Cairo police disperse protesters with teargas and birdshot, reportedly beating anyone they can catch

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UPDATE: Cairo police disperse protesters with teargas and birdshot, reportedly beating anyone they can catch http://on.rt.com/a67qat

http://rt.com/news/egypt-clashes-return-friday-254/

Protests turn violent in key Egyptian cities again on Friday, as thousands take to the streets to demand the end of Morsi’s government. Police brutally dispersed petrol bomb-throwing protesters in Cairo, arresting and injuring dozens.

­At least 48 people were injured during clashes in Cairo on Friday, Al Arabiya reported.

Dozens of people have reportedly been arrested. Some of the arrests turned ugly with at least one case of police beating and stripping a protester, and dragging him naked into a police van “like a piece of meat,” Cairo-based journalist Bel Trew reported in her twitter.

Protesters threw Molotov cocktails and launced fireworks over the gates of the presidential building, Cairo-based journalist Bel Trew told RT. The angry crowds were pushed back by the teargas-firing security forces on armored vehicles, she added.

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Dozens hurt as protesters petrol bomb Egypt's palace http://goo.gl/Tz0DQ Reuters
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1. There's more been added to the story now

And lots of photos.

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2. Thank you! Unfortunately this is indeed a developing situation :(

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4. My son has sent me links to things posted at an RPG board he frequents

A couple of Egyptians have been trying to explain the situation there. Much of it is what you get in the mainstream stories -- but the other part, which isn't being talked about much, is the pervasive corruption.

- Apparently Morsi isn't just favoring his friends and cronies with official appointments -- he's also attempting to reward them financially by any means available.

- Given that the country is in dire financial straits and is under pressure to agree to drastic austerity measures as the price of a bailout, it seems like sweeping privatization is in the cards. This also means that the people who now depend on the government for either employment or direct assistance are going to be thrown under the bus.

- The Gulf oil states have been funneling huge amounts of cash into the country to prop up the Muslim Brotherhood, but there's no clear sign of where it's gone. The general belief is that it's mainly wound up in the pockets of the military and police in order to buy their support.

According to those posters, all of this is the real story behind the violence. It isn't just about freedom or the ideals of the revolution being betrayed. It's the far more concrete feeling that a theft of epochal proportions is about to be pulled off and that this is the last chance to avert it.

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5. Wall Street in the US, "austerity" in the EU, now in Egypt...

The very rich are indeed pulling one on the rest of us. Thank you for the insight and please keep us updated

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3. Thank you for posting.