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Vid Report: Egyptian Police Van Mows Down Protesters in the Street
- Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:42am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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A video posted on Facebook recently purportedly shows an Egyptian police van plowing in to a group of protesters in Cairo. The van hits the pedestrians and never stops:
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Comments (84)
dcwu
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:14pmWhat are the riot-makers chanting?
Report Post »Decade of Greed
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:45pmThey’re chanting, “Death to green vans, death to green vans…”
Report Post »Chicago Ray
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 6:34pmThat was good Greed! Every sentence they chant has “eath to someone” !
Bush did the world a terrible disservice calling them the Religion of Peace. They think we mean it when We say it they’re so ignorant of the modern world. He DID mean it…that and illegals always bent me with Bush.
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:08pmLooks like a bunch of wid animals is running that country.
Report Post »workin4alivin
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:01pmyep, we got plenty of those people here in the us-walk down the middle of the street cause their parents were too stupid to teach them what sidewalks are for or that you can’t win a battle with a 4000 lb vehicle…..
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:10pmI teach my children about physics and the futility of law to protect you from anything. The law only addresses what happens AFTER you fail to look both ways before you cross the street, and are hit by a car. It does not however stop the car from hitting you.
I really wish the kids at OSU would learn that, but they’re utterly clueless, I hate driving near campus, which is almost unavoidable if you travel through Columbus (Ohio). They’re worse than clueless, they actually think that the law means that they don’t even have to look at the road and that cars will magically see them. Yikes.
Gonzo
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:01pmThat’s got to be worth 250 points! If you nail a camel, it’s another 150 bonus points!
VRW Conspirator
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:56pmthat is messed up Gonzo….funny..but messed up…..LOL
Report Post »tadroid
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 4:09pmAdd your comments
Report Post »tadroid
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 4:10pmDude! That’s a video game for sure. Shhhh. Don‘t be talkin’ that stuff here. Go find someone to copyright that. Just do me a favor and make it for Xbox. Thanks!
Report Post »ofallon
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:59pmIsrael will be pushed into a big peace treaty.
Report Post »Honest Abe
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:36pmComing soon to a U.S. city near you. Thanks radical left, keep calling for revolution. Wake up people!
Report Post »integrican
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:34pmHe may have been responding to an emergency, like a RIOT down the street. If he was truly out to run over people he could have done much better than that…..slacker!!!!
sarcasm: ON
Report Post »jeckelmyhyde
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:44pmOptimist
Report Post »jeckelmyhyde
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:32pmThis is typical of what Beck reminds us of on a daily basis, it only takes one idiot to make an already heated climate worse..
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:07pmYeah that was very cruel but in lawless events such as we have been witnessing things will always spiral out of control, so I cannot say I am shocked and this may be only the beginning of the horrors to come. To pray and hope for peace and stability in the middle east is time very well spent.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:30pmI have great compassion for many, perhaps most, of the citizens in Egypt. This is ruthless and careless and should not happen. That being said, I think I read that approx. 21% of the citizenry are Christians of some sort. The cruel or insensative comments here are caulous at best. Perhaps we should consider placing our distain for certain sects in the proper place rather than giving the blanket approach to all Egyptians and associating them all to the MB or some other radical faction. We need to pray for peace both there and in all parts of the middle east, especially for Israel.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:49pmThank you for letting us know how we are allowed to feel and express ourselves.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:56pmLet me clarify. I have read some of the most compassionate and caring posts on this site.
There always seems to be someone waiting in the wings to remind us that our behavior is inappropriate as soon as we start cutting up a little. Give people a break, every post does not need to be scrutinized by the moral majority to insure that it is politically correct. The people here are for the most part Christian who DO pray for peace, cut us a little slack once in a while.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:01pmNo Untameable…I’m all for one speaking their mind…so don’t get me wrong and I apologize if I offended you. Really, I’m sorry. I just think that those of us, including you in this equation, who are more sensible should bridle some of our comments with truth over this particular, emminet and terrible upset in the middle east. That way when the left reads our comments there will be more credibility in them. I appreciate what you contribute to most of the discussions here on the Blaze and just want the play to reside where it is appropriate and seriousness to reside when it is appropriate.
Again, thank you for your contributions. I’m not trying to mediate discussions here…just trying to call for cool and wise heads.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:08pmI think they’re closer to 10% Christian (Coptic Christian). Which for a middle eastern nation is rather stunningly high.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:17pmApology accepted. Please go back and reread the posts though you said this,
‘The cruel or insensative comments here are caulous at best.’
