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COMMENT: One of the more grotesque aspects of this decades-long undertaking has been watching people hail the advance of fascism as something “desirable” and/or “democratic.”
Even as the gullible raise their voices in support of Baby Face Snowden (the career spook whose “leaking” of documents is almost certainly part of an intelligence-community destabilization of Obama), we are presented with ongoing evidence of just how misplaced such acclaim can be.
Less than two years after the “Arab Spring” (“Muslim Brotherhood Spring” we call it) was hailed as a blossoming of democracy in the Arab world, it is proving to be the installation of Islamic fascism (or “corporatism” as Mussolini called his system) that we said it would be.
(Those not familiar with the line of analysis we presented should check out FTR #‘s 732 through 739, as well as 724, 725, 745 about WikiLeaks. The so-called Arab Spring was the outgrowth of a covert operation begun during Bush’s second term and realized by the GOP/Underground Reich faction of the U.S. intelligence system.)
Now, Morsi’s Islamic fascist regime has appointed a veteran of the Al Gamaa al-Islamiya group to be a regional governor. That organization perpetrated the Luxor massacre.
In FTR #‘s 457, 455, 402, we discussed the Luxor massacre, the “Gamaa’s” links to Al-Qaeda, the bin Laden family and Saudi money men.
EXCERPT: Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi named a member of an Islamist group remembered for a bloody attack on Western tourists in the ancient city of Luxor over a decade ago as governor of that province on Sunday.
It was one of 17 gubernatorial appointments that put Islamist allies in key positions across the country as Mursi braces for protests on the first anniversary of his inauguration at the end of the month.
Seven of the new governors listed by the state news agency are members of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, which backed Mursi in elections that followed the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, propelling him to power last year.
The newly appointed Luxor governor, Adel Mohamed al-Khayat, is a member of the Building and Development party. The party was established by Al Gamaa al-Islamiya, an Islamist group that was involved in attacks in Luxor that killed around 60 tourists in the late 90s, but later renounced violence. . . .
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/06/18/Mursi-threatened-to-burn-Egypt-if-Elbaradei-became-PM.html
Report: Mursi threatened to ‘burn Egypt’ if Elbaradei became PM
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Al Arabiya
Leading Egyptian opposition figure Mohammed Elbaradei said on Tuesday that President Mohammed Mursi had threatened to “burn the country” if he became prime minister.
Elbaradei, citing former military leader Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi as the source of his information, added that the Muslim Brotherhood had “vetoed” the possibility of him ever becoming a prime minister.
In 2011, Egypt’s then ruling military council was considering naming former International Atomic Energy Agency Chief ElBaradei as Cairo’s new prime minister.
It is unclear when Mursi had allegedly threatened against ElBaradei’s appointment as PM.
“It’s been a year since Mursi became president, the Muslim Brotherhood has failed on a political, economic and security fronts,” Elbaradie told London-based al-Hayat newspaper.
“The time has come for Mursi to realize that his failure will lead to an early presidential election,” he said, adding that he won’t run for the next elections.
In the interview, Elbaradei accused the Muslim Brotherhood of hijacking the Jan. 25 revolution, saying “there is intense anger among young people who sparked the revolution because they feel that the revolution has been stolen away from them, and that their dream was stolen as well, it was a dream of the future.”
“Young people represent 60 percent of the Egyptian society,” he added.
The majority of the Egyptian people revolted for the provision of basic needs, including economic hardships, but intermittent protests have continued ever since over what has been perceived to be a lack of change in the country.
I feel like a complete sap for supporting the uprising in Libya, at the time I genuinely thought it was a popular revolt against a tyrant. The mainstream press played people like a violin, straight out of ‘wag the dog’.
http://www.majalla.com/eng/2013/06/article55242686
Posted by : Political Editor: The Majalla
on : Monday, 24 Jun, 2013
Egyptian army gives politicians a new deadline
Egyptian army threatens intervention unless political impasse is resolved before June 30 anti-Mursi demonstrations.
