Hundreds dead in Egypt as army cracks down on sit ins

[FAH1223]

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeas ... 58172.html

And churches are being attacked across the country and burned down

[Colonel]

Arabs and democracy
Some things are just not meant to go together.

[Individual]

FAH bro, its only matter of time before the brotherhood retaliate's with the same heavy handed that they are receiving presently from the USA-aid infested corrupted Army.

I think that, what we are seeing now is a civil war in making!!!

[xaliye123]

Subxaanalaa, subxaanalaa, subxaanalaa. war maxaa lagu laynayaa dadkaas.

Mid caraba baa ila fadhiyaya walaahi wuu iska oyayaa hadda oo uu ila fadhiyo.

[AbdiWahab252]

Another great Arab nation being destroyed: Lebanon, Iraq, Libya, and now Egypt. The only ones left intact are ruled by royals. A conspiracy against Arab nationalism !

[Grant]

AW,

http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewc ... ontext=jss

This rather long article argues that a "youth bulge" in the demographic brought on the Arab Spring. Even if you disagree with the theory, the projections, facts and figures are worth checking out.

Only a small part of the article:

Any discussion of these events must
first put the demography of Egypt
into context. The population of Middle Eastern countries has more than
quadrupled over the past sixty year
s. According to the United Nations
Population Division, in 1950 the comb
ined population of all Middle East-
ern countries was 60.2 million, compar
ed with the more than 271 million
in 2005. Its percentage of the total
world population has doubled from 2.5
to 5 percent over that same time period.
31
Even more stunning are the fig-
ures for Egypt itself: it has grown
over 378 percent from 1950 to the
present, beginning at 21.5 million in
habitants and standing currently at
over 81 million.
32
Put another way, the population of Egypt today has 20 million more peo-
ple than the entire Middle East did in 1950. On a municipal level, Cairo is
the most populous metropolitan area
on the African continent, and one of
the most densely populated cities in the world. The reason Tahrir Square
functioned as the heartbeat of the re
volution was, in part, because many
of the demographic stress factors we
re exacerbated in the overcrowded
Cairo metropolitan area. Furthermore,
the population is projected to
grow by approximately 50 percen
t over the next half century.
As discussed above, it is not only the total size of the population, but its
make-up, that can cause
societal demographic stre
ss. The Middle East is
endowed with one of the youngest po
pulations in the world; the popula-
tion under the age of fifteen is over 33 percent. Most individual nations in
the region have youth cohorts under
the age of twenty-four that account
for over half of their population. Egyp
t is no different, with over 54 per-
cent of its population making up the under-twenty-four demographic.
Adding to the demographic warning
signs are the 24 million Egyptians
who are between the ages of fifteen and twenty-nine, also referred to in
the demographic security field as "fighting age."
33
The Middle East claims one of the highest unemployment rates in the
world. Additionally, the level of social capacity required to fulfill the needs
of new generations is sorely lackin
g. Youth populations experiencing a
combination of economic hardship, to
o few political venues for voicing
grievances, and an inundation of a re
volutionary ideology are more likely
to cause political instability.
34
As of 2010 the Egyptian unemployment
rate was reportedly 9.7 percent,
although this does not include the
underemployed.
35
The result of the aforementioned de
mographic dynamics is now history.
Hosni Mubarak resigned un
der gr

[Tanker]

Another great Arab nation being destroyed: Lebanon, Iraq, Libya, and now Egypt. The only ones left intact are ruled by royals. A conspiracy against Arab nationalism !

[SecretAgent]

Egypt military gets 1.3billion in aid from america, after israel,n ethiopa thy have orders to destory da islamist n der supporters but $1.3 billion is not a lot fo a nation of 84million ppl

[Garuun]

the egyptian army is even more cruel and worse than Assads regime..it seems the stage is set for armed struggle for the people..army is supposed to protect its own peole, not massacre them.

[GeoSeven]

Doesn't look like the Egyptian protesters are giving in anytime soon. The Egyptian generals must be the most be dying of frustration.

[FAH1223]

Egypt military gets 1.3billion in aid from america, after israel,n ethiopa thy have orders to destory da islamist n der supporters but $1.3 billion is not a lot fo a nation of 84million ppl

Technically, our tax payer dollars shouldn't be going to Egypt now because they had a coup de'tat.

[AbdiWahab252]

Grant,

You may have a point. However, my worry is that by allowing a coup to stand, the West is fomenting a much larger crisis down the road. The genie has been let out of the bottle. Pandora's box was opened and we are reaping the consequences of supporting tyrants for decades.

Morsi is no angel but he was legitimately elected and should have been left alone. If he had continued to fail, then he would face a tough re-election. Yet he was not given the chance because his agenda was sweeping especially his goal to tackle income inequalities and redistribution of wealth. The social agenda was a red herring that was being blown out of proportion by those vested interests who grew fat of the masses.

[GeoSeven]

They called it a "Popular Uprising" because $1.5b was at stake

[Jaidi]

State of Emergency is officially back for a "month". Last time they said that was when Sadat got assassinated and it lasted till 2011 The clock has been turned back to 2010. Back to square one.


Also 17 year old daughter of well known MB leader Mohamed Beltagy was killed, as were a number of journalists.

[Grant]

AW,

It's a lousy precedent, but I''m not sure "allowing the coup to stand" is what happened. Check this article in the Socialist press:

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/07 ... g-j16.html