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Pro-Mubarak text messages from Egypt; who sent them?


by Sunny Hundal
February 3, 2011 at 1:14 am

People on Twitter have been sending these text messages around (uploaded by @SheriefFarouk)
He tells me that all his friends (over 20) got the text messages from across Cairo (masr el gedida), Nasr city, Rehab city , maadi, Alexandria and Tanta. So it seems a wide geographical area was covered.
Their content is very interesting and they were sent around yesterday to whip up support for the Mubarak regime.
There are allegations all over Twitter that they were sent to all Vodafone customers in Egypt, unsolicited. I'm currently trying to confirm this.
Updates at the end
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Translation: Youth of Egypt, beware rumors and listen to the sound of reason Egypt is above all so preserve it.
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Translation: The Armed Forces asks Egypt's honest and loyal men to confront the traitors and criminals and protect our people and honor and our precious Egypt.
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Translation:
First text: To every mother-father-sister-brother, to every honest citizen preserve this country as the nation is forever.
Second text: The Armed Forces cares for your safety and well being and will not resort to using force against this great nation.
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Translation: The Armed Forces asks Egypt's honest and loyal men to confront the traitors and criminals and protect our people and honor and our precious Egypt.

Pictures via @glinner (via @BodyInTheThames). Thanks also to @El_Amster and @inkelectric and @salmaeldaly and @monaeltahawy.

1. The translation have been verified.
2. It has also been verified that they are genuine text messages and not spoofs.
3. But it's not yet been verified beyond doubt whether they were sent to Vodafone customers unsolicited.

Update: One tweeter from Cairo tells me they were definitely sent to all Vodafone customers, including herself. We still need official confirmation from Vodafone.
Update 2: A Facebook group has been set up for Egyptians to upload pictures of their text messages. If you got these messages or other ones, upload yours there and say how you got them!
Update 3: Vodafone Egypt is 45% owned by Telecom Egypt. [hat-tip R_McCormack]

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