Current Events in Egypt by Zander

1 no pictures of Egypt, but here is me with a ass....

The Egyptian's are in the middle of a revolution with their old government. But they are not the only country in turmoil. Libya had a revolution very recently to over throw Gaddafi, the dictator, but now they are setting up a new government. Egypt had a leader much like Gaddafi, Mubarak, but he stepped down without a fight but set the military up as the government until the Egyptians get a new government in order. Egypt is in a difficult position they are trying to set up a government and it's turning into a catastrophe.

In Egypt, there was a dictator, Mubarak but when he stepped down, the country tried to form a democracy, but it is not working. When the Egyptians civilians started protesting Mubarak fled the country before it got to serious. The Egyptians wanted democracy. Now the presidential candidates are starting to campaign for a new government. But people from Mubarak's old government are running for the job. So there is a lot of uncertainties in letting them run again.

Like Afghanistan and Iraq, there is a party called the Islamic fundamentalist that have a good chance of taking control of Egypt. People from the fundamentalist are running for office. They are planning on basing there government on the Koran, because they want to " be the example of Islam to the world". I think that the fundamentals are pretty smart. Most of the people in Egypt are Islamic, so they feel strongly about the religion, so they will back them.

But the anarchists also have gone one more step. On the news, I heard that the people in Egypt have been burning down churches and trashing the Christian neighborhoods. There have been mass protests, brick wars, police using water canons, tear gas, and live ammunition to subdue the citizens. There was a nasty protest a few weeks ago. Egyptian protesters were marching to the main square in Cairo. When they got to the main square, there was some violence which sparked a brick fight. Protesters fought the police, climbed buildings and fought, while the people on the ground crouched behind sheets of mettle and threw bricks. Then the police moved in choppers, tanks, and water canons to battle their civilians in Cairo.

Egypt is in the middle of a Civl war. I am really glad that I am not there right now. People are fighting the police. People in the Christian neighborhood have had to protect there family with guns because they are targets for the anarchist. What really freaked me out was that we stayed really close to where all the riots were in Cairo. The two things that I think could happen next is that there could be another Civil war or the Islamic Fundamentalists will take power and start to spread their religion. In which case, life in Egypt will not get better for a while.

With the tension in Egypt and Middle East, I think that there is going to be some dramatic changes in relationships between Israel and the other countries in the Middle East. First the fundamentalists are taking control of Egypt, like they have in so many other countries in the Middle East. Israel is surrounded by Islamic countries. Islamic people and Jewish people are not on good terms in this area. Egypt is the only country that is friends with the Israelis, but if the fundamentalist take control, then that friendship might be a thing of the past. The Egyptians civilians have been hoping for a democracy. Egypt is really weak and they need to set up a government quickly, or there will be a lot of blood shed.