Posted on 07/15/2012 6:24:04 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade on Sunday during her first visit to Egypt since the election of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
A tomato struck an Egyptian official in the face, and shoes and a water bottle landed near the armored cars carrying Clinton's delegation in the port city of Alexandria after she gave a speech on democratic rights.
A senior U.S. official said neither Clinton nor her vehicle, which was around the corner from the incident, were hit by the projectiles, which were thrown as U.S. officials and reporters walked to the motorcade after her speech.
Protesters chanted "Monica, Monica," a reference to the extra-marital affair conducted by Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton, while in the White House. Others earlier chanted "leave, Clinton" an Egyptian security official said.
It was not clear who the protesters were or what were their political affiliations. Demonstrations have become common in Egypt since former President Hosni Mubarak, long-time U.S. ally, was brought down by mass street protests last year.
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VRWC has an Alexandria branch, now? Who knew?
So heartened to hear that Clinton’s armored car was not actually struck by either a tomato or a shoe. The amount of damage that could have been caused by either is almost incomprehensible.
Protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s motorcade
Whatta waste of a perfect vegetable (it’s vegetable in Egypt, not fruit!)
How many Freepers are old enough to remember the great affection the Ayatollahs had for Jimmy Carter and their gratefulness to him for helping them seize power?
Are they picking up those Western values yet?
This is why the US has lost its credibility abroad. Clinton says one thing and Obama does the opposite.
Jimmah Cahtah washed his hands and sealed his fate.
Well they could have thrown cigars as they yelled ‘Monica’..for that special effect.
A pox on all of their houses.
Neither the ‘Beast, nor 0bama know a damn thing about foreign policy - that’s the root cause.
Isn’t the democracy endorsed by the US great?
Hilliary is going to put her foot down with those people who need counseling, and borrow some more money to help them.
It's just not nice.
It may not be clear to Reuters who the protestors were, but from the photos and posts to YouTube it is to me: they were mostly Coptic Christians (with maybe a few modernist nominal Muslims thrown in).
(And I guess they are the Egyptian branch of the VRWC — so conservative they still only use the Divine Liturgy of Basil the Great, that shortened version by John Chrysostom is too modern. . .)
How’s that Egyptian ‘Arab Spring’ foreign policy working out, Madam Secretary?
Their indignation is most understandable but I am nonetheless grieved to see Christians behaving badly on the Lord's Day after Liturgy....some Third and Fourth Commandment issues here.
There must be a dung shortage in Egypt.
I wonder what variety of Egyptians were doing the pelting? I’ve heard several theories. Did they have beards? What kind of hats? Were they yelling “Olive Snackbar”?
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