Not First Aid

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by Chris Bodenner

Jared Keller comments on a photo that's been bouncing around the Web this week:

The Associated Press now reports that the Obama administration is “reviewing” its aid to Egypt. That military aid and its meaning in today’s protests are perhaps best summed up by the increasingly common photos of tear gas canisters, used by riot police, stamped with “MADE IN U.S.A.”

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