February 11, 2011 marks the end of an 18 day uprising in Egypt over discontent with now former president Hosni Mubarak. Mubarak has been leading egypt for close to 30 years. For the last 3 weeks Egyptians have been rioting in the streets asking for Mubarak's resignation crying out in uproar. Stepping down from the presidency, Mubarak has passed control of country affairs over to the military until reelections can occur. Here is the article as CNN reported it.
This topic is in no way related to my course of study but is of such significance that I felt it worthwhile to post here. For those of us that keep up with world politics and affairs overseas are bound to be kept on edge as th crisis progresses. I am overly eager to see the developments in Egypt because of the control it has over the middle eastern canal system that transports so much of the oil we depend on for our day to day lives.
I'm glad to hear that the situation is calming, and hope Egypt will be able to set up a new government successfully. The protests started because of problems with the old government, which included extensive police brutality, poor economic conditions, political corruption, oppressive state of emergency laws, and a lack of free speech and free elections. Hopefully, now that the president has stepped down the violence will stop.
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