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sfpcjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 10:09 PM
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Cairo is a scary mess with US-made CS gas everywhere from their crappy military
Edited on Tue Nov-22-11 10:09 PM by sfpcjock
PBS Newshour (video)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/world/july-dec11/egypt2_11-22.html
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 10:12 PM
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1. Nasty toxic stuff ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CS_gas#Toxicity
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MedleyMisty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 10:19 PM
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2. They say that the best way for OWS to show solidarity with them
would be to make life hard for the company that makes the tear gas and to also pressure our government to stop its support of SCAF.
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riverwalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 10:51 PM
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4. This is the company


http://combinedsystems.com/less-lethal/Chemical-Munitions.aspx

and a petition
http://www.change.org/petitions/don-smith-ceo-stop-supplying-tear-gas-to-the-egyptian-army
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mwrguy Donating Member (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 10:20 PM
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3. How is this not a war crime to use and supply?
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Luminous Animal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-11 10:53 PM
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5. This OP will not succeed without nude Egyption women.
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