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May 25, 2005

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SP

Teehee...the universal currency of Viagra! It does seem to be an interesting day here. I passed sh. Abd el Khaleq Tharwat earlier this afternoon and there was a straggly regime-herded crowd in front of the state office building to the west of all the syndicates (more vans than people, it seemed), carrying signs, many in English ("Yes to Mubarak") and trying to make some noise. The black-clad cops with their riot shields lining the streets let a few of them march across to the syndicates to voice their oh-so-genuine anger at the traitors protesting the referendum. There was a decent Kefaya crowd on the steps of one of the syndicates, shouting slogans and holding signs and of course those cute yellow badges. Everyone had come down from their offices to the street to watch the drama. There were a few suit-clad mafiosi, er, regime types directing security on the street and not letting people or cars enter the street.

the aardvark

fascinating... any and all eyewitness accounts would be very welcome!

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