Hosni Mubarak
Freedom fighters, terrorists, democracy activists and looters
If there is one thing the uprisings in Tunisia and now in Egypt prove it is this; no matter how far you bend your back to appease your oppressor slash bank-roller, they will never hesitate to abandon you at the first sight of trouble.
By Jody McIntyre | Notebook | Monday, 31 January 2011 at 1:05 pm
Will today mark the end for Mubarak?
“It’s now 3 am in the morning in Egypt. Hundreds of political activists are being arrested from their homes at this moment in a very large scale operation. More reports that Police agents are pouring petrol in the streets of main squares to set them on fire during protest. Please act.”
By Jody McIntyre | Notebook | Friday, 28 January 2011 at 11:18 am
The lion and the lion tamer
They say that the relationship between a dictator and the people of his country is like that of a lion tamer and a lion; the lion tamer knows that the lion could eat him at any point. In fact, everyone knows that the lion could eat him at any point, apart from the lion itself. Yesterday, the Egyptian people awoke from a lion’s slumber.
By Jody McIntyre | Notebook | Wednesday, 26 January 2011 at 2:29 pm
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