by Calculated Risk on 1/30/2011 06:12:00 PM
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Egypt Updates
Here is the Monday live Egypt blog from Al Jazeera. Other resources: The Lede at the NY Times and the Guardian
From the WSJ: Egypt Opposition Picks a Leader
The Egyptian government, with newly appointed military generals in top positions, struggled to impose order and present a show of unified strength on Sunday, but it showed no signs of bending to demands that President Hosni Mubarak resign.From the NY Times: Opposition Rallies to ElBaradei as Military Reinforces in Cairo
The Egyptian uprising, which emerged as a disparate and spontaneous grass-roots movement, began to coalesce Sunday, as the largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, threw its support behind a leading secular opposition figure, Mohamed ElBaradei, to negotiate on behalf of the forces seeking the fall of President Hosni Mubarak.