Egyptian Army Begins Rounding up Foreign Journalists; Fox News Crew Beaten
- Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:43pm by
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CAIRO (The Blaze/AP) — Protesters and regime supporters fought in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new lawlessness spread around the city. New looting and arson erupted, and gangs of thugs supporting President Hosni Mubarak attacked reporters, foreigners and rights workers while the army rounded up foreign journalists.
Some of the journalists targeted included a Fox News crew, which was beaten and sent to a hospital last night:
“This crowd has been very angry toward journalists,” Fox Business reporter Ashley Webster told Fox News. Security officials burst into his hotel room, he said, forcing his cameraman off the balcony and shouting that they would kill them.
Fox News reporter Greg Palkot, who was one of those attacked and sent to the hospital, said he was confronted by about 30 angry rioters.
The government increasingly spread an image that foreigners were fueling the turmoil and supporting the tens of thousands in the street who for more than 10 days have demanded the immediate ouster of Mubarak, this country’s unquestioned ruler for nearly three decades.
“When there are demonstrations of this size, there will be foreigners who come and take advantage and they have an agenda to raise the energy of the protesters,” Vice President Omar Suleiman said in an interview on state TV.
In Washington, U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley condemned what he called “a concerted campaign to intimidate international journalists in Cairo.”
Pro-government mobs beat foreign journalists with sticks on the streets outside downtown Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the protests. Dozens of journalists, including ones from The Washington Post and The New York Times, were reported detained by security forces. One Greek print journalist was stabbed in the leg with a screwdriver, and a photographer was punched in the face by attackers who smashed some of his equipment. The Arabic news network Al-Arabiya pleaded on an urgent news scroll for the army to protect its offices and journalists, and Al-Jazeera said two of its correspondents were attacked.
Human rights activists were also targeted. Military police stormed the offices of an Egyptian rights groups as activists were meeting and arrested at least five, including one from the London-based Amnesty International and another from New York-based Human Rights Watch, the groups said.
“We call for the immediate and safe release of our colleagues and others with them who should be able to monitor the human rights situation in Egypt at this crucial time without fear of harassment or detention,” said Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International.
Lawlessness that had largely eased since the weekend flared anew. A fire raged in a major supermarket outside Sheikh Zayed, a suburb of the capital, and looters were ransacking the building. A residential building neighboring a 5-star hotel on the Nile River corniche was also ablaze, blocks away from Tahrir. Other fires erupted in the Cairo district of Shubra, north of the center, security officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
Under an onslaught of international condemnation for Wednesday’s assault on protesters by pro-Mubarak rioters that sparked the renewed wave of turmoil, the government offered a series of gestures trying to calm the fury.
The prime minister apologized for Wednesday’s assault and acknowledged it may have been organized. The vice president promised that the 82-year-old Mubarak‘s son Gamal would not run to succeed his father in presidential elections in September and offered to hold negotiations on the country’s future even with the regime’s biggest domestic enemy, the Muslim Brotherhood.
But the gestures appeared likely to be drowned out by the chaos around Tahrir, or Liberation, Square, which for the past 10 days has been the center of the unprecedented movement demanding Mubarak’s immediate ouster. Protesters accuse the regime of organizing a force of paid thugs and police in civilian clothes to attack them Wednesday afternoon, sparking the violence that still raged after nightfall Thursday.
At least eight people have been killed and hundreds wounded in the fighting in and around Tahrir.
Thursday’s fighting centered on and under a highway overpass about 500 yards (meters) north of the square’s center that pro-government attackers had used as a high ground to rain down stones and firebombs. Anti-Mubarak protesters surged from the square in the afternoon in volleys of stones, bottles and metal rebar, chasing their foes around the fly-over.
At one point, a police truck barreled wildly through the crowds under the bridge, mowing down several people in its path, according to footage aired on Al-Jazeera. Heavy barrages of gunfire were heard from time to time, and at least one wounded person was carried away.
In the morning, the military took its first muscular action to halt the fighting after standing by without interfering since the fighting began. They moved after heavy barrages of automatic gunfire over the course of two hours before dawn killed five protesters in a serious escalation.
Four tanks cleared the highway overpass and several hundred soldiers on the streets below lined up between the two sides, pushing the pro-government fighters back and blocking the main battle lines in front of the famed Egyptian Museum and at other entrances to the square. For several hours after, more protesters streamed into the square to support those who had fought through the night.
