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Saturday, February 12, 2011

International: Wired and Shrewd, Young Egyptians Guide Revolt

From a good story about the initial organization of the Egyptian protests ...

they brought a sophistication and professionalism to their cause — exploiting the anonymity of the Internet to elude the secret police, planting false rumors to fool police spies, staging field tests in Cairo slums before laying out their battle plans, then planning a weekly protest schedule to save their firepower — that helps explain the surprising resilience of the uprising they began.

For much more, see Wired and Shrewd, Young Egyptians Guide Revolt by David D. Kirkpatrick, February 9, 2011 at NYTimes.com.

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