Thousands flee Egyptian prison: Reports

[Turborama]

Source: IANS

Cairo, Jan 30 (IANS) About 5,000 Egyptian prisoners broke out of a prison in the Fayyoum Govenorate amid the nationwide riots Saturday night, Xinhua quoted the Dubai-based Arabiya TV report Sunday.

Earlier Saturday night,a building of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party in downtown Cairo was set on fire for the second time Saturday night, Xinhua reported quoting eyewitness accounts.

Protesters marched towards the Tahrir square in downtown Cairo carrying dead bodies Saturday night after the curfew was clamped at 4 p.m.



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[Citizen Worker]

1. Did Mubarak order the cell doors to be opened? One wonders.

[xochi]

4. Recent tweets (Sunday, Jan. 30)

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Page grab of Al TV announcing the arrests of Habib Al Adly and Ahmed Ezz (Arabic) cc Doubters http://yfrog.com/h49clbvj
33 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
The now arrested General Habib El Adly (born 1938) served as Egypt's widely despised Minister of Interior since 1997.
37 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
EXCLUSIVE: Very reliable source from Egypt: Habib Al Adly was arrested for opening the doors to all jail cells yesterday so chaos ensues.
42 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[No Elephants]

2. Per CNN, police are nowhere to be seen; people asking military for protection.

They are also taking their own steps to protect their neighborhoods and families.

[Kablooie]

3. Whoa. This country is going to be in big trouble for a long time.

It sounds like the government is gone.
This is going to be hell for the people of Egypt for a long time unless someone steps in and takes control.

Guess who that someone will be?
Why ... the world's self appointed police force, US!

Here's another nice war for us to wage.
And it won't go well since American influence is considered one of the reasons for the riots in the first place.

If more countries fall into chaos out there, we are in for a hell of a shakeup among world powers.

2012 armageddon, here we come!

[Turborama]

5. Dozens of bodies on road near Cairo prison

CAIRO - DOZENS of bodies were seen lying on a road near Cairo's Abu Zaabal prison on Sunday after rioting there killed at least eight prisoners amid nationwide anti-regime protests, a security source told AFP.

Heavy gunfire was heard overnight at the prison in eastern Cairo with many prisoners escaping during the rioting.

Thousands of prisoners have escaped from detention facilities around Egypt either during rioting or after prison guards abandoned their posts during anti-government protests that have killed more than 100 people. -- AFP

From: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_630064.html

[Crowman1979]

6. Of course they did not specify whether they were political prisoners or just criminals.