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Video: 4,400yo tomb unveiled in Egypt

admin - Apr 19, 2019: 1:25 am

Egyptian archaeologists have unveiled an incredibly detailed and decorative tomb in the Giza Governorate. The 4400-year-old site belonged to a Fifth Dynasty ... Via Youtube

Egypt’s Brutal Crackdown on Workers’ Rights

admin - Apr 3, 2019: 5:44 am

daly3d abd – originally posted to Flickr as خالد ابو النجا – CC BY 2.0 Khaled Abol Naga – an outspoken critic of the Egyptian...

Video: Dramatic video as thousands clash with Egypt riot police in Cairo

admin - Mar 26, 2019: 11:01 am

The Egyptian capital Cairo was the scene of violent chaos on Friday, when tens of thousands of anti-government protesters stoned and confronted police, who...

Video: Dozens of ancient mummies discovered in Egypt

admin - Feb 5, 2019: 2:35 am

At least 40 ancient mummies have been discovered in burial chambers in Minya Governorate. The mummies of men, women and at least 12 children...

Video: At least 3 dead, 11 injured in tourist bus blast near Giza pyramids...

admin - Dec 31, 2018: 5:38 am

At least three people have been killed after a tourist bus hit a roadside bomb near Giza in Egypt. Authorities say the deceased are...

Video: Egypt anti-terror op: Police kill 40 suspected terrorists after deadly bus attack

admin - Dec 30, 2018: 5:26 pm

Egyptian authorities say that 40 suspected terrorists have been killed in police raids in Giza near Cairo and North Sinai. The operation comes after...

PressTV-Egyptian star threatens to quit Liverpool over Israeli player

admin - Dec 28, 2018: 3:00 am

Video: 4,400yo tomb discovered in Egypt

admin - Dec 16, 2018: 8:23 pm

Egypt #Discovery #History Archaeologists announced the discovery of a 4400-year-old tomb belonging to a supervisor of the royal palace of King Nefer Ir-Ka-Re ... Via...

Video: International military exhibition EDEX 2018 kicks off in Egypt

admin - Dec 8, 2018: 12:35 am

The inaugural EDEX 2018 (Egypt Defence Expo) kicked off in Cairo on Monday, with 373 international companies from 41 countries participating in the event. Via...

Video: 3,000yo tomb discovered in Egypt

admin - Nov 27, 2018: 11:19 pm

Egypt #Tomb #History Further mysteries buried in the desert sands of Egypt's Valley of the Kings have been unearthed. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9j82 ... Via Youtube

Video: Putin comments Crimea attack during presser with Egyptian leader in Sochi (recorded live)

admin - Oct 18, 2018: 10:16 am

Putin expected to comment on college attack in Crimea's Kerch during press-conference with Egyptian leader Sisi in Sochi. RT LIVE ... Via Youtube

Video: Russian & Egyptian air troopers practise a coordinated attack against an enemy

admin - Oct 17, 2018: 9:03 pm

Russian and Egyptian air troopers practised parachuting out of a plane near the capital of Cairo on Tuesday as part of the joint 'Defenders...

Human right groups reveal French complicity in torture in Egypt

WSWS - Jul 15, 2018: 2:32 am

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Mysterious Giant Sarcophagus Discovered in Egypt

Red Ice - Jul 10, 2018: 7:07 pm

A mysterious ancient black granite sarcophagus has been discovered in Egypt. The tomb, which dates back to the Ptolemaic period between 305...

Video: Egyptian fan: ‘Hopefully its not my last time in Russia’

admin - Jul 3, 2018: 5:11 am

Hassan Sedky overcomes one last struggle as he travels back home Check out http://rt.com RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! Via Youtube

Video: World Cup fans: Egypt (Part 2)

admin - Jul 2, 2018: 7:50 am

Egypt lost but the fans don't fret and continue enjoying their stay in Russia WATCH PART 1 HERE: https://youtu.be/fWuV4waPbmk Follow World Cup news: ... Via...

Video: ‘Warm atmosphere, wonderful infrastructure’ – Egyptian ambassador on World Cup

admin - Jun 28, 2018: 4:22 pm

Russia has not only built great stadiums and infrastructure for the FIFA World Cup, it also helped discover the beauty of each of its...

Video: ‘Absolutely false’: Egypt denies CNN report that Salah plans to quit team

admin - Jun 26, 2018: 7:24 am

A CNN report suggesting that Egyptian football star Mo Salah is planning on quitting international football has been rejected by the Egyptian football association. Via...

Video: ‘I would love to be wrong…’: Mourinho talks Saudi Arabia v Egypt

admin - Jun 26, 2018: 4:21 am

Did you #MatchMourinho?! Check out https://www.rt.com/fifa2018 RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! Via Youtube

Video: Famous Egyptian fan in a wheelchair: ‘What happened in Russia stays in Russia’

admin - Jun 22, 2018: 10:52 pm

Egyptian man in a wheelchair, Hassan Sedky becomes a social media star after pictures posted on Facebook showed him lifted in the air by...

Video: Russian or Egyptian sphinx? RT tests football fans as two countries prepare to...

admin - Jun 21, 2018: 1:05 am

Russia tops Group A on goal difference. And today's match with Egypt could prove decisive for the host nation - a win would pretty...

Video: World Cup fans: Egypt

admin - Jun 19, 2018: 7:34 pm

'Buckle up Russia! We are coming! See you soon!' - Egyptian fan Zeyan Hamdan is a big fan of Mo Salah and is ready...

Video: ‘Will Salah make a difference?’: Mourinho gives insight into Russia vs Egypt

admin - Jun 19, 2018: 10:23 am

What do you think the outcome will be? Check out http://rt.com RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! Via Youtube

Archaeologists Find Bust of Roman Emperor in Egypt

Red Ice - Apr 24, 2018: 2:55 am

Egypt says archaeologists have discovered a bust of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius in the southern city of Aswan. The Antiquities Ministry...

Police missed ‘vital warnings’ over Egyptian student killed in ‘racist attack’ — RT UK...

admin - Mar 16, 2018: 12:07 pm

The family of an Egyptian student killed in an alleged racist attack have slammed police...

Egyptian student dies after ‘racially motivated’ attack by gang of women in Nottingham —...

admin - Mar 15, 2018: 5:33 pm

An Egyptian student has died in hospital after allegedly being beaten by a group of...

Brit died after Egyptian hospital turns off life support due to unpaid medical bills,...

admin - Feb 19, 2018: 5:30 pm

A British man has died after an Egyptian hospital refused to continue his treatment, citing...

PressTV-US Tillerson visits Egypt at start of Mideast tour

admin - Feb 13, 2018: 5:41 am

Video: 4,400-year-old tomb discovered in Egypt

admin - Feb 5, 2018: 3:42 pm

An ancient 4400-year-old tomb has been discovered outside Cairo, Egypt. The remarkable find was unveiled to the public on Saturday near the country's famed...

The Sun ‘screwed up’ after falsely claiming Brit jailed in Egypt would be pardoned...

admin - Feb 4, 2018: 10:02 am

The Sun has been accused of worsening Laura Plummer’s chances of being released from an...

Brit jailed in Egypt for ‘smuggling painkillers’ uses sanitary towels as pillow — RT...

admin - Jan 17, 2018: 11:39 am

A British woman jailed in Egypt for "smuggling painkillers" is being forced to sleep on...

Alleged British ‘drug smuggler’ escapes death penalty in Egypt — RT UK News

admin - Dec 26, 2017: 6:43 pm

Published time: 26 Dec, 2017 15:11 A young British woman has escaped the death penalty,...

Video: Putin in whirlwind Mid-East trip – Syria, Egypt, Turkey in one day

admin - Dec 15, 2017: 7:06 am

Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is on a trip across the Middle East. His latest stop was Cairo where he met his Egyptian counterpart. READ...

Video: Putin and Egypt’s Sisi make joint statement after meeting in Cairo

admin - Dec 12, 2017: 4:30 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, are holding a joint press conference after their meeting in Cairo. RT LIVE...

