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| Egypt's First Post-Revolution PM, Cabinet May Resign After Attack on Israel Embassy | ||
| 2011-09-11 | ||
| [Tripoli Post] Egypt's first post-revolution prime minister Essam Sharaf is likely to tender the resignation of his Cabinet to the Surpreme Military Council later today Saturday, Egypt's ahramonline has reported quoting sources close to the cabinet. This is to be discussed during the crises ministerial meeting called on by the prime minister the early hours of Saturday. It follows the Friday of "Correcting the Path", that ended by Egyptians breaking into the Israeli embassy in Cairo on Friday. The events on Friday, and the failure in handling the protest, may have combined to force prime minister Essam Sharaf to resign along with his cabinet. Egypt's Interior Minister Mansur al-Eissawy declared a state of high alert and the government announced it was convening an emergency meeting to deal with the crisis after police clashed with protesters who raided the building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo. According to the source, the cabinet is considering resignation due to their failure in handling Friday's protests. Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch, Butch and the Kid finally brought their horses under control... the Interior Ministry has put police on high alert cancelling all police holidays. Hundreds of Egyptian soldiers backed by armoured cars were rushed to the embassy district after US President President Barack B.O.Obama called on Egypt to protect the Israeli embassy. After partially destroying a concrete wall surrounding the embassy that had been been completed a week earlier to protect the embassy against protesters, the demonstrators managed to break into one of the floors of the building occupied by the Israeli Embassy, seizing hundreds of documents, in Arabic, English and Hebrew and dumping them. The documents, bearing the watermarks of the embassy, ranged from requests to Egyptian authorities for weapons permits for embassy security to internal correspondence on vacations.
During the violence and fierce festivities with the police, which resulted in three dead, one from a heart attack, and nearly a thousand injured protesters torched police vehicles and attacked the Giza cop shoppe close to the Israeli Embassy, setting it on fire. Hours after the violence broke out, Egyptian soldiers backed by armoured personnel carriers massed near the embassy as power was cut to street lights in several blocks around the mission. They even used tear gas n an attempt to disperse the crowd. Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch, Butch and the Kid finally brought their horses under control... the Israeli ambassador and the rest of the embassy staff departed Egypt in the middle of the night, presumably recalled by Israel, with Egyptian state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? reporting that ambassador Yitzhak Levanon met with a general of the ruling military's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces before his departure, and that the ambassador appeared "anxious and even scared."
Earlier, thousands of protesters had massed in Tahrir Square to demand reforms and an end to military trials of civilians. Soon after, over thousand people left the square and marched to the Israeli embassy several kilometres away, chanting "Lift your head high, you are an Egyptian," using sledge-hammers and a hefty metal bar, to demolish the security wall outside the mission. Relations between Egypt and Israel became very tense after August 18, when Israeli troops killed five Egyptian coppers as they chased Death Eaters along the border. At the time, outraged Egyptians staged huge protests outside the embassy and called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador. Egypt has asked Israel for an official apology and demanded a probe into the deaths, but the apology never arrived. This angered the Egyptians and since, have been organising unofficial protests and demonstrations against Israel. Activists have also been calling for a revision of a peace treaty with Israel that ousted President Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... , who was regarded as one of Israel's closest allies in the region had signed. Essam Sharaf assumed his post as Egypt's first post-revolution Prime Minister on March 3. Initially he received a warm welcome from the revolutionaries, but the many failures of his six-month government to lead the transition to democracy demanded by the revolution. Share is also accused for failing to stand up to the effective rulers of the country, the Military Council, that has brought him and his government under increasing criticism, including calls for the cabinet's resignation. | ||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 At what point can the US get out of paying money for the fake peace treaty? |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-09-11 18:48 |
| #2 Haven't seen any word from 'bummer on this have you? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2011-09-11 08:55 |
| #1 When times are hard and things aren't improving, it must be time to blame the Jews and start a pogrom to divert attention from those in power. What happens when the world runs out of Jews? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2011-09-11 08:25 |