(Updated) Friendly bunch of 5000 Criminals heading for Cairo after escaping from Prison !

solidarity with all the people

Kill them all and let Elton John sort them out!

[link to news.google.com]

I don't see any credible source there. Isn't this supposed to be on CNN?

The important question is WHO LET THEM OUT!! This cannot end well!

It's as if someone wants to light fuel to this fire. Nice way to escalate the troubles.

And a prominent Bedouin smuggler in the Sinai peninsula told TIME that Bedouin are now in control of the two towns closest to the Gaza Strip, and that they planned to press on to attack the Suez Canal if Mubarak does not step down.

He also said that police stations in the south Sinai would be attacked if Bedouin prisoners were not released.

Read more: [link to www.time.com]

This is gonna hurt tourism.

yup

glad this got pinned. taking notes for possible meltdown in USA
some times we're livin in

This paragraph is part of an article off the main link posted on Drudge (via Reuters) right now...


Rumours were rife with reports of escaped convicts running through the streets. State television reported at least 60 rape cases during the unrest. It also reported that the country's cancer hospital for children had been stormed.

political prisoners or simple felons?

No cause for alarm. Apparently all 1000 are friendly criminals, who just want to join in the peaceful protest.

As police and the military attempt to assert control over the citizenry of Egypt, a disruptive force is heading for Cairo: a set of 1,000 prisoners have escaped from a prison and are heading for Cairo, according to a video report just aired on CNN.

[link to www.huliq.com]

guess this is the plan though... Order out of chaos.

It's Israel that's in trouble with this developing unstability.

Just said on Al Jazeera live 6000 prisoners got loose.