A 'crime wave' in Egypt
The Egyptians have a problem with common theft since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. Since Mubarak's ouster, Egypt has been gripped by a crime wave not seen in years, with a marked rise in armed robberies, arson and street battles between rival criminal gangs over territory. Demoralized and hated by many for their perceived brutality against protesters, security forces have yet to fully take back the streets. They numbered around 500,000 on the eve of the protests.From what I have read, people are literally stopping cars in the streets, forcing their owners out, and then forcing the owners to sign title papers on the spot. That's not going to inspire confidence in foreign investors.
The military police, meanwhile, has stepped in to fill the vacuum, but its personnel don't have the intelligence capabilities or manpower to police the country efficiently.
Beside security, one of the main tasks facing Sharaf is to revive an economy hit hard by the protests. The stock market has been closed for more than a month and foreign tourists have only begun to trickle back in small numbers. Investor confidence also has been badly hurt by the dozens of criminal investigations into corruption allegations against senior officials from the former regime.
Labels: Egyptian economy, Egyptian police, Egyptian regime change
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:06 PM
1 Comments:
This is what happened in South Africa. Authority was removed and a vacuum occurred to be filled by a wave of crime that has yet to break.
So how will this end? Well, as in Afghanistan, an extremist organisation will step forward, it will be "for the people" give them back their morals, their decency, respect, and honour.
So Egypt will fall to Islam before the end of the year.
And Tunisia. Bahrain. Saudi Arabia (10,000 foreign troops to be deployed today in the Kingdom against an uprising) and in Libya, where the telegraph reports that "Gaddafi's warnings that he is fighting terrorists on behalf of the West have largely been discounted, but they are not wholly without foundation"
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