Live reports say thousands of Egyptians are surrounding the Israeli embassy.
One protestor said no Israeli walls shall be built “…on Egyptian soil, we will fight to the end, we will win, god willing!”
Another protestor said “This is not Gaza, we don’t want the military government!”
After Friday prayers Egyptians crowded Liberation Square chanting “The revolution is still in the Square!”
This second Egyptian Revolution is being called “Correcting the Path”.
Live reports from Egypt show the Israeli embassy is completely engulfed in flames!
Egyptian troops were called out and attacked the protestors. Egyptian health officials say at least 219 Egyptians have been wounded, and one man died from tear gas inhalation.
“Calling for outside intervention is a sensitive issue that could be used by the regime to label its opponents as traitors. We are calling for international observers as a first step. If the regime refuses it will open the door on itself for other action, such as no-tank or no-fly zones.”-Syrian Revolution General Commission
“Currently we are waiting for the prosecutor’s office to issue an order for arrest.”-Ramazan Ariturk, attorney
A lawyer for the Humanitarian Relief Foundation submitted to prosecutors a list of Israeli soldiers involved in a deadly raid on a flotilla sent by the group to break the Gaza blockade.
On May 31, 2010, Eight Turkish citizens and one U.S. citizen were killed when Israeli commandos boarded the Mavi Marmara, flag ship of the six-boat Gaza aid flotilla.
Ramazan Ariturk says he got the list of more than 10 Israel soldiers from other Israelis who’re disgusted by what happened: “Some Israeli soldiers who regretted what happened reached me and gave some of the soldier’s identities.”
Egyptians have broken through part of a wall built around the Israeli embassy. Latest reports say protestors have torn down the Israeli flag.
Unnamed Egyptian security officials say the building which houses both residential apartments and the Israeli embassy, has been stormed by at least 30 protestors.
The protestors have ransacked offices and are throwing documents printed in Hebrew out the windows. Reporters have tried contacting Israeli officials in the embassy, but no one is answering the phones.
Egyptians are still angry about Israel killing at least eight Egyptian border patrol troops last month. Egyptians are also accusing the pro-U.S. military rulers of Egypt of being puppets of Israel.
September 9, Canada’s Vancouver Island felt a 6.7 quake, according to the USGS.
Many Canadians on the mainland said they didn’t notice. The epicenter was 175 miles (281.6 km) west of the city of Vancouver, and 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Port Alice, British Columbia.
“This was not a deliberate act. The employee was just switching out a piece of equipment that was problematic.”-Daniel Froetscher, Arizona Public Service
At least 2.5 million people in the U.S. and Mexico, lost power because of maintenance at a Yuma, Arizona, substation.
Around 15:30 September 8, monitoring equipment was replaced. That caused power to go out for about 56,000 customers. Ten minutes later, after an attempt to restore power, the lights went out for 2.5 million customers from Yuma, Arizona, to San Diego, California, to Tijuana, Baja California.
Apparently circuits were shorted out. Power company officials are trying to find out why such actions would have created a “cascade” effect along the power grid.
The power outage also shut down the San Onofre nuclear plant, and caused a 3.2-million gallon sewage spill San Diego beaches.
“Turkish warships, in the first place, are authorized to protect our ships that carry humanitarian aid to Gaza. From now on, we will not let these ships to be attacked by Israel, as what happened with the Freedom Flotilla.”-Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey
Erdogan said that Turkey will boost its naval presence in eastern Mediterranean to challenge Israel’s domination in the sea.
In a reference to Israeli plans to exploit huge gas and oil reserves found beneath the Mediterranean Sea, that are claimed by Lebanon, Erdogan said Turkish forces will also stop Israel from exploiting natural resources in the area.
On July 26 Lebanon issued similar warnings to Israel: “We warn Israel against extending its hands to this area to steal Lebanon’s resources from Lebanese waters.”-Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah Secretary General
The Turkish prime minister indicated that Israel’s claim to all the resources of the Mediterranean is what will lead to war: “You know that Israel has begun to declare that it has the right to act in exclusive economic areas in the Mediterranean. You will see that it will not be the owner of this right, because Turkey, as a guarantor of the Turkish republic of north Cyprus, has taken steps in the area, and it will be decisive and holding fast to the right to monitor international waters in the east Mediterranean.”
In less than a day after Japan’s new policy chief Seiji Maehara recommended changes to Japan’s military policies, Russia has declared a no fly zone north of Japan.
The no fly zone could be part of Russia’s planned war games in the Sea of Okhotsk, northeast of Hokkaido. Japan is asking for details from Russia.
Russian officials are confirming that two of their Tu 95 Bear bombers flew around Japan. But insisted they were over international water. The Japanese scrambled fighter jets, the Japanese pilots confirmed the Russian bombers were over international water.
These incidents have got the fragile Japanese government on edge. Russia and Japan are disputing claims over islands north of Hokkaido.
Currently the Japanese constitution does not allow the sale of Japanese made weapons to other countries. It does not allow Japanese troops to be used outside Japan, although the government got around this by ordering their troops not to carry weapons on ‘peacekeeping’ missions.
Japan’s new policy chief Seiji Maehara, is recommending changing the constitution to relax criteria for weapons use by Japanese Self-Defense Forces taking part in UN peacekeeping operations. He says Japanese troops could help the U.S. by being able to actually fight alongside U.S. forces.
Also, Maehara claims that without letting the Japanese military industry sell weapons to other countries, and take part in advanced weapons development with countries like the United States, Japan’s military defenses could become technologically outdated.