Thursday, 3 February 2011

Egypt on the brink

I have listened to the politicians saying how British subjects in some parts of Egypt are safe and flights from here continue unabated.


What nonsense.


All flights to Egypt should have been vetted and all holidays cancelled a week ago.

Get the people out now before they get swallowed up in another Middle East fiasco.


Amplify’d from www.politics.co.uk


UK puts on new charter flight as Egypt descends into violence

Events in Egypt are expected to climax on Friday

A British charter flight from Cairo is preparing to leave as the situation in Egypt becomes increasingly violent and chaotic.

The Foreign Office (FCO) announced that it had now commissioned a second flight for Saturday.

Yesterday was the bloodiest day since the movement to remove President Hosni Mubarak from office began.

A mob of pro-government supporters attacked the demonstrators in Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the protests.

The fighting triggered a major increase in the number of people leaving the country, with many foreign workers and diplomats following tourists in trying to get back to their home country.

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