A man with the corpse of
a friend, killed by government forces
in Giza, Egypt. If 'violence
begets more violence', the ugliness
in the country may have only just begun.
Western-Sanctioned 'Butchery' in Egypt (Liberation, France)
"General al-Sisi, the country's strongman, has revealed the regime's true
nature. He intends to establish - by force - a military dictatorship in the
mould of Mubarak's. ... The West, which de facto supported the coup d'état,
must condemn this violent massacre, which will only bring further repression in
its wake. The democrats and secular forces who now support this butchery are deluding
themselves if they think - once they are in the military's way - they'll be
spared."
A
massacre is a massacre and indignation cannot be selective. After toppling the
first truly elected president in Egyptian history, the military junta has deliberately
executed hundreds of its citizens. Live bullets to the head or chest, shot by
men ordered to kill. The Muslim Brotherhood certainly doesn't represent the ideal
of freedom fighters. Some - a few - are armed, but most of the victims are
civilians, bare-handed and slaughtered.
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General
al-Sisi, the country's strongman, has revealed the regime's
true nature. He intends to establish - by force - a military dictatorship in
the mould of Mubarak's. ElBaradei,
who up to now had cautiously backed the military coup, ultimately understood
the trap into which he had fallen [and resigned as interim vice president]. The
West, which de facto supported the coup d'état, must condemn this violent massacre,
which will only bring further repression in its wake. The democrats and secular
forces who now support this butchery are deluding themselves if they think -
once they are in the military's way - they'll be spared. Ultimately this blind
violence will only serve the Islamists, in Egypt as elsewhere in the Muslim
world.
The
military is desperate to retain its influence and privileges, including to
trigger a civil war in the country - as al-Assad has done in Syria. This
indiscriminate violence can only feed and ultimately serve the interests of the
Islamists, not only in Egypt but throughout the Muslim world. The Egyptian
generals have killed the Arab Spring.
