The Washington Stakeout’s Sam Husseini is in Egypt, accompanying the international component that hopes to meet the “Gaza Freedom March” in Gaza. Egyptians and internationals have assembled in Cairo with hopes of visiting Gaza on the year anniversary of Israel’s bombing and invasion last January. Egypt has prevented participants from traveling so far. This past day Sam has observed a demonstration outside the United States embassy and heard word from a similar demonstration at the French Embassy as activists try to bring pressure upon Egypt.
We hope to see more from Sam tomorrow. You can follow his observations as they are shared raw at husseini.posterous.com, with more potentially being compiled here on this site later. Sam is posting from a smartphone and hopes to share brief written accounts of his observations, photos, and video when the technology complies.
You can also follow Sam on Twitter at twitter.com/samhusseini and he can be reached atsam@washingtonstakeout.com.
While Sam is following the march, opportunities for the Stakeout here in Washington are on hold.
Updated 30 Dec 2009: Edited to reflect that the Gaza Freedom March is, in fact, based in Gaza, and the Egyptian and international activists gathered in Cairo to meet them is a solidarity effort. It should be noted that there have been developments with regards to the movement allowed by Egypt, and reportedly the US, since this post has been made. Follow the link to Sam’s material for more current snippets of observation and analysis.
[originally published on Washington Stakeout on Dec. 28, 2009; posted on posthaven Nov. 13, 2015]