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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-11 12:53 AM
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REUTERS SLIDE SHOW: Egypt's Anti-Government Rage (Graphic Warning)
Edited on Sun Jan-30-11 12:57 AM by Hissyspit
REUTERS: "Egypt's Anti-Gov't Rage"

http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=USRTXX2EJ#a=21



Photo 32 / 40
Mariam Solayman, a member of an Egyptian activist group, shouts anti-government slogans in front of a police cordon during a demonstration outside the press syndicate in central Cairo January 27, 2011.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis




Photo 38 / 40
Plainclothes police arrest a protester during clashes in Cairo, January 26, 2011.
REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih




Photo 34 / 40
An anti-government protester clashes with a policeman in Cairo, January 26, 2011.
REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh




Photo 30 / 40
A plainclothes policeman speaks with a boy as others beat protesters in Cairo January 28, 2011.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic




Photo 22 / 40
An injured protester bleeds during a demonstration in Cairo January 28, 2011.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic




Photo 20 / 40
Smoke billows over Cairo following clashes between protesters and police January 28, 2011.
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

COMPLETE SLIDE SHOW AT LINK


AND EXAMINER.COM (from We Are All Khaled Said): "Egypt's Police Brutality Under Mubarak"



Ahmed Maher is an Egyptian who arranged a civil strike in Egypt using Facebook in 2008. He called on all Egyptians not to go to work or universities on the 6th April 2008.




A 59 year-old man who was tortured by the same officer who ordered his secret police to kill Khaled Said. His skin was burnt by acid after he refused to allow policemen to search his house.

COMPLETE SLIDE SHOW AT LINK (Note: Examiner.com is citizen uploaded and authentication is not verified by myself.)


ONE MORE...



This woman is disabled and still protesting. http://twitpic.com/3ur49x



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Kalun D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-11 01:39 AM
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1. If The People Ever Rise UP
they far outnumber the government or the army/police

and very simple weapons like the Molotov cocktail can do significant damage

note all the burned buildings in this vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DItdYAN_I-8
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-11 01:43 AM
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2. These pics make me feel hopeful and sad at the same time.
Could WE be that brave?

The answer is shrouded in X-box, PS-3, facebook, American Idol, Hoarders, Prison Biopics, Internet Porn, Perhaps also .....DU.


We, as a society, need to analyze where we are going and what we want for our future.....
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-11 01:46 AM
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3. Rec'd and bookmarked. What courage n/t
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-11 04:06 AM
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4. Morning in Cairo kick nt
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