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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Arabs Can't Be Ruled By Guns Forever

Arabs Can't Be Ruled By Guns Forever

Rami Khouri, Daily Star
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The resurgence of protests and clashes with police in Cairo and other Egyptian cities this week is more significant than the mass rallies that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak nine months ago. That’s because this week’s events touch on the heart of the problem of the mediocrity of the modern Arab world and its tattered states: the exaggerated role of the military in public life.

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