(VIDEO) Young frogman taunts Egypt soldiers with stones amid clashes

Thousands in Egypt and around world watch as young boy dives in and out of Nile River to hurl stones at beleaguered Central Security Forces during Monday clashes in downtown Cairo

Ahram Online, Monday 28 Jan 2013

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As thousands of protesters and Central Security Forces (CSF) locked horns – trading stones and teargas cannisters – for a third consecutive day near Cairo's Tahrir Square, a young boy clad only in green boxer shorts emerges from Egypt's Nile River to pelt soldiers with stones before disappearing back into the river.

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hardly

29-01-2013 11:03pm

and then?

seriously, while the temporary violence keeps getting overestimated (indeed, 100 deads in protests and riots is no joke, but still after an almost bloodless revolution and with decades old problems, AND a hostile foreign intervention, that's to be expected, and it's sporadic, and relatively contained violence) the big issues of egypt (social problems, corruption, poverty) are actually for the most part mubarak era negative heritage. The problem is however that I see less and less an opposition to morsi, with secularists divided between passive and self destructive policies and islamists with no big alternative to morsi, the protest is pitched at morsi, and an army coup would bring back the status quo of mubarak era, plus extra violence. So in the end fjp (and nour) seems the only force capable/likely to stay, however the protests are apparently addressed at them. Violence is still small but growing, hopefully it stops, I don't think an egyptian civil war is likely in any way but cer

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MPA

29-01-2013 04:55pm

Mubarak was right!

"You don't understand the Egyptian culture and what would happen if I step down"- Mubarak 2011

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Hasan Sabaawi

29-01-2013 01:42pm

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burning armed forces vehicles on Israel's behalf

Those attacking the armed forces are working for Israel. It is more than shameful that the opposition is silent.

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medo

29-01-2013 05:03pm

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Don't make me laugh!

Typical uneducated reply! Can't you see we have problems in Egypt? Why must people always blame outsiders for our problems? With this view, we will never improve as a country. Time to face up to the fact we have issues and and problems and we have to fix them.

Julia Simmons

29-01-2013 11:23am

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DISGUSTING SOCIAL VIOLENCE IN EGYPT

You are glorifying incessant social violence in Egypt. Current government was elected and is trying to fix things to the best of their ability. Opposition has no solution to problem. It is this constant screaming; cursing; destruction; fires; gang rapes & fights that have ruined Egypt's economy NOT MORSI's government. Nothing will please these groups until they have ruined Egypt so badly that the starving remnants will have to quit in exhaustian and guilt.

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Democracie

29-01-2013 03:47pm

The real social violence is...

Sorry, do you know what social violence is??? That there are 2 Million street children in Cairo and that nobody is even interested in this fact. What do you expect from those 2 million living 'timebombs"? To say 'Thank you' to somebody? To ruin Egypt? They just want something to eat every day and a FUTURE! Nobody is interesting in the reasons behind, just in the symptoms of the sickness...

Freedom Fighter, ALaddin

29-01-2013 05:04am

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Mofsideen fi Al-Erd {wet edition}

This is a failed generation. Glorifying hitting a fellow citizen with stones, as an act of heroes, is what got us to this stage. In developed nations, it is major crime to hit a law enforcement. Police officers are licensed to fire at attacker{s}. We have mixed freedom of expression with thuggery. Allah Akber.

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Roslyn

29-01-2013 04:46pm

He was a child

He looked to be about 9 yrs of age, he was far from the soldiers, of course he did not injure them, and I am sure they had a sense of humour unlike many commenters here! In fact, I believe it was only a joke :)

Roslyn

29-01-2013 01:49am

Boys will be boys!

Well keeping to the official rhetoric 'we must condemn all forms of violence'. However, perhaps in this case, we can say, 'Boys will be boys'

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MPA

29-01-2013 04:56pm

israel soldiers break kids arms doing that

I'm just saying. I don't know of any establishment, even in the US where such conduct can just be laughed off.

Frogman

28-01-2013 11:33pm

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head hurts but ok

I also swallowed a large amount of Nile water, and my stomach is not feeling good.

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expat

29-01-2013 08:50pm

right

whoever is standing up against the islamist freakshow named ikwan is in his full rights as a human to protest with every means against this mediavel terror crew,well done

Frogman

28-01-2013 11:33pm

head hurts but ok

I also swallowed a large amount of Nile water, and my stomach is not feeling good.

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