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Tuesday
31Jul2007

Mubarak's police clash with Sinai Bedouins

Serene has an excellent report about the clashes that occurred yesterday between Mubarak's police troops and the Sinai Bedouins...
From as far as three kilometres away from Masoura, we saw thick clouds of black smoke climbing eastwards into the sky. A little closer, and we started to hear gunfire, and then the teargas bomblets as they were being launched into the air. Then, the sound of what seemed like hundreds of voices, shouting.

Click on the photo below to read the full posting...

Liberate Sinai from Mubarak's Police!


[Above: Smoke rising from the teargas attacks on the protesters at Masoura. Photo by Serene Assir.]

UPDATE: Here's also a report from Reuters...

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