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December 2, 2011

Twin Rallies Protest U.S.-Made Tear Gas in Egypt 
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Earlier on Thursday, the Occupy Wall Street movement staged parallel
rallies in Pennsylvania and New York City to protest the recent
shipments of tear gas from a U.S. firm to the military government in
Egypt. Egyptian forces have used U.S.-made tear gas in an attempt to
break up the mass protests against military rule in Tahrir Square. In
Pennsylvania, demonstrators rallied at the factory of the company
Combined Systems, where the tear gas is produced. Protesters in New York
City, meanwhile, rallied outside the Egyptian consulate.



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