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Busted: Pro-Mubarak Thugs Are Police Officers
It should surprise no one that some if not all of the violent pro-Mubarak forces are plain clothes police officers.
The Guardian notes:
Sharif Kouddous, a prolific Egyptian tweeter and blogger in Cairo, describes "a brutal and coordinated campaign of violence" by the Mubarak regime, in an article posted on Democracy Now's website:
"Suddenly,
rocks started falling out of the sky," said Ismail Naguib, a witness
at the scene. "Rocks were flying everywhere. Everywhere." Many people
were hit. Some were badly cut, others had arms and legs broken. The mob
then charged in; some rode on horseback and camels, trampling and
beating people. Groups of them gathered on rooftops around Tahrir and
continued to pelt people with rocks.
"It's a massacre," said
Selma al-Tarzi as the attack was ongoing. "They have knives, they are
throwing molotov bombs, they are burning the trees, they are throwing
stones at us ... this is not a demonstration anymore, this is war."
Some
of the attackers were caught. Their IDs showed them to be policemen
dressed in civilians clothes. Others appeared to be state sponsored
"baltagiya" (gangs) and government employees. "Instead of uniformed
guys trying to stop you from protesting. You've got non-uniformed guys
trying to stop you from protesting," Naguib said.
AP points out:
Supporters
of President Hosni Mubarak charged into Cairo's central square on
horses and camels brandishing whips while others rained firebombs from
rooftops in what appeared to be an orchestrated assault against
protesters trying to topple Egypt's leader of 30 years. Three people
died and 600 were injured.
The protesters accused
Mubarak's regime of unleashing a force of paid thugs and plainclothes
police to crush their unprecedented 9-day-old movement, a day after the
82-year-old president refused to step down. They showed off police ID
badges they said were wrested from their attackers. Some government
workers said their employers ordered them into the streets.
***
If
any of the violence is instigated by the government, it should stop
immediately," said White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
CNN writes:
The
United States doesn't know the identity of "thugs" who attacked
anti-government protesters Wednesday in Egypt, but others have
identified them as "supporters of the government," U.S. State Department
spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters.
"This was clearly an attempt at intimidating the protesters," Crowley said.
And Al Jazeera reports:
Protesters
in Tahrir Square shows the Al Jazeera camera the ID cards of accused
plain clothed security (police ID) who came in earlier to create
chaos.
This
is just like when the British police attacked the non-violent
protesters led by Gandhi, or the police in towns in the South of the
United States attacked the peaceful protesters led by Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Note: The police were also the ones doing most, if not all, of the looting. See this and this.
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Videotapes, unlike your wife, never lies.
You are an american monkey, bitchez.
Pro banama?
Posted this further down...the MB in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhu-YgCyPz4
Freddie, Hellfish, you sound like paid-for trolls. If you don't like GW's stuff, why the hell do you post so many insults and post nothing informative? Go find somewhere else on the internets that is more to your liking.
obvious trolls
They work for Hosni. Check'em for police ID.
What were they doing to be "harassed"? Foul language? Blocking access? What?
The next obvious question is, of course, were they ever arrested for inciting a riot at the democratic party convention or the libertarian convention? Green party maybe?
Just askin GW...it's your source not mine.