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Can a puppet be a terrorist? In Egypt, this is a serious question
Minnpost ^
| 01/09/14
| Louisa Loveluck
Posted on 01/11/2014 6:19:06 PM PST by Pan_Yan
On Wednesday night, Egyptian television viewers were treated to the sight of a grown man live-debating a puppet.
The doll in question Abla Fahita is the star of a new Vodafone commercial, and one of Egypts most recently accused spies. The commercial shows Ms. Fahita and her cloth-eared daughter as they search for the SIM card of a deceased relative. As Fahita chats away on her mobile, a radio anchor explains how to make "stuffed turkey" for Christmas.
Vodafone officials have been questioned over accusations that the ad conveys a secret message to the Muslim Brotherhood, a movement which has gone from political powerhouse to pariah status in just five months.
The man on the other side of the television debate, a youth activist who goes by the name Ahmed Spider, has filed a legal complaint against the telecommunications provider, arguing that Fahitas words were so nonsensical that she must be dropping hints about a bomb plot. This is not the first time the errant puppet has sewn the seeds of sedition, he argued, reminding viewers of a previous advertisement in which she referred to Dolce Ice Cream as a "bomb."
(Excerpt) Read more at minnpost.com ...
TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: egypt; muslimbrotherhood; puppet
Coming on the heels of the
spy stork incident anything is possible.
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:19:06 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan
Do they mean a puppet like Kermit The Frog, or do they mean a puppet like Mr. Soetero?
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:25:07 PM PST
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: Pan_Yan
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:25:48 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: coloradan
I can’t tell them apart, except Kermit is green (and smarter).
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:26:40 PM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
( Concerning bo -- that refers to the president. If I capitalize it, I mean the dog.)
To: Pan_Yan
Professor Honeydew was clearly a bomb maker.
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:27:54 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Pan_Yan
AM I really in before anyone else posts this?
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:28:28 PM PST
by
Maceman
(Just say "NO" to tyranny.)
To: coloradan
The suspect:
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:28:30 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
(Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
To: Maceman
I am sooo ashamed that I didn’t post that in the first comment.
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:30:19 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
(Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
To: Pan_Yan
they can run countries, so why mot???
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:44:05 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Pan_Yan
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:46:59 PM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: Maceman
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posted on
01/11/2014 7:04:50 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Pan_Yan
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posted on
01/11/2014 7:23:14 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Pan_Yan
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posted on
01/11/2014 7:41:54 PM PST
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: coloradan
Don't forget Achmed...
Yo... Dunham... UP!
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posted on
01/11/2014 7:47:52 PM PST
by
Wings-n-Wind
(The main things are the plain things!)
To: coloradan
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posted on
01/11/2014 8:23:27 PM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: coloradan
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posted on
01/11/2014 9:10:10 PM PST
by
12th_Monkey
(In an alternate universe Obama still dips ice cream)
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