Zabaleen basically pick up all the rubbish, or garbage. They have done this in Egyptian cities for centuries. What they also do is use the organic material to feed their pigs. They raise pigs and sell them on an as needed basis...So, what an excuse, the swine flu. Now the Egyptian government wants to slaughter the 300,000 pigs owned by Zabaleen for the prevention of the swine flu. The original decree was that the Zabaleen would be compensated for the pigs, but now they are saying that since they can sell the pigs, they will not be compensated.
Also, at this time Egypt is in the midst of many worker strikes. What a great time to create an artificial enemy, the Zabaleen to distract from the strikes by numerous sectors.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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How do you guys think Mexicans feel about this kind of stuff?
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I'm not sure moy but surely they won't be pleased. This is a cheap shot with the aim of making quick bucks on the misery around. What do you, having lived in Mexico, think?
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Swine Flu Gets New Name by WHO
ReplyDelete"...Rather than calling this swine flu ... we're going to stick with the technical scientific name H1N1 influenza A," he said.
On Wednesday, Egypt began slaughtering its roughly 300,000 pigs as precaution, even though experts said swine flu is not spread by eating pork...."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/30/swine-flu-gets-new-name-b_n_193772.html
LOL!!!!!!! The only swine in Egypt with the flu is Hosni Mubarak...Do you think they will slaughter him?
I can only imagine TGIA. Personally, I feel the Mexican people are being crucified again. Yes, once more, everything is Mexico's fault: drug trafficking, massive undocumented immigration, pollution and violence along the border, tainted tomatoes, H1N1, and an old lady who got sick eating a jalapeño somewhere in Indiana, that's of course Mexico's fault too.
ReplyDeleteMubarak, a swine??!! I always thought he's an asshole!!
ReplyDeleteThey grabbed the opportunity to clean the country from "unholiness" pretexting heath measures. They're not THAT stupid!
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and an old lady who got sick eating a jalapeño somewhere in Indiana, that's of course Mexico's fault too
ReplyDeleteI like your humour Moyhabin.
Molly they have alot of distractions to keep people away from how miserable the economy is in Egypt?
ReplyDeleteListen how much aid those crooks get for making peace with Zionists?
And did that benefit the Egyptian people in some way?
All it did was give maybe each Egyptian one extra piece of bread each day but it did not make a real difference in there lives.
The people are getting angry there, they are getting more messed up from the economy, they are getting abused and tortured by the police and they are watching what the Egyptian pigs attitude towards the Lebanese and Palestinian resistance is.
The status quo in Egypt will change soon. Things wont remain like that.
I really hope the Egyptian people get justice. 20 odd years of this guy is too much.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing that the zabaleen are Copts, i.e., from a despised minority.
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