PressTV-‘Israel, Saudi, Egypt urged US to bomb Iran before N-deal’

admin - Nov 29, 2017: 9:33 am

Video: Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Mosque Attack Comes As Egypt Faces “Wave of Oppression” on...

admin - Nov 28, 2017: 3:12 am

https://democracynow.org - At least 305 people were killed in an attack on a crowded mosque in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday that officials are...

Terror attack on Egyptian mosque kills at least 235 worshippers

WSWS - Nov 25, 2017: 3:46 pm

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At Least 235 Killed in Mosque Attack in Sinai, Egypt

Red Ice - Nov 24, 2017: 10:32 pm

At least 235 people were killed and 109 injured when gunmen armed with explosives attacked a Sufi-linked mosque in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula,...

More Than 150 Killed, Dozens Injured After Gunmen Open Fire on Egyptian Mosque

admin - Nov 24, 2017: 3:41 pm

Despite the thanklessness of the times, we offer Gerald Fleming's Thanksgiving Prayer For America , which...

Trump’s Confused Embrace of Egypt’s Sisi

Consortium News - Sep 11, 2017: 6:17 pm

Exclusive: President Trump’s tolerance of Egypt’s Saudi-backed crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and other political opposition groups is sending more...

Kushner meets with Egyptian officials amid dispute over slashed American aid

admin - Aug 27, 2017: 9:16 pm

Published time: 23 Aug, 2017 15:26 Edited time: 23 Aug, 2017 19:17 US President Donald Trump’s...

Video: Tank crushes car full of bombers before massive blast at Egypt checkpoint

admin - Jul 29, 2017: 5:25 pm

Egypt's armed forces are hailing an armored tank driver for intercepting and crushing an explosive-laden car that was targeting a checkpoint in North Sinai. Via...

El-Sisi: Egypt’s Antihero And The Broader Regional Implications

Dissidentvoice - Jun 30, 2017: 7:22 pm

In Egyptian mythology, gods were considered heroes. In more modern times, it is men who are the heroes. Without a doubt, General Gamal Abdul...

Egypt: Seven Men Tortured in State Custody Face Execution; 90 News Websites Blocked

admin - Jun 21, 2017: 7:52 am

In Egypt, seven men are facing imminent execution based on confessions that human rights activists say were extracted under torture. Six of the men...

Video: Argentine police seize artifacts from Nazi Germany, Egypt & Asia

admin - Jun 21, 2017: 5:51 am

Argentine Federal Police (PFA) officers confiscated numerous historical artefacts belonging to Nazi Germany and objects of Asian and Egyptian origin in Buenos ... Via Youtube

Video: Crackdown in Egypt: Seven Men Tortured in State Custody Face Execution; 90 News...

admin - Jun 20, 2017: 10:25 am

https://democracynow.org - In Egypt, seven men are facing imminent execution based on confessions that human rights activists say were extracted under torture ... Via Youtube

Video: Egyptian Writer: Saudi Arabia Bankrolling Authoritarian Regimes Across the Arab World

admin - Jun 20, 2017: 8:25 am

https://democracynow.org - In Egypt, dozens of activists have been arrested in a series of sweeping raids in recent days. The arrests came as Egyptians...

Video: Egypt’s airstrikes in Libya ‘very much justified’ – Arab League Secretary-General Gheit

admin - May 31, 2017: 6:09 pm

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit said that he 'understands' why Egypt has reportedly carried out airstrikes on alleged militant camps in Libya, ... Via...

Genome Analysis Shows Egyptian Mummies More Genetically Similar to Europeans and Turks Than Africans

Red Ice - May 31, 2017: 3:28 am

The first ever full-genome analysis of Ancient Egyptians shows they were more Turkish and European than African. Scientists analysed ancient DNA from...

Video: Egypt strikes militants in Libya after deadly attack on Christians

admin - May 30, 2017: 12:20 am

The Egyptian Air Force has targeted militant camps in Libya in retaliation for the deadly attack on a bus carrying Coptic Christians, which left...

Video: Children among dozens killed in attack on Coptic Christians’ convoy in Egypt

admin - May 27, 2017: 4:21 pm

Gunmen opened fire on two buses and a truck carrying Coptic Christians in Minya, Egypt on Friday, killing at least 26, including children. RT...

Egypt strikes ‘terrorist camps’ in Libya in response to attack on Coptic Christians (VIDEOS)

admin - May 27, 2017: 12:47 pm

The Latest Attack on Christians in Egypt Killed at Least 28 People

Red Ice - May 27, 2017: 11:47 am

The victims were on a bus on their way to the St. Samuel the Confessor monastery, about 140 miles south of Cairo,...

Video: Egyptian fighter jets take to skies to conduct strikes against ‘terrorist camps’ in...

admin - May 27, 2017: 9:14 am

Egyptian fighter jets have struck militant camps in neighboring Libya following the deadly attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ... Via Youtube

Video: LIVE: Egypt strikes ‘terrorist camps’ in Libya in response to Minya attack (SPECIAL...

admin - May 27, 2017: 8:13 am

Egyptian fighter jets have struck militant camps following the deadly attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians, President Abdel Fattah Sisi has announced. The strikes ... Via...

More praise in Middle East: Egyptian president says Trump ‘capable of doing impossible’

admin - May 22, 2017: 5:06 pm

Trump praises Sisi, says he will visit Egypt soon

admin - May 21, 2017: 11:18 am

Why Is the Media Promoting the Fact the Pope Won’t Be Using the Armored...

admin - Apr 28, 2017: 9:29 am

US defense secretary seeks stronger military ties with Egypt

admin - Apr 23, 2017: 9:48 am

Islamic State Supporters Call for More Suicide Attacks Targeting Christians Following Egyptian Church Bombings

admin - Apr 12, 2017: 10:01 am

El-Sisi Widens Crackdown on Egyptian Civil Society, Journalists After Palm Sunday Church Bombings

admin - Apr 12, 2017: 9:35 am

Funerals have begun in Egypt for victims of two bomb attacks targeting Coptic Christian churches on Sunday. At least 49 people were killed, and...

Video: El-Sisi Widens Crackdown on Egyptian Civil Society, Journalists After Palm Sunday Church Bombings

admin - Apr 12, 2017: 6:28 am

http://democracynow.org - Funerals have begun in Egypt for victims of two bomb attacks targeting Coptic Christian churches on Sunday. At least 49 people were...

Media Hides Dead After 44+ Killed In Egypt Church Bombings On Palm Sunday

admin - Apr 10, 2017: 11:36 am

3,700-Year-Old Pyramid Uncovered in Egypt

Red Ice - Apr 5, 2017: 10:13 am

An excavation team in Egypt has found what appears to be the interior of a buried pyramid dating back 3,700 years to the 13th...

Egyptian dictator el-Sisi welcomed to the White House

WSWS - Apr 4, 2017: 10:50 am

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Video: Trump Meets Egypt’s el-Sisi, Amid Wave of Repression, Jailings & Extrajudicial Killings in...

admin - Apr 4, 2017: 8:05 am

http://democracynow.org - President Trump is to meet with Egyptian President General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the White House today, even as el-Sisi faces ... Via...

Video: Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Trump’s Embrace of the Most Repressive Leader in Modern...

admin - Apr 4, 2017: 5:02 am

http://democracynow.org - Part 2 of our conversation with Sharif Abdel Kouddous about today's White House meeting between Donald Trump and Egyptian ... Via Youtube

As Egypt-U.S. Relationship Moves Forward, Jailed Egyptian Journalists Left Behind

admin - Apr 3, 2017: 4:59 pm

Among the things Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and U.S. President Donald Trump are scheduled to discuss during their April 3 meeting in Washington...

Protests shake Egypt after cut to bread subsidies

WSWS - Mar 9, 2017: 3:00 am

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US to resume military drills with Egypt: CENTCOM chief

admin - Feb 27, 2017: 8:00 am

Boris Johnson visits Egypt to ‘deepen’ ties

admin - Feb 26, 2017: 6:16 pm

US-based blind Egyptian cleric, accused terrorist Omar Abdel-Rahman dies in NC prison

admin - Feb 19, 2017: 2:10 am

Egypt Introduces Anti-Invasion Law

Red Ice - Dec 29, 2016: 10:51 am

The Egyptian government has instituted a new law to halt and reverse the flood of illegal immigrants using Egypt as a springboard...

