Three American students in Cairo, arrested for throwing molotov cocktails (spokesman, accuse)

[EdwardA]

Looks like they wanted to get into some of the OWS style fun. They are about to realize that their behavior is only coddled within the USA.

Three Americans arrested in Cairo as unrest enters 4th day - The Washington Post

The state television broadcast said the arrested Americans were accused of throwing flaming canisters at Egyptian security forces, part of what Egypt’s military generals are calling foreign efforts to stir the anti-government protests. American University in Cairo President Lisa Anderson said the university is working closely with the U.S. Embassy to free them.
“The three boys were throwing molotov cocktails and had no passports on them when they were picked up,” Adel Saeed, a spokesman for Egypt’s general prosecutor’s office, told CNN.
As demonstrators streamed into Tahrir Square on Tuesday morning in response to calls for a “million-man march,” Egypt’s military leaders held a meeting with political forces on in hopes of diffusing the deepening political crisis.

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by EdwardA

Looks like they wanted to get into some of the OWS style fun. They are about to realize that their behavior is only coddled within the USA.

Three Americans arrested in Cairo as unrest enters 4th day - The Washington Post

Hard to say what the truth is.

The middle-east regimes have always described unrest as being driven by "foreigners". Not to hard for the "generals" to round up some Americans off the street and scapegoat them. Then again, if you want to believe the "state run media"......