All hell breaking loose, 28 dead so far in the “million man” protest. Democracy Now! correspondent Sharif Kouddous tweets:
Protesters go to front lines, get gassed, and shot at, come back gasping, stumbling & wounded, recover, then go back
Look at the size of this crowd.
Livestream at 8 a.m.:
Well, Mayor Bloomberg would have those tents and tarps outta there in no time at all, eh?
As this article notes, the US has called for “restraint on both sides,” even though the actions by the Egyptian military/riot police are greatly disproportionate to the actions of the protesters.
Isnt’ that cute? And that is code for the US is not going to intervene. Any one heard that kind of language about Syria?