiding.
Supporters of Egypt’s President Mubarak clash with protesters in the “battle for Tahrir Square” with hundreds hurt and three killed. Jonathan Rugman reports from Cairo.
Am in Cairo’s Freedom Square amid massive crowds. Tens of thousands and more streaming in. But there are reports that police are preventing others from coming in to the centre of the city.
It is being billed as a march of a million people, aimed at revolutionising Egypt’s politics. Channel 4 News explores some of the key social media players helping to fuel events in Cairo.
President Mubarak’s 30 year rule in Egypt could be coming to an end – troops have removed the guns from their tanks, reports Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum.
Channel 4 News correspondents report on a historic day across Egypt as around a million people fill the streets, urging President Mubarak to stand down. He reportedly prepares to address his country.
Jon Snow reflects on his journey from southern Africa to Cairo, to report on the continuing unrest in Egypt.
Six Al Jazeera journalists, who were arrested earlier today, have been released by Egyptian authorities but have had all their equipment taken preventing them from broadcasting.