Egyptians attack Israel embassy

[mass09]

Hundreds of Egyptians stormed the building housing Israel's mission in Cairo and threw embassy documents and its national flag from windows, while state television said on Saturday that Israel's envoy, his family and staff had been flown home.

The Interior Ministry said at least 450 protesters were injured during a day of confrontations with police, who used teargas and fired in the air in an effort to disperse them. State television said 46 police were injured.

It was the second time the embassy was attacked since five Egyptian border guards were killed last month by Israelis during an operation against gunmen. That incident prompted Egypt briefly to threaten to withdraw its envoy.

Pulling Israeli diplomats even temporarily out of Egypt, the first Arab state to sign a peace treaty with the Jewish state, will shake Israel's confidence. It is already embroiled in a bitter feud with Turkey, formerly the closest of its few Muslim allies, over treatment of Palestinians.

The Cairo demonstrations continued well into the early morning hours, with police confronting at least 2 000 protesters near the embassy, a witness said.

They fired teargas and fired in the air to disperse the crowds. Protesters lit fires in the street using tyres, threw petrol bombs and stones and set at least two police vehicles alight.

Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf summoned his cabinet crisis team, which was to meet early on Saturday, state media said, while the Interior Ministry put police on alert and cancelled police holidays.

US President Barack Obama called on Egypt to "honour its international obligations" and protect the Israeli mission after protesters, who had been demonstrating at Tahrir Square to push for a timetable for reforms and an end to military trials for civilians, smashed up a wall protecting the embassy building.

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I don't think Israel will be too happy.

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[za1]

Egyptian mass mentality, lets blame Israel for all our woes.

What a difference between the two countries.

Egypt rewards the idiot that took down and burnt the Israeli flag from their embassy last week, and again here they storm the embassy, burn the flag again and loot the place and yet only yesterday an Israeli was arrested for throwing stones at the Egyptian consulate in Israel and charged with harming the symbol of a friendly (yeh right) state.

http://english.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=344712&

 

[killadoob]

Big trouble coming, the paid off dictator is now gone and up on corruption charges. Cannot see this egypian israel thing ending well now the US cannot pay off a dictator to keep things under control.

Turkey has kicked them out of their country. The noose is tightening, could be some interesting news soon, either way it will be good viewing.

How strong is egypt's army? Did the US supply them heavily with weapons?

 

[Nanfeishen]

How strong is egypt's army? Did the US supply them heavily with weapons?

Here you go:

The Armed Forces of Egypt are the largest on the African continent, in the Arab world and one of the largest in the world (ranked 10th), consisting of the Egyptian Army, Egyptian Navy, Egyptian Air Force and Egyptian Air Defense Command.

In addition, Egypt maintains large paramilitary forces. [2] The Central Security Forces, and the Border Guard Forces are under Ministry of the Interior control. The National Guard, comes under the control of the Ministry of Defence.

The inventory of the Egyptian armed forces includes equipment from the United States, France, Brazil, the United Kingdom, the former Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China. Equipment from the former Soviet Union is being progressively replaced by more modern American, French, and British equipment, a significant portion of which is built under license in Egypt, such as the M1A1 Abrams tank which makes Egypt the owner of the second largest number of latest generation main battle tanks in the region after Israel, and the second after Syria in case of the older generations

Available for
military service 18,347,560, age 18–49 (2005)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Armed_Forces

Versus Israel

Available for
military service 1,499,186 males, age 17–49 (2000 est.),
1,462,063 females, age 17–49 (2000 est.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces

 

[rwenzori]

You reap what you sow, as some book or other once said.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Big trouble coming, the paid off dictator is now gone and up on corruption charges. Cannot see this egypian israel thing ending well now the US cannot pay off a dictator to keep things under control.

Turkey has kicked them out of their country. The noose is tightening, could be some interesting news soon, either way it will be good viewing.

How strong is egypt's army? Did the US supply them heavily with weapons?

you have some sick bloodlust huh

 

[Hard Rain]

These people don't want war with Israel, they just don't want to have a relationship with it.

 

[Lounger]

The deposed Egyptian dictator had the lid on things, just like Saddam Hussein had in Iraq.

 

[killadoob]

you have some sick bloodlust huh

Sick bloodlust? Sick is killing each other everyday, so israel and rest of the arab world are sick or the arab world and israel are sick just incase people get upset i used israel first which i am sure would happen. It does spice up the news channels though.


Rain they hate israel only the US paid dictator was keeping them back, turkey also seem keen on some action so we should see some interesting news soon.

 

[Hard Rain]

Rain they hate israel only the US paid dictator was keeping them back, turkey also seem keen on some action so we should see some interesting news soon.

Um, Turkey is just posturing for influence in the Mediterranean. The people in Egypt clearly have not been happy with their government and army acting as lapdogs of the U.S. and Israel so they're rebelling against this; they don't want war.

 

[schumi]

The number of protesters were a very small percentage and may not be the views of the majority of the country, also compared to the democracy protests these two protest were tiny.

 

[Palimino]

Um, Turkey is just posturing for influence in the Mediterranean. The people in Egypt clearly have not been happy with their government and army acting as lapdogs of the U.S. and Israel so they're rebelling against this; they don't want war.

