National party headquarters on fire, Mubarak to speak
**Watch the Al Jazeera English live feed for Egypt coverage here.
11:36 p.m.: Al Jazeera is streaming live pictures of the Egyptian national party headquarters on fire even as police try to enforce a nighttime curfew. **WATCH THE LIVESTREAM**
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11:36 p.m.: Al Jazeera is streaming live pictures of the Egyptian national party headquarters on fire even as police try to enforce a nighttime curfew. **WATCH THE LIVESTREAM**
http://www.youtube.com/aljazeeraenglish videos
ORIGINAL POST:
The uprising in Egypt got worse on Friday, as police fired rubber bullets into the teeming crowds, and place former U.N. weapons inspector Mohammed ElBeredei under house arrest.
NBC’s Richard Engel filed this on-the-ground report earlier today:
It’s night in Egypt now, and the Army is trying to enforce curfews in Cairo and other major cities.
Latest news from the BBC.
And from The Guardian.
Al Jazeera is reportedly being targeted by the government and told to turn their cameras off, per MSNBC a few minutes ago (11:01 EST).
It will be interesting to see how the response from the west, including the American right, evolves amid reports that the protests are becoming increasingly Islam-focused. The Muslim Brotherhood is the strongest opposition group in Egypt right now, and President for Life Hosni Mubarak is an ally of the U.S. Mubarak is slated to finally address the crisis sometime today or tomorrow.
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