But when clashes resumed in the afternoon, soldiers disappeared from the streets, moving inside their tanks and armored vehicles without intervening again. Every once in a while, protesters would wrestle a Mubarak supporter to the ground, search him for an ID, then raise the card in the air to prove he was a police officer or ruling party member.
The anti-Mubarak movement has vowed to intensify protests to force the president out by Friday. In a speech Tuesday night, Mubarak refused to step down immediately, saying he would serve out the remaining seven months of his term – a halfway concession rejected by the protesters.
A sense of victory ran through the protesters Thursday after they succeeded in keeping their hold on the square and pushing back their attackers.
“Thank God, we managed to protect the whole area,” said Abdul-Rahman, a taxi driver who was among thousands who stayed hunkered in the square through the night, hunkered down against the thousands besieging the entrances. “We prevented the pro-Mubarak people from storming the streets leading to the square.” He refused to give his full name.
Many dismissed the government concessions, which would have been stunning only a month ago, and said they wanted nothing less than Mubarak to go now.
“We have gone beyond these demands a long time ago,” said Waheed Hamad, a 40-year-old schoolteacher among the protesters. “What we need is something bigger. And the road is still long.” He said the attacks on protests would only make them grow. “Blood is the fuel of the revolution.”
Bands of Mubarak supporters moved through side streets around Tahrir, trading volleys of stone-throwing with the protesters and attacking cars to stop supplies from reaching the protest camp. One band stopped a car, ripped open the trunk and found boxes of juice, water and food, which they took before forcing the driver to flee.
The Mubarak backers seethed with anger at a protest movement that state TV and media have depicted as causing the chaos and paralyzing businesses and livelihoods. “You in Tahrir are the reason we can’t live a normal life,” one screamed as he threw stones in a side street.
The anti-Mubarak youths posted sentries on the roofs and balconies of buildings around the square to raise the alert of any approaching attackers and rain stones on them. Other lookouts in the streets banged metal poles against pedestrian barriers alarm when they sighted incoming Mubarak backers.
One sentry waved his arms in the air like an airport runway traffic controller, directing defenders carrying piles of stones as ammunition to a side street to fend off an assault. But then another sentry waved a hand across his chest horizontally in a new signal. The crowd understood: false alarm, and they melted back into the square.
The men who led the defense Wednesday and throughout the night were easily identified. Many of them had cotton padding and grubby bandages dangling from their faces, arms and legs. Many had chunks of rock stuck to their hair and clumps of dust in their beards. A large number had the trimmed beards of Muslim conservatives, a sign of how the Muslim Brotherhood a major role in the fight.
Mubarak, the country’s unquestioned ruler for nearly three decades, has rejected demands he step down but said he would not run for re-election in September. His top ally the United States has pressed him to quickly transition to a democratic government but has said his earlier gestures, including forming a new government, were insufficient.
On Thursday, authorities offered new concessions, trying to defuse the chaos. Prosecutors announced an assets freeze and travel ban against the former interior minister, Habib el-Adly, whose police forces led a fierce crackdown against the protests when they initially broke out on Jan. 25. Similar measures were announced against the former housing and tourism ministers, who were among the unpopular millionaire businessmen who dominated the ousted government.
Vice President Omar Suleiman told journalists he had invited the Muslim Brotherhood to enter negotiations with the government. He said the Brotherhood remains “hesitant” but underlined that it was a “valuable opportunity” for the fundamentalist movement.
The Brotherhood, which calls for an Islamic state in Egypt, is the top political opponent of Mubarak’s regime, which has always rejected any contact with the group and has launched heavy campaigns of arrests against it over past year. The Brotherhood is among the many disparate anti-Mubarak groups organizing the protests, though secular activists have so far dominated the movement. All have rejected any dialogue with the government before Mubarak steps down.
Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq acknowledged that the attack “seemed to have been organized” and said elements had infiltrated what began as a demonstration against the protesters to turn it violent. But he said he did not know who, promising an investigation into who was behind it.
“I offer my apology for everything that happened yesterday because it’s neither logical nor rational,” Shafiq told state TV. “Everything that happened yesterday will be investigated so everyone knows who was behind it.”
Shafiq, a former air force general appointed by Mubarak over the weekend, defended Mubarak’s announcement Tuesday that he would serve out the rest of his term. “Would it be dignified for a nation for its president to leave immediately?” Shafiq said. “There are ethics that must be observed.”
