January 26, 2015
THE SECULARS/MILITARY CAN POSTPONE DEMOCRACY...:
17 killed in pro-democracy protests in Egypt on anniversary of 2011 uprising (Patrick Kingsley, 25 January 2015, The Guardian)At least 17 people were killed across Egypt on Sunday as disparate groups of demonstrators gathered to mark the fourth anniversary of the country's 2011 uprising.Policemen were accused of shooting dead several protesters in the suburbs of northern and western Cairo, in isolated areas known for their weekly Islamist demonstrations. Trouble also flared in the coastal city of Alexandria, where mourners buried a woman killed by police on the eve of the anniversary, and dissidents set fire to a tram."Down with military rule," chanted many protesters, in a reference to the untrammelled influence of Egypt's authoritarian president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, a former army chief, and his coterie of military advisers.
...they can't prevent it and when it returns they'll lose again.
Posted by Orrin Judd at January 26, 2015 3:00 PM
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