If you've spent much time on this planet, you won't be surprised to find the Egyptian government's hired right-wing has accused the protestors of being somehow "foreign"
(Of course, I guess it's possible that the protestors are lying here and are using Kentucky Fried Chicken in exactly the same way as the Mubarak forces, as a sign of ultimate non-Egyptian decadence. Which is very funny in its own right.)
The protesters who had been fighting on that corner for two days were grimy but happy; they ate a breakfast of cheap rough country baladi bread and foil-covered triangles of Laughing Cow cheese. Mohammed Gazi, a chemist, wanted the world to know that they were not eating “Kentucky”—a reference to taunts from the pro-Mubarak people about Kentucky Fried Chicken, meaning that the protesters were being fed by the America and the West.You also won't be surprised the hired right-wing was exactly what they accused their opponents of being—not just ultimately funded by outsiders (the U.S.), but literally eating at Kentucky Fried Chicken:
Those in the square say they have captured dozens of men from the pro-Mubarak side who wear civilian clothes but carry police, ruling-party or government identification cards. Demonstrators have been repeatedly attacked by such men in recent days, with hundreds of people injured and at least nine killed. It would be easy for a mob mentality to take hold. But the protesters show a measure of empathy for their captives. The identification cards, protesters say, show that their foes come from poor areas of Egypt, and many have confessed to being promised a reward if they try to storm the square -- usually about $20 and a meal at Kentucky Fried Chicken.Politics: always and everywhere the same.
(Of course, I guess it's possible that the protestors are lying here and are using Kentucky Fried Chicken in exactly the same way as the Mubarak forces, as a sign of ultimate non-Egyptian decadence. Which is very funny in its own right.)
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