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Sharif Kouddous is senior producer at Democracy Now and is right on the scene and tweeting his merry heart out. Follow him by clicking right here. Here’s a print out of his last hour….special stuff:
sharifkouddous Sharif Kouddoussun is setting. Crowd’s huge in Tahrir. Ppl have climbed all over tanks chanting. Now they stop for a mass prayer. Indescribable. #Egypt»
sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousMy friend sez Mubarak’s address sounded like he dusted off speech from 1994. Everyone’s sure he’ll leave… just waiting for the news.»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousPeople now chanting: “We’re not leaving. He’s leaving!” Also: “wake up Mubarak, today’s your last day.” #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousAmazing scene: three tanks roll by with a crowd of people riding atop each one. Chanting ‘Hosni Mubarak out!’ #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousMuslim Brotherhood chanting Allah Akbar. Crowd stopped them chanting louder: Muslim, Christian, we’re all Egyptian #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousThe police holed up in interior ministry are firing. Three people bloodied carried out. The army is not shooting. #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousPeople running back again toward Interior Ministry #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousCrowd just started running away from interior ministry. Some say they’re firing. Lots of confusion,not much fear. #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousIn the background of Tahrir, smoke rises from the burnt out NDP party headquarters #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif Kouddous“What is Mubarak waiting for?” My friend shouts. “He should get out.” #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousThere was just a moment where people thought Mubarak had left. A massive cheer gripped the crowd. But it stopped when rumor died.»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousPeople asking how I’m tweeting from Egypt, we are using a work-around. Internet is still down and I can’t send pics»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousPeople are cleaning up trash on the streets. Amazing. I have never seen anything like this. #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousPeople cursing Mubarak’s speech last night, that he didn’t understand it was over for him #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousIt’s past curfew time and the crowd is only growing. #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousPeople are praying in Tahrir square. #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousI have never seen #Egypt this way. This is not Mubarak’s Egypt anymore. And it never will be again.»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousSquare filled with all kinds of Egyptians. Young, old, men, women, rich, poor. #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousMore people keep entering the square. No one is going anywhere. #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousIt’s curfew. People are not leaving. They say the army won’t open fire. But there are some sounds of gunfire. #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousOne soldier carried on shoulders through crowd holding a flower. The people cheer him on. #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif KouddousThere are army tanks & soldiers stationed around the square. People chanting ‘the army & the people are one’. #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif Kouddousarrived in Cairo. Met my cousin & drove straight to Tahrir square. Crowds everywhere. Chanting Mubarak get out. #Egypt»sharifkouddous Sharif Kouddous
RT @Falasteeni: Wow, @AJEnglish putting up a split screen of its images (Cairo burning) with Egyptian TV (calm cityscape). Amazing #jan25