(bread problem in egypt ) Man shot in Egyptian bread queue

[tenderheartusa79 14]

hi everyone

well my fiancée loves Egyptian bread so much and i think most of American love it

but its so hard now in Egypt to but that bread and maybe when you will go to buy some you will find so long line (maybe half miles long ) and more than 100 men and women fight for some

Details of the incident were published in an Egyptian daily newspaper, al Masri al Youm.

It said that a worker in a Cairo bakery shot the customer following an altercation over the way the worker had treated the customer's wife.

It is the latest incident related to rising demand for subsidized bread. Earlier this week, a woman was stabbed after a brawl in a bread queue.

The incidents are a sign of rising tension in a country where about 20% of the 80 million population is estimated to live under the poverty line.

Other estimates put the number of the poor at 40%.

Egypt relies heavily on imported wheat, and the global rise in food prices has led to a dramatic increase in the price of unsubsidized bread.

As a result, the demand for subsidized commodities has gone up.

Tempers often run high in the chaotic queues as people fear that the cheap bread will run out.

i was wondering why just now ? we don't have that so long line since long time ago

but i realize why ?!!!!! most of Egyptians were eating rise and pasta and now the rice and the pasta are so expensive for most of Egyptians ( 50 sent for the LBS of rice ) the same price for the pasta

most of Egyptians live with less than a dollar a day can you believe that !!!!! so its hard to buy some rice or pasta so they rather the beard cause its so cheaper

as you know guys the USA government gives money to Egyptian government ( assistance & aid ) and some of that aid is wheat and many thing else

so where is the American wheat ????

and the sad thing is the Egyptians government give that wheat with so cheap price 160 egy pounds for ton instead of 2400 egy pounds ( the right price is 2400 egy pounds in the wheat market) but most of the bakery owners buy that wheat in the black market for 2400 egy pounds and they don't make the bread

so i wonder if we will be able to eat even the beard after 10 years when we will move back to Egypt

someday!!!!!

[Nagishkaw 510]

hi everyone

well my fiancée loves Egyptian bread so much and i think most of American love it

but its so hard now in Egypt to but that bread and maybe when you will go to buy some you will find so long line (maybe half miles long ) and more than 100 men and women fight for some

Details of the incident were published in an Egyptian daily newspaper, al Masri al Youm.

It said that a worker in a Cairo bakery shot the customer following an altercation over the way the worker had treated the customer's wife.

It is the latest incident related to rising demand for subsidized bread. Earlier this week, a woman was stabbed after a brawl in a bread queue.

The incidents are a sign of rising tension in a country where about 20% of the 80 million population is estimated to live under the poverty line.

Other estimates put the number of the poor at 40%.

Egypt relies heavily on imported wheat, and the global rise in food prices has led to a dramatic increase in the price of unsubsidized bread.

As a result, the demand for subsidized commodities has gone up.

Tempers often run high in the chaotic queues as people fear that the cheap bread will run out.

i was wondering why just now ? we don't have that so long line since long time ago

but i realize why ?!!!!! most of Egyptians were eating rise and pasta and now the rice and the pasta are so expensive for most of Egyptians ( 50 sent for the LBS of rice ) the same price for the pasta

most of Egyptians live with less than a dollar a day can you believe that !!!!! so its hard to buy some rice or pasta so they rather the beard cause its so cheaper

as you know guys the USA government gives money to Egyptian government ( assistance & aid ) and some of that aid is wheat and many thing else

so where is the American wheat ????

and the sad thing is the Egyptians government give that wheat with so cheap price 160 egy pounds for ton instead of 2400 egy pounds ( the right price is 2400 egy pounds in the wheat market) but most of the bakery owners buy that wheat in the black market for 2400 egy pounds and they don't make the bread

so i wonder if we will be able to eat even the beard after 10 years when we will move back to Egypt

someday!!!!!

Going straight into Pharoh Mubarrak's pocket?

Edited February 28, 2008 by Nagishkaw

[Aymsgirl 0]

I agree with you on that one! I have witnessed the people fighting over bread while in Egypt..not fist fighting just pushing. Sad!

[tenderheartusa79 14]

Going straight into Pharaoh Mubarak's pocket? LOOOOOOOOOOOOL i agree with you

but if you don't mind i will change some words in that sentence

the USA aid going straight into the big ** Mubarak's and his sons pockets LOL

[Nagishkaw 510]

I hear they own all the good property in every city.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

so where is the American wheat ????

You can thank corrupt Egyptian politicians.