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Sunday, March 18, 2007

Egyptian Dreams Deferred?

Anthony Shadid on the emergence of Egypt's opposition movement. Let's not get our hopes up too high, because his second piece tomorrow will be on its demise.

Oh, I can't wait to read about another defeat!

One of the people interviewed describes the Egyptian regime this way: "The government is, of course, not a democracy, he said; that implies freedom. But it's not a dictatorship, either, he added; that requires strength. "It's more like the rubble, the debris left behind."

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