Protesters Set Egyptian Museum Grounds Ablaze With Molotov Cocktails
- Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:20pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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CAIRO (The Blaze/AP) — Thousands of supporters and opponents of President Hosni Mubarak battled in Cairo’s main square Wednesday, raining stones, bottles and firebombs on each other in scenes of uncontrolled violence as soldiers stood by without intervening. Government backers galloped in on horses and camels, only to be dragged to the ground and beaten bloody.
At the front line, next to the famed Egyptian Museum at the edge of Tahrir Square, pro-government rioters blanketed the rooftops of nearby buildings, dumping bricks and firebombs onto the crowd below – in the process setting a tree ablaze inside the museum grounds.
On the street below, the two sides crouched behind abandoned trucks and hurled chunks of concrete and bottles at each other, and some government supporters waved machetes.
Bloodied anti-government protesters were taken to makeshift clinics in mosques and alleyways nearby, and some pleaded for protection from soldiers stationed at the square, who refused. Soldiers did nothing to stop the violence beyond firing an occasional shot in the air and no uniformed police were in sight.
“Hosni has opened the door for these thugs to attack us,” one man with a loudspeaker shouted to the crowds during the fighting.
The clashes marked a dangerous new phase in Egypt’s upheaval – the first significant violence between supporters of the two camps in more than a week of anti-government protests. Clashes began, first in the port city of Alexandria, just hours after Mubarak went on national television Tuesday night and rejected protesters’ demands he step down immediately. He defiantly insisted he would serve out the remaining seven months of his term.
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Comments (81)
GeauxAlready
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:47pm.
OK we all want freedon right.
RIGHT
OK Lets burn the place to the groun and start over……………
The last great act of defience burn down your own house that will show them……….
Report Post »TEIN
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:59pmThese guys just don’t want freedom, they want rights provided by the government…rights to school, rights to homes, rights to food……etc..
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:47pmwatch as the citizens destroy their heritage of thousands of years of civilization – reminds me of watts
Report Post »Fight for America
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:40pmAh, the hot blood is flowing, the adrenaline is pumping, and we, the readers, are doing the Let’s watch “Him” and “Him” fight dance. Let’s throw everyone in an arena, pick the best fighters from each group and let them go at it. Whichever fighter comes out of the arena alive – that side wins. Grunt. Even if it’s a very dangerous side? Even if many of the fighters from that side have been imported from another country and trained to fight against untrained residents?
Mubarak may not be the best, however, can worse be installed?
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:49pmSee IRAN – 1979
Report Post »cece959
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:31pmDon’t be fooled by the protestors. 59% of them want the Muslim Brotherhood and 95% of them are sympathetic to muslims who want to wipe Israel off the map. And they have just enough stupid in them that they are now setting fire to their own culture and history. And our government is alright with the Muslim Brotherhood taking over. Does this surprise anyone? This anti-government sentiment is resonating all over the world…do you think our leaders are paying attention? I think so. And I think they’re planning behind closed doors for the “what ifs”.
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:28pmHmm, is firstlast the local operative for CAIR? Inquiring minds want to know!
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:39pmProbably – or he’s still working on the instructions your provided earlier in this traffic. Like any Liberal Regressive – ask them to present facts – they can’t.
Report Post »Wilma
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:24pm@Tifosa,
Good link, Great source for information. Thank you!
Report Post »urrybr
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:07pmWhat is it with these people? Everytime they get pissed off, they throw rocks and bottles . . . and most of ‘em throw like girls, anyway!
Report Post »azmomof6
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:55pmIf they had oyhrt weapons, they woulb be using them.
Report Post »BQI
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:06pmAll demands, with the exception of Mubarak actually having left, have been met for these people. Why is the violence intensifying? Looks like the fingerprint of radicals like the Brotherhood. God help Israel if these folks gain any measure of power.
New World Order and 2012: http://www.blackquillandink.com
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:59pmThis from Israel: Interesting that they might let Egyption forces lay in the Sinai.
Also, Israel is always ready, they are 24/7 – have to be when all your immediate neighbors have hated you for 6000 years.
