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Africa North
'Million man' anti-Israel rally in Cairo attracts only hundreds
2011-08-28
Most Egyptian protest groups announce would participate in demonstration to expel Israel's ambassador over five Egyptian policemen killed by IDF; however, turnout much lower than expected.

Hundreds of Egyptians gathered Friday outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo in what was supposed to be a "million-man march" calling on the government to expel Israel's ambassador.

Most Egyptian protest groups announced that they would participate in the demonstration to expel the ambassador over the border incident last week in which five Egyptian coppers were killed by the IDF. However,
some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go...
 the protesters who actually arrived were far fewer in number.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  What's a few zeros difference make, and, WHO, ffs, found the zero? (Zero is a good number when applied to the RoP, sic).
Posted by: Rhodesiafever   2011-08-28 12:53  

#3  was Calypso Louie there?
Posted by: Frank G   2011-08-28 11:53  

#2  You can't book Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, you pay the price.
Posted by: Besoeker   2011-08-28 10:21  

#1  The problem here is that Egyptians typically think themselves a cut above "Arabs", who they imagine as rural, peasant-type Bedouins.

When Sadat, who was thought of on the street as pure-blood Egyptian, made peace with Israel, it was an Egyptian peace, not a Muslim peace, which was a big Egyptian ego-booster.

His assassination, ordered by none other than Omar Abdel-Rahman, the blind sheik currently residing as a permanent guest of the US, was seen as a Muslim Arab attack against Egypt, carried out by treasonous military officers.

But this made peace with Israel a Sadat legacy, a matter of honor for "real" Egyptians.

Finally, this also means that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has mixed purposes. The want a more Islamic Egypt, but without any Arab taint; which is why they often spin off groups that are too radical or anti-government. Split personality.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-08-28 10:03  

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