At least three people were killed this week in the largest demonstrations in Egypt in 25 years.
At present, leading opposition member and main contender for Mubarak's p[lace,, Mohamed ElBaradei, who returned to Egypt to put his weight behind the protests, is reportedly under siege with his followers inside a mosque which is surrounded by police.
The country's four primary Internet providers all cut service shortly after midnight. Mobile phone signals were disrupted as well, in an apparent attempt by authorities to make it more difficult for protesters to organize or to get footage of the demonstrations out of the country.
The government crackdown is responding to the Muslim Brotherhood's announcement on Thursday that it will join Friday's demonstration. The Brotherhood is Egypt's largest opposition group, and its participation gives the counter-government rallies new strength.
One Brotherhood leader told reporters on Thursday, “Tomorrow is going to be the day of the intifada.” He predicted that many of the Brotherhood's younger members, some as young as 15, would take part in Friday's demonstrations.
New FCC rules put in place by Obama gives power to the "authorities" to shut down our internet in cases of "National Emergencies". Who determines what is a "National Emergency"?
This is more of our freedoms being strangled by this administration.
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