Posted on 01/28/2011 6:26:47 PM PST by FromLori
Thousands of Egyptian protesters stormed the main police station Friday in the port city of Suez, overwhelming security authorities and raising an even bigger challenge to the embattled regime of President Hosni Mubarak.
The protesters freed prisoners from the city jail and destroyed armored police vehicles, then sacked the building and looted its contents.
The demonstrators emerged from Friday prayers at mosques in Suez and confronted police officers outside the station. Police fired at the demonstrators, who then surged forward to take over the station. The protesters dragged fleeing riot officers off their motorbikes and seized their batons and equipment.
They also set at least a half-dozen armored vehicles on fire.
This reporter witnessed the scene as the Egyptian government lost control.
After storming the police station, protesters removed its contents: refrigerators, desks, files and other equipment.
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See also
Mubarak Orders Ministers to Resign but Backs Armed Response to Egypt Protests
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/world/middleeast/29unrest.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Are the police armed in Egypt?It’s time for something belt-fed.
Are they going to fight the army with stolen refrigerators?
I fear that we’re about one year away from this in our country.People need to wake up.
Yeah, but when it comes to our country, it will be us in the front lines waving photos of Ceaucescu in front of the White House.
Betcha Looter Man is over there!
America is heavily armed. Obammy wouldn’t never get out of DC if we really rose up.
Besides, Obamy’s army thinks they can take the country without taking the flyover country. Idiots suffering from underpants gnome syndrome.
1. Riot on the streets
2. ?
3. Glorious marxism.
Any more questions about why the price of oil spiked up over $3.50 today...??
I’m tempted to go along with that the one year thing; but I think it will depend how long the Fed can bail out the welfare states (mine probably one among them) before the fed fully fails.
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