When it finally came, the end was swift. After 18 days of mass protest, it took just over 30 seconds for Egypts vice-president, Omar Suleiman, to announce that President Hosni Mubarak was standing down and handing power to the military.
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In the name of Allah the most gracious the most merciful, Suleiman read. My fellow citizens, in the difficult circumstances our country is experiencing, President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak has decided to give up the office of the president of the republic and instructed the supreme council of the armed forces to manage the affairs of the country. May God guide our steps.
Moments later a deafening roar swept central Cairo. Protesters fell to their knees and prayed, wept and chanted. Hundreds of thousands of people packed into Tahrir Square, the centre of the demonstrations, waving flags, holding up hastily written signs declaring victory, and embracing soldiers.
We have brought down the regime, we have brought down the regime, chanted the crowd.
Mohammed Abdul Ghedi, a lifeguard who had come from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, to which the ex-president and his family flew yesterday, held up a sign in English saying: Mubarak you are nothing, you are heartless, without mind, just youkel, worthless, fuck off.
This is my first day here, and he is gone. Mubarak is a liar. When he promised to leave in three or six months we dont believe him. We only believe him when he is gone, he said. Now Egyptians are free. All of Egypt is liberated. Now we will choose our leaders, and if we dont like them, they will go.
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