The sacking of Israel’s embassy in Cairo earlier today was just part of growing unrest against the Egyptian military junta, and the junta has declared a “state of alert” nationwide, canceling police holidays and attempting to stem the tide of protests.
The attack on the embassy surprised everyone, as protesters tore down a wall set up as a barrier to the embassy building, smashed in and tossed large numbers of Hebrew-language documents into the streets. Egyptian officials say 450 were injured in clashes with the police, and one man died of a heart attack afterwards.
Protests moved into Tahrir Square, and clashes with riot police were reported in the surrounding streets. The protesters at the square insisted their aim was “correcting the path of the revolution,” and the Egyptian Interior Ministry was also attacked.
The anger at the Israeli border killings were just one aspect of a growing sense of discontent against the junta, with protesters demanding more serious measures, like the announcement of a firm date for elections. The cabinet is planning an “emergency session” on Saturday to discuss the situation.
In 1996, an Israeli by the name of Azzam Azzam was arrested in Egypt on charges of espionage. At the time, both he and Israel maintained that he was merely visiting Egypt within the scope of his employment at an Israeli textile company.
Azzam Azzam was sentenced to 8 years in prison and was later released in a deal between Mubarak's regime and the Israeli Shabak.
Today, September 10, 2011, after Egyptian protesters stormed the Israeli embassy in response to Israel's killing of several Egyptian soldiers recently, they recovered embassy documents that show that Azzam Azzam was indeed working for Israeli intelligence at the time.
Azzam Azzam was most certainly employed in the textile business! He was pulling the wool over everyone's eyes!
Actually it would be nice to make a museum out of the Israel embassy. It is after all the only known place owned by a zionist which was actually attacked by someone who was not a member of the chosen. It could be used by Israel as a great eye opener that not all attacks are false flags. It really would be the only positive news out of Israel since the slaughter in Gaza a couple years ago. Lieberman the national comic has just suggested Israel provide arms to terrorist to punish Turkey but I thought the Israelis are already overly armed so Lieberman's suggestion is just another rant of the former bar bouncer.
Israel's time of reckoning is soon approaching. The fact that Big Daddy is too broke and too weak to come to the rescue is going it to make things all the worse for them. Everybody – even its stounchest supporters are abandoning the Israeli sinking ship faster than they can say Kosher twice fast.