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The situation and understand the nuance of the u.s. position. they are saying look, it's clear to us here, president mubarak is going. if the president of the united states wants to support the people of egypt and the democratic process, he should come out more in favor of the people. there's a clear message. the nuance, the u.s. needing president mubarak as an ally in the united states is lost on the people here. some groups are opposed to that relationship. potentially, that relationship could change. the clear message is, if you want to be on the side of the new future of egypt, be on the s...
All right. so, what was life like under mubarak? for many in egypt, he is the only leader that most egyptians have known. 29 years in power. only a handful of world leaders have been in that position longer than that. >> let's bring in the director of research at the center. good to see you. glad you are with us to give us perspective. what do you make of what's happening in the streets of egypt today? is this something you had expected? >> no. no one saw this coming. i think what we learned the last couple weeks, it's difficult to make predictions. i don't think anyone expected how successful...
The streets. as you said before, the fact the internet was shut down, the anger is there. the ability to argorganize is there. it was unprecedented in the history of the internet. the four days before that, the internet was used so heavily to find ways to circumvent what the government was doing to quell the protests. they were trying to get the word out. it's a key role in getting the word out there was so much support in this region and in the country of egypt. >> thank you. this just coming into us from nile tv, the political crisis is having a dramatic
My photography camera about 300 meter distance and all i found out is police were deliberately focusing on journalists. they were actually surrounding journ i journalists from the back. they took away my camera and attacked me all over my body and my head started bleeding. they were going to send me in a police car along with other people to an unknown destination. i was bleeding too heavily and i told them the bbc will sue them, will sue the egyptian government if anything happens to me and i hold them accountable for my life. i am lucky i managed to speak. the senior officer was somehow unde...