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2013-03-19 Africa North

Egypt May Replace Police With Private Security Companies

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Posted by trailing wife 2013-03-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 Egypt's equivalent of the Pinkertons?

Posted by Zhang Fei 2013-03-19 00:38|| 2013-03-19 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Wait...!
Don't they already have 'the Fashion Police'?

Posted by Skidmark 2013-03-19 02:33|| 2013-03-19 02:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Appears to be a developing trend as private security firms prop up failing governments and crooked pols:

On February 1, 2013, Greek news site DefenseNet (http://www.defencenet.gr/), citing Canadian newspaper sources, reported that Academi had been hired to provide security service to the Greek Parliament. The contract is alleged to have been signed by former Parliament President Evangelos Meimarakis, a close associate of former prime minister Costas Karamanlis. During Meimarakis' tenure, the Greek Parliament had been repeatedly surrounded by thousands of demonstrators chanting "Burn, burn, let that brothel burn." Meimarakis, known for his colourful language, had recently been alleged to have ties to an alleged multi-billion tax evasion and corruption scheme run by fugitive Greek businessman G. Karouzos.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-03-19 02:57|| 2013-03-19 02:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Egyptian Police and Chicago Teachers Unions. Seems to be a pattern here.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-03-19 10:27|| 2013-03-19 10:27|| Front Page Top

#5 It'd be a brilliant move to provide jobs for those poverty-stricken and uneducated Egyptians, who would otherwise drift into extremism and terrorism...

/sarc

Posted by Pappy 2013-03-19 10:52|| 2013-03-19 10:52|| Front Page Top

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