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The Abbaseya Violence And The Revolutionary Impasse In Egypt…

by Tom Dale

However, this minority has a problem: if anecdotes and impressions from the street are to be believed, they find themselves increasingly alienated from popular opinion. This was reflected in the very real possibility that Omar Suleiman ? , Mubarak's former mukhabarat chief, was a serious contender for the presidency, until he was disqualified. (Poor planning by his supporters led to an attempt to collect 30,000 endorsements from 15 governorates in less than two days. They missed a few dozen from one governorate.) It is also reflected in the fact that, as Egyptian journalist Sarah Carr ? reported, when the curfew following yesterday's street clashes was announced, Egyptians in one cafe erupted in spontaneous applause.

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