Protesters Vow to Escalate Pressure on Mubarak

New York Times by David D. Kirkpatrick | Feb. 6, 2011 (News Report)

Representatives of the Egyptian democracy movement vowed Sunday to escalate their pressure for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, even as his government sought to portray itself as well on the way to successfully negotiating an end to the uprising now in its 13th day. Full Story »

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 by Kaizar Campwala - Feb. 6, 2011

Their resolve marked a new and uncharted stage in Egypt’s unexpected uprising. Having beaten back assaults by armies of armed police and gangs of plain-clothes toughs, the protesters said they had no intention to back down in the face of either Western support for Mr. Suleiman or the Egyptian government’s attempts to wait them out and wear them down.

Brushing aside the manifestly secular nature of the youth revolt shaking Egypt and the Middle East, Mr. Suleiman suggested unspecified “other people” and “an Islamic current” were in fact pushing the young people forward.

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