Sunday, January 30, 2011
WH Searches for Right Response to Uprising
Trudy Rubin, Philly InquirerIf you want to understand the Egyptian uprising and how U.S. officials should respond, let me take you back to the pro-democracy demonstrations I witnessed in Cairo in 2005.Middle-class protesters went to the streets then, too, demanding free elections. But the government of President Hosni Mubarak - tarring all opposition as radical Islamists - surrounded them with police in Darth Vader helmets and shields.
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