HolyCoast: Demonstrations Becoming More Violent in Egypt
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Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Demonstrations Becoming More Violent in Egypt

The tone of the demonstrations have changed today with pro-Mubarak forces starting to mobilize and attack the anti-government demonstrators.  This incident could only happen in that part of the world:
Men on horseback and camels charged into the crowd at Cairo's Tahrir Square, some of them lashing people on the ground with whips. Several were pulled off their animals and beaten, and the others retreated. CNN's Ivan Watson said the horseback riders came from the pro-Mubarak side of the demonstration.

A timeline of other incidents can be found at the link. If Mubarak starts sending thugs after what has up to now been fairly peaceful demonstrators things could really begin to get ugly over there, and a violent overthrow of Mubarak becomes more likely.

1 comment:

Sam L. said...

Or it could be the country folk/out-of-towners who value the stability of the devil they know.