There have been a growing number of reports of looters/thugs conducting smash and grabs across Cairo. Interestingly, there’s also a growing number of reports that when these thugs are caught, they have police/interior ministry identification on them.
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The question is: will it work? A decade ago, certainly. Today? No way. Too much backchannel.
EGYPT: Looting as Counter-Insurgency – Global Guerrillas
– what happens when we’re all connected? False Flag attacks fail, that’s what.