Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Egyptian Military Dissolves Parliament and Suspends Constitution

Normally this is very bad news. From the NYT:

The Egyptian military consolidated its control on Sunday over what it has called a democratic transition from nearly three decades of President Hosni Mubarak’s authoritarian rule, dissolving the feeble Parliament, suspending the Constitution and calling for elections in six months in sweeping steps that echoed protesters’ demands.