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2011-04-09 Africa North

Egypt army says will use force to clear protesters

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-04-09 15:25|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 playtime's over

Posted by Frank G 2011-04-09 17:35|| 2011-04-09 17:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Byzantine [who by the way used to have ownership of the place]. The generals employed the useful idiots to clear the old dead wood in the hierarchy to make room for the next generation of old dead wood. I suspect the promotion rolls had become rather stagnate. It's an old pattern.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-04-09 19:04|| 2011-04-09 19:04|| Front Page Top

#3 It's an old pattern.

If you would be so kind as to expand on that, Procopius2k? A world-wide pattern or in Egypt or Dar al Islam?

Posted by trailing wife 2011-04-09 21:24|| 2011-04-09 21:24|| Front Page Top

#4 From the Persian Empire, through the Roman Empire, someone in the palace gets the idea that the old guys aren't doing as good a job as they could. Not confined to Egypt but it certainly has its own version.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-04-09 22:10|| 2011-04-09 22:10|| Front Page Top

#5 So, when Mohammed Ali massacred the Mamluks? Yes, that would certainly result in a personnel turnover. Thank you, Procopius2k.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-04-09 23:17|| 2011-04-09 23:17|| Front Page Top

#6 So, when Mohammed Ali massacred the Mamluks? Yes, that would certainly result in a personnel turnover. Thank you, Procopius2k.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-04-09 23:17|| 2011-04-09 23:17|| Front Page Top

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