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Comments (128)
millefiore
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:20pmIt was reported the Egyptians are paying 40% of their earnings for food and food is scarce. They are hungry, angry, oppressed, and just plain mad @ the world. They hate Americans and Israel. The journalists are risking their lives for the “stories” May they be safe.
Report Post »barbaraw62
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 4:32pmWhy do all the ones blame the USA???? When they have no food, blame the USA? When they have a dictatorship, blame the USA??? When they have an Islamic fundamentalist dictatorship, blame the USA??? When they have no freedom, blame the USA???? This is about crazy people not taking responsibility and not using the minds God gave them….. not the USA!!!!!
Report Post »wildwood
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:17pmStar today not tomarrow demanding that all foreign aid, except Iseral be stopped pronto.
Report Post »It is insaane to borrow money from a communist country and give it to the odoits that hate us!!!!
If we do not scream and scream louldy,, never stopping until it is stopped it will continue!!!!!
GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:08pmThis is a risk of journalism I’m afraid. I hope that all Americans get out of there post haste, regardless of who they are. It’s never a good idea to be inside a powder keg when it is lit.
Report Post »Quad-rip-legic
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:06pmI think we should look on this as what we should begin to expect from our own regime supporters such as the unions. Will the tea party stand or hide? We know Bush has begun to turn on the people leading the way for a unified ruling class government.
Report Post »ladyda
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:05pmCome home Americans, let the Mubarak military take care of the Muslim Brotherhoods. It looks as though this is not going to go well.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:17pmGonzo just posted that the current government wants to enter negotiations with the Muslim Brotherhood. I don‘t know if that’s verified or not, but if so, that means that the dictator and the MB are in fact aligned against these protesters together. Maybe these folks are actually protesting dictatorship and we should consider that we’d do the same thing in their shoes?
Report Post »dizzyinthedark
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:03pmReally bad these reporters are being targeted, but what were they thinking? Do they somehow think they are wanted there? Those people HATE US! Get out all of you, come home! Stop filming, stop showing the world what they want. Let them eat one another alive. Let our military take care of this. We can do nothing to bring about change here, except one thing, but that would be extreme and would sound something like–kaboom. Stop sending our money to them, let them starve, let them close the canal. We have oil, we don’t need their canal, we can get back to growing our food. As for the ones over here that want to start a rumble–WATCH OUT! You think they haven’t been watching, let me remind you: The Quiet Professionals and Delta Force know all about you!
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:18pmWhat does our military have to do with it? This is the issue of Egypt, not ours, we have neither the right to go there nor the Constitutional authority to just “send in the troops!”. We need to stop trying to police the world, this is becoming insane.
Report Post »Echad
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 4:53pmI agree with You GHOSTOFJEFFERSON
We don’t seem to learn from history and the reason most of the world hates us is for our hypocrisy! Remember Manuel Noriega CIA trained, then removed by the U.S. or Osama Bin Laden also CIA trained, because he was the enemy of our enemy. When you support the lesser of two devils you are still in bed with the devil.
We must stand with people of integrity and honor, people who believe in the unalienable rights of liberty and justice. If they do not stand for these principles, we should not be supporting them.
B”H
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:02pmI am NOT saying we should, do not want to do this………BUT………
What would happen if we, the people, protested to have Obamamash removed from office?
Report Post »I just want your opnions on this. Would it be thousands or millionss in the streets?
Who would counter protest? What do you think would happen and what would be the outcome?
Will await to read the posts……….
DashRipRock
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:13pmCan we wait till it gets warmer
might get more people
Report Post »Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:28pmI still say it can be done much easier. All we need is an oldsmobile, a bridge, and Kennedy to drive PeeBO home!
Report Post »troyvar
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:41pmI like the ballot box thingy a little better, God save the Republic if this administration fabricates a crisis in order to postpone elections.
Report Post »Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 4:30pmI hope we make it to the next election
Report Post »amerbur
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:01pmDo we have any proof of with whom these people are affiliated? Pro Government, communist groups, antigovernment, muslim brotherhood? How do we know this?
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:13pmExactly my question. Way too many assumptions being made and arm chair Generals for my comfort.
Report Post »Gail
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:00pmWhen you mess with my Fox friends you have gone too far!!!!!!!!!!!!! This makes it personal!
Report Post »Please be careful…….we are praying for your safety and all of the media there!
millefiore
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:00pmWhere are the “Moderate” muslims we hear about apparently not in Egypt.
Report Post »May all Americans get out of there safely. May the journalists be safe.