5,000-Year-Old Egyptian Rock Art Depicts Parents and Baby

Red Ice - Dec 24, 2016: 3:15 pm

Italian researchers have discovered what might be the oldest nativity scene ever found — 5,000-year-old rock art that depicts a star in...

Americans warned against travelling to Jordan, Egypt

admin - Dec 24, 2016: 2:54 pm

Video: Fake Aleppo: Egyptian filmmaker charged with spreading false news on Syrian war

admin - Dec 23, 2016: 6:50 pm

From the real Syria to a fake one, an Egyptian filmmaker has been charged with spreading false information after he was caught staging pictures...

Egyptian Journalist Minimizes Holocaust Numbers, Argues Hitler’s Murder of Jews Was Justified

Red Ice - Dec 19, 2016: 8:02 am

An Egyptian journalist wrote an op-ed claiming that Hitler only murdered between 100,000-600,000 Jews – and not six million – and that...

Money in Ancient Egypt

admin - Dec 18, 2016: 5:05 pm

The ancient Egyptians created a sophisticated economic system thousands of years ago. Although they may seem far removed from modern life, their inventions in...

Egypt rages at Theresa May over continued ban on Sharm el-Sheikh flights

admin - Nov 18, 2016: 9:25 pm

Egypt’s ambassador to Britain has blasted Prime Minister Theresa May for failing to resume commercial...

Two Mysterious 'Secret Chambers' Discovered Inside Egypt's Great Pyramid Using Cosmic Rays And Space...

Red Ice - Oct 27, 2016: 7:14 pm

Two secret chambers have been discovered in Egypt's 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza . Researchers confirmed they had found the mysterious cavaties...

Video: Russian paratroopers & Egyptian Army hold joint drills in Alexandria province

admin - Oct 21, 2016: 7:10 am

Russian and Egyptian troops hold joint exercises called 'Friendship Defenders 2016' in Alexandria province. RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! Via Youtube

Bilateral Complicity: The Next US President and Egypt

admin - Sep 22, 2016: 12:51 pm

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with US Secretary of State John Kerry (courtesy Wikimedia) The current US presidential campaign debate on Middle East policy...

UK commits troops to train Egyptian military in counter-terrorism tactics

admin - Sep 20, 2016: 3:41 pm

British troops will continue to train the Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF) to tackle terrorism and...

Video: Bassem Youssef, “Jon Stewart of Egypt,” Moves to U.S. & Begins Satirizing Election...

admin - Jul 20, 2016: 12:45 pm

http://democracynow.org - Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef joins us in Cleveland, where he too is covering the Republican convention. His former show was ... Via Youtube

Video: 15th City In: Solar Impulse 2 lands in Egypt

admin - Jul 17, 2016: 11:44 pm

Solar Impulse 2 landed in Cairo on Wednesday after completing the penultimate flight on its round the world trip. The aircraft, departed from the...

Israel’s Willingness to ‘Negotiate’ With Egypt

admin - Jun 11, 2016: 6:19 am

Once I heard the following story from the then Swedish ambassador in Paris: "In 1947, when the UN was discussing the plan to partition Palestine,...

Video: ‎EgyptAir‬ crash: Experts point to possible explosion, forensic chief denies claim

admin - May 24, 2016: 7:23 pm

Egypt's head of forensics has denied reports that human remains retrieved from the Mediterranean Sea and examined by a team of experts point to...

Video: EgyptAir flight MS804: Debris, personal belongings of passengers found – military

admin - May 22, 2016: 9:19 am

The Egyptian search mission has reportedly found a body part, seats and suitcases from EgyptAir Flight 804, hours after other debris was spotted 290km...

Video: First images of EgyptAir plane wreckage released by Egyptian army

admin - May 22, 2016: 3:13 am

The Egyptian army has released pictures of the wreckage of flight MS804 and passengers' belongings found in the southern Mediterranean. READ MORE: ... Via Youtube

Video: Smoke detected on EgyptAir plane shortly before crash – reports

admin - May 21, 2016: 11:07 pm

Smoke was reportedly detected on board the EgyptAir plane before it crashed in the southern Mediterranean, France's BEA air accident investigation agency ... Via Youtube

Video: EgyptAir flight 804 disappears en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 on...

admin - May 20, 2016: 6:38 pm

An EgyptAir Airbus A320 carrying at least 56 passengers and 10 crew members went off the radar after departing from Paris and heading to...

I know who downed Egyptian passenger plane, Trump claims

admin - May 20, 2016: 2:55 pm

Video: EgyptAir crash: Debris spotted, terror attack more likely than technical issue

admin - May 20, 2016: 2:33 pm

Rescuers are trying to locate an EgyptAir Paris-Cairo flight that disappeared off radar screens over the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people aboard just minutes...

US State Department Gave Egypt Passing Grade on Human Rights for Military Aid

admin - May 19, 2016: 1:07 pm

Although the State Department was ignored by the government of Egypt after inquiring about the use of American-made riot gear, US diplomats said...

Kerry to meet Sisi amid political oppression in Egypt

admin - May 16, 2016: 8:10 pm

Egypt's Atlantis: Amazing artifacts from ancient underwater world go on display (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

admin - May 7, 2016: 6:08 pm

Objects from two lost underwater cities recently discovered off the Egyptian coast are being revealed...

Egypt’s Dangerous Turn

admin - Apr 29, 2016: 5:34 am

Egypt’s military regime is suppressing political opposition even more ferociously than the longtime Mubarak dictatorship while also collaborating in the...

Convenient truths? UK govt lambasts Egypt, Iran over death penalty but virtually silent on...

admin - Apr 22, 2016: 6:52 pm

Britain’s Foreign Office (FCO) has lambasted Bahrain, China, Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia over their...

Video: EgyptAir MS181 hijack: People seen escaping plane in Larnaca airport

admin - Mar 31, 2016: 5:03 pm

Egyptian airlines flight MS181, en route from Alexandria to Cairo, has been hijacked by a passenger, who said he had a suicide belt and...

Video: Moment EgyptAir crew member escapes hijacked plane through cockpit window

admin - Mar 31, 2016: 4:02 pm

One of the members of the EgyptAir flight MS181 made a daring escape to safety after climbing through the cockpit window of the aircraft...

’Where is Egypt?’: Confrontation over dreadlocks goes viral, prompts probe

admin - Mar 30, 2016: 1:18 am

An argument between a black woman and a white man that got a little hairy is...

Egypt’s Sisi tells West ‘stay out of Libya’ amid talk of UK military intervention

admin - Mar 18, 2016: 8:28 am

British Prime Minister David Cameron will tell an EU summit on Thursday he’s ready and...

Your Tax Dollars Are Enabling Police Brutality in Egypt

admin - Mar 14, 2016: 2:29 pm

Ever since the Black Lives Matter movement exploded into the headlines, violence by American police officers has come under fire from activists and ordinary citizens alike....

Your Tax Dollars Are Enabling Police Brutality in Egypt

admin - Mar 10, 2016: 2:16 am

(Aschevogel / Flickr) Ever since the Black Lives Matter movement exploded into the headlines, violence by American police officers has come under fire from activists...

Video: Brutal Repression in Egypt Exceeds Conditions Under Mubarak (1/2)

admin - Jan 31, 2016: 11:08 pm

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcqSmdDPGDk&w=580&h=385] Noha Radwan, reports on the conditions facing political prisoners, where as many as seventy people are crammed into 15x15 spaces, she calls on...

Video: Brutal Repression in Egypt Exceeds Conditions Under Mubarak (2/2)

admin - Jan 31, 2016: 10:07 pm

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFU7zwukw_0&w=580&h=385] Noha Radwan, reports on the conditions facing political prisoners, where as many as seventy people are crammed into 15x15 spaces, she calls on...

Video: CCTV: Egyptian migrant prevents robbery at supermarket in Italy

admin - Jan 24, 2016: 3:57 pm

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQPgf7zwA-o&w=580&h=385] A 29-year-old Egyptian migrant prevented a robber from stealing from a cashier at a supermarket in Turin, on January 12. According to footage...

