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Egypt’s Military Council Gives an InchPosted on Nov 22, 2011
Responding to days of protest and turmoil, once again centered in the mother lode of the Arab Spring, Cairo’s Tahrir Square, Egypt’s ruling military council made an attempt to placate pressure groups by pledging to transfer power to the Egyptian people by June. However, that may be too little, too late for some factions of the opposition who question the council’s intentions when it comes to giving up control. —KA
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By gerard, November 22, 2011 at 5:11 pm Link to this comment
Democracy Now’s report today cited the name and location. American companies actually making and selling military equipment to be used to kill and injure unarmed civilians trying to overthrow dictatorial governments is more than a little sick, don’t you think?
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