See the April 29 update to this report: Anna Massry Reports from Cairo

Axis of Logic received a telephone call late last night from our columnist and correspondent in Cairo, Anna Massry. Anna called from her home in Cairo at 2 a.m. explaining that cellular telephones were likely to be cut off today (which turned out to be the case). She witnessed a massive demonstration outside her home yesterday in which tens of thousands of Egyptians marched, chanting (Arabic): “People. Want. Fall. Regime.” Elaborated: “The People Want the Regime to Fall.” Today, Anna has been in the streets in Cairo, participating in the demonstrations and recording them by notepad and camera for Axis of Logic.

- Les Blough, Editor

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Anna Massry's Report ("Third Day of Wrath" 2 a.m. January 28)

• January 25 was the first “Day of Anger”, joined by hundreds of thousands of Egyptians demanding the resignation of the entire Mubarak government.
  
  

   

• Yesterday, January 28 was declared the third “Day of Anger”, bringing even more Egyptians out into the street.
  
  

   

• In the last 2 days the government has arrested at least a thousand people.
  
  

   

• But on their Facebook page (now closed) members of the April 6 Movement (Pro-democracy youth group) said they would defy a ban on demonstrations, vowing to take to the streets again on Thursday and calling for mass demonstrations after Friday's Muslim prayers. Indeed they have kept their word as they are forcing the hand of the government.
  
  

   

• Thursday "will not be a holiday... street action will continue," the group said on its Facebook page.
  
  

   

• Following suit with the man who self-emolated in Tunisia, earlier this week an Egyptian dissenter set himself ablaze in front of the parliament building. The Minister of the Interior came to his rescue and later visited him in the hospital in a government show of sympathy but the people didn’t buy it.
  
  

   

• The government shut down the internet on Wednesday, including Twitter and Facebook.
  

   

• The government was raiding and attacking internet provider servers across the country.
  
  

   

• Meeting points had already been declared for marches and protests before the government cut off internet servers. So the people already knew where and when to go for future marches.
  
  

   

• Today after noonday prayers, people planned to gather at the mosques to begin demonstrations against the government. Our confidential sources have informed us today this has taken place on schedule all across Egypt.
  
  

   

• Marches, demonstrations and protests are made up of all Egyptians from all socio-economic levels and all walks of life. This is unprecedented. For example, members of a very wealthy club in Cairo have joined the anti-government marches. Entire families are participating in the demonstrations with their children; students and youth come out in massive numbers each day demanding that all members of the Mubarak regime step down.
  
  

   

• The biggest protests (numbers) have been in Cairo. Many marches and demonstrations begin peacefully until the police attack them and then the marchers retaliate.
  
  

   

• Egypt has been rife with rumors that members of the government are secretly leaving Egypt for exile – but Anna Massry said that as of early this morning “they are only rumors as far as we know. Meanwhile, according We are all Khaled Said (FB), Al Jazeera reported, “Sources say that several prominent government officials and pro-government Egyptian businessmen are leaving Egypt now on private jets.
  
  

   

• In a Cairo protest yesterday morning, thousands of youth attacked a police line and sent the police off running. In the afternoon the government sent 13,000 police back to the scene where the you continued their demonstration, attacked them with rubber bullets, tear gas and clubs, injuring many but noone was killed.
  
  

   

• Protestors have at various places throughout the country been attacking police cars, torching government buildings.
  
  

   

• The police killed 3 protestors in the city of Suez a few days ago and 3 more yesterday. In addition they injured many and ran down several protestors with their police cars.
  
  

   

• Yesterday the Muslm Brotherhood (the biggest political party in Egypt) excercised restraint and did not initially participate in the marches as the government were already blaming them as instigators of the uprising. However, after hundreds of thousands showed up on the street yesterday, the Muslim Brotherhood joined them.
  
  

   

• Yesterday, prominent reform campaigner Mohamed ElBaradei called on Mubarak to leave office after 30 years. Word was disseminated yesterday that ElBaradei planned to join street protests today. Our anonymous sources tell us today that the government has placed ElBaradei under house arrest. Elbaradei is the former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency and recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize.
  
  

   

• Meanwhile in breaking news, The Head of Egyptian parliament has said that he will be making an important announcement very soon. According to Egyptian law, if the president is not avaialble, the head of parliament takes over for a temperoraily period. However, the obvious question is whether the people will tolerate any remnant of the current regime to stand or speak for them. In the opinion of Axis of Logic correspondent Anna Massry – they will not.
  
  

   

• Yesterday, Mohamed ElBaradei who has steadfastly refused to be considered for any political office, offered to head an interim government until democratic elections can be held in Egypt.

   

Meanwhile, here is the very latest missive from the Muslim Brotherhood: