Johnny Bognor Posted 3 February, 2011 Posted 3 February, 2011 This is starting to get nasty....clashes between protestors and government sponsored protestors caused 5 deaths and over 800 casualties last night. With no side looking like they will back down, could they be on the verge of civil war? Tunisia have had their revolution and there are protests in Yemen, Jordan and Algeria. Is the middle east on the brink?
mightysaints Posted 3 February, 2011 Posted 3 February, 2011 I was offered a QS job over there last year on a massive new city developmnet just outside Cairo, glad i turned it down now.
dubai_phil Posted 3 February, 2011 Posted 3 February, 2011 This is starting to get nasty....clashes between protestors and government sponsored protestors caused 5 deaths and over 800 casualties last night. With no side looking like they will back down, could they be on the verge of civil war? Tunisia have had their revolution and there are protests in Yemen, Jordan and Algeria. Is the middle east on the brink? Jordan doesn't have a Government today (where the King is trying to take pre-emptive action), Lebanon who's Government was in turmoil even before Tunisia for different reasons and Syria which most Syrians are fearing will go next. Iran tried a year or so ago. Regime change is all very well but with Israel sitting slap in the Middle it is time for concern
Johnny Bognor Posted 3 February, 2011 Author Posted 3 February, 2011 I bet the camels have got the hump Best joke by a country nile
gaz Posted 10 February, 2011 Posted 10 February, 2011 Looks like it could all happen tonight. Mubarak has a speech to protestors at 8pm (about 20mins) that is widely expected to announce him leaving, http://www.youtube.com/aljazeeraenglish?feature=ticker
Saint Keith Posted 10 February, 2011 Posted 10 February, 2011 can someone please tell me why we're supposed to be bothered? im not being deliberately obtuse, i just cant make out why its wall to wall coverage on every news channel
sfcuk fan Posted 10 February, 2011 Posted 10 February, 2011 Because like it or not, what is happening in the middle east, should it go bad, could seriously affect every one of us !
buctootim Posted 10 February, 2011 Posted 10 February, 2011 can someone please tell me why we're supposed to be bothered? im not being deliberately obtuse, i just cant make out why its wall to wall coverage on every news channel Domino theory. People are worried about changing the relatively stable staus quo and anything which could possibly lead to renewed war with Israel, threats to oil supplies and an itchy nuclear Iran.
Saintandy666 Posted 10 February, 2011 Posted 10 February, 2011 Egypt is traditionally the trend setter in the middle east so what happens there affects a whole region and in this interconnected globalised world affects us. Any change in the middle east could have significant effects on us.
Saint Keith Posted 10 February, 2011 Posted 10 February, 2011 so as with everything in the middle east, it all comes down to oil
Joensuu Posted 10 February, 2011 Posted 10 February, 2011 can someone please tell me why we're supposed to be bothered? im not being deliberately obtuse, i just cant make out why its wall to wall coverage on every news channel Where did that facepalm thing go? Did the Egypt coverage get in the way of coverage of Jordan snogging some minor celebrity? I find myself getting annoyed when they do it the other way round, and spend 20 minutes covering some minor political discussion which won't change anything, then gloss over a civil war, or some other significant news, just because they happened elsewhere. The Indy and FT are often the only media sources left which headline with what is really the biggest news of the day.
sfcuk fan Posted 10 February, 2011 Posted 10 February, 2011 so as with everything in the middle east, it all comes down to oil Whilst oil is certainly a major factor here, it is the position of a western backed and nuclear Israel that I believe is of most concern.
Big John Posted 10 February, 2011 Posted 10 February, 2011 Our's and America's government will be **** scared when he gets deposed. We would be stuffed in the Middle East without their politicians 'support'. Tomorrow is the day that the people of Egypt claim their country. Expect the army to step aside and let them through to the presidential palace. This has been hinted at on Tv tonight. The World is watching.
sussexsaint Posted 11 February, 2011 Posted 11 February, 2011 he had better have the helicopter warmed up or there will shortly be a moider
Deppo Posted 11 February, 2011 Posted 11 February, 2011 I have no idea why I should be bothered about anything that happens which doesn't directly affect me. Can someone please help me?
Big John Posted 11 February, 2011 Posted 11 February, 2011 Deppo, in years to cme your grandchildren will learn in school about the diferences between this revolution and that in the former yugodlavia. you will be able to help them with their homework and they will love you. that is why it is important to you. it's a bit like following saints but on a bigger scale.not as important i grant you but worth taking a slight interest in perhaps. the other thing is that we might all die now. nicola out
Mattio Posted 11 February, 2011 Posted 11 February, 2011 the other thing is that we might all die now. why? im confused
Big John Posted 11 February, 2011 Posted 11 February, 2011 the outgoing president was the western world's mate.
Saintandy666 Posted 11 February, 2011 Posted 11 February, 2011 I'm very proud of the Egyptians and it is extremely interesting. I would say more interesting than almost all recent revolutions. This is because it is a genuine people's revolution. No other motives involved.
Big John Posted 12 February, 2011 Posted 12 February, 2011 I'm very proud of the Egyptians and it is extremely interesting. I would say more interesting than almost all recent revolutions. This is because it is a genuine people's revolution. No other motives involved. precisely, it's pretty momentous and will be talked about more than most other revolutions, i find ir so interesting. so hard to read between the lines with this one.
Saintandy666 Posted 12 February, 2011 Posted 12 February, 2011 precisely, it's pretty momentous and will be talked about more than most other revolutions, i find ir so interesting. so hard to read between the lines with this one. Though we should not forget the Tunisian revolution that set it all off, even if it doesn't have the international significance this revolution has.
Saintandy666 Posted 12 February, 2011 Posted 12 February, 2011 Tunisia was a bit bloody though tbf And so was Egypt. Hundreds have died.
solentstars Posted 12 February, 2011 Posted 12 February, 2011 I'm very proud of the Egyptians and it is extremely interesting. I would say more interesting than almost all recent revolutions. This is because it is a genuine people's revolution. No other motives involved. hopefully it will spread peoplesd emocracy around the middle east and stop the religious fundamentalists in their tracks of going down the iranian route.
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