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riverwalker

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4. lessons of Tahrir

Reply to NNN0LHI (Original post)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 12:54 PM

Jan 2012

Blogger "Sandmonkey" (if you remember him, Rachel Maddow interviewed him a couple of times) writes poignantly about the state of things. He ran for a seat in parliament.

http://www.sandmonkey.org/

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"Below Zero": Egypt's Liberals Crushed by Islamist Majority in Elections [View all] NNN0LHI Jan 2012 OP

This was predictable and predicted. MH1 Jan 2012 #1

It sounds like, as in the US, the extremists are the ones with the money and the force. gateley Jan 2012 #2

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jan 2012 #3

lessons of Tahrir riverwalker Jan 2012 #4

The constitutional debate will not even involve the so-called liberals. David__77 Jan 2012 #5