September 22nd 07, 03:44 AM
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PHOTOS FROM INSIDE IRAN
Fred J. McCall wrote:
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:On the 28th of February 1922, Britain unilaterally declared the termination
 f the British Protectorate and declared Egypt an independent state. In
:1923, the first Constitution was promulgated and Sa'ad Zaghloul formed the
:first representative government of Egypt.
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Note the phrasing "British Protectorate". Just who were they
'protecting' it from?
The French and the Americans.
Andrew Swallow
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