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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Middle East Protests Continue for Unmet Demands

Middle East Protests Continue for Unmet Demands

So far, weeks of regional protests achieved nothing. Despite ousting Egypt’s Mubarak and Tunisia’s Ben Ali, their regimes remain in place, offering nothing but unfulfilled promises.
On February 26, Egyptians again protested in Tahrir Square. This time, however, military forces confronted them, Reuters headlining, “Egypt military angers protesters with show of force,” saying:
“Soldiers used force on Saturday to break up a protest demanding more political reform in Egypt, demonstrators said, in the toughest move yet against opposition activists who accused the country’s military rulers of ‘betraying the people.’”
New York Times writer Liam Stack headlined, “Egyptian Military Forces End to New Protest,” …

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