Video: Gunmen open fire at hotel in Egyptian resort of Hurghada

admin - Jan 9, 2016: 3:35 am

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09oGbnXJNBs&w=580&h=385] Three armed men have reportedly stormed a hotel in the Red Sea city of Hurghada, one of Egypt's most popular tourist resorts. Read...

Video: Egypt mourns Sinai crash, Beirut blasts, Paris carnage victims

admin - Nov 17, 2015: 8:16 am

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJDKpYTsw5Q&w=580&h=385] The Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt was bathed Sunday in French, Lebanese and Russian colors in homage to the victims of attacks in...

Video: Egypt Frees Top Reporter Hossam Bahgat After Chilling Reminder That Crackdown Continues

admin - Nov 11, 2015: 4:33 am

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFmIJEx5bTI&w=580&h=385] Democracynow.org - A leading journalist and human rights activist has been released in Egypt following his controversial arrest this weekend. Hossam Bahgat ... Via...

Video: Christopher Bollyn: “Was Boeing Uninterruptible Autopilot Used In Egyptian Plane Crash?”

admin - Nov 10, 2015: 5:43 pm

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irjnjYEBBzc&w=580&h=385] Please Support The Show — http://richieallen.co.uk/ http://www.bollyn.com/ https://www.facebook.com/therichieallenshow ... Via Youtube

CCR Denounces Arrest of Egyptian Journalist: “All Eyes Are Watching Egypt”

admin - Nov 9, 2015: 9:51 pm

NEW YORK CITY - In reaction to the Egyptian military’s arrest and incommunicado detention of renowned human rights defender, Hossam Bahgat, the Center for...

Video: Putin grounds Russia-Egypt flights for crash probe duration

admin - Nov 7, 2015: 2:02 am

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5n_F-7eLdE&w=580&h=385] President Vladimir Putin has agreed with the Federal Security Service to halt all Russian flights to Egypt following an October 31 passenger plane...

Video: The Real Truth Behind Russian Flight KGL9268 Crash In Egypt

admin - Nov 5, 2015: 5:59 pm

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RKsuWJCkAY&w=580&h=385] In this video Luke Rudkowski gives you the latest and breaking news when it comes to Russian flight that crashed in Egypt. We...

Ron Paul: Russian Plane Down Over Egyptian Blowback?

admin - Nov 3, 2015: 4:26 pm

The apparent downing of a Russian passenger plane over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula over the weekend has, as could be predicted, produced no shortage of...

Video: EXCLUSIVE: RT crew at crash site in Sinai Peninsula w/ Russian, Egyptian investigators

admin - Nov 3, 2015: 5:21 am

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqR5NTdrowA&w=580&h=385] An RT crew joins the search team at the site in Egypt where a Russian airliner went down, killing all 224 people on...

Video: RAW: Egypt investigators at Russian Metrojet 7K9268 A321 jet crash site in Sinai

admin - Nov 2, 2015: 1:04 pm

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sZVqrAdxMA&w=580&h=385] Search and recovery operations are underway after a passenger plane belonging to a small Russian airline, flying from the Egyptian resort of Sharm...

Video: Russian A321 jet carring 224 went missing over Egypt

admin - Nov 1, 2015: 9:36 am

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyqUYBJRrAE&w=580&h=385] A passenger plane belonging to a small Russian airline, which was flying over 220 people from an Egyptian resort to Saint Petersburg, has...

Video: 7K9268: Russian passenger jet with 224 on board crashes in Egypt, no survivors

admin - Nov 1, 2015: 3:30 am

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVEr2G28zmY&w=580&h=385] All 224 passengers on board a Russian airliner have been confirmed dead after it crashed on its way back from an Egyptian holiday...

Video: Journalism is Not a Crime: Freed Al Jazeera Reporter Peter Greste Seeks Pardon...

admin - Sep 28, 2015: 6:28 pm

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7irEJynYVzg&w=580&h=385] Democracynow.org - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi granted pardons to 100 people on Wednesday, including two jailed journalists from Al ... Via Youtube

Video: 400 Days Locked Up: Journalist Peter Greste on Surviving Egyptian Prison Term

admin - Sep 28, 2015: 5:27 pm

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQqCOAeMbFM&w=580&h=385] Democracynow.org - Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste remembers his time in prison in Egypt, where the government held him for broadcasting false news. Via...

Video: Will U.S. Stop “Cozying Up” to Egyptian Regime After Jailing of Journalists?

admin - Sep 1, 2015: 12:52 am

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15PsrUoTZ3A&w=580&h=385] Democracynow.org - In Egypt, Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste were sentenced over the weekend to three years in...

Egyptian junta hands down three-year jail terms to Al Jazeera journalists

admin - Aug 31, 2015: 7:13 pm

By Alex Lantier In a blatant attempt to terrorize the media and the population of Egypt, the US-backed junta of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sentenced Al...

Obama’s Egypt Policy Breeds Terrorism

admin - Jul 29, 2015: 3:52 pm

Exclusive: President Obama has gotten in line behind the Israeli-Saudi preference in Egypt for the brutal dictatorship of Gen. al-Sisi over the elected (but...

Video: The Global African: Repression in Egypt & Black Transgender Lives Matter

admin - Jul 19, 2015: 6:30 am

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=843w9w6OMxc&w=580&h=385] The Global African host Bill Fletcher looks at these stories with Sharif Abdel Kouddous, a Cairo-based independent journalist, and Monica Yorkman, ... Via Youtube

Video: Egypt’s Power Struggle Intensifies with Killing of Prosecutor Behind Mass Jailings of Islamists

admin - Jun 30, 2015: 6:21 pm

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDjoc-yWoH4&w=580&h=385] http://democracynow.org - Egypt's public prosecutor has been killed in a bomb attack in Cairo. Hisham Barakat died in hospital Monday after a remote...

Video: Morsi death sentence: Egyptian court upholds decision

admin - Jun 18, 2015: 8:04 pm

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APTG17SooHc&w=580&h=385] An Egyptian court has sentenced former President Mohamed Morsi to death on Tuesday on charges of killing, kidnapping and other offenses during a...

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Egyptian regime hangs six after ex-president Mursi sentenced to death

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Ousted Egyptian President Morsi Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

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Kerry affirms US support for Egyptian junta

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US Welcomes Coup Leader As Egypt’s New President

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Egypt’s Illegitimate New President

Stephen Lendman - May 31, 2014: 7:52 am

Egypt's Illegitimate New President

by Stephen Lendman

Egypt's sham process has no legitimacy. Elections are farcical when held.

General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ran practically unopposed. Hamdeen Sabahi masqueraded as an opponent. He supports junta rule.

On most everything that matters he's anti-democratic. Anti-populist. Anti-what ordinary Egyptians deserve.

Egyptian elections require more than one candidate. Doing so provides a veneer of legitimacy. It's fake.

Junta power runs Egypt. Sisi heads its current regime. He's Egypt's Pinochet. He's Washington's man in Cairo.

He's a US War College graduate. He maintains close Pentagon ties. He has no legitimacy whatever. He reflects fascism writ large.

Brute force is official policy. Ousting Morsi on July 3 was reminiscent of September 11, 1973. Chileans old enough to remember won’t forget.

A reign of terror followed. Sisi governs the same way. He sentenced hundreds of opposition figures to death. Thousands were imprisoned.

Sweeping crackdowns continue. Democracy is pure fantasy. Opposition elements aren't tolerated.

It bears repeating. Elections when held are farcical. Sisi is Egypt's new strongman. He's its anointed new president.

Turnout was embarrassingly low. IkhwanWeb is the banned Muslim Brotherhood (MB) web site. On May 29, it headlined "90% of Egyptians Boycott Sham Presidential Election."

MB issued a statement saying:

"With a 90% boycott of the blood ballot - the show presidential election, the Egyptian people have dealt a serious and humiliating blow to the illegitimate coup and its so-called roadmap."

"This is the beginning of the end of the military coup. We hail the Egyptian People's resilience and steadfastness."

"The Egyptian people have turned their back to the sham presidential elections. All the military coup's begging, pleas and threats have failed."

"The Egyptian people have thus told the whole world that they will not abandon democratic legitimacy, freedom or dignity."

"The people of Egypt are one nation and will continue to hold high their values and their unity."