It is a mob mentality atmosphere and its spreading to Yemen and Syria. Eventually the Shites and Sunni’s may turn against one another. The Saudi’s must be quaking in their sand and oil wondering when OBAMA & CLINTON will throw them under the bus.
Debra
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 5:11pmI am sure that there are many Egyptians who are protecting people. the good always step up
Report Post »tinydd
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:56pmWell Mediamatters bloggers should have a tickle up their leg with this story. Probably most of them are wishing the Fox team had been killed as this would make them spew all over each other.
Report Post »integrican
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:56pmBulletin: Vegas now has odds set: Mubarak +7-1/2pts. ; )
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:01pmThe weather could be a factor, he needs a fast track.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:56pmWho would have seen that coming? Pray for our journalists and please bring them home safely. No story is worth your life!
Report Post »Susan
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:55pmI’m sure this all makes Obama and his buds very happy, despite what O says. We have GOT to get him out of office and be danged careful who we let in that office in the future!
Report Post »WeMustNeverForget
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:02pmWell said Susan… Just got through reading this article in WND, A great read. “Egypt now fears Obama a ‘Manchurian President’ ‘They are trying to understand why he is acting against U.S. interests’. Read more: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=258937
What is America to do now? We’ve got an administration working against our interests. Ignores the will of the people. Organizations working on bringing the US down from within, not to mention, Jihadist camps set up in upstate New York and other places preparing for the day they long have waited for!!!! God help us all!!! ( heavy sigh).
Report Post »chirodoc007
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:55pmWe should immediately Pres Clinton, President of the World, to take over the Egyptian Presidency until elections can be organized. I’m sure that the elections could be concluded by 2041.
Report Post »CaptainSpaulding
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:54pmIran 2.
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:53pmWhich of the fox media were beaten?
Report Post »chirodoc007
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:56pmGreg Palkot
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:00pmGeraldo Rivera, I hope.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:53pm“Vice President Omar Suleiman told journalists he had invited the Muslim Brotherhood to enter negotiations with the government.”
Report Post »And away we go!
Crewbot
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:53pmJust peaceful muslums. The religion of peace, eh?
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:10pmBy that logic, we can call out the Greek fire bombers as examples of Christianity. Right?
These guys aren’t out screaming Islam, they’re trying to topple a tried and true and honest to goodness dictator.
Report Post »Ser Scot
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:31pmBy that logic Christians are a religion of violence. How many riots have occured in majority Christian nations? What ever you do don’t resist oppression then people might think your faith is “violent.”
Report Post »Insipid
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:53pmIt may be a good idea for the press to get out of there.
Report Post »roxee
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:08pmI was in the Middle East for the Gulf War, what you saw on CNN was NOT what we witnessed. They want the fraud Media out of there. Al Jazeera ,is also a fraud funded by the same oligarchy as our Media is!
Report Post »code green
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:09pmWhen you start seeing Arab signs printed in English you know why they are still there rioting .
Report Post »I have mixed emotions on coverage,but I don’t like to see the press being useful idiots any more than they already are.
encinom
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:52pmBeck these are the people you threw your hat in with, you stood with your support of the pro-Mubarak groups.
Are you going to continue to give cover for Mubarak, is the rest of Fox going to continue to support hte government?
You are no prophit, but a blind fool drunk on your own ego.
Report Post »LSX
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:59pmBarack Obama, these are the people you threw your hat in with, you stood with your support of the pro-Mubarak groups.
Are you going to continue to give cover for Mubarak, is the rest of MSNBC, CNN and MSM going to continue to support the government?
You are no prophet or messiah Obama, but a blind fool all coked up on your own ego.
* corrected this for you *
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:05pmDespite your poor spelling, I was able to decipher your post. Beck is not with Mubarak. If you want to bash Beck, you sould watch or listen to his show occasionally.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:05pmENCINO
Why is it that no matter what the topic is , you can find the absolutely dumbest thing to say about it?
Report Post »EP46
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:07pm@ENCINOM
Report Post »Tell us who the people in the group are…the ones being called pro-Mubarak ??? If you KNOW that these people are not hired thugs sent into the city to cause this violence, please tell us how you know this ?? This is the same action that was used here during the Civil Rights demonstrations. Agitators would be bussed in from the north to the southern cities and infiltrate the crowds and make it look like it was the local people. These actions are not taking place in Alexandra or other Egyptian cities. We need to know WHO these people are that are causing the riots in Cairo. Are they the same people who have come up with the slogans DAY OF RAGE and DAY OF CHANGE ??? Let us determine WHO the agitators are before you blame it on the Egyptian citizens. Especially since the same thing is going on in Yeman…with their DAY OF RAGE. Something here is not as it appears.
etetetet
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:10pmLSX – BRILLIANT!!!
