Egypt: Mubarak Dismisses Government, Deploys Army, Says, ‘We Seek More Democracy and Freedoms’
January 29th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal:
President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year grip on power hung in the balance Friday as protesters massed around Egypt and overpowered the police, prompting the army to deploy on the streets of the nation for the first time in 25 years.
As rumors swirled early Saturday morning local time that Mr. Mubarak would step down, Egyptian television broadcast a speech in which the president signaled he would stay but dismiss his government. “There is no turning back from the path of reform that we chose,” said a defiant Mr. Mubarak. “We seek more democracy and freedoms.”