"The honorable patriotic people of Egypt affirm that they are the only authority that can grant legitimacy to those they can trust, and that the murderous military coup has no legitimacy or popularity."

"They further affirm that they will continue to reject the coup and resist it until they defeat it completely - with God's help - and with peaceful creativity and selfless devotion, patience and determination."

"The Egyptian people will reclaim their rights and freedom, and will write glorious new pages of their homeland's history."

Egypt's junta-controlled press reported 37%. Independent sources said around 15%. Two electoral days weren't enough.

Propaganda didn't help. It claimed Sisi enjoyed overwhelming support. Big Lies failed to convince most Egyptians.

Sisi mythology fell flat. His 95% landslide was farcical. More theater of the absurd than real. More fiction than fact. More surreal than legitimate.

Reuters said "lines outside polling stations in various parts of Cairo were short, and in some cases no voters could be seen on Tuesday."

Authorities were desperate. They ordered an extra day of voting. They threatened fines for anyone not doing so. TV commentators called non-voters "terrorists."

Al-Azhar is Egypt's highest Islamic authority. It called not voting tantamount to "disobeying the nation."

It didn't help. Turnout was disastrously low. It reflected widespread anti-regime sentiment. It showed most people reject Sisi.

They want democracy. The real thing. Not junta rule. Or Sisi heading things. He failed to get a popular mandate.

He fell way short. He tried inventing one instead. He consolidated military rule. He represents state terrorism writ large.

Last July, he ousted Mohamed Morsi. Martial law followed. Egypt's constitution was suspended.

Tanks patrolled streets. Peaceful demonstrators were murdered in cold blood.

Weeks before the election, he said he'd "finish the Muslim Brotherhood as a group" once and for all.

He hunted them down. He rounded them up. He imprisoned them. Kangaroo court proceedings followed. Hanging judges sentenced hundreds of its members to death.

Fascist police states operate this way. Egypt is one of the worst. Obama supports what demands denunciation.

Coup d'etat authority has no legitimacy. Claiming otherwise doesn't wash. Diktat power rules Egypt. Tanks patrol streets. Demonstrators are shot, killed, injured and/or arrested.

War on ordinary Egyptians continues. Against its working class. Anyone protesting junta rule. Sisi defended Egypt's anti-protest law.

He "will not let protests destroy the country," he said. His off-the-record conversation was leaked. He asked:

"Will you bear it if I make you walk on your own feet? When I wake you up at five in the morning every day?"

"Will you bear cutting back on food, cutting back on air-conditioners?"

"People think I'm a soft man. Sisi is torture and suffering."

His comments warned Egyptians. Anyone challenging junta rule assures his wrath.

On Wednesday, Obama told graduating West Point cadets he cooperates with Sisi for "security interests."

Assuring Israel has a friendly neighbor. For both countries "shared efforts against violent extremism."

They represent the worst of its dark side. Low turnout showed most Egyptians reject it.

Pew Research showed around three-fourths of Egyptians expressed dissatisfaction with junta led governance.

Sisi is Egypt's new president. Its new strongman. Its illegitimate ruler. He represents fascism writ large.

It doesn't matter. He enjoys full US support. Including generous annual aid.

Around $1.3 billion in military assistance in 2014. Plus another $250 million in economic support. Providing it violates US law.

The 1961 Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) and 1976 Arms Export Control Act (AECA) prohibits it.

AECA permits military related sales only for defense or legitimate internal security purposes. FAA forbids aiding governments that engage:

"in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, including torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention without charges, causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction and clandestine detention of those persons, or other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, and the security of person, unless such assistance will directly benefit the needy people in such country."

The 2001 Foreign Operations Appropriations Act's (FOAA) Leahy Law provision states:

"None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to support any training program involving a unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of Defense has received credible information from the Department of State that a member of such unit has committed a gross violation of human rights, unless all necessary corrective steps have been taken."

FOAA prohibits funding foreign security forces that commit gross human rights violations unless its government "is taking effective measures to bring the responsible members of the security forces unit to justice."

Egypt is one of many rogue states Washington supports illegally. Its high crimes against peace, equity and justice don't matter.

It receives generous aid. Obama approves it. Congress rubber-stamps it. Doing so violates US law. It's forthcoming anyway.

It bears repeating. Sisi is Washington's man in Cairo. He's one of many rogue Obama friends.

They comprise a Noah's arc of world class scoundrels. They're part of America's war on humanity.

How long oppressed people tolerate them remains to be seen.

A Final Comment

Observers found Egypt's electoral process sorely lacking. It fell way below international standards. Eric Bjornlund heads Democracy International.

It's an election monitoring organization. "Egypt's repressive political environment made a genuinely democratic presidential election impossible, said Bjornlund.

European observers said much the same thing. Egypt's election "f(ell) short of constitutional principles."

It had no legitimacy whatever. It rubber-stamped coup e'tat rule. It prevented democratic governance.

Junta authority runs Egypt. Challengers aren't tolerated. Rogue states operate this way. Egypt is one of the worst.

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.

His new book as editor and contributor is titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III."

http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html

Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.

Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.

It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs.

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Egypt’s mass death sentences: A crime made in the USA

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Obama’s Ruthless Egyptian Friends

Stephen Lendman - Mar 26, 2014: 7:40 am

Obama's Ruthless Egyptian Friends

by Stephen Lendman

Obama's rap sheet is long and loathsome. He heads a homeland police state apparatus. He's waging war on humanity.

He supports some of the world's most ruthless despots. He's in bed with criminal elements of the worst kind. He wants fundamental freedoms eliminated.

He wants all sovereign independent governments removed. He wants vile elements replacing them. He elevated Ukrainian fascist putschists to power.

Last July, he conspired with Egypt's junta to oust Mohamed Morsi. Martial law followed. Egypt's constitution was suspended. Tanks patrolled streets. Peaceful demonstrators were murdered in cold blood.

A previous article compared Egypt's General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to Chile's Pinochet. A reign of terror followed. His "Caravan of Death" reflected it. A climate of fear included mass arrests, disappearances, torture and murder.

Opposition government officials, academics, union heads, independent journalists, student leaders, activists, and other suspected regime opponents were targeted.

Death squads killed thousands. El-Sisi is Egypt's Pinochet. He instituted reign of terror justice. Sweeping crackdowns continue.

What's ongoing might make ordinary despots blush. Junta power runs Egypt. Democracy is verboten. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) rules.

Fascist generals control things. US-trained el-Sisi heads them. He's a presidential aspirant. Elections are planned for around mid-year.

Perhaps he intends winning the old-fashioned way. Mubarack remained president for 30 years that way.

El-Sisi rule so far makes him look almost benign by comparison. He's murdered hundreds of regime opponents. Thousands more were imprisoned.

Torture and other forms of abuse are standard practice. Egypt runs one of the world's most repressive gulags.

Muslim Brotherhood members are prime targets. El-Sisi wants them entirely eliminated. He going all-out to do it.

He ordered the most outrageous mass-murder in modern Egyptian history. Even New York Times editors were outraged. More on that below.

A Muslim Brotherhood (MB) London-based press release headlined "Mass Sentencing to Death of 529 Egyptians Violates Judicial Norms," saying:

"The shocking and unprecedented sentencing of 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters without due process is evidently inhumane and a clear violation of all norms of humane and legal justice."

"The verdict is yet another clear indication that the corrupt judiciary is being utilized by the coup commanders to suppress the Egyptian revolution and install a brutal regime which has already surpassed decades long of oppression and tyranny in Egypt's history."

"We will take all legal actions to appeal the court ruling and defend basic rights of Egyptians."

"These unjust sentences will not weaken our resolve. Egyptian people will continue their peaceful revolution until justice is served."

On March 24, Upper Egypt's Minya Criminal Court sentenced 529 MB members summarily. No due process. No defense arguments. No witness testimonies. No defendant statements. Diktat justice substituted.

MB's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) member Hamza Zawbaa denounced what happened. "(T)he death sentence against politicians and revolutionaries means the Revolution has entered a new phase that requires new methods," he said.

Ali Khafagi is a Giza-based FJP youth secretary. He called the court's death by diktat "genocide."

He compared hanging judges to security forces killing peaceful protesters in cold blood.

