"We can't bear this for a long time, and there must be an end to this crisis as soon as possible." ----Vice President Omar Suleiman, February 9, 2011CAIRO – A young Google executive who helped ignite Egypt's uprising energized a cheering crowd of hundreds of thousands Tuesday with his first appearance in their midst after being released from 12 days in secret detention. "We won't give up," he promised at one of the biggest protests yet in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
Once a behind-the-scenes Internet activist, 30-year-old Wael Ghonim has emerged as an inspiring voice for a movement that has taken pride in being a leaderless "people's revolution." Now, the various activists behind it — including Ghonim — are working to coalesce into representatives to push their demands for President Hosni Mubarak's ouster.
With protests invigorated, Vice President Omar Suleiman issued a sharply worded warning, saying of the protests in Tahrir, "We can't bear this for a long time, and there must be an end to this crisis as soon as possible," in a sign of growing impatience with 16 days of mass demonstrations.
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February 4, 2011:
Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman has denied that pro-government elements killed protesters during violent unrest in Cairo.
When asked in an interview about shooting into the crowds of protesters that have gathered at Cairo's Tehrir Square, Suleiman replied, in English: 'No. Nobody being killed by rifles or by snipers. No way.'
In the interview by Christiane Amanpour from America's ABC network, she questioned again whether the newly appointed vice president was denying that pro-government forces killed protesters in the square.
He said, 'They behaved very well.'
Suleiman also said that Egyptian forces would 'not use any violence against' the protesters.
'But we will ask them to go home. And we will ask their parents to ask them to come home.'
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Why, yes, this is just about some 'unruly children'.
So says
Suleiman: The CIA's man in Cairo.