RELATED:Rattling the Cage: Enemy of Arab democracy – that’s usEgyptian tanks move in as Cairo protests turn bloodyUN sources suggest Amr Moussa as Mubarak successorElBaradei stumbles in early leadership testThe barriers varied from cinder blocks to park benches, scorched trash dumpsters, and at least two that were made up of a line of three shopping carts presumably lifted from a nearby supermarket. Other than the occasional firearm, the weapons deployed by the vigilantes were cause for some merriment and confusion, with the arsenal including machetes, swords, bed posts, chains, and spiked blunt objects that seem lifted from a Hollywood medieval period piece.Some weapons were cause for special curiosity, such as the Indiana Jones-style whip carried by a hulking, bald Egyptian man – which begged the question, where does one get such a weapon on short notice? Was it laying around the house waiting for such an opportunity? There also seemed to be a pecking order to the armaments, with some vigilantes packing small-caliber pistols or large hunting rifles, while others, presumably on the lower end of the posse spectrum, making do with thick tree branches.
Mad Max, the Cairo version
'Jerusalem Post' correspondent in Egypt likens Cairo streets to Yom Kippur in Israel; describes vigilante checkpoints spread throughout city.
RELATED:Rattling the Cage: Enemy of Arab democracy – that’s usEgyptian tanks move in as Cairo protests turn bloodyUN sources suggest Amr Moussa as Mubarak successorElBaradei stumbles in early leadership testThe barriers varied from cinder blocks to park benches, scorched trash dumpsters, and at least two that were made up of a line of three shopping carts presumably lifted from a nearby supermarket. Other than the occasional firearm, the weapons deployed by the vigilantes were cause for some merriment and confusion, with the arsenal including machetes, swords, bed posts, chains, and spiked blunt objects that seem lifted from a Hollywood medieval period piece.Some weapons were cause for special curiosity, such as the Indiana Jones-style whip carried by a hulking, bald Egyptian man – which begged the question, where does one get such a weapon on short notice? Was it laying around the house waiting for such an opportunity? There also seemed to be a pecking order to the armaments, with some vigilantes packing small-caliber pistols or large hunting rifles, while others, presumably on the lower end of the posse spectrum, making do with thick tree branches.