Wassat party member Mohamed Mahsoub said "death sentences against 529 Egyptians for allegedly attempting to kill a police officer, who in fact did not die, are certainly a death certificate for the Egyptian justice system itself as well as the last remaining vestiges of the judges' honor and reputation."

Former Mohamed Morsi advisor/Egyptian political figure Mohamed Seif El-Dawla said "wholesale executions are the latest results of the military's Road Map of the Future, a very special kind of justice never seen before by mankind, that will be registered in the name of Egypt's junta in all the books of law and history."

Most defendants were arrested during peaceful protests. Muslim Brotherhood members are vulnerable.

Since last July, they've been hunted down. Some were arrested separately. Others went underground. MB membership is banned.

Police state laws run things. Violators face long prison terms. Others face death by diktat. Obama supports fascist lawlessness.

So does bipartisan complicity. Legislation was enacted approving military and economic aid. Congress and Obama intend it for Ukrainian putschists.

Democracy is verboten. Both countries abhor it. Planned sham elections substitute. Harsh crackdowns target nonbelievers.

Junta leaders call MB a "terrorist organization." Israel calls Palestinians and supportive groups wanting freedom and justice the same thing.

Monday's Egyptian court verdict may be prelude for more to come. On March 25, a second mass show trial began. More on that below. Police states operate this way.

Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia are the region's worst. They're valued US allies. Militarized ruthlessness substitutes for legitimate governance.

Kangaroo court show trials substitute for legitimate ones. Predictable outcomes follow. They resemble Nazi era Roland Freisler proceedings. He helped Nazify German law.

He was State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice/Judge President of the People's Court. Show trials reflected his reign of terror.

Verdicts nearly always sided with prosecutorial charges. They were virtual death sentences. Thousands were imposed. Freisler was judge, jury and executioner. His word was law.

He humiliated defendants in court. He railed against them. He admired Andrei Vyshinsky. He was chief prosecutor during Stalinist purge trials. Freisler acted the same way.

So did Egyptian Judge Said Youssef. Hd shouted during court proceedings. He did so in response to defense counsel protests. Some were barred from his court entirely.

Judgment was rendered before prosecutions began. Defense counsel were banned from hearing Youssef's verdict.

Reuters said "(f)amily members stood outside the courthouse screaming after" it was rendered. Defense counsel said it was unprecedented in modern times.

State television reported what happened without comment. A government spokesman said Cairo officials don't comment on judicial matters. Junta leaders ordered them. Rubber-stamp courts enforce them.

Sayaf Gamal was sentenced to death in absentia. He's undercover in hiding. He told Reuters by phone:

"We did not expect such a brutal sentence. But at the same time, this military regime just wants to kill anybody who wants to express an opinion" contrary to its own.

"They are willing to kill everybody so that there is no freedom of expression."

Mohamed Mahsoub was Morsi's legal affairs minister. On Facebook, he called the court's decision "a ruling calling for the execution of justice."

Dubious charges included violence, inciting murder, storming a police station, attacking state personnel, as well as damaging public and private property.

Nabil Abdel Salam defends MB members. "This is the quickest case and the number sentenced to death is the largest in the history of the judiciary," he said.

Mohamed Zaree is Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies program manager.

He said "(a) second year student in the faculty of law would never issue this verdict. There are a lot of flaws in this verdict. I think maybe an appeal could be successful but nothing is predictable."

Human Rights Watch's Middle East director Sarah Leah Whitson said:

"It’s shocking even amid Egypt's deep political repression that a court has sentenced 529 people to death without giving them any meaningful opportunity to defend themselves."

"The Minya court failed to carry out its most fundamental duty to assess the individual guilt of each defendant, violating the most basic fair trial right. These death sentences should be immediately quashed."

Amnesty International called the ruling "grotesque." Its Middle East and North Africa program director Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui said:

"This is injustice writ large and these death sentences must be quashed. Imposing death sentences of this magnitude in a single case makes Egypt surpass most other countries' use of capital punishment in a year."

"Egypt's courts are quick to punish Mohamed Morsi's supporters but ignore gross human rights violations by the security forces."

"While thousands of Morsi's supporters languish in jail, there has not been an adequate investigation into the deaths of hundreds of protesters."

"Just one police officer is facing a prison sentence, for the deaths of 37 detainees."

"Without an independent and impartial process that can deliver truth and justice for all, many will question whether Egypt's criminal justice system has indeed anything to do with justice."

"In any event, recourse to the death penalty is inherently unjust, and the Egyptian authorities should impose a moratorium on executions, with a view to abolishing it."

On March 25, 683 more MB members went on trial. Mohamed Badie among them. He was arrested last August. He's MB Supreme Guide.

Trial proceedings were adjourned until April 28. Defendants face charges similar to those convicted.

Hundreds more may ahead. Egypt's caravan of death continues on streets. It's ongoing in court. It shows no signs of ending.

A Final Comment

New York Times editors support virtually every US tinpot despot ally. They endorse Kiev fascist putschists. They're blind to Israeli injustice.

They whitewash state-sponsored crimes. Ones too grave to ignore are suppressed. They're back wrong over right. They occasionally surprise.

A previous article said broken clocks are right twice daily. On March 24, Times editors surprised. They headlined "Egypt's Miscarriage of Justice," saying:

"Its been on an alarming downward spiral ever since the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011."

"Even so, the court verdict on Monday that condemned 529 Islamists to death for the killing of a single police officer last summer was a uniquely shocking example of a judicial system run amok."

"(I)t represents an outrageous escalation of the military-led government's ruthless crackdown against the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist supporters of its ally, Mohamed Morsi."

Give credit where it's due. It begs the question. Why aren't Times editors always on the right side of history? Why only on rare occasions?

Being there is its own reward. This writer challenged Times editors before by open letter.

It asked if imperial wars bothered them. Does human suffering matter? Is business as usual OK? Are sham elections? Is democracy for the few alone?

Do corporate interests count more than popular ones? Do wealth, power, privilege, and unchallenged dominance alone matter? What about an unconscionable growing wealth gap?

How about corporate and political lawlessness? What about a private banking cartel controlling America's money?

Is looting the federal Treasury OK? What about reckless money printing madness serving them?

Do growing poverty, homelessness, hunger and deprivation concern you? What about deepening social decay symptomatic of national decline?

How about growing millions worldwide calling America a pariah state for good reason? Is this the America you support, it asked?

Expose what's wrong. Denounce it. Be consistent. Do it daily. Try publishing "All the News That's Fit to Print" for real.

You'd be heroic for trying. You'd be eulogized. You'd gain worldwide support. Try it sometime and see.

Real news and commentaries substituting for managed misinformation would help reverse your tarnished image.

What better time to reverse longstanding policy than now. This writer will lead cheers if you try. So will many likeminded truth, equity and justice supporters.

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.

His new book is titled "Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity."

http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanII.html

Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.

Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.

It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs.

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Stephen Lendman - Dec 28, 2013: 8:11 am

Egypt's Pinochet

by Stephen Lendman

Junta power runs Egypt. It reflects the worst of fascism writ large. General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi rules as strongman. He heads the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF).

He's Washington's man in Cairo. Since August 2012, he's been top military commander.

He's Defense and Military Production Minister. He's a 1977 Egyptian Military Academy graduate. He got US training. He's a US War College graduate.

He maintains close Pentagon ties. Washington manipulated Mubarak's ouster. It was complicit in toppling Mohamed Morsi.

It deplores democracy. It opposes it at home and abroad. It's governed by a homeland police state apparatus.

It backs pro-Western fascist despots globally. Doing so reflects business as usual.

Egyptian civilian officials have no legitimacy. They're appointed. They're figureheads. They're puppets. They're convenient stooges.

Elections when held won't matter. Brute force runs Egypt. Ousting Morsi on July 3 was reminiscent of September 11, 1973. Chileans old enough to remember won't forget.

A reign of terror followed. Pinochet's "Caravan of Death" reflected it. A climate of fear included mass arrests, disappearances, torture and murder.

Opposition government officials, academics, union heads, independent journalists, student leaders, activists, and other suspected regime opponents were targeted.

US citizens Charles Horman, Frank Teruggi, Boris Weisfeiler and Ronni Moffit were killed.

