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2009-11-22 Africa North

Egypt to defend citizens after World Cup defeat

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Posted by Fred 2009-11-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

Posted by gorb 2009-11-22 04:16|| 2009-11-22 04:16|| Front Page Top

#2 No "defense" for Christians however.

Egypt Muslims burn Christian shops: police
Nov 21 05:02 PM US/Eastern
Hundreds of Muslim protesters on Saturday burnt Christian-owned shops in southern Egypt and attacked a police station where they believed a Christian accused of raping a Muslim girl was being held, a police official said.
Police repelled the demonstrators in the town of Farshut using tear gas and also arrested 60 people during the clashes in which seven Coptic Christian-owned shops were destroyed, the official said.

The protesters hurled stones at the police station after they heard that a Coptic Christian man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old Muslim was being held there, he said.

Roughly ten percent of Egypt's 80-million-strong population are Coptic Christians, who complain of discrimination and are sometimes the target of sectarian attacks.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-11-22 07:08|| 2009-11-22 07:08|| Front Page Top

#3 "'We do not allow anyone to humiliate them (citizens abroad),' Mubarak said"

"Our citizens are perfectly capable of humiliating themselves without any help from foreigners," he continued.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-11-22 08:29|| 2009-11-22 08:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Ummm, I remembr that Heiroglyphics used figures to represent thoughts, not individual words.
So roughly that picture says

I Sit on the shore and use my eagle eyes to look over the water and see the ship/sails.

This is fun. And probably wrong.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-11-22 12:11|| 2009-11-22 12:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Second thought,
LOOKOUT (Sitting Eagle)WATCH FOR SHIPS(He's shouting)

Wrinkled lines are water,
symbol bottom left looks like a ship's sail

Straight line with a horshoe means long distance
Huge eye, look, or stare

Not sure about the aircraft wing with the dangling orb it's over water, Bomber seems out of era.
Man sitting means "Wait".

This is fun, Y'all give it a try?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-11-22 12:36|| 2009-11-22 12:36|| Front Page Top

#6 PS, I recognise this as from an "Asterix" comic, it won't read correctly anyway.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-11-22 12:39|| 2009-11-22 12:39|| Front Page Top

#7 i think he is blaming the juice. pretty sure actually, but haven't decrypted what self inflicted injury they are being blamed for.

Posted by abu do you love ">abu do you love 2009-11-22 14:20|| 2009-11-22 14:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Islam means peace.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-11-22 15:46|| 2009-11-22 15:46|| Front Page Top

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