Egypt urges U.S. to use restraint in Missouri, in unusual critical move

[Jefferson23]

*Chutzpah

Cairo's remarks echoes U.S. warning over its own crackdown on Islamists last year.

By Reuters | Aug. 19, 2014 | 3:18 PM

Egypt on Tuesday urged U.S. authorities to exercise restraint in dealing with racially charged demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri - echoing language Washington used to caution Egypt as it cracked down on Islamist protesters last year.

It is unusual for Egypt to criticize such a major donor, and it was not immediately clear why the government would have taken such a step.

Ties between Washington and Cairo were strained after Egyptian security forces killed hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters following the army's ousting of freely elected President Mohamed Mursi in July 2013.

Western allies have voiced concern about the democratic credentials of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the army chief who toppled Mursi and went on to win elections. The United States has, however, continued to provide military and other support to Cairo.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.611329

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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/140221/what-happened-rabaa-square

[Laelth]

1. That's funny.

Pot meet kettle, the Egyptians argue. Sadly, they have a good argument.

-Laelth

[Jefferson23]

3. Sisi has no credibility, but it is an interesting political jab.

After Human Rights Watch Report, Egypt Says Group Broke Law

CAIRO — The government on Tuesday accused the nonprofit group Human Rights Watch of breaking the law, violating Egypt’s sovereignty and insulting the judiciary after it issued a report criticizing top officials for the repeated mass shootings of Islamist demonstrators last summer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/world/middleeast/egypt-human-rights-watch-muslim-brotherhood.html?_r=0

[Cha]

2. Who are they talking to.. Chief Jackson I presume? It's a little different with Egypt

as a country killing the demonstrators and Ferguson, MO's Police acting with brutal force after one of its own murdered an unarmed kid.

[Jefferson23]

4. Political jab, and what Sisi believes he gains from this, I could not tell you. A feel good moment?

Sisi has no room to talk on the subject of restraint and he's not fooling anyone.

[Chathamization]

5. The massacre in Egypt was as bad as or worse than Tiananmen

And now hundreds of political opponents have been sentenced to death. This is more “you do it too, so why can’t we?” BS that oppressive regimes are so fond off. We need to stop giving weapons to countries that turn them on civilians. Any US Human Rights position that doesn’t begin with that is morally bankrupt.