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WARNING - GRAPHIC VIDEO: Egyptian Armored Vehicle Goes 40 MPH Thru Crowd; Running Over Bystanders
Warning - Extremely disturbing clip
If you're in a hurry, start at the 40 second mark. This is not easy to watch.
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Feb 3, 2011 at 1:37 PM
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Challenging America's Pharaoh
http://www.counterpunch.org/price02032011.html
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It is commonly believed by many Egyptians that their leaders have been tools of the CIA since the days of Nasser, when Kermit Roosevelt had mixed results in efforts to capture Nasser’s loyalties from Soviet control. Many Egyptians understand (as was reported by the New Yorker this past week) that Mubarak’s Vice Presidential appointee, Omar Suleiman, was the CIA’s go-to man when running illegal extreme renditions in Egypt. That President Obama would send Frank Wisner Jr., to Cairo this week to clumsily help Mubarak negotiate his exit is just the latest installment on a long history connecting generations of American and CIA interference in repressing democratic movements.
Okay, Obama has screwed the pooch so far on Egypt. We all know that this is going to result in another UN peacekeeping mission. With all of the Great One's community organizing skills, he has yet to figure out what to do. I guess Saul Alinsky rules are more about stirring up the trouble rather than making the world a better place. You would think a guy from Kenya would understand the mind and mentality of that region. Oh well, another Carter moment for Obama.
But it's a much more beautiful day in Mr. Nanke's neighborhood. Won't you be a good neighbor, and visit with us for a little while?
http://letthemfail.us/archives/7409
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/04/us-egypt-gaza-food-idUSTRE7132HV20110204
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A source in the border town of Rafah said security forces of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which rules Gaza, had been providing the troops with supplies for the past three days.
Israel has blockaded Gaza for over three years with the assistance of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's government, and half the population depends on handouts of staples from the United Nations.
http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/2017-israel-bombs-gaza-tunnels-as-palestinians-try-to-cross-border-into-egypt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_and_government_by_net_worth
Or 5th if rumors of Vladimir Putin's wealth are true.