Egypt- The Protest
In Cairo, Egypt, protestors filled the street for a reform in the government. The protests cause current President Hosni Mubarak to announce that he would not run for re-election. The protesting started on January 15. After days passed, the protesting grew strength and thousands of people were demanding that Mr. Mubarak step down from his presidency. The protestors fought a war against the army and started riots. They broke curfews and robbed stores in that area. Mr. Mubarak tried to stopped the protesting by changing his staff with new people but did not offer to step himself down. This attempt did not slow the protesting down but raise the strength or it. The very first protest was started using cell phones and social media to communicate to the world to start a protest. President Obama warned Mubarak that if he didn’t stop the violence in his country, the country could potentially lose the one billion dollars the U.S. gives to them. The Egyptian army said that it would not fire at its own people and new vice president Mr. Suleiman said that Mr. Mubarak had allowed him to open an interview with the opposition for constitutional and political reforms.
Source: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/egypt/index.html
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