Al-Arish is on fire

For the second time or even the third of fourth time ,Al-Arish city is on fire , reports coming from the city describing huge protests and angry messes , it started yesterday or even the day before and it started as tribal fight between two tribes , a normal fight if you want my opinion and it ended "well it has not end yet apparently" with city on fire and 30,000 protesting against the regime

It is more than a tribal fight , it is more like an explosion of anger , they let what inside to them and the proof the places they set fire on the 6th of October vacation in : the headquarters of the NDP,the local council and the city council

Of course the Police did what it usually does in that event , releasing their anti-riots squads with crying bombs and random arrests to the rest of their quick suppress solutions , they did not listen to the request of the people to change the governor and to bring someone who can really understand them

The Al-Arish people unfortunately just like the rest of the people got many problems and the regime is treating them like the rest of the Egyptians ignoring their problems but these are not like the valley people ,they are Arab tribes with traditions and customs to be respected ,and of course the security forces have no respect to any traditions or customs in the first place

The people of Al-Arish complained a lot from the police brutality and a terrible economic situation yet no one listened , they said before that they do not want to deal with the police and want to deal with the intelligence and the army ,the regime tried to calm them down by releasing thousand of innocent people that were in jail since the last terrorist attacks in Sinai from two years ago !! but that was not enough ,it did not solve anything what so ever , the Police is still treating them bad and their economic situation is still horrible , that temporarily calming down policy with the threat of using force will not work every time in every place in Egypt

This shows us how the current Egyptian regime is so dumb depending on the Police state solutions that will not work every time , I expect now that there are bunch of army and intelligence men in the town talking to the chiefs of the tribes in an attempt to calm things down , if they real care for the national security they must listen to the demands of the people there and fulfill them

As an Egyptian I want the Egyptian army to be there , I do not give damn for Camp David accords , already people its duration is finished from a decade oh yes , it was only from 20 years ,it finished technically in 1997 and now we are in 2007 ,30 years from signing the accords , we are not longer liable to it , already accordingly we are having normal relations with Israel just like any country , for example like Brazil , no peace no war , another country with diplomatic relations , already I do not understand the logic that says Israel can put its armies on the borders where as we can't put a single army solider in Sinai ,do not we have now a Peaceful relationship with Israel !!!??

Anyhow back to the angry people in Al-Arish

Great people of Al-Arish continue your anger May Allah bless in your Ramadan and give you strength

Continue your anger for our sake

Updates : I got more information on the topic thanks to Irc President

First here are a collection of photos demonstrating the anger of the people from the Al-Qassam blog

Second I knew the reason of the anger , it seemed that some Bedouins opened their fire on of the main tribes of the city "El-Fukharia" causing injuries to the people of the tribe , the security forces did not do anything about , no arrests , nothing at all

Those Bedouins who cover their faces "as a significant sign" already are Bandits in the way of North Sinia , they are mostly dangerous criminals ,drug traffickers and human traffickers who are stealing the cars and the money especially cars under the threat of death , either you give them the car or you die , and many were dead sorry killed because of them and the government specifically the security forces did nothing , of course they won't do anything against those criminals because they are only CARE FOR THE POLICITAL SECURITY

The people asked several times for the police protection but in vain and thus they had to do something about

As you see the police neglected its main mission that is to protect people providing safety for them for providing Safety for the ruler

The people of Al-Arish should be angry

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