2011 Africa & Middle East Protests/Revolutions

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ahlycotc wrote:"Officials of the Muslim Brotherhood said the group opposed such vigilante justice and did not organize the detentions. And in at least one case one victim said a senior figure of the group rescued her from captivity."

Says it all. Just some lunatics with no real association with the Muslim Brotherhood leadership who were pissed off by the oppositions' protests. Their protests have stopped commerce, threatened security, and caused fear/confusion amongst people. Imagine if Romney had encouraged his supporters to storm the White House after his defeat to Obama.

In fact, some of the opposition leaders have publicly and explicitly called for violence. Egypt is such a mess right now. I was planning on going out today, but the streets are closed down because of the protests.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:Some countries' populations are not educated or discerning enough to be able to handle democracy.  It amazed me when I saw protestors in Cairo campaigning for a military coup to overthrow their democratically elected President because they didn't like his policies.

Ra's al Ghul wrote:Worse has happened since the coup d'état but people only bat an eyelid when there's a foreigner involved. It was only two days ago that 183 Morsi supporters were sentenced to death after a ridiculous mass trial.