Middle East Egypt
Demos in support of Egypt protests in Jordan, Iran, Turkey
Story No.: 674515
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Source: AP TELEVISION
Dateline: Various - 4 Feb 2011
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1. Wide of worshippers gathered in Tehran's Palestine Square after Friday prayers
2. Close of poster with photos of (left to right) Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and King Abdullah II of Jordan with title reading (English) "Wanted Dead or Alive"
3. Wide of demonstrators shouting (Farsi) "Down with Israel"
4. Mid of demonstrators shouting (Farsi) "The blood in our veins is a gift to our leader (Ayatollah Khamenei)"
5. Close of Mubarak's photo with caption reading (English) "1,000,000 $ award for killing Mubarak"
6. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) (No first name given) Nasiri, Protester:
"The Western countries will surely play tricks to divert them (Egyptian protesters) from their path and make them satisfied with lower objectives (than toppling Mubarak). They should try to keep their firm line and press forward with their movement until this government, whose key supporters are America and Israel, is overthrown."
7. Close of placard with photos of (from left to right) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, United States President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres, being burned by protesters
8. Mid of protesters shouting (Farsi) "Death to America"
9. Close of placard reading (English) "Bye Bye Mubarak, See You in Hell"
10. Wide of protesters marching and shouting (Arabic) "O Muslims! Unite. Unite."
11. Wide of protesters exiting mosque
12. Female protesters holding anti-Mubarak and pro-Islamic signs
13. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Gulden Sonmez, Protester:
"People want the Mubarak regime to end and we are with them. Today will be the final day. And we hope that the people in Egypt will witness a historic day where the people of Egypt win their freedom."
14. Mid of sign reading (English) "No to Dictatorship, Long Live Global Intifada, Long live Islamic Resistance"
15. Wide of crowd praying in memory of those killed in Egypt demonstrations
16. Mid of crowd praying in memory of those killed in Egypt demonstrations
17. Various of crowd chanting (Turkish) "God is Great and God is one"
18. Wide of Bulent Yildirim, IHH (The Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief) president, the Islamic organisation that organised the aid flotilla, which was raided by Israeli soldiers in May 2010, addressing crowd
19. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Bulent Yildirim, IHH:
"In Cairo the streets and square are filled, the people will move soon and you will see the Middle East will wake up to a brand new day."
20. Pan across demonstrators gathered outside the mosque
21. Mid of protesters holding signs and chanting (Turkish) "God is great"
22. Various of Friday prayers in Amman
23. Mid of protest march
24. Pan from banner along protest march
25. Wide of protest march
26. Pull out from the Prime Minister's office to protesters
27. Various of protest, demonstrators holding flags and banners and chanting
28. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr Sufyan Al-Tal, Political Analyst:
"We say no Rifa'i (former prime minister) nor Bakhit (the new prime minister), the prime minister should be elected. This is a government ploy. The people are saying "you have replaced the thieves but the game is still the same" and "110 snakes are in the parliament and the game is the same". It is time to stop fraud and cheating the people. The people have become aware of all these manoeuvres. Either they amend their ways or resign. There is no longer an acceptance of these political manoeuvres."
29. Exterior of the Egyptian Embassy in Amman
30. Mid of Egyptian flag
31. Mid of protesters outside the embassy
As protesters demanding Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's ouster packed Cairo's central square by the tens of thousands on Friday, similar demonstrations were held in several other countries including Iran, Turkey and Jordan.
In Tehran's Palestine Square, thousands voiced their opposition to Mubarak and vented anger over what they saw as interference from United States President, Barack Obama.
The Obama administration was in talks with top Egyptian officials about the possibility of Mubarak immediately resigning and handing over a military-backed transitional government headed by Vice President Omar Suleiman.
"The Western countries will surely play tricks to divert them (Egyptian protesters) from their path and make them satisfied with lower objectives (than toppling Mubarak). They should try to keep their firm line and press forward with their movement until this government, whose key supporters are America and Israel, is overthrown," said one protester in Tehran.
Protesters holding a demonstration outside the Egyptian Embassy in Istanbul also voiced their support for the anti-government protesters in Egypt.
"People want the Mubarak regime to end and we are with them," said Gulden Sonmez, who joined Friday's rally in Istanbul.
Hundreds of Jordanians, meanwhile, staged a protest against Jordan's new prime minister who was named just days earlier in response to anti-government marches.
The leader of Jordan's main Muslim opposition group has said he wants to give the new prime minister a chance to form his Cabinet.
However, more than 1,000 of his followers and other government opponents marched in the capital of Amman on Friday, calling for the ouster of Marouf al-Bakhit.
"We say no Rifa'i (former prime minister) nor Bakhit (the new prime minister), the prime minister should be elected," said political analyst Dr Sufyan Al-Tal.
"It is time to stop fraud and cheating the people. The people have become aware of all these manoeuvres. Either they amend their ways or resign. There is no longer an acceptance of these political manoeuvres."
Islamist and leftist activists protested near the prime minister's office before marching downtown to the Egyptian Embassy.
Jordan has been the scene of several large protests against rising prices in recent weeks, one of the issues that sparked the Egyptian uprising.
The scenes of mass protests in Egypt have riveted the Arab world, and unrest has spread to other countries, most recently Yemen where tens of thousands on Thursday called on their long-time president to step down.
However, expectations of large-scale protests in Arab countries after Friday's noon prayers, the highlight of the Muslim religious week, did not materialise.
Protests were also held in Iraq and Syria.
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