Post by peterd on Jul 9, 2013 8:50:40 GMT -8
Introduction
At present in Egypt, following the ouster of President Muhammad Mursi by the Egyptian military and by his opponents, the U.S. is being harshly attacked in the country for its stances in the recent events. Anti-U.S. accusations were leveled by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Egypt and also by the movement in other Arab countries, as well as by the MB's opponents in Egypt.
Senior officials in the Egyptian MB accuse the U.S. and its Ambassador to Cairo, Anne Patterson, of conspiring to remove Mursi and to restore the deposed Mubarak regime; they say that this is because the latter regime was compliant with U.S. wishes. The MB movement in Jordan also attributed Mursi's removal to the U.S.
On the other hand, supporters of Mursi's removal also voiced strong complaints against the U.S. and accused it of supporting the MB and of working to restore Mursi to power. They are complaining that the U.S. is referring to Mursi's ouster as a military coup rather than as a revolution expressing the popular will of the Egyptian people.
Protestors at Tahrir Square in the past few days have waved banners and shouted slogans against U.S. intervention in Egyptian affairs, and stated that the U.S. is "supporting MB terror." Some of them are circulating petitions against U.S. aid to Egypt. On Facebook, a campaign was launched urging readers to communicate via email with the White House to express their opposition to what they called the U.S.'s intervention on behalf of the MB. This Facebook page included an image of President Obama as Osama bin Laden, as a supporter of terrorism, and as an enemy of democracy.
www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7275.htm
At present in Egypt, following the ouster of President Muhammad Mursi by the Egyptian military and by his opponents, the U.S. is being harshly attacked in the country for its stances in the recent events. Anti-U.S. accusations were leveled by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Egypt and also by the movement in other Arab countries, as well as by the MB's opponents in Egypt.
Senior officials in the Egyptian MB accuse the U.S. and its Ambassador to Cairo, Anne Patterson, of conspiring to remove Mursi and to restore the deposed Mubarak regime; they say that this is because the latter regime was compliant with U.S. wishes. The MB movement in Jordan also attributed Mursi's removal to the U.S.
On the other hand, supporters of Mursi's removal also voiced strong complaints against the U.S. and accused it of supporting the MB and of working to restore Mursi to power. They are complaining that the U.S. is referring to Mursi's ouster as a military coup rather than as a revolution expressing the popular will of the Egyptian people.
Protestors at Tahrir Square in the past few days have waved banners and shouted slogans against U.S. intervention in Egyptian affairs, and stated that the U.S. is "supporting MB terror." Some of them are circulating petitions against U.S. aid to Egypt. On Facebook, a campaign was launched urging readers to communicate via email with the White House to express their opposition to what they called the U.S.'s intervention on behalf of the MB. This Facebook page included an image of President Obama as Osama bin Laden, as a supporter of terrorism, and as an enemy of democracy.
www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7275.htm