Egypt: Prime Minister's Apology/Cabinet Minister's Denial (Violence)

[jannyk]

Seems to be splitting on the inside too:


0838: Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmad Shafiq has apologised for attacks on protesters on Wednesday: "This is a fatal error, and when investigations reveal who is behind this crime and who allowed it to happen, I promise they will be held accountable and will be punished for what they did," he says on Al-Hayat TV. "There is no excuse whatsoever to attack peaceful protesters, and that is why I am apologising." He urged the protesters "to go home to help end this crisis".


0842: But a cabinet spokesman Magdy Rady has insisted to Reuters that the government had no role in mobilising pro-Mubarak groups. "To accuse the government of mobilising this is a real fiction. That would defeat our object of restoring the calm."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

[malaise]

1. Well that is that

He knows who orchestrated the violence. The rendition VP will be speaking later.

[dipsydoodle]

2. Probably half an half

Some Central Security and some genuine supporters of Mubarak spurred on by the CSF.

The CSF are motivated by their higher than average wages - funded by US aid of course.

The real oddity yesterday was how on earth those horses and camels got on the scene given that the Army were supposed to be screening access to the square.

The real answer is to shut down the aid - NOW.

edit to add : -

see note here too :

The pro-Mubarak demonstrations were well organised, not spontaneous.

Numbered buses unloaded supporters. Many placards looked as if they had been made by professional sign writers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12350643