#Syrian Revolution : #Khalidiya Massacre {+18 Graphic}

It is a rule now as soon as there is a disaster in Egypt and clashes between protester sand security forces in Egypt that capture the attention of the world , El Assad regime commits a horrible massacre in Syria , it is not a pattern anymore , it is a rule.

Tonight the Syrian Arab army that follows El Assad has been bombarding Homs especially the El Khalidiya neighborhood for hours killing hundreds and injuring hundreds as well. The Syrian air forces are reportedly participating in the offensive. Many houses are reportedly destroyed over the residents , I read the description and I freak out more than I am freaking out already for what is happening in Egypt.

The death toll has reached so far 230 according to the local coordination committees in Syria !! The injured numbers are increasing , we have reached so 800 injured. The video clips coming from El Khalidiya tonight are than horrible.

Homs : Shelling El Khalidiya late night by mortars

The Mosques fire back at the shelling of the city with “Takbeer” repeating “Allah Akbar”- “Allah is greatest” . Tomorrow marks the Moulid El Nabawy , Prophet Mohamed’s birthday anniversary which is actually a feast for Muslims worldwide.

Homs : Takbeer Vs. mortars

There are news that bodies of children were found headless in the area to the and complete families have been killed. Below couple of videos showing a glimpse of this massacre after the break . {+18 Extreme Grpahic content}

Another sad Friday

After one hell of a night in Cairo and Suez as well Port Said , the death have increased in to  2 in Suez and 2 in Cairo while the injured in Cairo, Suez and Port Said have reached to over 1000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now we have the bloody #Mansour street battle in Cairo where two have been killed. The first one is 32 years old Ali Hassan , an artist as well a father of two kids was shot by security forces. The second one is 24 years old army officer Mohamed Fouad , a CSF vehicle ran over him by accident.

May Allah bless their souls all.

There is a lot of rumors about late Fouad and why he was at the MOI , some say that he was among the protesters while to be honest I saw in the footage aired on TV from the MOI’s side couple of army officers and soldiers protecting the building.

There are marches heading to Tahrir square , another march is heading to the ministry of Defense.

I am already fighting flu , so much depressed.

#PortSaidmassacre : The Mohamed Mahmoud Battle 2 "Updated"

For hours now hundreds of angry protesters are trying reach to the ministry of interior again and for hours now the clashes have not stopped between these protesters and the security forces mostly from the CSF assigned to protect the ministry in none other than : The bloody Mohamed Mahmoud street !!
Of course there are new streets added to the bloody Mohamed Mahmoud like El Falaky and Nubar. Things are not good at all.
The protesters managed to bring down the infamous Mohamed Mahmoud street wall.
According to the ministry of health over 800 were injured today in the clashes at ministry of interior , most of the clashes resulted from suffocation due to the endless tear gas as well rubber bullets and birdshots. Chaotic scene by all measures especially that many people and political organizations are begging the protesters not to go to the MOI as it seems to be another trap.
April 6th Youth movement “both fronts” have urged the protesters to leave MOI and its streets and head to Tahrir square but nobody listens. At first we were being told that these guys are Ultras Ahlaway but the famous fan league issued a statement saying that they are not protesting at the MOI because they are busy in the funerals. Ultras experts say that they were there , things would have been far worse.

To the Ultras Boys

To the Ultras Boys from Ultras Ahalawy specifically.

Ultras Ahlaway famous song about policemen

Whether you like them or not , whether you support them or not , whether you understand their sub-culture or not , the Egyptian Ultras played and is playing an important role in the Egyptian revolution.
Only a liar can deny their role.

