Tantawi received a big cash payment (a loan of $400) from Qatar. It is showing in the coverage of Aljazeera. Today, they kept belittling the size of the protest in Tahrir: I looked at the scene and thought: but it is bigger than the protests from Syria that you keep peddling all day long, and round the clock. The correspondent, Dima Al-Khatib, is doing her best, but the stations does not want to listen. They kept lamenting the absence of the Muslim Brotherhood from the protest today. But comrade Hossam was interviewed briefly and he was fierce and effective and attacked the military council. I sent him a message that I am worried about his safety. I noticed that Mubarak has turned his hair grey.