The death toll in the Monday massacre against protesters near the Egyptian Republican Guard headquarters has been estimated between 51 and 55, with the smaller number coming directly from the junta’s own Health Ministry.
The protesters were engaged in morning prayers after an overnight sit-in when troops opened fire on them en masse. Hundreds of others were reported wounded in the attack.
But facing growing international disquiet about their tactics, the military is suddenly disputing their own toll, insisting it was part of “some kind of propaganda” by the ousted civilian government aimed at making the junta look bad. They added that they have no figure on tolls but “doubt” that the toll was as high as previously confirmed.
The junta previously insisted that the killings were “self defense” against the unarmed demonstrators, and has ordered the arrests of some of the protest leaders for “incitement” of the shootings.
Lets put it like this: Israel is protected by USA no matter what, at present and past time Egypt is ruled by those who serve the interests of USA in the region, USA even will bribe whomever to get what it wants, USA Neo Cones or whatever and whoever will do whatever when their interests is at danger, which in reality shows that a second government governing the USA government and is called Neo Cons.
Having said that, Morsi was elected democratically by the vote of the Egyptian people and he promised many thing, Hezbollah in Gaza also was elected by the majority vote of the Palestinian people and people are been killed by the Israeli because of that, Obama also was elected democratically and promised lots of thing and non is materialized: question, where the hell is democracy and who is respecting the outcome of what people have voted for, where is democracy and why these democratically elected people forget about democracy soon as they get their feet into office of whatever. Is it these regimes that are stupid or is it people which are screwed by these people?
Now in regard to Gaza, Israel have made a open air million man and women, children and elderly prison, Germany pays the Israeli government to continue with, so dose USA and other EU government, all these regimes call themselves democracy or democrats but when it comes to acting as one they always on a wrong track. In regard to Egypt, Muslim brotherhood is a religious organization, the name says it all, the system is based on a fundamental idea in religious and shariah law is peoples last option, as Saudis and Saudis are looking for more influence into regimes as such, so is the fact with UAE, as in Libya or in Syria. So what did you people expect, a religious miracle planed and orchestrated by state department in cooperation with Angela Markell of Germany or that French mafia Zarkozi, or that Neo fascists government of Sweden where the Swedish king is linked to mafia praising the Saudis as his god.
look: Democracy as a word is no longer relevant to what or who people vote for, what is relevant is what people got as the other option to vote for. In Egypt, for now consider a time out period for democracy until next election, if such election is going to be held and if not, then it is up to the egyptian people to start all over again and this time for a functioning democracy to emerge, for people in Gaza unless Israel is totally under the UN observed economic sanction the palestinian people are going to suffer, in America if people still vote for Democratic Party or the other one, they deserve to be screwed once again.
Let's talk turkey about Egypt. Moslem Brotherhood is NATIONALISTIC party, regarless of name. NOUR party is ISLAMIC party, because it demands that all interpretations of Sharia come from Wahhabi-rulled Mecca, that is, Saudi Arabia's and US political dikatat. DO NOT MIX THINGS UP. Nour Salafists brought down the revolution, and helped military wing that supported Mubarak come to power. It is clear that the combination of Salafists, military, Saudi and UAE money, US money and political operatives on the ground — reversed the revolution. Mubarak era is back in all but name. Along with murders, arbitrary political arrests and full blown dictatorship.
The same Supreme Court Mubarak judges that found all the techicalities to dismiss freely elected parliament — now are rulling like kings — with full powers to do "anything to defend the country". So much for their love of law. From now on, only bloodshed and revenge against all those that toppled Mubarak. Naturally, all the western NGOs that played "revolutionaries" will now act dumb and pretend that they are "against" the military. How can these people look at themselves in mirror and not puke.
We are talking abject nonsense. Morsi was elected, and then promptly prevented from ruling. Mubarak flunkies in Supreme Court (why did they even have authority), disovled the Parliament, first the lower then the upper body — on bizzare technicalities. Where was our "free" press to scrutinize that? Then Saudi money and Salafi Nur party started "protests" preventing him from having new elections for the parliament. With no tools of governance — what exactly was he able to do? He was undermined by NGO who "conveniently' forgave Mubarak era flunkies for dismissing the Parliament. Evryone developed an amnesia when Salafists torpedoed every chance for political settlement. And now, conveniently will overlook massacres, political arrests. Saudi-paid Nur party is full of it — for money they sold the country.
A military downplaying the number of protesters it slaughtered? Whoever heard of such a thing?