Hosni Mubarak welcomes peaceful democratic change

Hosni Mubarak welcomes peaceful democratic change, originally uploaded by Teacher Dude's BBQ.

Over the last 24 hours I have been following the tragic events in Cairo and other Egyptian cities as ordinary people try to rid themselves of a truely corrupt and violent regime which has ground them into the dirt for decades. Yet despite endless abuses by Mubarak and others in the government the USA still finances them to the tune of nearly $2 billion per annum ($1.3 billion going to the military), making Egypt the second largest recipient of American foreign aid. Just how much blood do such large amounts get you?

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People Power in Egypt

IMG_6683, originally uploaded by 3arabawy - صَحـَـفي مِصـْـري.

Photographs of the protests in Cairo by photographer, blogger and journalist Hossam el-Hamalawy. For more pictures click here to see his Flickr page.