Post by peterd on Sept 6, 2013 14:52:25 GMT -8
Egypt’s Military Devises Strategy to Move Egypt beyond Political Islamism
Many local media channels in Egypt are constantly broadcasting the banner “Egypt Fighting Terrorism” in what seems to be a media campaign to mobilize the masses to support the military and police in their crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood members. One large poster near the state TV building on the Nile depicts General Abd al-Fatah al-Sisi as a hero backed by Egyptians next to a picture of a bearded President Barack Obama. The billboard reads: “Obama, stop supporting terrorism!”
The scene is a reflection of the Egyptian Army chief’s call for a public mandate to confront “violence and potential terrorism”: “I call on all Egyptians to take to streets to remind the whole world that you have a will and a resolve of your own… authorize the armed forces to confront violence and terrorism,” al-Sisi said in a speech at a military ceremony on July 24. [1]
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Many local media channels in Egypt are constantly broadcasting the banner “Egypt Fighting Terrorism” in what seems to be a media campaign to mobilize the masses to support the military and police in their crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood members. One large poster near the state TV building on the Nile depicts General Abd al-Fatah al-Sisi as a hero backed by Egyptians next to a picture of a bearded President Barack Obama. The billboard reads: “Obama, stop supporting terrorism!”
The scene is a reflection of the Egyptian Army chief’s call for a public mandate to confront “violence and potential terrorism”: “I call on all Egyptians to take to streets to remind the whole world that you have a will and a resolve of your own… authorize the armed forces to confront violence and terrorism,” al-Sisi said in a speech at a military ceremony on July 24. [1]
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