Dear all,

Our organization has been in constant contact with some of the leadership of the demonstrations in Tahrir Square in Cairo. They want to send a message to the world that they will continue camping in the square despite being attacked by government thugs who are using live bullets and Molotov cocktails to intimidate them.

They are expecting a massive turnout on Friday. They are counting on their fellow Egyptians, Egyptian Americans and freedom loving people around the world to show their support for the demonstrators and the revolution.

As we all know, the US government has tremendous leverage over the Mubarak regime and even more leverage over the Egyptian Military establishment. US aid to Egypt mostly comes in the form of military aid ($1.3 to $1.55 billion per year.) In effect the US (the taxpayer) pays the salaries of the Egyptian military establishment.

At this time the Egyptian Military is not attacking the demonstrators, however, the military is not neutral because they are allowing the Mubarak regime thugs to attack the demonstrators. We need to send a message to the US Administration to use its leverage to send a clear message to their friends in the Egyptian military to support the Egyptian people and their revolution and stop supporting the Mubarak regime.

We urge you to contact the White House and the State Department as soon as possible. Please also contact your representative in the congress and your 2 senators.

Here’s a sample email you can copy and paste:

Dear President Obama and Secretary Clinton,

The Mubarak regime thugs are currently attacking the peaceful Egyptian demonstrators using live bullets and Molotov cocktails. We urge you to support the democratic aspirations of the Egyptian people. The US government has tremendous leverage over the Mubarak regime and even more leverage over the Egyptian Military establishment. In effect the US taxpayer pays much of the salaries of the Egyptian Military.

At this time the Egyptian Military is not attacking the demonstrators, however, the military is not neutral because they are allowing the Mubarak regime thugs to attack the demonstrators without intervening. US taxpayer money should not be used to quash peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators. We urge you to use your leverage now to send a clear message to the Egyptian Military establishment to support and protect the Egyptian people and their revolution and stop supporting the Mubarak regime.

White House (President Obama)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

State Department (Secretary Clinton)

http://contact-us.state.gov/cgi-bin/state.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_sid=4z-7UFlk&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD05MSw5MSZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdlPTE!

You can use the same format to send a message to your 2 senators and your representative in congress.

Senate (find your 2 senators, by state, in the top right corner)

http://www.senate.gov/

House of Representatives (your member of congress) by zip code, in the top left corner

http://www.house.gov/

 Please forward this email to others.

Thank you.