When the uprising in Egypt began last month and the military took to the streets, protesters greeted them with open arms. Even now, they continue to receive praise for their comparative neutrality, having not gone on the sort of killing sprees that some feared would be called to keep Mubarak in power.
But as the unrest continues and as the end-game negotiations begin, it seems the military’s neutrality has wavered and now they have taken to arresting human rights activists, journalists, and organizers of protests, detaining all without charges.
Summary and open-ended detentions are a long-standing part of the Mubarak regime’s SOP, and also a major reason why there is a revolt against it now. The military’s role is such detentions is growing, leading to fear it is building up to a full-on crackdown on dissent.
But the military isn’t just a bottled water company (though it surely is that too), and it has long had designs on moving against a lot of these opposition factions as “threats to national security.” It may well be this, more than anything else, that is driving them away from the protests and back toward Mubarak-style summary justice.
There is no doubt higher officers are with looters and lower ranking officers want to be neutral but still Mobarek things to control the things.
The negociators know jew Hosni with no character and will try with the help of israel and america to crush this uprising.
The military commanders follow orders from their masters in the US. Afterall, who is providing them with 1.3 b$ per year. These Egyptian generals are very loyal to their masters because they live luxurious of the privileged with villas at the Red sea and huge pay in US$ while the rest of the army can hardly support to feed their families. US government is like a cancer eating the flesh of poor people around the world. It's very imminent that the antidote will soon come and remove this cancer from it's root. I hope this antidote will be the American sheeple when they wake up and start getting their act together.
I wish the american people would "wake up" but the israel lobby and its "bring on WW3 so Jesus will come back" christians haqve too much power. And I say this as a christian.
Hillary will sleep soundly tonight. Some Argentine-style "disappearances" will "fix" the situation pronto.
Whatever decision the Obama administration might have come to in favor of the protesters, and I doubt that they ever did favor them, has been for all extents and purposes 'vetoed' by the very harsh public comments from Netanyahu and co. They are going to go the secret police-torture-bribe and national security clampdown route, with a lot of 'secret advisers' helping out behind the public scenes. Don't watch what they say – watch what happens.
Out of all this……I wish the Egyptions do not give up for that is the price they have to pay to liberate from the EVIL once and for all..Goodspeed Egypt for they deserve it very rightly.
The start with the human rights activists. Then the journalists. They do slowly at first, they're just buying time till the spotlight is off Tahrir Square then the real massacre beings.
This is a message I picked up from Twitter when the spotlight is still on:
arabia77 RT @MaddowBlog: Harrowing report from #Egypt jails – Al Jazeera guy says protesters treated like prisoners of war: http://bit.ly/hFFk4Q #maddow
Something to ponder on. Saddam Husein used to be an ally of the US/Israel during the Iranian war in the late 80'ties. When later Saddam began to nationalise the oil-industry he became an enemy of the west. he was subsequently removed, ostentiously on account of his human rights violations. Undemocratic nations such as Mubarak's Egypt and the Zionist Apartheid regime of Israel (which is virtually a fascist state) both grossly violating human rights (remember 'terrorist' suspects were flown to Egypt by the CIA to be tortured called 'rendition', because the US does not torture !!??) receive massive economic and military support from the US.
And so it begins. Go ahead and buy stock in companies that manufacture body bags for the Egyptian military; it appears they will be needing them soon if things go badly. Allah(swt) bless the protesters and keep them safe as they try to improve their nation in the face of such odds.