Israel would be foolish to assume that. This could be the start of another Arab/Israeli conflict. Consider:

Egypt triggers hostilities. Turkey weighs-in. Syria need to distract their population, they weigh-in. Iran opportunistically weighs-in. Bahrain (in solidarity with Iran’s shia) weigh-in. Saudi in solidarity with Bahrain’s sunni leadership, weigh-in. America dithers. They have commitments in Saudi and Bahrain and treaties with Israel (and no money and two other wars [and smaller firefight flare-ups in Africa]).NATO is preoccupied in Libya. China and Russia are being obstructionist. And so on. We live in interesting times.

 

[I want a GTI]

Israel would be foolish to assume that. This could be the start of another Arab/Israeli conflict. Consider:

Egypt triggers hostilities. Turkey weighs-in. Syria need to distract their population, they weigh-in. Iran opportunistically weighs-in. Bahrain (in solidarity with Iran’s shia) weigh-in. Saudi in solidarity with Bahrain’s sunni leadership, weigh-in. America dithers. They have commitments in Saudi and Bahrain and treaties with Israel (and no money and two other wars [and smaller firefight flare-ups in Africa]).NATO is preoccupied in Libya. China and Russia are being obstructionist. And so on. We live in interesting times.

Before all that, it would be better to see Hezbollah+Iran vs Israel. The sunni states should cut Israeli ties and leave the fighting to the shiahs. Let them nullify each other.

 

[Palimino]

Before all that, it would be better to see Hezbollah+Iran vs Israel. The sunni states should cut Israeli ties and leave the fighting to the shiahs. Let them nullify each other.

IMO if any credible country (Iran, for eg.) opens hostilities with Israel, other Arab countries would pile-in. Israel is universally hated in the Arab world but other Arab countries don’t want a nuclear Iran lording it over them in the ME. But hatred for Israel would trump this. However, if Iran fancies its chances, America is almost 100% certain (irrespective of previous commitments) to join-in as well. Russia and China will only spew anti-American rhetoric. They won’t interfere – they don’t want to see a nuclear Iran either. Cryptic crossword puzzles are easier.

 

[killadoob]

A nuclear iran? do you mean nuclear power cause they have no nukes.

 

[Palimino]

A nuclear iran? do you mean nuclear power cause they have no nukes.

So far. A nuclear power station gives Iran the means to enrich uranium to the required standard. They already have the centrifuges. Are you seriously claiming that Iran does not have ambitions in this direction? A shia power in a sunni dominated ME? Do you believe the BS about ‘peaceful nuclear power’? With their record of lies and their official policy of wiping out Israel? With religious bigotry dictating political stances? I wouldn’t trust them.

 

[ponder]

So far. A nuclear power station gives Iran the means to enrich uranium to the required standard. They already have the centrifuges. Are you seriously claiming that Iran does not have ambitions in this direction? A shia power in a sunni dominated ME? Do you believe the BS about ‘peaceful nuclear power’? With their record of lies and their official policy of wiping out Israel? With religious bigotry dictating political stances? I wouldn’t trust them.

And who is the only country to have used nuclear weapons against another nation? But they are good God fearing Christians with God on their side (well according to GWB anyway).

Why is it OK for some countries to have nukes and not others. Are all those with nukes so called good guys?

 

[killadoob]

So far. A nuclear power station gives Iran the means to enrich uranium to the required standard. They already have the centrifuges. Are you seriously claiming that Iran does not have ambitions in this direction? A shia power in a sunni dominated ME? Do you believe the BS about ‘peaceful nuclear power’? With their record of lies and their official policy of wiping out Israel? With religious bigotry dictating political stances? I wouldn’t trust them.

No iran does not have the ability to enrich uranium to nuke standard.

You talk about record of lies yet you don't mind the US lying to attack countries. I don't see you moaning about that.

 

[Shibal]

Before all that, it would be better to see Hezbollah+Iran vs Israel. The sunni states should cut Israeli ties and leave the fighting to the shiahs.

Let me guess, you are a Sunni ?

What's worse, an infidel or a Shia ?

Let them nullify each other.

You belong to that "peaceful" lot ?

 

[Shibal]

I guess the dimwits will also argue that North Korea only wants nuclear power generating capabilities.

North Korea's Nuclear Program

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest...erated-on-nuclear-weapon-development-Defector


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Qadeer_Khan
Abdul Qadeer Khan

Confession

In early February 2004, the Government of Pakistan reported that Khan had signed a confession indicating that he had provided Iran, Libya, and North Korea with designs and centrifuge technology to aid in nuclear weapons programs, and said that the government had not been complicit in the proliferation activities. The Pakistan Government officials who made the announcement said that Khan had admitted to transferring centrifuge technology and information to Iran between 1989 and 1991, to North Korea and Libya between 1991 and 1997 (U.S. officials at the time maintained that transfers had continued with Libya until 2003), and additional technology to North Korea up until 2000.[45] On 4 February 2004, Khan appeared on state's controlled Pakistan Television (PTV) and confessed to running a proliferation ring where his confession was on-aired by Pakistan's state and private television stations all over the country.