Cops, Egypt gov't supporters smash rally

[struggle4progress]

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Police and Egyptian government supporters beat dozens of opposition activists with batons, sometimes kicking them as they lay on the ground, during a protest Saturday against President Hosni Mubarak days after he announced his bid for re-election promising greater democracy in Egypt.

Several hundred men and women were still gathering to begin their march toward Cairo's main square when men in plainclothes descended on them, swinging billy clubs and assaulting the demonstrators.

Circles of burly government supporters surrounded activists sprawled on the pavement, kicking them in the head and ribs and tearing at their clothes. Others lifted protesters in the air by the arms and legs, hauling them off to police trucks. One elderly man wandered in a daze, his head bleeding.

"Down with the rule of the dog Mubarak," one young man yelled as he was being clubbed. <snip>

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2005/07/30/1153886-ap.html

[PunkPop]

1. Bush's buddy Mubarak

George must not have explained the finer points of this democracy thing.

[frictionlessO]

2. I wonder how many freeps would like to do that to us??

Not all of them but seriously I can imagine many of them just loving it.

[bribri16]

3. Democray and freedom at work again! n/t

[bennywhale]

4. Thats why AQaeda attacked them last week They hate them for their freedom