Report: Egypt army ordered to operate on protesters without anesthetic

[azurnoir]

Source: Ynet

A day before former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak goes on trial for the second time on charges of complicity in the murder of protesters during the uprising that unseated him, an investigation commissioned by President Mohamed Morsi claims senior Egyptian army doctors were ordered to operate without anesthetic on wounded protesters at a military hospital in Cairo.

The findings, which relate to the army's behavior during the Abbassiya clashes in May 2012, are the latest leak to British newspaper The Guardian of a suppressed report investigating human rights abuses in Egypt since the start of the 2011 uprising that toppled Mubarak. Earlier leaks alleged that the military were involved in torture, killings and forced disappearances during the uprising.
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It alleges that a senior military doctor ordered subordinates to operate on wounded protesters without anesthetic or sterilization and reports that doctors, nurses and senior officers also beat some of the wounded protesters. It also claims that a senior officer ordered soldiers to lock protesters in a basement.

The chapter concludes by recommending an investigation into the highest echelons of the army leadership – a "deeply significant development," according to the British newspaper. The report was submitted to Morsi in January, but it has not been officially released yet.


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[AtheistCrusader]

1. And we supported him for decades... :(

good grief.

[24601]

7. Him? Are you reading this the same way? Aren't these abuses after Mubarak was gone from power?

[AtheistCrusader]

8. They occurred while he was fighting to maintain power. He is complicit in these atrocities.

That is what is alleged, anyway.

[24601]

9. The time lines alleged don't appear to support that, here's the excerpt from the article,

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"The findings, which relate to the army's behavior during the Abbassiya clashes in May 2012, are the latest leak to British newspaper The Guardian of a suppressed report investigating human rights abuses in Egypt since the start of the 2011 uprising that toppled Mubarak"

From the wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosni_Mubarak

Mubarak forced from office 11 February 2011
Detained for Trial 13 April 2011
Trial began 3 August 2011
Sentenced to Life In Prison 2 June 2012

But the Abbassiya clashes were in May 2012, and at that point, Mubarak had been detained for 14 Months.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

2. And to think the protesters hailed the military as their saviors.

[Arctic Dave]

3. The military wasn't the "saviors", they were hoping to take over themselves.

If you think Egypt is a mess just wait to see the CF that will become of Syria. If that happpens then the critical mass will happen for a full scale regional war with global impact.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. If things had gone the way of Europe there might have been their version of,...

....the Napoleonic Wars. After the fall of the monarchy the people of France decided to free other European nations living under kings. They assumed a popular uprising and didn't take into account that there are people who will fight for king and country. Napoleon filled the void created by the loss of the royals with militarism. Imagine if true liberation cascaded through the Middle East and Egypt invaded Saudi Arabia to "free the people". Instead, they ended up with someone who would perpetuate domestic unrest.

[Arctic Dave]

5. Hit the nail on the head.

However, I believe SA and Qatar is the militant trying to make the region in their image. Which is a disgusting image.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. People don't get the real split in Islam...

There are those who believe all that stuff happened long ago and to treat it as ancient wisdom with some interpretation to relate to modern problems and then there are those who honestly believe there are actual living prophets still around today and that God talks through them. Guess which side America supports?

[DeSwiss]

10. Now that's cold.

- We send 'em weapons of all kinds, along with oodles and oodles of other kinds of ''military aid'', you would have thought we could have sent them a 'lil somethin', somethin' to ease the pain....

K&R