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Christian sit-in turns violent in Cairo
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/05/15/Christian-sit-in-turns-violent-in-Cairo/UPI-26031305461195/ ^

Posted on 05/16/2011 10:49:54 AM PDT by MNDude

CAIRO, May 15 (UPI) -- Several hundred Egyptian Coptic Christians were attacked in Cairo late Saturday and early Sunday by gangs throwing rocks and fire bombs, witnesses said.

Police said at least 60 people were injured, two of whom were in critical condition, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The Copts were staging a sit-in outside a state television studio to protest mounting violence directed at them. A week ago, Muslim-Christian fighting killed 15 people.

In this weekend's violence, witness George Thabet told the Times he saw young men throw Molotov cocktails from a bridge into the crowd as others on the ground threw rocks at the sit-in.

The inter-religious conflict has escalated since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February by demonstrators calling for democratic reform. He was replaced by an interim military government, which promised Copts it would reopen about 50 churches closed under Mubarak's rule.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: egypt; news
"Muslim-Christian fighting killed 15 people" So Christians are killing Muslims? I doubt it but that's the way the media keeps portraying it.
1 posted on 05/16/2011 10:49:57 AM PDT by MNDude
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To: MNDude

Took time out from cursing Israel to attacking their Christians.

Obama’s kind of folk.


2 posted on 05/16/2011 10:51:25 AM PDT by Carley (We will not tire. We will not falter. We will not fail. W, 9/20/01)
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To: MNDude
CAIRO, May 15 (UPI) -- Several hundred Egyptian Coptic Christians were attacked in Cairo late Saturday and early Sunday by gangs throwing rocks and fire bombs, witnesses said. .....The Copts were staging a sit-in outside a state television studio to protest mounting violence directed at them.

Isn't Ironic Ironic?


3 posted on 05/16/2011 10:53:48 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The Democrat Party is Communist. The Republican Party is Socialist. The Tea Party is Capitalist.)
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To: MNDude

What? They didn’t have co-exist bumper stickers on their cars?


4 posted on 05/16/2011 10:56:07 AM PDT by Peter from Rutland
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To: MNDude

This Islamic, Democracy movement isn’t for Jews and Christians, and the American left can get behind that.


5 posted on 05/16/2011 10:58:06 AM PDT by pallis
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To: Carley

Barry Hussein has harsh words for Christians who burn the koran, but can’t seem to bring himself to criticize “our muslim friends” who burn Christians... I wonder why that is?


6 posted on 05/16/2011 10:58:27 AM PDT by tigerteam_ab
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To: MNDude

Yeah-notice how the little MSM slug headline writer makes it read as if the Christians turned violent.


7 posted on 05/16/2011 11:05:16 AM PDT by Carl LaFong (Experts say experts should be ignored.)
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To: Lazamataz
"Isn't Ironic Ironic?"

Uhhh . . . moronic ironic?

8 posted on 05/16/2011 11:07:36 AM PDT by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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This should rectify the situation.

Now, if you don't behave, I'll be forced to break out my "RESPECT" bumpersticker.

9 posted on 05/16/2011 11:10:21 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
MY EYES! MY EYES!
10 posted on 05/16/2011 11:12:20 AM PDT by Peter from Rutland
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To: tigerteam_ab

He’s a muslim. Nothing he has said or done convinced anyone that he’s Christian or honorable.

He terrifies me.


11 posted on 05/16/2011 11:15:55 AM PDT by Carley (We will not tire. We will not falter. We will not fail. W, 9/20/01)
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I love the way the headline implies that the Christians turned violent.

Is there nothing too low for the Muslim-loving leftist media? Disgusting.


12 posted on 05/16/2011 11:17:35 AM PDT by livius
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I-kill-you!! But I’m a nice guy when I want to be...


13 posted on 05/16/2011 12:04:51 PM PDT by dps.inspect (the system is rigged...)
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14 posted on 05/16/2011 12:15:56 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

Nice spin in the headline -- should be "Moslems Murder Christians (Again) and Go Unpunished". Thanks MNDude.
15 posted on 05/16/2011 4:12:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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