Egyptian neighbors creating local militias

[Playinghardball]

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Until recently, Seif Awad worked a day job as an account manager for Cisco.

But since Saturday he has begun volunteering at nights, protecting his neighborhood with a volunteer defense squad of young male neighbors armed with makeshift weapons. Last night he armed himself with a big stick. On Sunday, Awad bought gasoline canisters and started making Molotov cocktails.

"If anyone comes on the street we're going to throw those at them," Awad said. "And I have a friend here who has a gun."

Shortly before he spoke on the phone Sunday night with CNN, Awad says he and his comrades scared off a group of men who tried to scale the walls of his upscale gated residential neighborhood.

More at: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/30/egypt.protests.neighborhood.militias/index.html?hpt=T2

[snappyturtle]

1. I saw on CBS Sunday Morning the rich in an airport fleeing the country to

Dubai. I guess this upscale gated community resident has decided to stay to protest his stuff. I read another report that the communication needed to keep the stock market running was not shut down when most channels across the internet were. Over-all, I'd say the elites are scared if they're running and taking their money with them. Of course, who knows if any of this is true....I side on the truth. imho

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. People living in a gated community

working for cisco as account managers, do not have access to private planes, They are your upper middle class.

[snappyturtle]

10. You're killing the messenger here. I was recalling a report

I heard on CBS. The report did not include the occupations of those fleeing or if they were flying on private jets. I couched my words and was not acting in any way as an authority on the subject.

I regard people living in gated communities as being a lot better off than the general population and I would think that's most likely true in Egypt. Since you seem to know more than I do I have a question. Where do the wealthy Egyptians live if not in gated communities?

[sufrommich]

3. The people protecting their homes from thugs are not the elites.

They are regular people protecting their stuff.

[snappyturtle]

9. I don't equate regular people and gated communities. I would guess that

residents of these communities are more elitist than the general population.

[Brilliantrocket]

4. This is why we need 30 round mags...

If you want to give up your right to own guns you are either naive, a fool or worse.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. sorry but a standard mag, actually three of them

and good practice is enough... but since I do not want you to transform this into a gungeon thread... your practice... off to the iggy list you go. I have little time for religious believers... and yes we own them.

[oneshooter]

7. For a AR rifle 30 rds IS standard. n/t

[gateley]

6. And this has to do what with the situation in Egypt, exactly? nt

[Catherina]

11. No you don't. The Egyptians did this with no guns. Sticks, stones whatever they could find. -1000

[defendandprotect]

13. They were confiscating guns ... if any were found ...

[PoliticAverse]

8. So militias are necessary for the security of a free people?... n/t

[defendandprotect]

12. k

[ret5hd]

14. I've always said "Those gates might be locked from the outside one day."