>> One of Egypt’s highest profile pro-democracy leaders says: “This is the greatest day in the history of Egypt, that will not be repeated. This nation has been born again. These people have been born again, and this is a new Egypt.”
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Dramatic, breaking news from Cairo on Day 18 of the revolution in Egypt….the military has moved to oust the leader….Mubarak is out….peaceful coup in motion….chaotic situation….news delivered on Egyptian TV by VP Omar Suleiman….millions of Egyptians celebrating in Cairo and throughout the country….not precisely clear exactly who’s in charge at the moment….but the Egyptian military is well disciplined, well respected, and generally secular….not clear what’s next….what will be the “new Egypt’s” relationship with the U.S., and the West generally?….what happens to the peace treaty with Israel (Israel being the only truly solid and secure and free country in entire Middle East)?….what what role, if any, will the Muslim Brotherhood play?….lots of questions, not many answers at the moment….uncertainty spreading throughout the epicenter….please keep praying for a peaceful transition of Egypt to free markets, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of worship, free elections…pray, too, for the Church in Egypt and around the region to be bold in their witness that the only true solution for peace and freedom is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ….developing….
- Reuters: Mubarak and family leave Cairo for Sharm: party official
- AP: Celebrations throughout the Middle East as Mubarak steps down
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