Fear of anarchy and looting lingers in Egypt
Middle East • January 2011 • Views: 310
Fear of anarchy and looting lingered in Egypt on Sunday, with many streets in the nation’s capital left without security after police stopped patrolling.
“It seems that every major square and every small street in Cairo was basically taken over by communities … people are parading the streets, walking around with baseball bats and knives,” said Ahmed Rehab of the Council on American Islamic Relations from Cairo. “We didn’t get any sleep all night.”