Horman's death was the subject of a 1982 Hollywood film. It was titled "Missing." He and thousands of others were Caravan of Death victims.

Nixon vowed to make Chile's economy scream. Kissinger was his national security advisor. He and CIA operatives orchestrated Salvador Allende's ouster.

After his 1970 election, Kissinger said:

"I don't see why we need to stand idly by and let a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people."

Allende was a progressive democratic leader. He was no communist. Junta head General Augusto Pinochet put General Sergio Arellano in charge of assuring provincial commanders complied with hard-line policies.

He was told to establish a uniform criteria of justice. He later explained, saying:

"With no concern for the guise of legality, as in the case of some War Councils, prisoners were taken out and shot under the cover of night. Most executions were attributed to attempts to escape."

Retired Lt. Col. Marcos Herrera Aracena said:

"General Arellano informed he that what Pinochet wanted was to bring an end to the remaining legal processes. In other words, finish with them once and for all."

Death squad justice was instituted. At issue was terrorizing Chileans. Instilling fear and crushing resistance were prioritized. Military commanders were ordered to go all out to solidify junta power.

Victims were buried in unmarked graves. Some were mutilated before being executed. General Joaquin Lagos explained why he didn't return some bodies to family members, saying:

"I was ashamed to see them. They were torn into pieces. So I wanted to put them together, at least leave them in a human form."

"Yes, their eyes were gouged out with knives, their jaws broken, their legs broken."

"At the end, they gave them the coup de grace. They were merciless. The prisoners were killed so that they would die slowly."

"In other words, sometimes they shot them by parts. First, the legs, then the sexual organs, then the heart. In that order, the machine guns were fired."

Death squads killed thousands. Chile remains one of Latin America's most unequal societies. Chicago School fundamentalism creates wastelands.

Chile remains a model of economic unfairness. Crony capitalism reflects out-of-control corruption, inequality and injustice.

General el-Sisi is Egypt's Pinochet. Since usurping power, he instituted reign of terror justice. Sweeping crackdowns continue.

Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members are targeted. So are supporters and others challenging junta authority. Thousands were arrested. Others were disappeared, tortured and murdered.

Over 1,000 nonviolent street protesters were killed. Everyone suspected of supporting MB is threatened. So are activists demanding democracy.

President Morsi is charged with murder, treason, espionage, and sponsoring terrorism. He's accused of collaborating with Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and anti-regime groups. Bogus charges claim he did so to destabilize Egypt.

Kangaroo court justice awaits him. He faces possible capital punishment. Around three dozen other MB officials face similar charges.

Morsi remains in maximum security prison confinement. He's held incommunicado. Attorneys and family members are denied access. Some MB co-defendants remain at large.

On December 25, Egypt's so-called cabinet declared MB a terrorist organization. It did so unconscionably.

It did it following Dakahlia Governate's Security Directorate headquarters bombing. Sixteen died. MB officials denied involvement.

A group named Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis (Supporters of Jerusalem) claimed responsibility. Crackdowns on MB members continue. According to journalist Shahira Amin:

"This is a new escalation in a long-running feud between the security state and the Muslim Brotherhood."

"What they are trying to achieve is to crush the Islamist group altogether and not to leave any room for that group to enter into political life again."

"Declaring the Muslim Brotherhood a terror group will mean criminalizing their activities, criminalizing their financing, and also criminalizing their membership."

"Their protests are already outlawed. Their leaders are already behind bars and thousands of their supporters languish in prisons."

IKHWAN WEB is MB's official English language web site. On December 27, it headlined 'Muslim Brotherhood Legal Committee: Classifying Group as Terrorist Legally Null and Void."

"This classification came without investigation, without evidence."

"No entity should be so classified or disbanded, except through legal procedures."

"Thus naming the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization is completely groundless in the absence of any evidence to prove this description which is vehemently rejected by the group."

"(T)he decision is invalid and illegal, because so far no court made any definitive judgments about the group and its leaders."

"The Brotherhood’s Legal Committee is considering an appeal of this decision. It will announce its course of action and legal position later."

Egypt Court of Cassation is its highest judicial authority. Seven appeals courts are next in importance.

Tanta Court of Appeals Judge Walid el Shaf'i called designating MB a terrorist organization illegal. If challenged in court, it'll be declared so, he said.

He cited Article 86 of Egypt's Penal Law. It can only be enforced by court order. Egypt's cabinet acted by executive decision. Doing so is illegal, he added.

On Thursday, dozens more MB members were arrested nationwide. Their land, funds, and other resources were confiscated.

Egypt's Islamic Medical Association hospitals are affected. An MB leader established them in the 1970s. They serve over two million patients annually.

They're mostly in poor neighborhoods. They're highly regarded. They considered preferred alternatives to poorly run government hospitals.

Since Morsi's ouster, government funding was cut. Admissions at Cairo's Nasr City district Central Hospital dropped by half. Many people fear seeking treatment. Doing so might suggest MB support.

Other network hospitals were forced to reduce services to save money. Central Hospital director Medhat Omar expressed concern, saying:

"If it goes on like this, we won't be able to take on any patients." Funds aren't available to pay salaries or other expenses.

Egypt's "war on terrorism" targets its own. It does so ruthlessly. It does it lawlessly. It aims to terrorize Egyptians into submission.

El-Sisi vowed to eradicate everyone challenging his power from "the face of the earth. Don't let these treacherous terrorist incidents affect your spirits," he said.

He referred to several recent bombings. "We're on the side of pronounced righteousness," he claimed.

Many, perhaps most, Egyptians believed it last July. Fewer do today. Police state viciousness makes everyone fearful.

Public demonstrations are banned. Anyone criticizing government policies risks arrest and imprisonment.

Dozens handing out pro-MB leaflets were arrested. One death was reported. During a Thursday army graduation ceremony, el-Sisi said:

"Egypt will stand firm in confronting terrorism and the people will never be afraid as long as the army is present."

Anyone charged with supporting MB "verbally or in writing" faces five years imprisonment. US expressed concern is too muted to matter.

Washington endorses coup d'etat harshness. A previous article asked when is a coup not one? It's when US officials suggest otherwise.

Reign of terror ruthlessness is official Egyptian policy. Rule of law principles don't matter. Government by diktat rules. No ones is safe from rampaging government forces.

MB officials risk being disappeared, tortured and murdered. Others face potential life in prison. So does anyone providing funding. Supporting MB publicly is considered terrorism.

Regular protests continue. People involved do so at great risk. One MB supporter perhaps spoke for others, saying: "People don't have anything to lose."

Rights can't be gotten without sustained struggle. Conditions today are far worse than under Mubarak.

State terror more than ever is official policy. Anyone challenging regime authority is vulnerable. Pinochet's ghost resides in Egypt. Same old, same old repeats.

London Guardian editors headlined "Egypt: back with a vengeance," saying:

"The skies are darkening over Egypt...How miserably different this is from" what most Egyptians hoped for.

Revolutionary change "is now being torn up by its roots...Mubarak regime (opponents) are now being victimized by its successor."

Egypt's rulers "are determined" to stamp out all opposition. "It is now evident that the Egyptian military, behind its unconvincing civilian facade, is ready to be as hard on its secular as on its religious opponents."

Mubarak's removal changed nothing. Junta power bided its time. It "gr(ew) a new head," said Guardian editors. "(N)ow (it's) back, quite literally, with a vengeance."

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Christians have been persecuted since the Roman Emperor Nero fed them to the lions in the Coliseum. Continuing the tradition, Emperor Diocletian wrapped early Christian martyrs in oily rags and set them alight so he could enjoy his roses at night.

Persecution of Christians is back with a vengeance as the radical terrorists of al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood - supported by Terrorist-in-Chief Barack Hussein Obama - tear across the Middle East burning churches by the score, and religiously cleansing entire towns and villages.

In Syria, the entire Christian village of Maaloula has been cleansed of "infidels" with the brutality one might expect of religious fanatics whose "holy" book tells them to kill Christians and Jews wherever they might be found.

According to news stories and independent video coming out of Syria, Catholic priests have been beheaded {WARNING; NSFW}, nuns have been raped, and little girls have been tortured and have had their limbs cut off; other children have been forced to watch as their parents are beheaded because they refused to renounce their Faith in Jesus Christ, choosing instead to be martyred.

