(Note: you don't suppose these muslim demonstraters in Washington are related and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, do you? Meanwhile, Americans are fleeing for their lives during these "friendly" Egyptian demonstrations, backed up by the Muslim Brotherhood)
Exodus in Egypt: US Suggests Fleeing As Soon as Possible
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
The U.S. embassy in Cairo has told its citizens to consider leaving the country as soon as possible and has warned against traveling in the country.
Approximately 90,000 Americans are estimated to live, work and study in Egypt, and several companies have told their employees’ families to leave.
The warning is more severe than the previous statement to citizens to avoid non-essential travel in Egypt.
Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Jordan also are organizing flights to evacuate their citizens, while Israel was the first to do so. Relatives of diplomats and dozens of tourists were flown home, but senior diplomats remain in Cairo, although their offices are closed.
In the United States, sympathizers with the opposition movement rallied Saturday outside the United Nations and in Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
and, from the NY Times:
For Many Fleeing Egypt, a Long Wait
Scott Nelson for The New York Times
Thousands of travelers waited at Cairo International Airport for available flights on Sunday.
By LIAM STACK and JOSEPH BERGER
Published: January 30, 2011
CAIRO — Andrea Bosch had been waiting for hours Sunday at Cairo International Airport for a flight to whisk her and her young daughters away from the maelstrom that Egypt’s capital had become.
The planes were ready, but few crews could be assembled to fly them.“They said it was a combination of people who couldn’t or wouldn’t come in today,” said Ms. Bosch, 45, an administrator of an education project of the United States Agency for International Development. “I can imagine people are home trying to take care of their families.”
