Already hanging on seemingly by a thread, opposition figures hope to push the Mubarak regime out of office entirely Tuesday with “million man marches” planned in both the cities of Cairo and Alexandria.
Such a rally will likely be a trivial matter in Cairo, a densely populated metro area of nearly 20 million people. Alexandria may be somewhat more difficult, as the city has only 4 million people.
Attendance at the protests in the major cities has been spiraling over the past several days, and the Egyptian government is now reportedly ordering a halt to all train service across the nation, apparently an effort to keep people from gathering in the major cities.
Exactly what effect the even larger protests would net, both domestically and in international opinion remains to be seen, but the Egyptian government does not appear keen to find out, with figures already offering talks and concessions in a desperate attempt to secure Mubarak’s rule going forward.
This is very desparate move by the dictator and his thugs to cut the routs to Cairo. Mubarak will end up with his Zionist brothers in Tel Aviv. His family & his his gang of looters who looted the country already fled to London. I think the US made glue which glued the Arab leaders butts to their throanes has been expired. This is the price for being loyal friend to the US government. They throw you to the vultures when they done with you. Traitors who sell their own people are no good for their buyers.
Thank you AJ, RT, antiwar and others for FACTUAL reporting from Egypt. Propagandist from the privately owned regime tv network here "estimates" about 80K protesters, didn't bother to see the spin on monarchy owned network.
Mubarak is a one leg man standing on a bar of soap in the shower, saying he is in control while his foot skids faster and faster.