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The Slaying of Pharaohs: Revolt In The Middle East

"I have slain Pharaoh" were the words of the Egyptian military officer who lead rebel army commandos that assassinated former Egyptian dictator Anwar Sadat while he was reviewing a military parade in 1981 for selling his country out to the West and abandoning the Palestinian people's struggle for independence. On February 11, 2011 Egypt's latest dictator, Hosni Mubarak, who replaced Sadat in 1982 and ruled for 30 years as a modem Egyptian Pharaoh, was pushed out of power by a people's revolt inspired by the January people's revolt of Tunisia that ended the dictatorship of Zine Ben Ali who ruled Tunisia for over 20 years. Mubarak ruled Egypt unchallenged for 30 years and was considered America’s Man in the Middle East, he was also America's partner in terror, allowing his country to be used in the C.l.A.'s rendition program the United States used to transfer so-called terrorist suspects to be tortured for information useful to the U.S. war of terror. Mubarak‘s regime relentlessly tortured and imprisoned members of the opposition in Egypt and according to a classified U.S. diplomatic cable revealed by Wikileaks torture was reported to be so widespread and epidemic that it effected every layer of Egyptian society. Under Mubarak Egypt also received over 2 Billion dollars in U.S. aid, 70% of it is allotted to the Egyptian military which the U.S. used to prop up Mubarak's corrupt regime and the military equipment was aimed not at external enemies but rather at its own people.

"I have slain Pharaoh" were the words of the Egyptian military officer who lead rebel army commandos that assassinated former Egyptian dictator Anwar Sadat while he was reviewing a military parade in 1981 for selling his country out to the West and abandoning the Palestinian people's struggle for ...

The Philadelphia Police Raided My House

by Jen Rock

on the morning of friday june 13th, three plain cloths cops and captian wilson of the ninth district of philadelphia came to my front door. they said they were responding to a complaint about "trespassing in an abandoned building". we have lived in our home for almost 4 years. we are curious about the origin of this "complaint." after one house mate answered the door, asked for a warrant and refused to let the police in they arrested him and stole his keys. they broke in. there was no warrant. they arrested myself and my two other roommates. when asked if there was a warrant they informed us that they didn't need one. we were also informed that we weren't arrested, but were detained...and under investigation.

Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 2:25 PM

by Jen Rock

dear friends, this is something that i want to communicate to as many people as i know, and as many people as they know. please forward this widely. on the morning of friday june 13th, three plain cloths ...