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As the army plowed armored personnel carriers into the crowd of protesters, state television worked to incite Muslims to "protect the army" from the Christians, and mobs of Muslims took to the streets to attack anyone they suspected of being a Christian. The abuse was compounded even in death as death certificates were falsified with causes of death such as "cardiac arrest caused by fear.":
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NOW Lebanon:Egypt’s Christians, post-Mubarak “We don’t feel as safe as before,” said Georges Nader, an Egyptian Copt who lives in Cairo. A year after the revolution that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, Nader said that the number...
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My brain is short circuiting.President Obama has responded to the Egyptian military’s massacre of Coptic Christian protestors in Cairo Sunday with a pointedly even-handed statement that calls equally on Christians and the military to show restraint.“The...
- Updated - At Least 19 Dead As Riots Erupt As Christians Protest In Cairo
From AP: CAIRO (AP) — Riots erupted in Cairo Sunday night as Christians protesting a recent attack on a church came under assault by thugs who rained stones down on them and fired pellets. Two soldiers were killed in the melee, according to state television,...
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"The War On Christianity"- Egypt 10 Killed 186 wounded,More than 190 people detained in Egypt after sectarian clashes "Sectarian" means Muslims killing Jews. (Al-Jazeera).Egypt's military rulers have detained 190 people in connection with the clashes...
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Newsmax: 13 Killed, 110 Injured in Christian-Muslims Clashes in Cairo Tuesday, 08 Mar 2011 Thirteen people were killed in violence between Christians and Muslims in Cairo Tuesday night, the state news agency reported Wednesday. The agency quoted a senior...
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Egyptian state TV admits false reports of soldiers' deaths, used to incite Muslims against Copts
CAIRO: Egypt’s state television announced on Monday that there are no deaths among the military forces after previously reporting there were during the bloody Sunday clashes between the military and Coptic protesters, saying that it was the fault of the news presenter.
State TV, also known as Maspero, is under fire from rights activists for falsely reporting that the Coptic protesters attacked the military forces with weapons, which resulted in the death of at least three soldiers and the called on the Egyptian people to take to the street to help protect the armed forces."War is deceit."
The news, when reported on Sunday evening, agitated many Muslims, who took up arms and went to the streets of downtown, clashing with protesters, both Muslims and Coptic Christians, injuring dozens in the worst sectarian violence since the fall of ousted President Hosni Muabrak’s regime.
State TV also reported that the protesters were armed and initiated the violence that killed the soldiers, which escalated the bloodshed late on Sunday.
The Copts who were marching and demanding justice for the burning of a house of worship in southern Egypt last week, were shot at by the military upon their arrival at the state TV building by the military.
Videos posted online show armored vehicles running over people, killing and injuring scores of them. Eyewitnesses told Bikyamasr.com at the protest that Copts were “not armed” and the army was “not provoked to attack.”
International media outlets largely reported on Sunday night Cairo what state television was reporting.
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NOW Lebanon:Egypt’s Christians, post-Mubarak “We don’t feel as safe as before,” said Georges Nader, an Egyptian Copt who lives in Cairo. A year after the revolution that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, Nader said that the number...
- Even More Unbeleeeeeeeeevable:obama Calls For Restraint By Egypt’s Christians
My brain is short circuiting.President Obama has responded to the Egyptian military’s massacre of Coptic Christian protestors in Cairo Sunday with a pointedly even-handed statement that calls equally on Christians and the military to show restraint.“The...
- Updated - At Least 19 Dead As Riots Erupt As Christians Protest In Cairo
From AP: CAIRO (AP) — Riots erupted in Cairo Sunday night as Christians protesting a recent attack on a church came under assault by thugs who rained stones down on them and fired pellets. Two soldiers were killed in the melee, according to state television,...
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"The War On Christianity"- Egypt 10 Killed 186 wounded,More than 190 people detained in Egypt after sectarian clashes "Sectarian" means Muslims killing Jews. (Al-Jazeera).Egypt's military rulers have detained 190 people in connection with the clashes...
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Newsmax: 13 Killed, 110 Injured in Christian-Muslims Clashes in Cairo Tuesday, 08 Mar 2011 Thirteen people were killed in violence between Christians and Muslims in Cairo Tuesday night, the state news agency reported Wednesday. The agency quoted a senior...