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Eric Margolis: Storm On The Nile

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“So far, army and security police have scored brilliant battlefield victories against unarmed men, women and children, killing and wounding thousands who were demanding a return to democratic government.  The latest Cairo protests by supporters of the elected Morsi government have been scattered by gunfire and huge armored bulldozers resembling the giant vehicles used by Israel to smash Palestinian barricades and protesters. All Egyptians opposing the Sisi dictatorship are now officially, ‘terrorists.’ Egypt’s generals and hard right Mubarakist supporters have ditched any pretense of civilian government and now rely on the bayonet and tank. The men with the guns make the rules.”

http://ericmargolis.com/2013/08/storm-on-the-nile/

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Egypt’s Tragedy: Military Dictatorship Takes Shape on Nile

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“It is as though the February 2011 overthrow never happened. Egypt is caught once again in a conflict that has raged for more than 60 years and has dominated the country since those eight bullets were fired on Nasser on Oct. 26, 1954, in a failed, and perhaps staged, coup attempt. At the time, Nasser banned the Brotherhood and imprisoned its leaders. In the ensuing decades, fear of the Islamists was used to justify the military’s authoritarian control and the brutal tactics of the security services. In the end, however, the military created precisely what it had claimed it was preventing: even more radical Islamists.”

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/power-struggle-in-egypt-intensifies-amid-more-violence-a-917298-druck.html

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Egypt Ambassador: Objective of Crackdown ‘Wasn’t to Use Massive Force’

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“The U.S. assistance to Egypt is part of a strategic partnership that serves both countries enormously. It’s a win/win situation. So, basically, we would like it to continue to be a win/win situation, particularly since we agree on the objective. We have the same objective. We want to see a democratic system in place in Egypt. We do not want to see Christians attacked, nuns being treated like they’re prisoners of wars, churches burned down, museums — museums — being attacked. We don’t want to see this. We want to have a flourishing country, a democracy, a country where every individual can feel free, can have human dignity. This is what we’re working towards.”

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/world/july-dec13/ambassador_08-19.html

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Human rights group demands halt to live ammo use in Egypt

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“Human Rights Watch called on the Egyptian government Monday to stop using live ammunition against protesters, as it challenged the official death toll from day one of the ongoing crisis.  In a statement, the New York-based human rights group said the large-scale use of live ammunition was not only unjustified, but also a failure to abide by international policing standards.  With the death toll mounting every day, Egypt’s military rulers should ‘urgently reverse’ police instructions to use live ammunition to protect state buildings, it said.  Such lethal force should be used ‘only when strictly necessary to protect life,’ it added.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/19/human-rights-group-demands-halt-to-live-ammo-use-in-egypt/

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Muslim Brotherhood may go back underground to survive Egyptian military crackdown

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“For decades, the Islamist group thrived in the shadows in the Arab world’s most populous nation.  In the years leading up to the 2011 overthrow of president Hosni Mubarak, it stepped carefully into the limelight, fielding parliamentary candidates as independents.  But it was only after the uprising that it took centre-stage, winning nearly 50 percent of seats in parliament and then Egypt’s first free presidential vote, which brought Mohamed Morsi to office.  Its fall from grace since has been spectacular, with its top leaders now in jail and hundreds of its supporters killed in clashes with security forces since Morsi’s July 3 ouster by the army after a wave of mass protests.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/20/muslim-brotherhood-may-go-back-underground-to-survive-egyptian-military-crackdown/

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Looking for Hashish in Cairo? Talk to the Police

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“Nearly two months after the coup that unseated President Mohamed Morsy, the power of Egypt’s ‘deep state’ — the intricate web of entrenched business interests, high-profile plutocratic families, and a nearly immovable bureaucracy — is more in evidence than ever. At the heart of this deep state is the Egyptian military, as well as the estimated 350,000-member CSF, a paramilitary organization established in 1969 to provide domestic security — and crush anti-government dissent. Recruited from Egypt’s large underclass of impoverished and illiterate youths, the CSF is the source of tens of millions of dollars in off-the-record profits from the sale of drugs and guns, which it shares with the Egyptian military.”

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/08/23/the_hidden_power_of_egypt_s_drug_running_cops%20

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Egypt Widens Crackdown and Meaning of ‘Islamist’

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“Ten days ago, the police arrested two left-leaning Canadians — one of them a filmmaker specializing in highly un-Islamic movies about sexual politics — and implausibly announced that they were members of the Brotherhood.  Police abuses and politicized prosecutions are hardly new in Egypt, and they did not stop under Mr. Morsi. But since the military takeover last month, some rights activists say, the authorities are acting with a sense of impunity exceeding even the period before the 2011 revolt against Hosni Mubarak. The government installed by Gen. Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi has renewed the Mubarak-era state of emergency removing all rights to due process or protections against police abuse.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/world/middleeast/egypt-widens-crackdown-and-meaning-of-islamist.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130825&_r=0&pagewanted=all

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Six dead as thousands of Mursi supporters march in Egypt

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“Thousands of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi marched through Cairo and cities across Egypt on Friday to demand his reinstatement, in the movement’s biggest show of defiance since hundreds of protesters were killed two weeks ago. The army-backed government, which has shot dead hundreds of supporters of Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood since he was toppled by the military on July 3, had warned that forces posted at key intersections since morning would open fire if protests turned violent. The crackdown on Islamists has soured relations between Egypt and Qatar, a wealthy Gulf Arab state and U.S. ally that backed the Brotherhood and gave Egypt $7 billion during Mursi’s administration.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/30/us-egypt-protests-idUSBRE97T0JI20130830

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Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood Leaders Charged With Inciting Murder

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“The authorities, who allege that Mr. Morsi stoked deadly clashes outside his palace in December, did not detail the evidence against him on Sunday. There is no public record of statements he may have made to incite violence. Since Mr. Morsi was deposed on July 3, setting off protest rallies and sit-ins across the country, the authorities have killed more than 1,000 of his supporters and jailed much of the Brotherhood’s senior leadership. The former president himself had been detained without formal charges since his overthrow.  The developments on Sunday seemed to close off any chance for an imminent settlement to the standoff between the Islamists of the Brotherhood and the military.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/02/world/middleeast/morsi-and-muslim-brotherhood-leaders-charged-with-inciting-murder.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130902&_r=1&

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Egypt expels three Al-Jazeera journalists for biased reporting

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“Egypt on Sunday expelled three foreign journalists working as freelancers for Al-Jazeera television’s English channel, the state news agency MENA reported.  Correspondent Wayne Haye, a New Zealander, South African cameraman Adil Bradlow and Irish producer Russ Finn were arrested last Tuesday while covering the political crisis in Egypt. Police said they did not have press accreditation.  The Qatar-based channel said last week: ‘There has also been a campaign against Al-Jazeera, in particular, as the channel’s offices were raided last month and security forces seized equipment which has yet to be returned.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/01/egypt-expels-three-al-jazeera-journalists-for-biased-reporting/

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