Report Post »encinom – You keep throwing out dud grenades of comments – but, every time we ask you to ask what you would do – you never reply. So SFB, what would you do with the Egyptian rioters destroying their own country? GO AHEAD, I double dog dare you to respond. All of the Blaze bloggers wait with baited breath -
encinom
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:12pm@LSX
I guess you didn’t watch Beck on Monday and Tuesday, or none of Fox news. Both Beck and Fox in general were supportive of the pro-government side and hostile to the pro-democracy protestors. BEck has used his typical Soros speech to demonize the pro-democracy prostestors, while Fox has critized Obama for not standing behind the government.
I guess its hard to keep the anti-Obama lies going when the truth drags you into the street and beats you like a red-headed step-child.
Report Post »Crewbot
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:19pmHey ENCINOM,
You’re obviously a victim of the public school system. Several years ago Microsoft developed software called, “Spell Check”. You might want to use it in your next hate-filled rant. Try, “Grammar Check” and “Punctuation Check” too.
Havu grate dae.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:21pm@Gonzo
I guess you missed Becky on Monday and Tuesday demonize the pro-democracy protestors, Becky and the rest of Fox screamed at Obama for not supporting Mubarak. This is what Becky wanted.
@EP46
The Blaze article is identifing these thugs as pro-government/pro-Mubarak. Additionally, the Prime Minister had earlier today issued an apology for the actions of the pro-government/pro-Mubarak forces. Your post is your minds reaction to the truth, to the fact that the Becky-Boy/Fox narrative for the last two years has been nothing more than a lie. I am surprised that the Fox reporters were attacked, I mean Fox has been the only network on the side of the thugs and against democracy.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:22pmI think your Cabernet needs to be refreshed again, darling.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:32pmThe way I see it is this: “democracy” in the rioters terms is changing from what Egypt was to something different. “Democracy” in the terms of the Muslim Brotherhood is the Muslim Brotherhood waiting for the right moment to impose themselves into the mix due to the uprising by the useful idiots on both sides.
As far as I’m concerned I hope the fall of Egypt comes sooner than later so that Israel can let the ass-kicking begin.
Israel has had a finger poked in its chest for long enough. Let’s see how much power and influence Mr. Obama has when Israel tells him to go ***** himself and the horse he and his administration rode in on.
Go Israel !!!
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:40pmEncino – You may have watched Mon & Tues, but obviously you aren‘t bright enough to follow Beck’s conversation. Beck supports the people of Egypt, but not the outside influences that have latched onto the “pro-democracy” push. Do you really believe the Muslim Brotherhood wants democracy? Democracy is only a tool they will use to gain power. Do you really think Code Pink is there to promote Democracy, when they openly support Hamas and other hardline Islamists?
You might redirect some of that anger towards questioning the Obama adminstration. Why is it that the president refuses to answer any questions as to why he hasn’t called for Mubarak to step down immediately? The only word of out the white house is a vague statement that “change needs to happen now”, and “reforms need to take place immediatey”, but no specifics whatsoever. Sounds to me like Obama is standing firm in supporting Mubarak until September.
Report Post »GODGUIDESUS
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:08pmMy wife just meet with one of her customers who is Egyption and he told her that Mubarak is bad but what will come into play should he be gone is 10-times worst, the musilum brother hood. Watch out what you wish for just look what happened in Iran.
Report Post »I shall pray for all innocent bystanders and the media no matter what station they report for.
Charbet
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 4:13pm@ENCINOM I do my own homework, so, what’s your point? Have you tried spell check lately? Ya’ know when you go on a site to insult people you should spell it out correctly.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 11:42pm@encinom.. You do realize that your on the WRONG board to spread YOUR lies don’t you??? We have done OUR homework.. while YOU on the other hand has to have someone TELL you what to say and think.. I would feel sorry for you but I gave up having pity on those that are Lazy and like to hide from what is really going on.. you should just MOVE ON.. to a board where they will worship what you say.. this is NOT the board for that..
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:52pm……and for my next trick, I’ll turn ordinary sand into glass.
Report Post »OneFunR6
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:17pmI’d pay to see that!
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 4:11pmWin!
Report Post »HELOVESUS
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:51pmOMG!!~~Praying for “ALL” American media in harms way!
