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It was my impression that the 2m figure included protesters all over Egypt, incl. Suez and Alexandria, but that there were well over 1m protesters in Tihrar Square in Cairo alone.
it probably won't happen, but at this point it would be really great if american purveyors of the news were to take a gigantic credibility hit over their coverage of these events. not only has it been shoddy but in some cases outright deceptive. we should be ashamed of ourselves if we sit back and watch Egypt demand to be given the reins of their country while we cannot even get ourselves to demand the responsible dissemination of information concerning critical international events.
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