CAIRO, Asharq Al-Awsat—The commander of the Egyptian armed forces, General Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi, called on political parties to reach a political settlement before the planned opposition demonstrations on Sunday, June 30, and warned that the army would not stay on the sidelines if there was a risk of chaos in the country.
General Sissi said the army’s main responsibility to the nation made it imperative for the army to intervene if there was a threat that would cause the country to “slip into darkness.”
Sissi pointed out that “the armed forces had avoided being drawn into the political arena, but that its national, historic and moral responsibility to the people makes it imperative that it intervenes to stop Egypt slipping into a dark tunnel of conflict, internal fighting, exchanging accusations of treason and criminality, sectarian sedition, and the collapse of institutions.”
He warned against the dangers of division within the political arena following last Friday’s demonstrations in support of President Mursi.
He said: “It is important to have harmony among all parties, and those who think this situation is good for the country are mistaken. It harms the country and threatens Egyptian national security.”
The armed forces have kept a distance from politics since Sissi took command in August last year. He told a gathering of his officers yesterday: “They who think that we are safe from the dangers threatening our country are mistaken, and we will not watch in silence as the country slides into an uncontrollable conflict.”
The armed forces governed Egypt in the period after the fall of former President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 and the arrival of Mohamed Mursi in June 2012.
Sissi, whose statement is likely to increase speculation that the Egyptian army is re-entering the political arena, added: “the will of the Egyptian people is what governs [the army], and we embrace it with honor and integrity. We are totally responsible for its protection and will not allow anyone to harm the will of the people.”
Sissi continued: “It is not brave to stand aside and watch our Egyptian people being threatened and intimidated; it is better to die than allow any Egyptian to be harmed in the presence of their army.” This comment was interpreted as a response to threats made by Islamists last Friday to try to prevent large numbers of people from joining the June 30 anti-Mursi demonstrations.
He urged people to stop attacking the armed forces, warning that the army will not stay silent to these attacks. He concluded his statement by saying “the armed forces call on everyone to find a principle of understanding and communication, and genuine reconciliation, to protect Egypt and its people. We have a week in which a lot can be achieved.”
Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Bureau member, Mahmoud Ghazlan told Asharq Al-Awsat that “despite the embarrassment this statement causes to the presidency, because it represents an intrusion by the army in politics, the Muslim Brotherhood does not have a problem in dealing positively with it.”
Ghazlan added that “the opposition could have spared the country this embarrassment by responding to our repeated calls for reconciliation, a call made also by the presidency.”
He added that the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies had shown restraint in last Friday’s demonstration in support of Mursi, in which they avoided violence, adding that it was the Muslim Brotherhood who adhered to democratic values, not others.
Meanwhile,Asharq Al-Awsat has learnt that leading members of the opposition Salvation Front have called for an urgent meeting to discuss the statement. They told Asharq Al-Awsat that any reconciliation talks must be preceded by a call from President Mursi for early presidential elections.
By Mohamed Hassan Shaban
Well that didn’t go well:
And here come the vigilantes:
Not good:
The rats are jumping ship. Just not the top rat:
Uhhh....“We investigated the reported incident at the time and concluded that it was not a targeted attack and was likely to be connected to routine exercises being conducted by the Egyptian military in the area at the time.”:
So after taking evasive action the plane still came about 1000 feet from a missile? It would be interesting to learn just how close the missile would have come to the plane if it hadn’t taken evasive action. Was it literally targeting the plane’s path and on track to hit without evasive action? If so, given the speculation that it was a bomb that took down the Russian Metrojet, pointing towards a potential insider-threat in Egypt’s airport security, and given that the group claiming responsibility was Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, a group of former military officers turned Islamist militant who pledged allegiance to ISIS, you have to wonder if the Ansar Beit al-Maqdis’s members are all former officers.