Protests Escalate in Egypt

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Cairo's Tahrir Square is once again the site of protesters shouting for removal of the tyrannical government. Now, instead of Mubarak, they are chanting for the removal of the military government. Revolution is back, and change is afoot. . . again.

With the sentencing of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to 30 years in prison, the celebrations in the streets quickly turning into protests. The people wanted Mubarak executed, and his sons, who were acquitted, also punished.

The anger then grew, and chants became a new call for revolution.

Once outlawed, The Muslim Brotherhood has risen to prominence, and it was that group that called for the massive protests at Tahrir Square. The sentiment is that justice was not served, and that the current government is as much of a sham as the previous one.  Mubarak's sentence did show, however, that Egypt's leaders are not above the law, and that the old regime was not coming back.

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