Hosni Mubarak

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Pro-government demonstrators show their support for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during a demonstration in Cairo on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Several thousand Mubarak supporters, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, clashed with anti-government protesters as Egypt's upheaval took a dangerous new turn. In chaotic scenes, the two sides pelted each other with stones, and protesters dragged riders off their horses. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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Stones fly through the air as supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, foreground , fight with anti-Mubarak protesters, rear, standing on army tanks in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb.2, 2011. Several thousand supporters of Mr. Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, clashed with anti-government protesters Wednesday as Egypt's upheaval took a dangerous new turn. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)

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Stones fly through the air as supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, foreground, fight with anti-Mubarak protesters, rear, standing on army tanks in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb.2, 2011. Several thousand supporters of Mr. Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, clashed with anti-government protesters Wednesday as Egypt's upheaval took a dangerous new turn. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)

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Supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, march toward anti-Mubarak protesters in Cairo on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak scuffle with anti-government protesters near Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in central Cairo on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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VOICE OF THE MASSES: The estimated number of demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square Tuesday was the largest thus far as the demand for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and his government continued in Egypt. (Associated Press)

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UNDER PRESSURE: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak tells his people Tuesday he will not seek re-election. (Associated Press)

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Anti-government demonstrators, gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square early Wednesday, watch President Obama live in Washington as he speaks about the crisis in Egypt and lauds Mr. Mubarak's decision not to seek re-election. (Associated Press)

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Anti-government protesters shout their demands Tuesday as they march toward Tahrir Square in Cairo. Egyptian authorities have sought to save President Hosni Mubarak's regime with a series of concessions and promises to protesters, but the democratic fervor in the streets may prevail. Mr. Mubarak has announced he will not run for re-election in September. (Associated Press)

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In this image from Egyptian state television aired Tuesday, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announces that he will not seek re-election in September. (Associated Press/Egyptian state television via APTN)

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An effigy of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak hangs while people demonstrate in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. Security officials say authorities shut down all roads and public transportation to Cairo, where tens of thousands of people converged to demand the ouster of Mr. Mubarak after nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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A veiled woman holds a poster calling for President Hosni Mubarak to step down, during demonstrations in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. More than a quarter-million people flooded into the heart of Cairo, filling the city's main square in by far the largest demonstration in a week of unceasing demands for Mr. Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo/Victoria Hazou)

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A soldier looks out of his armored vehicle just outside Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo onTuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. More than a quarter-million people flooded into the heart of Cairo, filling the city's main square in by far the largest demonstration in a week of unceasing demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo/Victoria Hazou)

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An elderly Egyptian pro-Mubarak supporter shouts slogans during a demonstration in Cairo on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. Egyptian authorities battled to save President Hosni Mubarak's regime with a series of concessions and promises to protesters, but realities on the streets of Cairo may be outrunning his capacity for change. The Arabic poster, dating from the 2005 presidential elections, reads, "Your vote to Mubarak." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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A demonstrator holds up a portrait of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. More than a quarter-million people flooded into the heart of Cairo, filling the city's main square in by far the largest demonstration in a week of unceasing demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Demonstrators hold banners in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, to demand that President Hosni Mubarak step down after nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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More than a quarter-million people gather in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in central Cairo on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, to demand that President Hosni Mubarak leave office after nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Illustration: Hosni Mubarak by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

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A man identified only as Fathi, wearing the uniform of a captain in the Egyptian army, is carried by demonstrators on Tahrir, or Liberation Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 31, 2011. A coalition of opposition groups called for a million people to take to Cairo's streets Tuesday to demand the removal of President Hosni Mubarak, the clearest sign yet that a unified leadership was emerging for Egypt's powerful but disparate protest movement. In an apparent attempt to show change, Mubarak named a new government, but the lineup dominated by regime stalwards was greeted with scorn by protesters. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, swears in Cabinet Minister for Communications and Information Technologies Tariq Mohamed Kmel Mamoud, front left, during a ceremony Monday Jan. 31, 2011. ( AP Photo / Egypt State TV)