Er rouleren momenteel 2 hypes over Egypte (ter afleiding natuurlijk):
1.
'Pas op voor de Moslim Broederschap!'
'Ze willen de sharia invoeren!'
Aldus figuren als Naftaniël, Boekestijn, PVV-aanhangers, etc.
Echter, zo las en hoorde ik uit verschillende bronnen, dat de Moslim Broederschap in Egypte "op dit moment" geen interesse heeft om de macht over te nemen.
Nog belangrijker is dat de Moslim Broederschap voor de VS geen gevaar vormt. Lees hierover dit inzichtelijke artikel (van 29 januari 2011) van de Canadese econoom Michel Chossudovsky, o.a. directeur van het Centre for Research on Globalization en emeritus hoogleraar aan de Universiteit van Ottawa:
"The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt constitutes the largest segment of the opposition to president Mubarak. According to reports, The Muslim Brotherhood dominates the protest movement.
While there is a constitutional ban against religious political parties Brotherhood members elected to Egypt's parliament as "independents" constitute the largest parliamentary block.
The Brotherhood, however, does not constitute a direct threat to Washington's economic and strategic interests in the region. Western intelligence agencies have a longstanding history of collaboration with the Brotherhood. Britain's support of the Brotherhood instrumented through the British Secret Service dates back to the 1940s. Starting in the 1950s, according to former intelligence official William Baer, "The CIA [funnelled] support to the Muslim Brotherhood because of 'the Brotherhood’s commendable capability to overthrow Nasser'". 1954-1970: CIA and the Muslim Brotherhood Ally to Oppose Egyptian President Nasser. These covert links to the CIA were maintained in the post-Nasser era."
2.
De plunderingen - om aan te tonen dat de opstandelingen ('de moslims') 'niet deugen'. Ik lees hier en daar over "counter insurgency" en "false flag" ops: politieagenten in burger die plunderen om de opstandelingen een slechte naam te geven.
Zie:Al Jazeera gisteren:
"7:38pm Ayman Mohyeldin reports that eyewitnesses have said "party thugs" associated with the Egyptian regime's Central Security Services - in plainclothes but bearing government-issued weapons - have been looting in Cairo. Ayman says the reports started off as isolated accounts but are now growing in number."
Human Rights Watch bericht vandaag:
"Police and government officials have pulled out so there are no government services - the governor's been gone since Tuesday so there's a power vacuum. People formed impromptu block committees to provide local security, armed (they say) with only sticks and kitchen knives. The locals say the only people with weapons are police who've taken off their uniforms and are responsible for most of the looting and crime."
De Telegraph:
"'Thugs' going around on motorcycles looting shops and houses, according to Al Jazeera. They say they are getting more and more reports of looting. More worryingly, one group of looters who were captured by citizens in the upmarket Cairo district of Heliopolis turned out to have ID cards identifying them as members of the regime security forces."
De Egyptische krant Al MasryAlyoum publiceert hierover ooggetuigeverslagen.
EGYPT: Looting as Counter-Insurgency
Natuurlijk zal er hier en daar geplunderd worden, daar twijfel ik niet aan. De woede is groot, en de armoede nog veel groter. Maar ik twijfel er ook niet aan dat 'agents provocateurs' worden ingezet. Bij andere (ook Westerse) grote demonstraties is dat tegenwoordig gebruikelijk. Maar toen er destijds in Roemenië op grote schaal geplunderd werd, was dat geen media-hype. Nog afgezien van de plundering van hele landen natuurlijk...
"The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt constitutes the largest segment of the opposition to president Mubarak. According to reports, The Muslim Brotherhood dominates the protest movement.
While there is a constitutional ban against religious political parties Brotherhood members elected to Egypt's parliament as "independents" constitute the largest parliamentary block.
The Brotherhood, however, does not constitute a direct threat to Washington's economic and strategic interests in the region. Western intelligence agencies have a longstanding history of collaboration with the Brotherhood. Britain's support of the Brotherhood instrumented through the British Secret Service dates back to the 1940s. Starting in the 1950s, according to former intelligence official William Baer, "The CIA [funnelled] support to the Muslim Brotherhood because of 'the Brotherhood’s commendable capability to overthrow Nasser'". 1954-1970: CIA and the Muslim Brotherhood Ally to Oppose Egyptian President Nasser. These covert links to the CIA were maintained in the post-Nasser era."
While there is a constitutional ban against religious political parties Brotherhood members elected to Egypt's parliament as "independents" constitute the largest parliamentary block.
The Brotherhood, however, does not constitute a direct threat to Washington's economic and strategic interests in the region. Western intelligence agencies have a longstanding history of collaboration with the Brotherhood. Britain's support of the Brotherhood instrumented through the British Secret Service dates back to the 1940s. Starting in the 1950s, according to former intelligence official William Baer, "The CIA [funnelled] support to the Muslim Brotherhood because of 'the Brotherhood’s commendable capability to overthrow Nasser'". 1954-1970: CIA and the Muslim Brotherhood Ally to Oppose Egyptian President Nasser. These covert links to the CIA were maintained in the post-Nasser era."
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Ah, ik zie dat je ze wel ge-emaild krijgt.
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