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:40pm.
Pray that they can get out before Friday Prayers.
That‘s when all that fa lalalalalala yell’in starts and heads start to rolling. Not to mention Abdual the Camel Rider gets all fired up and starts Whoooping Folks in the head in his ritual calvary charge at noon.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:51pmI don’t know why ANYone would want to cover this up close. There has to be building or hotels or some place more secure to film this, it isn’t like they are actually interviewing the protesters (at least not that I’ve seen).
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:21pm.
I’m with you Kate. WTF is wrong with these people don’t they remember 1979 Iran. The Muslims over there are all ginned up with all that Whooooooping and fa lalalalalalalala howling and your stupid azz is gonna go stand right in the big middle of it. While they ride camels whoooooping folks in the head, setting themselves on fire, stoning any thing that moves, but no again your dumbazz is standing there like a deer in the head lights. Run Forest Run
walkwithme1966
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:53pmThe reporters, at least some of them, got right down with the crowds, and people saw the cameras and started going after them. I think that is rather dumb. I think the government is trying to come down on any witnesses so they can bust heads open with the big protest planned for after prayers tomorrow.
Report Post »They do not want the world to see what they are going to do. http://wp.me/pYLB7-yW
TBTNK9
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 6:53pmFox’s Greg Palkot and his photographer were in their hotel room when they were attacked. The pro-Mubarek thugs had spotters in the crowd below, looking for media in the balconies of the hotel. Media are also being car-jacked on the roads, beaten and threatened with beheading, their equipment destroyed. It is a media shut down by Mubarek so that he can crush the protesters out of world view.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:51pmYou expected more from Muslim idiots?
SnapTie
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 1:57pmBut the liberal left said Muslims just want peace…
Report Post »LSX
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:02pmBut the liberal left said Muslims just want peace…
- Better check with Chris “Tingle boy” Matthews, Richard Maddow and Commie Lawrence if they’re getting their flights booked to Cairo yet.
LEFTIES ON PARADE!
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Report Post »timeout
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:04pmwhich reporters from fox?
Report Post »Ser Scot
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:05pm*holds face in hands*
Because, yes, of course all Muslims are “idiots”
Nice.
Rogue
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:08pmOnce all the cameras are gone, expect the communications to go down again as well. When the unrest is isolated from world view, expect the army/police to end these protests by deadly force. Things are about to get very bloody in the streets of Cairo
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:25pmWonjder why our Muslim idiot doen’t go over there to SAVE THE DAY?!
rexolio
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:38pm@Ser Scott – I don’t think anyone said ALL muslims are idiots. Just the ones running through the streets threatening murder and beating journalists. I think that qualifies being defined as “idiots”.
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 3:48pmSend Chris Mattews. He’ll have a tinkle down his leg instead of a tingle.
Report Post »Ser Scot
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 4:06pmRex,
Then I question why he used “Muslim” at all? what you are describing are idiots. Those come of all faiths.
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 4:12pmso leftie journalists are being beaten by those they support. heh, what can you say about that.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 4:57pmExplain something to me. Why is it that if a CNN reporter gets beat up, that you don’t believe it, it’s a lie, where is the video and, when shown the video, say it was faked. You actually applaud the beating and say the guy is an idiot, if you believe the story, and if you don’t believe it, you insult the guy. Your insults are all hurled at the reporter.
But when a FOX reporter gets beat up, your insults go toward Muslims.
Amazing. It’s sort of “whose ox was gored” scenario. CNN reported gets beat up: good, he deserved it. FOX guy gets beat up, it’s those durn Muslims being bad again.
Clearly, when the choice is between Muslims (which you otherwise hate) and CNN, you side with the Muslims rather than the Americans. That’s real patriotism!
Report Post »TotallyBelievableGuy
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 8:56pmIt’s muslims who are fighting for peace and stability with a new government. Religion has nothing to do with this; muslims and christians are working together to overthrow Mubarak, and rightly so. You people are idiots for these blanketed statements regarding muslims, thinking that they’re all the same.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:48amI’m with you totally believable.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on February 4, 2011 at 1:54amjzs…do you know why most people don’t believe the cnn/libral reporters…because they lie to us…. I saw the video of coopers attack…and yes I saw him shoved through a crowd of angry guys…didn’t look very nice…now the fox reporter…I believe he’s in the hospital somewhere…thats what I last heard…personally I think anyone that goes over there has to be crazy…the inside story isn’t that important to me…
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