Thousands of protestors have occupied in public places in Cairo, demanding President Mubarak’s resignation.
Due to soaring food prices, high unemployment, and authoritarian rule by President Mubarak and his government, thousands of protestors have occupied in central Cairo, threatening to stay until the current government dissolves and a new national government forms. Protests have been organized via social networks, such as Facebook.
The Egyptian authorities have blamed the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned Islamic group, for inciting the protests. However, Reuters observes that the group is merely a fraction of the protest activities.
The U.S. government has called for restraint from both the protestors and the Egyptian government. The Egyptian government is a key U.S. ally on the war on terrorism.
Protests in Egypt sparked right after a nation-wide protest in Tunisia, which forced the Tunisian President to flee the country.
