THE EGYPTIANS MUST NOT GIVE IN TO THE THUGS
3 May 2012
The thuggery witnessed in Abbasiyah Square in central Cairo yesterday, resulting in the deaths of twenty and injuries to hundreds, reveals the extent to which the country's security has deteriorated as Egypt collapses into a dark tunnel of instability on many levels.
Shooting into a group of peaceful demonstrators in front of the Ministry of Defence as they protested against the practices of the Military Council, is a desperate attempt to inflame the situation, spread chaos and derail the Egyptian revolution for the benefit of the former regime.
The Military Council bears the greatest responsibility for pitching the situation onto this dangerous slope of instability and escalating these acts of thuggery which were thought to have ended with President Hosni Mubarak's regime.
The go-slow in transferring power, the rejection of the Parliamentary majority's demands to form a government to replace al-Ganzouri's, and making reconstituting the security services an absolute priority, are all factors which have aided, or rather precipitated this worrisome disintegration.
There is an agreement, or even an alliance, between several secular parties and regional and international elements who aim to prevent the Islamists from ruling Egypt. Such a government would liberate the nation from its dependence on America and call peace agreements with Israel into question.
Official and non-official US delegations are flooding into Egypt bearing both sticks and carrots. The stick is represented by the growing threats to Egypt regionally and menacing its maritime security. The carrot is represented by huge offers of investments and financial assistance, but that is only if Egypt maintains Mubarak's policies, in particular: adhering to the Camp David Accords, supporting US hegemonic projects in the region and assuring oil supplies.
The thugs who attacked protesters in Abbasiyah Square must have been doing so according to specific instructions by internal forces linked to foreign powers. If not, how dare they venture out into the square with weapons to target unarmed protesters in broad daylight...the kind of crime which wasn't seen even at the peak of repression practised by the former regime against peaceful protests at Tahrir Square or elsewwhere?
There are forces at work who want to ignite clashes between the army on one side and the rebels on the other, to plunge the country into civil war which would inevitably lead to the postponement the presidential elections scheduled to take place within three weeks.
The greatest danger facing Egypt today is the influx of available weapons and uncontrollable and bloody clashes. It is worth pointing out that Egypt is surrounded by several failed states or those heading towards failure, such as Libya in the west where tons of weapons became available through arms dealers and extremist groups in addition to Sudan in the south and Darfur in the south-west. Not to mention Sinai which is beyond the control of central government and is a hot-bed for drugs and arms smugglers.
What is most worrying is the prospect of the army using these violent events as a pretext for a military coup which will lead to the declaration of a state of emergency, the dissolution of parliament and the cancellation of the presidential elections.
The Egyptians will never allow their revolution to be stolen from them, admitting that the blood of their martyrs was spilled in vain; will they allow a return to even more aggressive emergency laws than was the case in the past, for the sake of foreign orders and agendas?
The response to a military coup or the postponement of transferring power from the military to an elected civilian regime would be an even more incendiary revolution than the first one, demanding the downfall of the military rule, exactly as the first revolution demanded the overthrow of the Mubarak reign of corruption.
Egypt is in a severe situation. However the will of the Egyptian people will guarantee greater freedom, sovereignty, social justice and democratic governance.
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