Mubarak left Egypt: sources

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Egypt’s three-decade ruler Hosni Mubarak has left the country, noting an address he is scheduled to deliver in a few hours is taped, media reports said quoting Presidential sources.

The reports by presidential sources came on Thursday on the heels of remarks by Hossan Badrawi, the general secretary of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party, who said Mubarak will “probably” address the nation in the evening.

He told state-funded BBC that he hopes Mubarak will transfer power to Vice President Omar Suleiman.

Unconfirmed reports also said Mubarak had already travelled to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh with his army chief of staff.
Other reports indicated that the Egyptian army has taken over presidential powers, saying it supports the legitimate demands of people and that it is taking measures to protect the people.

Essam al-Erian, a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's biggest opposition group, said he feared that the Egyptian military was staging a coup.

“It looks like a military coup ... I feel worry and anxiety,” he told Reuters. “The problem is not with the president, it is with the regime.”
Egyptian state television showed images of Mubarak sitting behind a desk in silence while Suleiman talked. It was not immediately clear when it was filmed, though the channel said the meeting was happening now.

Opposition supporters attend Friday prayers in Tahrir Square in Cairo February 11, 2011. Egypt's powerful army pledged on Friday to guarantee President Hosni Mubarak's reforms in a move to defuse a popular uprising, but many angry protesters said this failed to meet their key demand that he resign immediately. REUTERS

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Comments - 26

Pali Friday, 11 February 2011 05:30 PM

Tamil diaaspora is awaiting to provide protection to MR

Maliya Saturday, 12 February 2011 02:23 PM

That day is not far away

Anver Saturday, 12 February 2011 12:47 PM

10 years? may be sooner!

Our Lanka Saturday, 12 February 2011 12:43 PM

I think it is already looooong overdue..Not too late though!!

lion Saturday, 12 February 2011 12:26 PM

Need to aware with surroundings. This is a good lesson for Mervin

lion Saturday, 12 February 2011 09:27 AM

dreams come true!

Rajendra Saturday, 12 February 2011 07:22 AM

Keep dreaming....Fist need to get rid of Ranil....

Rajendra Saturday, 12 February 2011 07:15 AM

Bad times for US backed leaders....

frerooz Saturday, 12 February 2011 06:38 AM

the right time the right peopel"s right decision is very very good
if this process is going on
thai is better to the all nation

RAW Saturday, 12 February 2011 06:33 AM

keep dreaming :P

Kolitha Saturday, 12 February 2011 05:11 AM

Peoples Power.
We wish all the best for the future of Egyptian people.

UNL Saturday, 12 February 2011 04:58 AM

i guess you are talking about UNP leader ?

mervin Friday, 11 February 2011 01:58 PM

SL be careful we will also hear same story another 10years time . God bless SL.......

Prassanna Friday, 11 February 2011 05:02 PM

Very soon this will happen to MR as well

naimi Friday, 11 February 2011 04:56 PM

at last dictators go away... its a lesson for fellow dictators in other countries too. take heed for surely u wll face the same

Maliya Friday, 11 February 2011 04:04 PM

Can we have these kind of protests in SL too? I am dreaming of the day that the hora king flees SL like Mubarak did

citizen1 Friday, 11 February 2011 03:52 PM

He'll be well off wherever he goes with all that accumulated wealth! The sons are already in London.

citizen1 Friday, 11 February 2011 03:48 PM

Running away Mr Mubarak??

dilan Friday, 11 February 2011 03:29 PM

The biggest US supported leader in Middle East.....

nagu Friday, 11 February 2011 03:28 PM

Bad times for US puppet leaders in Middle East....

Yehiya-Doha Friday, 11 February 2011 03:06 PM

Welcome

hamaduru Friday, 11 February 2011 02:45 PM

same thing should happen in sri lanka as well.

Asanka Friday, 11 February 2011 02:15 PM

what a news....one day sri lanka also will happen same thingthat dat not far.......................

Konde bendapu china Friday, 11 February 2011 02:00 PM

Not Yet,But He will very soon

zafar .m.siddiqi Friday, 11 February 2011 01:59 PM

ALWAYS LISTEN PEOPLES VOICE BE VERY CLOSE TO THEM TO AVOID DISGRACE.

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