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November 28, 2011

Egypt's Democracy, America's Interests

M K Bhadrakumar, The Hindu

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The events unfolding in Tahrir Square in Cairo are epochal. A cross section of the Egyptian society has converged on Tahrir. Their demand resonates in a single word: “Erha! (Leave!”). It is a call to the remnants of the authoritarian system of the Hosni Mubarak era to quit, so that Egypt's incomplete revolution of February can be successfully rounded off. A bloody crackdown...

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