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Firedogelake reports on the reports w updates…

— MSNBC reports two sources inside the Egyptian government say that Mubarak is stepping down and handing power to Suleiman

–According to the Guardian’s liveblog, one protester reacted to that possibility by saying “all that will happen is that everyone in Tahrir will rewrite their signs, and then carry on demonstrating.”

–Al Arabiya reports: “President Mubarak has traveled to Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh with his army chief of staff.”

i ain’t over folks .. this here is might be is Operation Smokescreen – meanwhile in other news ..

Leaked emails show three private intelligence firms developed a plan to attack WikiLeaks and its supporters following reports WikiLeaks had obtained embarrassing internal documents on Bank of America. According to the Tech Herald, the companies Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal and Berico Technologies hatched a plan to target Salon.com columnist Glenn Greenwald, a vocal supporter of WikiLeaks

– mab .. read more

EGYPT UPDATE: reports of military taking over transition gov’t .. hard to tell if its Smokescreen or not
EGYPT UPDATE #2: ElBaradei tweeted, “I am closely following the situation. We are almost there #Jan25”
EGYPT UPDATE #3: not over .. Operation Smokescreen 3.0