Thursday, February 3, 2011

Mubarak 'fears chaos if he quits'

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said he would like to resign immediately but fears the country would descend into chaos if he did so.
Speaking for the first time after 10 days of anti-government protests across Egypt calling for him to resign, he told ABC News he was "fed up" of power.
He denied his supporters were behind the violence of the last two days.
He also warned that the banned Muslim Brotherhood party would fill any power vacuum if he stepped down.
Speaking to ABC's Christiane Amanpour, he vowed never to leave, saying: "I would never run away from this country. I will die on this soil."
He added that it hurt him to him to see "Egyptian fighting Egyptian".

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