(Photo taken from Huffingtonpost.com)
Today, February 11, 2011 marks an important day in Egyptian history. After 18 days of protests, today is the day that they overthrew their dictator Hosni Mubarak and received their freedom. Celebrations have taken the streets since this morning when the president stepped down from his 30 year reign. Chants are heard saying "Egypt is free." and the streets are still full of people celebrating with fireworks and dancing.
Last night, now ex-President Hosni Mubarak, stated he was not going to step down, but to hand most of his powers to his VP. This enraged the protesters who thought that his speech was going to be of him stepping down. After the protests grew and became more violent, he decided it was time to step down.
Now the military is in control, under American supervision of course for they don't want a repeat of what happened in Iran after their revolution in 1979. This is truly an exciting day for Egypt and its people who have never been free. Today is the beginning of their freedom and democracy!
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