tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904780495732784382.post5874925931291829271..comments2023-07-30T08:57:12.100-07:00Comments on A Bulldog Abroad: ReflectionsIan Wellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05033573017072596500noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904780495732784382.post-47638846532369897442011-02-02T08:46:44.124-08:002011-02-02T08:46:44.124-08:00Got this from my sister is in Cairo. (BTW, I like...Got this from my sister is in Cairo. (BTW, I like your jersey, I might still have one with the same Greek letters ... doesn't fit anymore. <br /><br /><br />Good morning,<br />Our internet has been on for a few hours. We thought that might be enough to get all the protestors to go home. <br />On the news the only place they show is Tahrir. The rest of Cairo is much different. Where I live the atmosphere was much different than the past few days. People are much more relaxed. More stores were open, people weren't buying groceries for a week or two, some cars were waving flags. <br />There have been lots of people downtown but most Cairenes were at their homes. They worked together to protect their homes. Muslims and Christians were together. The people I talked to said most of their neighbors don't want President Mubarak to leave now. Some like him and would even like him to run again. Most think it is time for him to leave but think he's done a good job for Egypt. They don't want him to leave immediately because that could leave Egypt in a bad situation since there is no one ready - and no one knows enough about anyone to know if they might make a good president. <br />I don't know where the horses or camels in Tahrir now came from. The army has told people to leave and many have. I don't know if the trouble makers are the ones left or what.<br />Our curfew has changed. I thought it was for tomorrow but I guess it was today that we could be out until 5pm. The curfew has not been striclty enforced - or enforced at all. The friends I was with the last two nights are on a sort of main road. The wife and I were watching the street from the roof for a while and at 7 - 8pm there were a lot more cars than I expected. The men of the neighborhood had arranged several check points. In front of my friends building was one. The men stopped all the cars, checked the trunks for any kind of weapon and checked car registrations to make sure the car wasn't stolen. there was another check pt in another 150 yards and another one a bit later. They gave the cars a password to tell the next checkpt so they wouldn't have to check trunks and registrations again. And everybody cooperated with these "police". <br />Really other than Tahrir, Cairo has been peaceful today.Terrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07768169192747704600noreply@blogger.com