The American Spectator : The Spectacle Blog : The Regime Strikes Back?

Pretty stunning scenes out of Egypt this morning, where pro-Mubarak forces were charging crowds of protesters on horse and camel, attacking the demonstrators, according to Al Jazeera. Several protesters showed what they said were police ID’s being carried by their attackers. However you want to interpret these events, live video footage clearly shows things starting to turn violent.

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