Egypt update: several of the policemen stripped off their uniforms and badges and joined the demonstrators
not lookin' good for mubarak...
if mubarak, certainly one of the strongest of the middle east strongmen, goes down, look out... yemen, algeria, morocco, syria, jordan, saudi arabia, the uae, iran, kuwait, and - dare i say it - even iraq, are sitting ducks... in fact, any country with a corrupt and repressive leader at the helm (think karzai) is going to be seriously vulnerable...
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In one of many astonishing scenes Friday, thousands of anti-government protesters wielding rocks, glass and sticks chased hundreds of riot police away from the main square in downtown Cairo and several of the policemen stripped off their uniforms and badges and joined the demonstrators.
if mubarak, certainly one of the strongest of the middle east strongmen, goes down, look out... yemen, algeria, morocco, syria, jordan, saudi arabia, the uae, iran, kuwait, and - dare i say it - even iraq, are sitting ducks... in fact, any country with a corrupt and repressive leader at the helm (think karzai) is going to be seriously vulnerable...
Labels: Afghanistan, Algeria, egypt, Hamid Karzai, Hosni Mubarak, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, revolution, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, Yemen
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posted by profmarcus at
1/28/2011
