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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12433045 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12433045 The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo said the announcement ca
by eftpotrm 16y ago
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12433045 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12433045
The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo said the announcement caught everyone by surprise, and all over the city drivers honked their horns and people fired guns into the air.
But the army takeover looks very much like a military coup, our correspondent adds.
The constitution has been breached, he says, because officially it should be the speaker of parliament who takes over, not the army leadership.
Hope for the best, plan for the worst. So far the Egyptian military have been on the right side of this situation but we have no guarantees what happens next. This is the end of the beginning, not the end.
- codebaobab 16y agoStratfor is also calling this a coup: http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20110211-red-alert-mubarak-resigns-military-in-charge http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20110211-red-alert-mubarak-...
- ceejayoz 16y agoI'd say it's a revolution the army joined in on. Parliament is stacked with Mubarak's party, so having them take over wouldn't have been much of a change.