more tactical brilliance
February 11, 2011
THIS ARTICLE in the Wall Street Journal discusses January 25, the first day of protests. 20 mosques were announced as protest sites that day, and riot police showed up in droves at each of those places. But a 21st site was not announced, a closely guarded secret: in the Bulaq neighborhood. This was the group that succeeded in advancing to Tahrir on that first day.