#PortsaidMassacre : Everybody is Responsible

Anas , the youngest victim

Today people are sad in Egypt , today people who were against the revolution began to turn against SCAF and the ministry of interior. You hit the true addiction of the public in Egypt : The football opium in the worst way ever with a death toll of more than 70 Egyptians , most of them young students and some of them are kids actually , most of them are friends of somebody you know.
The parliament held an urgent session today to discuss the Port Said Massacre. It was not going to be aired live on TV if it were not for the majority of the MPs who voted for its broadcast on TV
PM Ganzoury has addressed the parliament saying that the government has decided the following :

• To accept the resignation of Port Said’s governor “Despite last night he said that he would not resign”
• To suspend the head of Port Said security directorate and the head of Port Said investigation bureau.
• Suspending the Egyptian Football Association and referring its chairman and board members to questioning

Ironically the EFA chairman and board members requested from the parliament to attend this session. Some members of the Parliament accused of the EFA of being responsible for this massacre and not because they are losers but because they are the friends of Alaa and Gamal Mubarak. “ The EFA is a Pro-Mubarak regime , it is a fact”
Now the EFA boards members refuse the decision of the government and the FIFA supports them in the most worst careless scenes when over 70 Egyptians are killed

Football Tragedy : A Sad Day for Egypt

And I was wishing that this year no protester will be killed for demanding his basic rights , well I should have wished for more and asked that no Egyptian would kill another Egyptian for anything.
What started as a football game between Al Ahly club and Al Masry in Port Said ended in a human tragedy with a death toll of over 50 Egyptian mostly from young football fans “From 15 to 32” and the injury of at least 180 Egyptian civilian !!
Now in Port Said there is a big tragedy , a big defeat for all of us. I do not care who won or who lost.

One of the injured

The game should have been stopped in the middle when the Al Masry fans stormed the stadium between the two halves and the security forces from Central Security forces were watching and did not move !!
It is more than terrible to watch the whole thing on Al Ahly TV channel and see the Ultras fans and footballers stuck in the dressing rooms , the footballers trying to save the injured fans witnessing their death in front of their eyes. They are waiting for security to let them out and up till now nobody has come to save them. The hooligans of the Al Masry club did not stop at that but stopped ambulances for hours till they had to leave.

The footballers leaving the field

Bradley manning would love to trade places !!

The famous Bradley Manning who leaked the famous Wikileaks suffered a lot when he was detained at the Marine Corps Base Quantico where he knew what was the meaning of military detention and military prison for real before he was transferred after a world campaign to Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility
Now without knowing Manning , I would tell you that this young American would really love to trade places with that April 8th officer who currently tweets on a daily basis from his cell from the military prison !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have never seen in my life a prisoner detained in a military prison in a third world country who tweets on a daily basis except in Egypt , please put under military prison in a third world country hundred lines.
I am sorry but I do not buy it and will not buy it , it is not about Mohamed Wadieh but about that guy who tweets using his identity. I am not convinced that a man in a military prison for defection under the rule of restless military junta will spend all his day tweeting about the dirty laundry of that junta and he is not afraid nor harmed for days now.

#EgyParliament : The Parliamentary committees

The people’s assembly declared the results of the internal elections of the parliamentary committees on Tuesday in its 8^th session. The Muslim Brotherhood or rather the Freedom and Justice party has controlled at least 10 committees out of the 19 parliamentary committees.Not all the committees elections’ results have been announced today.
MP Mahmoud El Khodiary of Freedom and Justice Party was elected as the head of the legislation committee in the parliament. The famous reformist judge has been from those judges who headed the movement of independent judiciary in time of  Mubarak. He is widely respected.
MP Sobhi Saleh of FJ party was elected as the undersecretary of the legislation committee. Saleh was from the members of the committee that supervised the constitutional amendments referendum and earned that fame because of his controversial statements.

Where is the Dark Knight when you need him ?

After 48 hours or even 72 hours of frequent armed robberies across the country , one must wonder when we are going to have our Egyptian vigilant Superhero , that fights crimes and saves the day if the police is incapable of doing its job.

From two days ago in Sharm El Sheikh an armed robbery happened in a currency exchange office where the thieves killed a French tourist in their escape. The crime is extremely dangerous and could affect a whole season in Sharm without doubt yet despite its dangerous impact there was nothing about it as it should in the media !! Anyhow I present my condolences to the French tourist’s family on behalf of many Egyptians

The MOI announced today that the police managed to arrest the thieves and released a clip from the currency exchange office’s surveillance camera showing the theft itself.

