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Title: 3 dumbass American kids held in Egypt, threw molotovs @ security forces
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NY Post
URL Source: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/nation ... irebomb_T8kFphEdnd4W18IBxcPGVJ
Published: Nov 22, 2011
Author: NEWSCORE
Post Date: 2011-11-22 09:31:08 by Happy Quanzaa
Keywords: Dumbasses, Shit for Brains, Darwin Award applicants
Views: 1798
Comments: 9
CAIRO -- Three young Americans were reportedly arrested in Cairo on suspicion of throwing Molotov cocktails at security forces during ongoing protests. Egyptian state TV showed footage of the three young men who were reportedly arrested Monday near Tahrir Square after being accused of taking part in street battles with security forces. The US embassy in Cairo was unable to confirm the arrests but said it was aware of the reports. "There have been a number of reports of Americans being detained, and we are currently looking into that," David Lynfield, a spokesman at the embassy told NewsCore. The Americans were enrolled at the American University in Cairo. Fellow students in Egypt identified the three on Twitter, and appealed directly to US lawmakers for help in freeing them. The three were named as Luke Gates of Bloomington, Ind., Derrik Sweeney of Northridge, Calif., and Greg Porter of Pennsylvania. The identities could not be independently confirmed. The television pictures showed the three young men lined up against a wall and a table with several ID cards, including an Indiana driver's license. "The three boys were throwing Molotov cocktails and had no passports on them when they were picked up," CNN quoted Adel Saeed, a spokesman for Egypt's general prosecutor's office, as saying. Protests have raged since Saturday around the iconic square, the center of the revolution that brought down the former president Hosni Mubarak in February, leaving 26 people dead. A major protest was set to take place later Tuesday in the square. The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) was locked in crisis talks with a number of political groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood. Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, who leads the SCAF, was due to address the nation later Tuesday.
Three Americans held in Egypt protest 'firebomb'
The three Americans held in Egypt are shown on Egypt state TV.
They are accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at security forces
during protests that have rocked the country.
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#8. To: Happy Quanzaa (#0)
I remember in the mid-90s, a couple of dumb ass American kids were caught vandalizing cars in Singapore. Singapore punishes property crimes with a combination of restitution and corporal punishment -- including being "canned" where a guy in a black martial arts uniform beats your back with a bamboo cane. Singapore learned this from the British, who used to whip people... The American media went ballistic. The White House even got involved. Luckily Singapore punished the kids for their crime and afterwards they were sent home. I wonder what punishment is for fire bombing the police in Egypt?
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