“The Jerusalem Post”, 3 February 2011:
Ashkenazi: Unrest could change our security reality
IDF concerned of Palestinian demonstrations reminiscent of those in Egypt and attacks against Israel from West Bank
By Yaakov Katz
The ongoing demonstrations in Egypt could force Israel to adapt to a new security reality in the Middle East, IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.- Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi warned Tuesday, in his first comments on the anarchy in Cairo.
“The quiet is fragile, and the security reality can easily change,” Ashkenazi said on the sidelines of a military exercise in the South. “It is enough to look at what is happening in Egypt to understand this.”
The IDF has yet to make any changes to its force deployment throughout the country, but has allowed, as reported first in The Jerusalem Post on Monday, for Egyptian forces to deploy in the Sinai in violation of the peace treaty between the countries.
The army has, however, been keeping a “watchful” eye on the West Bank out of concern that Palestinians will launch demonstrations similar to the ones in Egypt and that terrorist groups will try to launch attacks against Israel, which is focused on Egypt.
“We are being a little more careful these days,” a senior IDF officer said.
Shaul Mofaz, head of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, said Israel would need to conduct a new strategic review due to the possibility of a regime change in Egypt. The IDF has built itself over the past decade under the premise that it faces only one real front in the North against Hizbullah and Syria.
“We should not interfere with what is happening in Egypt, but at the same time, I believe that this is a new strategic reality that forces the State of Israel to conduct a strategic review on a national level,” Mofaz said during a conference at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.
On Monday night, Palestinian terrorists fired three rockets into Israel. One of the rockets landed next to a synagogue where a wedding was taking place in Netivot, and caused extensive damage to a van parked nearby. Another rocket landed near Ofakim, and a third in the Ashkelon region.
No group took responsibility for the firing of the Gradmodel Katyusha long-range rockets. The attack came after a lull in rocket fire from Gaza enforced by Hamas, which has reined in other terrorist organizations in Gaza.
Report Post »Johnson
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:55pmI can’t wait for Katie Couric protester interviews. Will she be suited up in full riot gear? Or go for the inoffensive Burka Barbie look, perhaps? As for her interview process, one can only surmise something along the lines of…
Katie: Here we have Mo, one of the protesters. Tell me, Mo, what is the allure of this so-called Brotherhood that you and so many others embrace?
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:48pmBring on the 12th Imam and lets roll
Report Post »ares338
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:46pmThe poor people in Egypt are just trying to survive from day to day and are not worried about artifacts. The people orchestrating this know this and use this as a means to certain end. The Muslim Brotherhood was destroy any and all things from the past that are not of Islam. Go figure.
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:46pmI feel bad for the animals…the 4 legged ones.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:42pmWhat are these people now carrying on about? The “brutal dictator” is out. Isn’t it over? What more is left to protest?
Hmmm…..maybe Glenn was right?!?!?
Report Post »My Two Cents
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:26pmThis is what they have done in that neck of the woods since the beginning of time. They will throw rocks and beat each other with sticks until the ruler of the day decides to step in and thump all of them on their heads. I witnessed this first hand while living in the Middle East in the 70s. At the end of Ramadan the Muslims were always in such a foul mood they would riot and burn stuff. You were wise to avoid the areas where they gathered for their obligatory riots.
They are tribal barbarians and they will never change.
Report Post »Wilma
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:38pmThat museum is jammed with thousands of priceless artifacts preserved in the arid Egyptian climate. Among the treasures are human hair wigs worn by the Pharaohs, clothing belonging to the young King Tut. The mummy of King Ramses ll. This is a great tragedy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtF1qjxoZPw
Report Post »Kathy H
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:32pmThis is such a shame with Museums and all the history of the world being ruined… l Think after this we need to stick with our friends and then to the rest of them let them fend for themselfs no more money or help let them start helping themselves. that way they can’t blame us when things go wrong. Sometimes like what we do for our kids TOUGH LOVE Just be like Switzerland…
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:30pmI thought Muslims could not drink – what are they doing with cocktails?
Report Post »Next, we’ll see guns & ammo in the protests.
Who was it that said Islam is the religion of peace?
firstlast
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:55pmIf you have been listening to reports, you will know that there are Christians and Muslims demonstrating together against the Mubarack regime.
