Egyptian Military: All your demands will be met TODAY

Egypt President Hosni Mubarak to Resign Tonight!

Gen. Hassan al-Roueini, military commander for the Cairo area, appeared in Tahrir Square and told the demonstrators, “All your demands will be met today.” Some in the crowd held up their hands in V-for-victory signs, shouting “the people want the end of the regime” and “Allahu akbar,” or “God is great,” a victory cry used by secular and religious people alike.

Wael Ghonim, a Google executive and protest organizer whose anti-torture Facebook page helped spark the movement, wrote on his Twitter feed Thursday evening: “Mission accomplished. Thanks to all the brave young Egyptians.”

The youthful leaders of the protest movement said that they would welcome a role for the military in running the government during a transitional period, provided it was overseen by a council composed mainly of civilians. They repeated their previous demand that the council should include only one military officer, and oversee the government for a maximum of one year until free elections under a revised constitution.

The military’s supreme council met all day Thursday–without Mubarak, its commander in chief, and said it would remain in “continuous session” in order to fulfill the army’s responsibility “to protect the people, and to oversee their interests and security,” according to a written statement.

A spokesman for the council told state television that the council would “support of the legitimate demands of the people.”



Sources: FavStocks.com, Washington Post