I just don’t think the comments are, for the most, part out of hand.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:28pmIf we‘d woken up in the 70’s after the Oil Embargo and made securing our own domestic resources a National Security Priority, gotten past the 3 Mile Island incident and built another 100-200 more nuclear plants and essentially neutered the Middle East as a power-broker for the worlds energy needs, things would be much much different today…
Remember Europe pretty much leap frogged the Middle East in Technology and Commerce several hundred years ago, the Middle East was content with what little it had and what little it meant to the world… once Oil became a needed necessity and the Middle East knew the world needed them, thats when all of the chaos and whining and insanity started and just got worse and worse as they gained more power because the world needed them more and more…
We in the United States need to put down literally ALL talk of any nonsense other then the Repeal of Healthcare and the massive cutting of all entitlements. Congress and the Senate need to Act NOW and have immediate National Security debates and bring some bills to the floor immediately making the need for drilling, Natural Oil and the immediate granting of licenses for Nuclear Plants the most important things on the agenda…
Furthermore, as part of the bill — All energy related efforts deemed immediate National Security authorized should receive unchallengeable waivers from any blocks, suits, etc from the EPA, Greenpeace and every tree-hugging nutjob group out there, because it is because of them that our Nations ability to harness its own Natural Resources has been stifled to nearly fully choked off and it MUST end this year and we need to make ourselves full blown energy miners and start pulling the needed resources from the ground NOW…
In 6-9 months the entire Middle East is going to be on fire and Saudi Arabi is going to be stuck dead center of it all, with hostile nations surrounding it on all sides… watch how quickly Saudi Arabi offers (aka BEGS us) the US $20 a barrel to secure and protect them from being over run by an Iranian lead coalition to topple the Saudi Arabian country…
Report Post »delawarebill
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:11pmPlease tell me that you sir are going to be on the presidential ticket in 2012. With that platform, I will certainly cast a ballot for you!
Great post!
Report Post »dmyze
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:20pmMaybe this was a test to see if they could get mubarak out
Report Post »jackkemo
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:18pmThey might want to check if the person driving that van was a “ illegal immagrant ” from Mexico… Because he used the same method used in my home town of Denver by “ illegals ” , Run em down and drive off as fast as you can!!!
Report Post »hkyfan36
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:12pmI hear ya Jack. Then the get to be let off on agg trespassing.
Report Post »mt_mike
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:16pmwhen in doubt…run em over!!!
Report Post »TMan2020
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:09pmThe situation is out of hand. Emotions are now driving all sides. This is just too much pressure laid on the Police after days of chaos. They are human too (afraid) and will not be able to keep their own emotions in check, much less control the rioters. Things will get worse.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:58pmRight. If the police had stopped they probably would also have been pulled from the van and beaten.
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:57amAre there pedestrian laws in Eqypt? Most of the protesters look to be young people/college students to me.
Report Post »shagstar
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:56amreminds me of how these transplant winter texans drive here in south texas!
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:19pmYou’re right! We get alot of those in Az too.
Report Post »chuck
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:54amChaos!
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:54amAren’t streets where you are supposed to drive while walkers are supposed to use the sidewalks!
Report Post »aLinedog
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:55pmI believe so, Sheris. At least that‘s how it’s done in Western Countries. More proof against vaunted Islamic society. Their schools are incapable of teaching people the difference between sideWALK and Traffic LANE.
Report Post »Emergency vehicles should never be blocked for your own agenda.. you have no idea what the emergency is.. so the marchers were wrong. Period. Walking in the middle of a major thoroughfare is braindead dumb.
Advice to future marchers: DON’T PLAY IN TRAFFIC! If a vehicle is approaching at a high rate of speed.. move laterally, fast, to escape. Cheers.
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CygnusX1
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 11:22amWell in my American neighborhood, all the parents seem to think the street is a playground for their small children. I have even been bitched out by one of the loving mothers of the rug-rats. She felt I was driving too fast. I pointed out that I was driving the speed limit, and that maybe she should find some other place for her precious to play. Like maybe her yard! Gee, strange! From that point on I never received a friendly smile & wave from her ever again. But her darling continued to play in the street.
