Amr Moussa (former Egyptian Foreign Min, now Arab League chief) is in Tahrir Sq now

[Catherina]

inside the square for about 30 minutes now, is media reporting this? Crowds linked arms, hands and formed a human red carpet for him


They're going crazy he's there. May run for President

[AnOhioan]

1. CNN has a breaking news banner up concerning his arrival

[dipsydoodle]

4. CNN link here

Amr Moussa, the Arab League's secretary-general and a veteran Egyptian diplomat, joined protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday, state-run Nile TV reported. Time magazine has described him as "perhaps the most adored public servant in the Arab world."

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/04/egypt-crisis-troops-in-riot-gear-approach-tahrir-square-early-friday/

[dipsydoodle]

2. Link here

The Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa has joined his fellow Egyptian protesters in calls to topple the government of President Hosni Mubarak. He recently said he was “at the disposal” of the Egyptian people, adding that he would consider a run for the presidency in a post-Mubarak Egypt.

His presence has been welcomed by anti-government demonstrators, who by early afternoon Egypt time was already in the hundreds of thousands, possibly more. Across Egypt the scene was similar, with thousands pouring onto the streets in protests to end 30 years of Mubarak’s reign.

“We welcome Moussa to the demonstrations. He is Egyptian just like the rest of us,” said one protester, Dina, via telephone.

http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=25599

:hi:

[bdamomma]

3. it is the Egyptian people who have the make the decision

and vote in clean elections who they want, and please no meddling from our government, no more puppet dictatorships please. So proud to see the Egyptians not giving up their fight.

[malaise]

5. True but it looks like the foremer foreign minister

is way more palatable than Suleiman, The Rendition Man.

[L. Coyote]

6. A possible voice for the People? Please x-post breaking news here:

***** EGYPT Live Blog ***** Al Jazeera English - Feb. 4 *****
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x341227