Posted on 12/19/2011 2:49:57 PM PST by Olog-hai
Egyptian security forces fought opponents of army rule in Cairo for a fourth day on Monday and the United States, worried by the violence, urged the generals to respect human rights.
Medical sources said the death toll had risen to 13 since Friday. Hundreds have been wounded and scores detained.
Police and soldiers using batons and tear gas drove stone-throwing protesters out of Cairo's Tahrir Square, hub of the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in February, overnight.
Hundreds had returned to the square by morning after security forces retreated behind barricades in streets leading to parliament, the cabinet office and the Interior Ministry.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the "excessive" force used against the demonstrations that have widened a rift among Egyptians over the role of the army and cast a shadow over the country's first free election in decades.
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International called on arms suppliers to stop sending small arms and ammunition to Egypt's military and security forces in the wake of the violent crackdown on protesters. …
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“and the United States, worried by the violence”
Hey Obama, you own it.
We need to send the Muzzies MORE money.
They are only worried that Obama’s brothers might get mad at them the arab spring is over summer and fall never came they plunged right into winter !
I can see it now, 0bie saying we didn’t know the violence would be this bad. Jerk it isn’t bad yet wait until your brethren get full power.
U.S. worried??
I’m not worried at all, except for the $billions$ in tax dollars we funneled into that country to prop up it’s dictators.
Just wait until they massacre all the Copts and blow up the Egyptian pyramids.
“Unexpectedly” will be used every other sentence by the SRM.
Paging Samantha Power, Paging Samantha Power....
If two hundred thousand people marched on the White House, I wonder how quickly mObama would demand the police and the national guard allow the protesters to do anything they wanted.
What if those protesters tried to occupy the SCOTUS, or the Congressional building? What if they were rushing our military bases?
Would our leaders demand the police and national guard stand down?
We are making preposterous demands on foreign governments.
No, everything this government has done is not perfect. Neither will everything the next government does, let me guarantee you.
This is very similar to the overthrow of the Shah of Iran in the 1970s. He was cracking down on the Muslim extremists and the US and world media creamed him for it. Jimmy Carter was instrumental in his overthrow and wouldn’t even allow him in the US for medical treatment. Then the ayatollahs took over and we have what we have there now.
Mubarak in Egypt was similar to the Shah. Now Obama is clearing the path for a Muslim extremists takeover in Egypt.
Maybe Obama will ask them nicely to stop throwing rocks.
My point is, the media will underplay this development and the average idiot will not notice as long as the Egyptians don't take a bunch of Americans hostage. After-all, they gang-raped a woman correspondent and not one voice was raised by the media in protest.
Jimmy screwed up big time, but W really got the ball rolling, neocons suck!
I don’t think you’re on the right website; try a pacifist libertarian one. If the previous president failed at anything, it was being too liberal and allowing the Twelvers to take power via elections, as well as not being hawkish enough and using both Iraq and Afghanistan as a staging ground to deal with Iran once and for all.
The previous President failed by not bring the wrath of hell on Iraq and everyone in it. I am NOT a pacifist, if you go to war then kill everyone that resists, period. Screw the winning hearts and minds national building BS.
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International called on arms suppliers to stop sending small arms and ammunition to Egypt's military and security forces in the wake of the violent crackdown on protesters.
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