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:02pmFIRSTLAST – Then with all the media there – have them show us which Christians are being violent (not just demonstrating), then we’ll have something to discuss.
So, are you saying Islam is a religion of peace?
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:30pmObamas call for an immediate transition is responsible for this. Get him lefties for his inciteful rhetoric!
Report Post »HippoNips
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:30pmAnderson Cooper reported he was attacke by Pro Mubarack protesters, punched in the face over and over and beaten. 15 minutes later, according to him, he’s on camera NOT looking roughed up, hair , makeup and clothes in place and not a mark on him.
Report Post »They must have had the cameras on during the ALLEDGED attack. Release the footage! ..if it actually happened.
etetetet
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:39pmAnd PROVE – YES PROVE they were Mubarack supporters and not the other. – CAN’T – what an idiot who is trying to raise himself as a martyr for being there.
Report Post »Weetsie
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:29pmIt’s a horrible thing to see people dying in the streets over something that has been contrived. See for yourself. I hope you are proud of yourself Sorros!
Report Post »http://www.henrymakow.com/egypt.html
etetetet
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:32pmHe is very happy – his kind gain power on chaos
Report Post »firstlast
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:50pmYou should give people more credit than that; or perhaps only you and your political party is capable of seeing through deception. Everyone else in the world is brainwashed, i assume.
Report Post »Weetsie
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:57pmWhy does the left use students to carry out their plans? NAIVETY they make very useful idiots
Report Post »Weetsie
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:03pmhttp://aangirfan.blogspot.com/2011/01/who-controls-egyptian-military-history.html
Report Post »ltb
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:29pm“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” — Albert Einstein
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:21pmWe’re not exactly at WW3 with towelheads throwing bricks and Molotovs at each other. Stand down.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:13pmIt’s amazing how uninformed and myopic some people are these days. Go back to sleep.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:27pmIt is really a shame that Obama has encouraged these thugs by saying he supports them. Make no mistake about it, the mobs protesting in Egypt are not the good guys.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:33pmYou have a poor understanding of what’s going on. http://www.presstv.ir/live/
Report Post »Weetsie
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:42pmI think your understanding of the situation is right on target.
C:\Documents and Settings\Teresa Hadley\Desktop\aangirfan US BACKS EGYPTIAN COUP.mht
If this revolution can be linked to George Sorros, then you can be the farm that Obama is involved!
http://www.henrymakow.com/egypt.html
firstlast
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:47pmThe “mobs” you speak of are the citizens of Egypt and they have sucessfully maintained a peaceful demonstration until Mubarack implanted his thugs to stir things up. Where have you been for the last 7 days?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:12pm@tifosa
Report Post »Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:33pm
I think you are the one who is confused. It’s the “bad” Muslims — the terrorists — who are protesting. They want control of Egypt and all the countries surrounding or controlling the transport of oil.
tifosa
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:21pmGood description firstlast as we know it so far. I must say to those screaming about connections, it‘s not Soros’ name that comes up… http://spitfirelist.com/news/murdoch-and-news-corp-aligning-with-muslim-brotherhood/
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:24pmfirstlast, ur kidding right? Didja hear about the raids on the Egyptian Museum? Didja hear about cars burning in the street? Now, the government is trying to restore a little order, and you call that stirring things up? Follow these directions: grab your left ear with your right hand. Then, grab your right ear with your left hand. Now, give one big yank, and pull your head out of your — you know.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:08pmtifosa
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:33pm
You have a poor understanding of what’s going on. http://www.presstv.ir/live/
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No, I have a perfect understanding of what’s going on. Let me tell you how this is going to pan out… Mubarak will be forced out of office (a lot sooner than eight months from now) and Muslims who are associated with, or at least sympathize with, terrorist organizations like Hamas will rush in to fill the void. You don’t actually think Obama would support these protesters if they weren’t anti-American and anti-Semitic do you?
Report Post »Oldphoto678
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 5:19pmLTB, you are such an idiot. I hope you get your wish, and the whole ***** world come crashing down on you. Pig
Report Post »AZBabe
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:27pmPoor horse…
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:35pmIt looked like some people were punching the horses after the riders had been unseated. I’m sure people were not worried about hitting horses and camels with rocks and bottles. So, yes, poor horse (and camels).
