Egypt: Four days peace and then suddenly 30 dead

[TheGreatGatsby]

Egyptians peacefully rallied against the Muslim Brotherhood for four days w/o violence. Then the Muslim Brotherhood take a day to counter and 30 die. Coincidence? Methinks not.

 

[waltky]

Hopeful sign for Egypt...

ElBaradei sworn-in as Egypt's vice president
July 14, 2013 -- Egyptian reform advocate Mohammed ElBaradei, who led the country's main opposition group in criticism of the Muslim Brotherhood, was sworn-in Sunday as the country's interim vice president.

The 71-year-old former diplomat and Nobel laureate emerged as a prominent democracy advocate and later as the head of the National Salvation Front, a secular coalition of groups opposed to former President Mohammed Morsi. According to NSF spokesman Khaled Dawoud, ElBaradei no longer heads the coalition. "He is now a vice president for all Egyptians," Dawoud said.

Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour oversaw the swearing in of ElBaradei, the latest move by the country's new leadership to push ahead with a transition plan following the military's ouster of Morsi nearly two weeks ago. Thousands of Morsi's supporters, though, have vowed to continue their sit-in in Cairo until he is reinstated. They have refused to accept his ouster or the military-backed timeline for transition, which calls for changes to the constitution and new elections for parliament and president.

ElBaradei's NSF group under Morsi was among the president's strongest critics. The coalition stood with Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi as he announced Morsi's ouster amid massive protests against his rule. The former Egyptian diplomat to the United Nations is known internationally for his 12 years of work as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.

ElBaradei sworn-in as Egypt's vice president - Middle East - Stripes

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

The Muslim Brotherhood remain a pernicious group.

 

[waltky]

al-Sissi blasts the US...

Egypt's General al-Sissi Slams US
August 03, 2013 > Egyptian military chief Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has strongly criticized the United States for refusing to explicitly endorse his ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last month.

In a rare interview granted to a foreign news organization, an angry Sissi told The Washington Post that the Obama administration "turned (its) back on the Egyptians, and they won't forget that." The comments, published Saturday, were made as Washington attempted to remain neutral in Egypt's political crisis between the Sissi-backed interim government and the Islamist supporters of the ousted president. Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood movement also has criticized the Obama administration, accusing it of acquiescing to a coup against the former president, whom the military forced from power on July 3. Washington has declined to call the ouster a "coup" as doing so would force it to cut an estimated $1.3 billion in annual aid to Egypt, a key U.S. military ally. In the interview, Sissi, who also serves as defense minister, urged the United States to press Egyptian Islamists to end a month-long series of protests and sit-ins against the ouster of Morsi.

Meetings

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met with allies of Morsi and held separate talks with interim Egyptian leaders in Cairo on Saturday as part of Western efforts to mediate between the two sides. EU special envoy Bernardino Leon also joined the meetings. They marked the second visit by Burns to Egypt in recent weeks. The Pentagon said Sissi assured U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in a phone call that Egypt's interim government is "working toward a process of national reconciliation." Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said the government has "no desire" to use force to clear two protest camps occupied by tens of thousands of Morsi supporters in Cairo.

Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Fahmy said all political groups are invited to take part in implementing the government's road map for restoring democracy, if those groups renounce violence. "We cannot truly achieve reconciliation, no matter how hard we try, if there is a continuation of incitement of violence or a continuation of violence out on the street, and that will obviously lead to a reaction," he said.

In a separate nationally televised address, interior ministry spokesman Hany Abdel-Latif promised the protesters "safe passage" if they leave the camps. But, he also accused Islamist protest organizers of brainwashing the demonstrators and being involved in murders, torture and abductions. The Egyptian government said Friday it plans to set up barriers around the two sit-ins as part of a strategy to shut them down. Political violence involving Morsi supporters and opponents has killed almost 300 people since his removal from power, many of them Islamists shot and killed by security forces.

Signs of possible compromises

 

[irosie91]

I wonder if there are any muslims who feel offended that the "MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD"---
calls itself "the muslim brotherhood"
They should insist on a new name<<<<
just a suggestion

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

I wonder if there are any muslims who feel offended that the "MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD"---
calls itself "the muslim brotherhood"
They should insist on a new name<<<<
just a suggestion

To me, that's like asking if a lot of blacks are offended by the high black murder rates. Pernicious cultures aren't especially offended at bad stuff unless it's happening on their doorstep.