Posted on 01/23/2008 9:48:27 AM PST by Westlander
Egypt has very little oil. Mainly that in the Sinai that they got back from the Israelis after the '73 war and the Camp David accords.
Fertile land they have, along the Nile, but it's pretty full up already.
Of course they, like other Arab nations, have only on use for the so called Palestinians, as a club to beat the Israelis with.
The better to watch porn movies I'm sure.
I think those are more equine than bunny. IOW, that's an ass, a common mode of transportation in those parts. Jesus rode one on his entry into Jeruselem, IIRC.
One variety that is native to area is the Onager, aka Asian Wild Ass. However they are said to be notoriously untrainable, even for asses, so that is unlikely to be one of those. (The reason I know about the Onager, is that long ago in a reliability prediction document, I think it was for either the AWACS or a B-52 subsystem, the engineer wrote of an onager heuristic estimate. I reviewed that document as an AF Lt. and had to look up onager. Wild Ass, and a heuristic estimate is a really a guess (although usually and educated one based on some criteria) thus an onager heuristic estimate is a "wild ass guess". I got a good laugh over that, and we all gave the writer credit for big brass ones to put that in a formal report to the government. :) )
“One Egyptian police officer was shot and wounded, and nine others were hurt by stone-throwing and in scuffles, security sources said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.” -REUTERS
“...speaking on customary condition of anonymity.” -as in, not wanting to defame otherwise noble riot’er?
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