Thread: Thousands Clash With Police in Egyptian Bread Riot

Thousands Clash With Police in Egyptian Bread Riot

Sunday, June 8, 2008 5:30 PM

CAIRO, Egypt -- Thousands of demonstrators fought with police after a protest over flour rations in a town on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, a security official and state media said Sunday.

The state-owned daily Al-Ahram said some 8,000 protesters sealed off the main Cairo-Mediterranean highway for seven hours Saturday and burnt tires to stop traffic. Police fired tear gas and arrested dozens to disperse the crowd,

A security official said police were questioning 87 suspects.

The protesters were angered by the decision of authorities in Burullus to stop distributing subsidized flour directly to residents and instead deliver it exclusively to bakeries, the official said on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to give statements.

Fishermen in Burullus prefer to bake a type of bread suited to long fishing voyages instead of buying the standard subsidized bread from bakeries.

There have also been accusations by the government that people are selling the subsidized flour on the black market for a profit, leading to shortages.

Like much of the rest of the world, Egypt has been wracked by rising food prices and stagnant wages, resulting in protests and demonstrations.

There has also been a shortage of the subsidized bread relied on by vast segments of this impoverished country of 76.5 million.

Some 10 people were reported killed since the beginning of the year after scuffles in bread lines.

http://www.newsmax.com/international/eg ... 02745.html

Holy moly, this is what I keep hearing will start happening in our country sometime down the line. I thought to myself that is just silly. We are a rich country that would never happen here. I'm starting to believe that anything can happen here too!

This is what happens with overpopulation.

We must curtail and reverse the influx of illegals to this country and seal our borders ASAP or this will happen here in the near future.

Sadly, it will eventually happen anyway if the world's poor continue to reproduce at alarming rates.

The earth cannot support more people than nature can keep up with.

Sadly, it will eventually happen anyway if the world's poor continue to reproduce at alarming rates.

AT SOME POINT WE WILL HAVE TO STOP SENDING FOOD TO NATIONS THAT CHOOSE TO OVERPOPULATE THEMSELVES. WE HAVE TO SEND ALL ILLEGALS HOME. IT COULD GET TO THE POINT THAT WE HAVE TO SEND ALL NON CITIZENS HOME AS WELL.