I have witnessed occasions where there were eleven of those little plastic battery powered toy cars rumbling slowly up and down the street. You know, like the old peddle cars of the past. Now they charge their re-chargeable batteries and away they go! Just another reason kids are fat these days. They don’t have to exercise while playing anymore!
Report Post »xm-1774u
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:54amwow. this is not going to be good or nice
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:53amDon’t know if it was really police or someone stole a police van.
Report Post »azmomof6
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:33pmThat’s what I was wondering.
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:54pmmaybe they were just trying to get to someplace where something worse was happening… the horn was honking…the siren was on…..he could have slowed down…but some of those morons just wouldn’t get out of the way…not like he turning into them…he just went straight and they were do dumb to move faster…
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:52am“Love thy neighbor as thyself.”
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Muslims are peaceful? BS!
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:00pmWhat does this have to do with Islam? This is a civil unrest moment that may transform into a civil war (or not, who knows). The Islamic hangers on jumped on the band wagon after the fact, they’re leading nothing.
Report Post »aLinedog
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:47pmYou are correct, my etheral friend.
Report Post »However, have no doubt they are instigating continued violence and before the dust settles the Islamcists will make a play for power. Sad, really. The protestors are wanting freedom, and that is one of the first things Sharia takes. My heart weeps for the damage they will do to people and place. The ruins of an ancient civilization will likely be destroyed/damaged/etc as they proclaim Egyptian Gods and you know Allah can’t allow that. The pyramids will become places for people to disappear and be tortured.
Equality? Safe from exploitation? We know that the only people protected and advanced by Sharia are those in the right religous Party. It’s simply secular State Control done under the guise of Theology and Religion.
I only know of one monotheistic belief system that allows for man to govern himself. It isn’t headed by Allah or some fraud named Mohammed. Or was it muhammed?
chuck
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:51amLook it, this is just a springboard to all of the Arab lands come under Hamas/Iranian control, and a war with Israel. These Egyptians people are seemingly more secular, but you never know what comes out of this until it happens, it will be that or chaos for months!
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:51amYou have got to be kidding me. I couldn’t believe my eyes. God is going to deal with this cruel world. The leftest protesters here and around the world. I just cannot believe how cruel and uncaring people are now adays. Heaven help us all.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:58amKinda makes one wonder what the Progressives here in America are capable of, doesn’t it?!
Report Post »AriBenTZion
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:27pm@Marylou7
You can’t believe you eyes? Then, you must not get out much.
Much worse behavior than this is common in the Muslim world. In Afghanistan for example, Muslim men use prepubescent boys as doxies.
What you have seen in this video is nothing compared to what goes on, on a daily bases in Muslim countries.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:48amThe authorities in Egypt must surely know the names of the Muslim Brotherhood leaders. They should selectively clamp down on the Brotherhood. That would greatly reduce the violence and save lives. It is a perfectly defenseable position.
DPInsuranceServices
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:47amRidiculous! First!
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:49amThings are really heating up in the streets of Cairo. I’m sure it didn’t help when Obama made his comments the other night. I thought he said America had been arrogant in the past when we tried to impose our will on other countries. Then he goes on TV and says they need to transition power now. I hope everything works out for the best of the Egyptian people. Should be an interesting weekend there.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – Obama mixed message on Egypt video
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 12:14pmThings are getting pretty crazy over there.
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:17pmHow long is this stupid parody of the left blaming right personalities for things going to last, seriously? it’s beyond old and no longer funny. We all know they do it, let them, who cares? Find something new for comedy.
Report Post »frcomega
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:19pmTERMLIMITSNOW Your a Nimrod!
Report Post »WTFurnuts
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:27pmPraise Allah!
Report Post »nptden
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 5:40pmOK OB..pull our troops out of Afghanistan which is a diversion…Help Mubarek..a real ally…I‘m sure you won’t…Salaam mulekcum…
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 6:39pmHey,,,,a violent riot going on,,,,and someone steps in front of my truck…..my brakes will be the last thing I touch.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 10:30pmThats what I call a hit and run. Bet that hurt.
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:51pmAaaalaha- Akbar
Report Post »CCulotta
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 12:31amI wouldn’t be surprised if that van had been hijacked and someone other than the police were driving it. Stoking the flames.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 6:59pmCCULOTTA, it was reported today that that van was indeed stolen from the US embassy.
Report Post »Kenny_D
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 8:35pmOuch!!! You know that hurt.
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