This amazing photograph by Lefteris Pitarakis for AP is making the Twitter/Facebook/blog rounds today:
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An Egyptian anti-government activist kisses a riot police officer following clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.

Full size image here.

  • Anonymous

    like the iconic imgaes of protestors placing daisies in the rifle barrels of the National Guard

  • Anonymous

    I wonder if she knows him?

  • AndyP

    Of course, here in the US, if you kissed a riot cop, they would throw you to the ground, beat you, arrest you, and send you to jail for daring to physically touch an officer in any way. “We call that Assaulting An Officer around these parts!” And the court would back them up…

  • Rainer

    women of the world take over

  • frowelishnu

    http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

    Mubarek spinning the bullshit right now.

    • frowelishnu

      Alright, he’s done. Amazing coverage from Al Jazeera all day, though.

  • Mister44

    Maaaa… not in front of the guys. Yeesh!

  • koolgiy

    Reuters photographer Amr Abdallah Dalsh caught a similar photograph.

    http://live.reuters.com/Event/Unrest_in_Egypt

    (Scroll down)

  • Anonymous

    “Son, you be careful out there today oppressing the people. And don’t forget to bring home some milk.”

  • bja009

    Anyone else have Gimme Shelter go through their heads when they saw this?

  • OldBrownSquirrel

    If the Muslim Brotherhood takes over, they’ll probably have her flogged, if not stoned, for such behavior.

  • Anonymous

    In the USA this is considered biological warfare against police.

  • sean

    If too many of these protesters are photographed kissing the police men it will lose any impact that it might have once had… I’ve been “eh” about these kinds of pix since the cute hippie chick putting the flowers in the gun barrels back in the 60′s.

    • mdh

      Is there anything anyone might do which would not cause you to become more jaded? seriously?

      I think the cheek kissing is awesome. I think the praying in front of the water cannons is awesome. I think the one older guy in the suit trying to get the young men with the metal barricade not to ram the police with with it is awesome. burning riot vans – not so awesome, but neither is the sheer number of riot vans.

      Be impressed. This may not be your people, but it is the people.

      • Anonymous

        Beautifully said. Thank you mdh.

        “I think the cheek kissing is awesome. I think the praying in front of the water cannons is awesome. I think the one older guy in the suit trying to get the young men with the metal barricade not to ram the police with with it is awesome. burning riot vans – not so awesome, but neither is the sheer number of riot vans.

        Be impressed. This may not be your people, but it is the people.”