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Arabia
Egypt sees largest demonstrations since start of revolt
2011-02-08
Looks like hundreds of thousands now.

I'm guessing that Mubarak threw every supportive policeman, soldier, and peasant he could pay off at the demonstrators all on one day, and now they're tired and beat up. If he had them alternate days, he wouldn't be able to come up with the critical mass it takes to send these folks packing. The people, on the other hand, will just keep coming.

Keep up the good work, angry mob. But keep an eye on the Muslim Brotherhood or it will just be the beginning of yet another 30-year cycle of misery.
Posted by:gorb

#3  As per NETTERS = time may be right for a NEW MAJOR INCIDENT(S) = FALSE-FLAG? MASSACRE? to occur to reignite the Protestors + p'o the Egyptian Army in favor of same???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-02-08 18:47  

#2  I saw somewhere that he gave a 15% raise to government workers, and the number was somewhere around 7M. I don't know if it was all government workers or not. I think Egypt's population is around 85M.
Posted by: gorb   2011-02-08 16:48  

#1  I read somewhere that 70% of all Egyptian employees work for the Egyptian government. Those people will not be coming out to put their employer out of existence. The others may keep coming, but they are outnumbered by a bit.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-02-08 15:56  

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