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Hundreds Injured in Cairo Riots
inn ^ | 2/2/11 | Chana Ya'ar

Posted on 02/02/2011 1:00:34 PM PST by Nachum

Hundreds have been injured in what is shaping up as a potential Egyptian civil war. Pro and anti-government demonstrators battled each other Wednesday afternoon and evening in Cairo's central Tahrir Square.

Both sides were hurling rocks at each other, as tear gas grenades were fired at the crowd. Similar scenes were reported in Alexandria immediately following an address by President Hosni Mubarak, announcing that he would not leave the country, and that he intended to serve the remaining seven months of his term.

Tens of thousands of Mubarak supporters in Cairo wielding sticks and whips charged on horses and camels against as many others demanding the president's ouster, according to eyewitness reports by the Associated Press.

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cairo; hundreds; injured; riots
This is considered "entertainment" in many parts of the middle east
1 posted on 02/02/2011 1:00:36 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

mussies attacking mussies is always good entertainment....pass the chips and I’ll get some beer.


2 posted on 02/02/2011 1:03:58 PM PST by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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