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| Africa North |
| Violence in Sinai |
| 2015-07-03 |
| [DAWN] IT is a measure of Egypt's political instability that the completion of one year of President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi ...successor to Hosni Mubarak as president-for-life of Egypt. That was after he removed Mohammad al-Morsi as president-for-life by popular demand in one of the April showers of the Arab Spring.... 's government coincided on Wednesday with one of the biggest attacks by Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... snuffies in the Sinai on the security forces, leading to over 100 deaths. The government declared that the area -- Sheikh Zuweid town -- was "100pc under control", but the force used by the security apparatus -- F-16 jets and Apache helicopters -- only highlighted the murderous Moslems' fighting prowess. Moreover, the government's '100pc' claim appeared dubious when the army declared it would continue the operation until the area had been cleared of "terrorist concentrations". Even though it was the Islamic State's Egyptian affiliate which had launched the attack, the government said among those killed were Moslem Brüderbund members, a claim the Brotherhood denied, saying those "murdered" had been doing relief work. While Egypt had often witnessed terrorist attacks on foreign tourists and the Coptic minority, organised militancy is a new phenomenon and is obviously a reaction to the regime's unabashed persecution of the opposition, especially of the Moslem Brüderbund, whose government, headed by Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president, was removed by the military, followed by bogus trials and the sentencing to death of a number of Brotherhood leaders, including Mr Morsi. In silencing the media and crushing the opposition, Mr Sisi's aim seems to be to give Egypt 'political stability'. However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... the ferocious festivities in the Sinai and the murder of the chief prosecutor the other day underline the military-led regime's failure to give peace to the country. Obviously, Mr Sisi hasn't learnt any lessons from the fate of dictators like Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... , Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Muammar Qadaffy ...The late megalomaniac dictator of Libya, admired everywhere for his garish costumes, funny hats, harem of cutie bodyguards, and incoherent ravings. As far as is known, he is the only person who's ever declared jihad on Switzerland... whose systems based on patronage and tyranny collapsed like a house of cards at the first whiff of the Arab spring. However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... the dictators mentioned above did give stability -- no matter how superficial -- for decades, but Mr Sisi appears to be having difficulty in consolidating his hold even in the very beginning. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Third time ice-cream. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-07-03 04:39 |
| #1 The truth is, that if there was wide spread violence, there might be a problem for al-Sisi. the violence is limited to remote areas, mostly. He has he state under control and is awaiting a more favorable American administration. Please keep killing MB members. Toss them off the roof when short of lead. I believe Chicago is worse than the Sanai. |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2015-07-03 00:20 |