(23.11.) „Tear gas! Rubber bullets! Nerve gas!“ he cried out, displaying the spent metal canisters.

„Where are they from, America?“ people asked, already knowing the answer.

„Yes, America,“ the man replied furiously. The crowd murmured with unsurprised disdain. Like many gas canisters in Tahrir, one of his was marked with blue letters that read „Made in USA“ and bore the name of the company that produced it: Combined Tactical Systems, in Jamestown, PA.