THOUSANDS OF SALAFISTS MARCH IN CAIRO AGAINST USA
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BIN LADEN: EGYPT, THOUSANDS OF SALAFISTS MARCH AGAINST USA
(ANSAmed) – ROME, MAY 6 – Thousands of Egyptian Salafists have today organised a march in protest against the United States over the killing of Osama Bin Laden. The march began at the Al Nur mosque in the Abbasiya area of Cairo and ended outside the American embassy.
This is according to the MENA news agency, which says that protesters chanted slogans against the American President Barack Obama, calling him the assassin responsible for Bin Laden’s death.
Dozens of Egyptian citizens in Tahrir Square today prayed for the soul of the Al Qaeda leader, who was killed last week in a raid in Pakistan by American special forces. (ANSAmed).
From: Andrew C. McCarthy [mailto:acmccarthy@optonline.net]
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 3:22 PM
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Subject: Re: Egyptian Democrats demand Egyptian government end all cooperation with Israel, open Gaza crossing, and praise bombing of gas pipeline in Sinai
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Annals of the Arab Spring: Egyptian “Democrats” Praise Bombing of Gas Pipeline to Israel
By Andrew C. McCarthy
Posted on May 06, 2011 3:14 PM
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/266648/annals-arab-spring-egyptian-democrats-praise-bombing-gas-pipeline-israel-andrew-c-mcca
The Jerusalem Post reports that peaceful Egyptian protestors have descended on the Israeli embassy in Cairo today to celebrate the bombing of a pipeline in Sinai that delivers gas to Israel. [Hat tip: Andrew Bostom.] They demanded a “complete cancellation of normalization” of relations between Egypt and Israel, and a “complete halt” in Egyptian cooperation with Israel. In a burst of democracy, one protestor explained that if the Egyptian government won’t cut off the supply of gas, “the people will.”
It is a remarkable coincidence that these Arab Spring protests have once again intensified on a Friday, the day Muslims go to weekly services at the mosques and are treated to sermons by their friendly imams. I hasten to note that this remains a spontaneous political uprising — a mark of the yearning for freedom that stirs in every human heart. It has absolutely nothing to do with any religious doctrine, and it would be the crassest kind of Islamophobia to suggest otherwise.
The Jerusalem Post reports that peaceful Egyptian protestors have descended on the Israeli embassy in Cairo today to celebrate the bombing of a pipeline in Sinai that delivers gas to Israel. [Hat tip: Andrew Bostom.] They demanded a “complete cancellation of normalization” of relations between Egypt and Israel, and a “complete halt” in Egyptian cooperation with Israel. In a burst of democracy, one protestor explained that if the Egyptian government won’t cut off the supply of gas, “the people will.”
It is a remarkable coincidence that these Arab Spring protests have once again intensified on a Friday, the day Muslims go to weekly services at the mosques and are treated to sermons by their friendly imams. I hasten to note that this remains a spontaneous political uprising — a mark of the yearning for freedom that stirs in every human heart. It has absolutely nothing to do with any religious doctrine, and it would be the crassest kind of Islamophobia to suggest otherwise.
On May 6, 2011, at 2:23 PM, Andrew Bostom wrote:
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=219543
Egyptians denounce ‘normalization’ at embassy in Cairo
By JPOST.COM STAFF <mailto:updatesdesk@gmail.com>
05/06/2011 19:53
Demonstrators praise bombing of gas pipeline in Sinai, demand Egyptian
government end all cooperation with Israel, open Gaza crossing.
Protesters descended on the Israeli embassy in Cairo on Friday, calling for
a complete halt in Egyptian cooperation with
<http://newstopics.jpost.com/topic/Israel> Israel.
One protester said the demonstration was a response to President
<http://newstopics.jpost.com/topic/Shimon_Peres> Shimon Peres’s call for
Egyptian youth to normalize relations with Israel, AFP reported.
Positioned on a bridge across from the embassy, demonstrators chanted, “The
people demand the cancellation of normalization,” according to the report.
Another call of the protesters was to end Egypt’s supply of natural gas to
Israel. They celebrated the recent bombing
<http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=218033> of a Sinai gas
pipeline that delivers gas to both Israel and Jordan.
“If the government won’t cut it off,” one protester said of the gas supply,
“the people will,” AFP reported.
05/06/2011 19:53
government end all cooperation with Israel, open Gaza crossing.
a complete halt in Egyptian cooperation with
<http://newstopics.jpost.com/topic/Israel> Israel.
<http://newstopics.jpost.com/topic/Shimon_Peres> Shimon Peres’s call for
Egyptian youth to normalize relations with Israel, AFP reported.
people demand the cancellation of normalization,” according to the report.
Israel. They celebrated the recent bombing
<http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=218033> of a Sinai gas
pipeline that delivers gas to both Israel and Jordan.
“the people will,” AFP reported.
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