(Egypt) Eyewitnesses say state sponsoring vandalism (Gov "Thugs")

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Source: almasryalyou

Eyewitnesses say state sponsoring vandalism

Thugs looting residential neighborhoods and intimidating civilians are government-hires, say eyewitnesses.

In Nasr City, an Eastern Cairo neighborhood, residents attempting to restore security told Al-Masry Al-Youm that looters were caught yesterday.

“They were sent by the government. The government got them out of prison and told them to rob us,” says Nameer Nashaat, a resident working alongside other youths to preserve order in the district. “When we caught them, they said that the Ministry of Interior has sent them.”

In Masr al-Qadeema, another district, scrap metal dealer Khaled Barouma, confirmed the same account. “The government let loose convicts. They let them out of prisons. We all know them in this neighborhood,” he said, adding that the neighborhood’s youth is trying to put the place in order by patrolling its streets with batons.

Read more: http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/eyewitnesses-say-state-sponsoring-vandalism

[RandomThoughts]

1. That makes sense.

Ruthlessness will try to make it a choice between worse and worser.



It is trying to set a level where chains in prison with 'security' is better then some freedom in self rule.

hence why anything unacceptable is the same as anything else unacceptable.

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3. Yesterday, the NPR reporter on the scene said she saw police setting fires

to presumably justify harsher reprisal on the demonstrators...

MSNBC reported looting in other cities by "outsiders" that was causing the security forces to stomp down hard on non-violent demonstrators...

But this is perhaps the most ominous breaking story:

http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20110129-red-alert-hamas-and-muslim-brotherhood

[xochi]

4. Following SultanAlQassemi on Twitter, who reports that:

Page grab of Al TV announcing the arrests of Habib Al Adly and Ahmed Ezz (Arabic) cc Doubters http://yfrog.com/h49clbvj
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The now arrested General Habib El Adly (born 1938) served as Egypt's widely despised Minister of Interior since 1997.
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ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE: Very reliable source from Egypt: Habib Al Adly authorized snipers yesterday to shoot at protesters. (NOT in the news yet)
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EXCLUSIVE: Very reliable source from Egypt: Habib Al Adly was arrested for opening the doors to all jail cells yesterday so chaos ensues.
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[Mnemosyne]

5. KnR for visibility. n/t

[No Elephants]

6. Chilling, but plausible. How do 10,000 suddenly escape from prison?

"Oh, so you do no like Egyptian police? Are you sure?

Let's see if 10,000 looting, violent criminals roaming your neighborhoods change your mind."

[boppers]

7. FWIW, I heard it was a prison riot that got out of control

...leading to mass escape. (1-2,000 was the number I saw)

Either way, there's a surge in prisoners on the streets.