While the guillotines have not yet been brought out in the United States, Christians and Christianity are under unmistakable attack in the United States as well. Here is a brief (and I do mean BRIEF) list of such recent attacks:

h/t The Last Great Stand

But you want to know what is really sweet? At the link just above this line, you will find my source for the opening segment in this show, the story of an increasingly rare victory for Christians. It seems that after Janet Napolitano labeled Christians (among just about everyone else in the country) as possible domestic terrorists, the Army followed suit with a series of briefings given to commanders and NCOs throughout the Army by decidedly anti-Christian "Academics."

Fortunately for the Church, Secretary of the Army John McHugh "has ordered all training and instructions that label evangelicals as 'extremists' or possible domestic terror threats be ended. In a memo distributed to troops on Oct. 18, 2013, McHugh addressed media reports that have highlighted US Army training material that is 'inaccurate, objectionable and otherwise inconsistent' with current Army policy."

Score one for the good guys.

But as previously stated, attacks on Christianity are on the increase, even here in the United States. We are entering the time of Tribulation warned about in the Bible, where before Christ returns for His Bride Christians may very well pay the price for their Faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ with their lives. There are reports of 30,000 guillotines already in storage at military bases around the country, ready to be used at a moment's notice.

And I saw thrones, and they that sat on them. And judgment was given to them, and to the souls of the ones having been beheaded because of the witness of Jesus, and because of the Word of God, and who had not worshipped the beast nor its image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand. ~ Rev. 20:4

Are you ready to give your life for our King? When the Devil's minions are threatening the life of your child. demanding that you accept the Mark of the Beast, will you stand firm? Will you say, "Praise Jesus, Lord I'm comin' home!" as the blade falls; or will you allow the threats of men and the fear of mortal death to intimidate you into accepting the Mark?

I wish I could count on the Rapture to spare the Church, my family and myself included, from the coming Tribulation; but the Bible says that we will suffer for Christ. We are not, however, "appointed to wrath," so at least - according to the Pre-Wrath Rapture scenario towards which I'm leaning- we will be spared the Hell on Earth that awaits the damned.

Let's just pray that our Father in Heaven will protect us from the schemes of the Devil, who is in the Earth right now seeking whom he may devour. I, for one, intend to give the bastard heartburn if he tries to take a bite out of me or mine. In any case, I know that he can do nothing to me or my family that Father won't allow; His will, not mine, be done.

If that means I have to lose my head, or suffer watching a member of my family being tortured or killed, then so be it. Our mortal lives, a blink of the eye compared to Eternity, are nothing. Pain is momentary, fear can be overcome; remaining steadfast as we proclaim Christ King, no matter what the cost, is paramount.

God bless and keep you all,
Bobby

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Gaza crushed between Israel and Egypt

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Counterpunch — 2 October 2013 The furore over the recent chemical weapons attack in Syria has overshadowed disturbing events to the south, as Egypt's generals...

Gaza crushed between Israel and Egypt

Jonathan Cook - Oct 2, 2013: 4:58 pm

Counterpunch – 2 October 2013

The furore over the recent chemical weapons attack in Syria has overshadowed disturbing events to the south, as Egypt’s generals wage a quiet war of attrition against the Hamas leadership in Gaza.

Hamas has found itself increasingly isolated, politically and geographically, since the Egyptian army ousted the country’s first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, in early July.

Hamas is paying the price for its close ties to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamic movement that briefly took power through the ballot box following the revolutionary protests that toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

Since the army launched its coup three months ago, jailing the Brotherhood’s leadership and last week outlawing the movement’s activities and freezing its assets, Hamas has become a convenient scapegoat for all signs of unrest.

Hamas is blamed for the rise of militant Islamic groups in the Sinai, many drawn from disgruntled local Bedouin tribes, which have been attacking soldiers, government institutions and shipping through the Suez canal. The army claims a third of the Islamists it has killed in recent operations originated from Gaza.

At an army press conference last month, several Palestinians “confessed” to smuggling arms from Gaza into Sinai, while an Egyptian commander, Ahmed Mohammed Ali, accused Hamas of “targeting the Egyptian army through ambushes.”

The Egyptian media have even tied Hamas to a car bombing in Cairo last month which nearly claimed the life of the new interior minister, Mohammed Ibrahim.

Lurking in the shadows is the army’s fear that, should the suppressed Muslim Brotherhood choose the path of violence, it may find a useful ally in a strong Hamas.

A crackdown on the Palestinian Islamic movement has been all but inevitable, and on a scale even Mubarak would have shrunk from. The Egyptian army has intensified the blockade along Egypt’s single short border with Gaza, replicating that imposed by Israel along the other three.

Over the past weeks, the army has destroyed hundreds of tunnels through which Palestinians smuggle fuel and other necessities in short supply because of Israel’s siege.

Egypt has bulldozed homes on its side to establish a “buffer zone”, as Israel did inside Gaza a decade ago when it still occupied the enclave directly, to prevent more tunnels being dug.

That has plunged Gaza’s population into hardship, and dealt a harsh blow to the tax revenues Hamas raises on the tunnel trade. Unemployment is rocketing and severe fuel shortages mean even longer power cuts.

Similarly, Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt at Rafah – the only access to the outside for most students, medical patients and business people – is now rarely opened, even to the Hamas leadership.

And the Egyptian navy has been hounding Palestinians trying to fish off Gaza’s coast, in a zone already tightly delimited by Israel. Egypt has been firing at boats and arresting crews close to its territorial waters, citing security.

Fittingly, a recent cartoon in a Hamas newspaper showed Gaza squeezed between pincers – one arm Israel, the other Egypt. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesperson, was recently quoted saying Egypt was “trying to outmatch the Israelis in tormenting and starving our people”.

Hamas is short of regional allies. Its leader Khaled Meshal fled his Syrian base early in the civil war, alienating Iran in the process. Other recent supporters, such as Turkey and Qatar, are also keeping their distance.

Hamas fears mounting discontent in Gaza, and particularly a demonstration planned for November modelled on this summer’s mass protests in Egypt that helped to bring down Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Hamas’ political rival, Fatah – and the Palestinian Authority, based in the West Bank – are reported to be behind the new protest movement.

The prolonged efforts by Fatah and Hamas to strike a unity deal are now a distant memory. In late August the PA annnounced it would soon be taking “painful decisions” about Hamas, assumed to be a reference to declaring it a “rogue entity” and thereby cutting off funding.

The PA sees in Hamas’ isolation and its own renewed ties to the Egyptian leadership a chance to take back Gaza.

As ever, Israel is far from an innocent bystander.

After the unsettling period of Muslim Brotherhood rule, the Egyptian and Israeli armies – their strategic interests always closely aligned – have restored security cooperation. According to media reports, Israel even lobbied Washington following the July coup to ensure Egypt continued to receive generous US aid handouts – as with Israel, mostly in the form of military assistance.

Israel has turned a blind eye to Egypt pouring troops, as well as tanks and helicopters, into Sinai in violation of the 1979 peace treaty. Israel would rather Egypt mop up the Islamist threat on their shared doorstep.

The destruction of the tunnels, meanwhile, has sealed off the main conduit by which Hamas armed itself against future Israeli attacks.

Israel is also delighted to see Fatah and Hamas sapping their energies in manoeuvring against each other. Political unity would have strengthened the Palestinians’ case with the international community; divided, they can be easily played off against the other.

That cynical game is in full swing. A week ago Israel agreed for the first time in six years to allow building materials into Gaza for private construction, and to let in more fuel. A newly approved pipe will double the water supply to Gaza.

These measures are designed to bolster the PA’s image in Gaza, as payback for returning to the current futile negotiations, and undermine support for Hamas.

With Egypt joining the blockade, Israel now has much firmer control over what goes in and out, allowing it to punish Hamas while improving its image abroad by being generous with “humanitarian” items for the wider population.

Gaza is dependent again on Israel’s good favour. But even Israeli analysts admit the situation is far from stable. Sooner or later, something must give. And Hamas may not be the only ones caught in the storm.

Tagged as: Gaza, regional politics

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