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Egyptian troops, (Islamist) protesters clash in Cairo
Google/AP ^ | 5/4/2012 | MAGGIE MICHAEL

Posted on 05/04/2012 10:26:44 AM PDT by mojito

Egyptian armed forces and protesters clashed in Cairo on Friday, with troops firing water cannons and tear gas at demonstrators who threw stones as they tried to march on the Defense Ministry, a flashpoint for a new cycle of violence only weeks ahead of presidential elections.

For the first time in Egypt's stormy transition, hardline Islamists were in the forefront of street fighting with the troops, a shift for groups that previously had largely stayed out of direct confrontation with the ruling military.

The clashes centered around a sit-in that has been held for a week in a square several blocks away from the Defense Ministry, mainly by ultraconservatives known as Salafis, who were protesting the disqualification of their favored candidate from the presidential election. On Wednesday, still unidentified assailants attacked the gathering, sparking clashes that killed nine.

Wednesday's violence fueled anger at the military and now more groups are taking to the streets.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; egyptmb; egyptriots; islam; muslimbrotherhood; salafis
A long hot summer in Cairo.

Things are disintegrating pretty quickly, like raw meat left out in the hot sun.

1 posted on 05/04/2012 10:26:48 AM PDT by mojito
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To: mojito

I thank God we visited Egypt a few years ago. Go now...not so much.


2 posted on 05/04/2012 10:39:07 AM PDT by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: mojito
Let's all sing -

And now it's, Springtime, for Egypt, and the Brotherhood!

3 posted on 05/04/2012 11:01:54 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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4 posted on 05/04/2012 12:34:57 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
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To: mojito; SunkenCiv; nuconvert; TigerLikesRooster; gandalftb

Although the Salafists propose an even more extreme version of the Muslim Brotherhood’s program, oil is thicker than blood in the region; the Salafists get a reported $50 million annual subsidy from the Saudis, and presumably are acting under Saudi orders.

As the situation on the ground deteriorates, Egypt’s military government is becoming a bystander to events. Egypt is in a classic pre-revolutionary situation, like Russia in October 1917 or German in March 1933, with a vanguard party ready to dislodge a disintegrating civil society, and replace it with totalitarian party rule at street level. The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest political party, is poised to ride to power on the back of this crisis

Islamist organizations began to take control of food and fuel distribution as shortages appeared after the overthrow of president Hosni Mubarak in 2011. The first Islamist equivalent of workers’ soviets, or “revolutionary committees,” were formed to discipline bakeries and propane sellers who “charge more than the price prescribed by law,” the Federation of Egyptian Radio and Television reported on May 3, 2011.

These committees formed under the aegis of the Ministry of Solidarity and Social Justice. What has already emerged in Egypt, to use Leninist terminology, is a situation of dual power. The military government remains in command, but critical economic functions already are in the hands of Islamist parties.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/NE01Dj06.html

A failed state in the forming stages; Somalia II.


5 posted on 05/04/2012 11:28:34 PM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Thanks AdmSmith.


6 posted on 05/05/2012 8:47:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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