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Earlier this month as we drove along the 6th of October Bridge in Cairo, my friend Gamal reminded me that below the surface the cauldron was boiling. That things could flare any minute. That he was certain, the US and it's puppet Mobarak could not keep the lid on the public any longer. With Egypt following Tunisia's path, it is no longer impossible to dream that the end of the US supported tyrants is near. Ken is a former U.S. Marine who served in the 1991 Gulf War and subsequently spoke out about the use of depleted uranium as a "crime against humanity" and the US military using soldiers as "human guinea pigs" with experimental drugs that were directly linked to Gulf War syndrome. He is also a social entrepreneur utilizing direct action marine conservation, he is more widely known for leading the human shield action to Iraq and as a survivor of the Israeli attack on the MV Mavi Marmara in which he participated in "defending the ship" and "disarming two Israeli Commandos". On January 7, 2004, O'Keefe burned his US passport in protest of "American Imperialism" and called for US troops to immediately withdrawal from Iraq. He replaced his US passport with a "World Passport", subsequently proclaiming himself a "Citizen of the World" with ?ultimate allegiance to my entire human family and to planet Earth." His is also legal citizen of Ireland and Palestine citizenship. [caption id="attachment_9546" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="About a dozen members of a pro-Islamic human rights group and a leftist party hold a joint protest in a show of solidarity with protesters in Egypt, outside the Egyptian embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 28, 2011. The large banner reads: "Yesterday Tunisia, today Egypt" The placards read: "Egyptian people will! Revolution and Freedom!""][/caption] [caption id="attachment_9547" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="An Egyptian anti-government activist kisses a riot-police officer following clashes in Cairo, 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."][/caption]