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:31pm@Untamable Kate
Agreed, I love horses, though I do not ride often; the Arab nations normally take good care of horses and camels, yet they also see them as nothing more ultimately than tools as we look at the vehicles and such we use. They take care of them to a fair degree, yet still they ultimatly are just ‘tools’ not like in the US where we place a value on the welfare of aniamils as well as people.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:24pmI won’t be surprised, if the Muslim Brotherhood takes over, it will destroy all those irreplaceable historical artifacts. Ancient Egypt wasn’t Islamic, so anything from that period will simply have to go.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:45pmYes, now the thugs and opportunists will show up to ravage and steal anything of value. Very sad, hopefully history will be preserved.
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:47pmYour right and of course they hate Idols as long as its not their black rock at mecca, its history, pardon the pun! These people can never be civilized as long as they live! And they call us pigs!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:29pmAgreed, the strict fundamentalists will go out of their way to destroy anything they deem ‘Pagan’ no matter what the cultural or historic value; they seek to purify and change history just as those of the progressives wish to rewrite old and current American history to match their warped sense of right and wrong instead of what truly happened.
@Grandmaof5
Morning, colder than anything here today in AZ; hope all is well there, went with my dad yesterday for his Dr appointment (he has early stages of Alzheimers, a second round of testing has finally confirmed the first diagnosis). Keep warm and stay away from the gators – if any of them are still able to move about.
Will have my new computer on line next week, got it as a gift from the family over the weekend.
Report Post »myfamily04
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:24pmI guess this is the Tea Parties fault right?
Report Post »May GOD be with them and in them!
CatB
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:27pmYes .. sounds like how the MSM “describes” the TEA Party doesn’t it!
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:34pmmyfamily04
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:24pm
“I guess this is the Tea Parties fault right?”
And Glenn Beck, Rush, Sarah, Michelle, Conservatives, republicans, cute puppy Dogs, and all those people that share a birthday with George w. Bush!
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:35pmRush said the other day that the Tea Party should add muslim to the official name, then the MSM would love them. It’s funny, but true at the same time. There are world leaders now blaming the violence on Obama because of his speech last night. Let’s see how the libs spin that.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the union thug tactics video
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:40pmLet’s hope the pyramids and sphynx are still standing 5 years from now. I’ve never been there to see them, and I fear I never will.
Report Post »BMartin1776
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:01pmWell Tingles is comparing the TEA Party to the Muslim Brotherhood so go figure since El Baradei says they are really nothing of substance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6EZFgHFTwc
How does destroying national history help in their cause regardless of whose side they are on? They wanna burn things down over their anger towards govt fine, go burn Mubaraks palace down… Leave museums alone. Thats like things going completely nuts so lets go take a match to the NAtioal Archives, Constitution and Declaration, wheres the logic?
Focus on those responsible not the innocent and indefensible
http://www.savingtherepublic.com
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:07pmOh, but these people have been crushed by oppressive Christian Tea partiers! They are just expressing their totally acceptable outrage against those evil, white Christians conservatives….
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:08pm@BMartin1776 –
I tried to tell the conservatives in the Anderson Cooper story that the liberals were going to love their hateful comments.
You can’t fix stupid.
Report Post »rubintheartist
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:21pmDestroying Egypt‘s Art is the Muslim brotherhood’s way of erasing the 5500 year culture of egypt. They’ve taken up the liberal progressive tool used to dumb down America to re-invent Egypt. They will soon cry out that Egypt has always been a Shariah Muslim nation, but will Egytians believe them? Watch part 2 of this web movie and you’ll understand a lot more. http://www.marcrubin.com/dada2.ivnu
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:33pmProgressive and MSNBC response…
“Of course it is the fault of the {insert appropriate group to demonize} for causing {insert event(s)}…over in…{insert any place and time}…”
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 3:33pmShowtime, who cares? You think the liberals will like conservatives if they are respectful of Anderson Cooper (who likes it in the pooper)? I bet you like it when the Rep.s and Dem.s had date night for the SOTU.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 4:23pmThis is very sad, the treasures of Egypt are the treasures of the world. I’m sure most Egyptians are not for this either.
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