State Department Urges United States Nationals To Depart Egypt Right Now

The U.S. State Department has warned United States tourists and expatriates the time to escape Egypt is now. The Associated Press accounts that the State Department has established chartered planes to get United States citizens out, however attempts to inform everybody of the Egypt evacuation have been only semi-successful as a result of Egyptian government's Internet lock down. American's won't have to take out a payday cash advance to get out, the cost is being covered. Resource for this article - Amid chaos, U.S. citizens urged to evacuate Egypt immediately by MoneyBlogNewz.
Why evacuating Egypt isn't that easy
The AP spoke with Janice Jacobs who is the assistant Secretary of State. She said that Cyprus plans to start seeing United States expatriates and others flying in Monday from Egypt. It is essential the evacuation process goes as quickly as possible although it will likely take many days. This is very important as the protests against the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak are getting worse. A crackdown on Facebook, Twitter and most Internet usage in general has made spreading word of Egypt's evacuation days more difficult.
The Egyptian government's freeze of online communications has sent ripples felt as far away as China, where censors have disabled searches including the word "Egypt," in fear that the Egyptian civilian insurrection will inspire Chinese civilians to rebel against the Communist Party.
Avoid Cairo airport terminal
Cairo's international airport terminal has been totally overwhelmed by a flood of foreigners seeking escape from Egypt. There have been fist fights going on in the terminals. Other drama happens too including shouting and confusion. It is almost impossible to staff the airport with the 3 p.m. to 8 a.m. curfews while most flights are getting canceled or postponed. For 14 hours, EgyptAir had to shut down. At the same time, only 26 of the 126 scheduled flights for EgyptAir were really operational Monday, accounts AP.
"It's an absolute zoo; what a mess," said Justine Khanzadian, a 23-year-old graduate student hoping for a flight out of Egypt.
It is easy to get flight details
A lasting democracy is what Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has tried to get Hosni Mubarak's administration to have. The U.S. does reject the Egyptian dictatorship. This was explained by Clinton.
"(We don't) want a democracy for six months or a year that evolves into a military dictatorship or a so-called democracy that then leads to what we saw in Iran," said Clinton.
Information on flights out of Egypt is available at via State Department and embassy websites, via egyptemergencyusc(at)state.gov, at 888-407-4747 (within U.S. and Canada) and outside at 202-501-4444.

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