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Africa North
Egyptians paid to storm Israeli embassy in Cairo
2011-09-18
Investigations into the storming of the Israeli embassy in Cairo revealed that young people may have been bribed into taking violent action that day, reported Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram on Sunday.

A source explained to Al Ahram that participants were assembled the day before the attack and taken by "luxury tourist buses" to eat a "lavish dinner." They were told they need to take revenge against Israel "for our children who were killed on the border."

According to the report, envelopes were handed out to each participant with money ranging from five to eleven thousand pounds,
$840 - $1850
and all agreed to gather the next day at 5 p.m. "in various locations such as the zoo and the field of Cairo University, [and] to go to the embassy and create chaos."
I don't know if it's truth or Pravda (official truth).
Which is better, that they arose in self-righteous indignation and hatred of the uppity juices, or that from a desire for a fancy dinner and half a years' salary they were willing to terrorize innocents who'd done them no wrong.
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#5  Difficult economic times in Egypt and what looks like money in the wrong hands, maybe a bad turn of events. Libya could fund some of this and many others. Payoffs and corruption are a way of life there. The Arab world trickle down economics. Follow the money.
Posted by: Dale   2011-09-18 19:13  

#4  I wonder if the organizers thought they wouldn't have to pay as much because half of them would die? Oops on the Isreali reaction!
Posted by: Charles   2011-09-18 15:20  

#3  Why, its a model of SEIU astroturfing. Looks like they're picking up modern Western political practices well. /sarc off?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-09-18 09:43  

#2  Hopefully, it's true. If a bribe becomes expected, very little spontaneous hooliganism will occur down the road...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2011-09-18 09:27  

#1  Nice of the Egytians to pay the louts for what they'd be glad to do for free.
Posted by: Barbara   2011-09-18 09:14  

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