One must wonder if Sharm El Sheikh was only Safe when ousted President Mubarak used to spend most of the year there !!  

The Gamat Al Doul crime : What really Happened !?

The day has not finished and I found out that there is a murder crime took place in the heart of Mohendessin area , the famous Gamat Al Doul street where a cae driver shot down a microbus driver by a gun in a traffic fight !! “At Hardee’s and Pizza Hut”

The drivers of other microbus went mad and furious and shut down the Gamat Al Doul street and El Batal Ahmed Abdel Street , which are from the most vital streets in the area.  From what I understood from dear friend Ahmed Fahmy who is currently in the scene tweeting what is taking place , the drivers went mad after hearing a rumor that the shooter was no transferred to the police station and thus are demanding to see him. The last thing I know a delegation from the family of the victim “whose name is Hatem , May Allah bless his soul” and couple microbus drivers will head to see the shooter n detention.

#SCAF and US Aid : No smoke without fire

First we knew that 3 of the 4 of Egyptian government’s lobbyists in D.C dumped us on Saturday then today we found a statement from the ministry of foreign affairs in Cairo denying that they dumped us because we were the one who dumped them.

Second now there is a delegation from SCAF currently in D.C and for sure it is headed by Lt. General Mohamed El Assar , that delegation goes to Washington after the NGO raid and the decision to bar US citizens working in NGOs including the son of some congressman forcing John McCain to slam SCAF.

Then on Monday we found rumors that some claim to be news that the States have decided to cancel the US Aid to Egypt after more than 30 years at least according to Al Mehawar TV channel.

The news is confirmed by some sources while denied by other sources including the Egyptian ambassador in D.C. Today I got a tip from a friend based on another source from the States "Supposedly credible" that aid is going to be cancelled because of the human rights records of SCAF " I highly doubt it is about human rights only because let's not fool ourselves for 30 years Washington did not much care about the human rights records of Mubarak's regime"

Another source told me that it will be cancelled but it will return in another form , may be in development program

Then we got the Washington Post report about those American NGOs employees hiding in the US embassy for fear of detention. 

I am trying to get more details but let’s say it is agreed that the fate of the US aid was going to be determined by the States sooner or later when Egypt gets a new regime and the Egyptian policies are cleared to Washington whether it is US/Israeli friendly or not. It is matter of time in my point of view. There is no smoke with fire and there is a lot of smoke here.

If the news is true and the US aid is cancelled , I will be very happy and consider it as a victory for the revolution as well the American people who need this money more than we do , especially we have got a lot of stolen money inside and outside Egypt that ISA we will restore back. We do not really need it.

It will be another a victory for the revolution because Egyptians have always wished this US aid to be cancelled because they have always felt that it was a humiliating slavery contract in time of Mubarak.

You must know if that news is true , SCAF will use it to increase its popularity among Egyptians once again as nationalist council that does not accept any Americans orders to appoint this or that.

#Jan25 : Kasr Al Nil Bridge ; another Symbol of the revolution in #Egypt

Despite tens were killed and hundreds were injured on the Kasr Al Nil bridge yet it took the people a whole real to realize that its iconic significance  in this revolution.
I am totally against idolizing the symbols but that bridge has become another official symbol of the revolution.
Kasr Al Nil bridge is another icon of Cairo , one of its old bridges since the time of Khedive Ismail , it has got many tales about the city called Cairo yet I think its most important tale is how millions of Egyptians used it to cross to fear to freedom in 2011 in a historical scene my generation will not forget.

#Jan25 : The Kasr Al Nil battle

The old bridge with four lions “Said to be referred to Khedive Ismail’s sons despite his sons were actually more than four” also has got a tale on how hundreds of thousands of Egyptians came back to Tahrir square in long marches in a year later to show the world that they are still want that democracy and freedom many died for last year.

I wish that Mubarak had seen how the bridge looked like this year because most of these protesters are the children of his era.
P.S : This video below was filmed on January 28,2011 at Al Galaa bridge showing the protesters singing the national anthem , it is more than great.

#Jan28 : The national anthem at Al Galaa square

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