Ideas after the Abassiya II defeat

We are the product of reactive social culture , we never take proactive steps except so rarely ; this is a fact we can not deny.

For a year the activists , revolutionary youth and their supporters on twitter and Facebook have kept warning us from the Romanian scenario and how after the execution of CeauSesCu the military rule sabotaged the Romanian revolution in its own way and how SCAF is following the steps of their Romanian countrpart yet strangely all the time the activists and Opinion leaders in Egypt did not tell us for real how to avoid this scenario in the real world. In fact proudly activists and opinion leaders are participating in making this scenario a reality with their revolutionary romanticism and arrogance and by failing in every trap made for them.

regarding The Egyptian Delegation To the Kingdom

At the same time we were watching on TV the clashes between the military police and the protesters at MOD sit in , many Egyptians were shocked from what they were seeing on Al Arabiya TV channel on air from the Saudi Royal palace in Riyadh from humiliation to their Egyptian dignity.  
A public diplomacy headed by the Speaker of the People Saad El Katatanini and MPs from different parties including Freedom and Justice Party and Al Nour Party as well the leaders of Al Wafd Party “Sayed Badawy” and Ghad El Thawar Party “Ayman Nour”. There were representatives from religious institutions in Egypt like Al Azhar and the Orthodox church of Alexandria along with Salafist Sheikh like Sheikh Mohamed Hassan. There were also actors in the delegation that was received warmly by Saudi.
The delegation went to apologize for the insults the Kingdom and the King endured during El Gizawy’s case and for the insulting graffiti written on the walls of the embassy from couple of weeks ago as well to demand the return of the Saudi ambassador. Everything would be fine if it were not for the humiliating begging way the delegation acted.

The “Final” Friday : The end of What exactly !??

I do not know who really chooses the names of “Friday Protests” , it is another mystery of the mysteries of the Arab Spring but one thing of sure whoever chose the name of this Friday’s protest in Egypt is really stupid. Today’s Friday protest is called “ The Final Friday” and Please do not ask me what end and whose end we are speaking about here because it is so painful.
Today there are two many events , a million man protest in Tahrir square and a revolutionary march heading to Abassiya square and MOD square.
I do not know what the aims and goals of these protests for real to be honest aside from rejecting and condemning the brutal attack on the protester and their cold blood murder.
The marches to MOD are considered more important today than the protest in Tahrir square. They are organized by April 6th Youth Movement “two fronts” , The second day of rage Facebook Page “Which is somehow radical to me” and other 13 movements. The goals of those marches are : Ending the military rule now , the repeal of Article 28 of the March 2011 constitutional declaration and for an independent body of judges who were not appointed by the former regime to monitor upcoming presidential elections.

And Hussein Salem speaks at last

And for the first time since very many years Hussein Salem speaks to the Egyptian media on TV , the man who is labeled the Best best friend of Hosni Mubarak , in fact he is the only friend we knew from Mubarak’s close Friend.

Salem decided to have his first and last TV interview to none other than Amr Adeeb. The interview was recorded I think from two weeks ago in Spain.

Already Adeeb was the only TV host who spoke with Salem before his great escape from Egypt or even after his great escape from Egypt. I believe choosing Adeeb was a good choice because honestly no other TV host in Egypt could tolerate the wickedness of Salem. It was like a memories conversation between a streetwise guy and an old merchant in a local café for God sake !!

Amr Adeeb interviews Hussein Salem

In nutshell here is what he said :

• He is innocent from all charges he is accused of whether in Egypt or Spain.
• He is ready to give the great people of Egypt financial aid. “in other words he is ready for reconciliation”
• He does not want to die in jail.
• He was not a close friend to Mubarak
• He opposed Gamal Mubarak’s succession plan
• He did not like Suzanne Mubarak who forced her hubby to escape to Sharm !!
• Gamal Mubarak did not like him

#MOD : Because we do not learn from our mistakes !!

And the protesters are insisting to complete to have useless sit in which we do not know really what their demands for real were up till now in  a very hostile area. There were several marches that headed this after noon led by prominent figures including presidential candidates like Abdel Moneim Abu El Fotoh , Hamdeen Sabbahi and Khaled Ali to show their support to the protesters after the brutal clashes in early morning.
Thousands joined these marches in solidarity with the protesters and yet on one convinced these protesters to end that sit in which everybody knows that it will end in bloody disaster. We do not know learn from our mistakes , we are being dragged to useless confrontation because of vague empty slogans that have become so ridiculous.
Already one of the disasters that they can not deny is how Mohamed El Zawahiri, the brother of Ayman Al Zawahiri was received by his followers mainly from Salafist Jihadi trend as well the Abu Ismail Supporters on the first anniversary of Osama Bin Laden “At the same time John Kerry is visiting Cairo” with chants like “ Hey Obama , we are all Osama” , “The people want El Sharia” .. to the end of this with their black flags.
We are waiting for another disaster tonight because simply the people of Abassiya and Al Wali believe that the protesters are thugs and the protesters believe that the people of Abassiya are thugs in addition to the fact that the thugs are angry for the death of their friends and everybody is armed and security forces do not want to stop this on going war of the public !! Yes there are hired thugs by security forces but there are also extreme angry citizens in Abassiya.
Oh yes the people are armed in Abassiya , the thugs are armed in Abassiya and some of the protesters specifically from the Ultra Jihadi Salafists according to several eye witnesses including prominent activists like Alaa Abdel Fatah and Ahmed Alish. Abdel Fatah is facing hell from other tweeps and activists for having the guts to speak the truth. I respect Abdel Fatah on how he stood against the current and said the truth because people have been killed and we can’t escape from responsibility when we defend the right of peaceful protesting.
It is worth to mention also that the some of these protesters tortured the thugs they arrested from two days ago despite the refusal of other protesters and human rights activists. The thugs got families in areas like Abassiya and Al Walai areas who wanted to teach the protesters a lesson on not to mess with their sons.
Already the whole fight started last night when a local boy/thug was killed from Al Wali popular area and this family and friends “from thugs” literally went mad and decided to turn the sit in to hell.
The death toll according to Dr. Mohamed Fatouh of Tahrir Doctors group has increased to 11 where as according to the ministry of health it reached to 7. I believe the first number The hospitals in the area were closed in Abassiya area because they are not secured and the thugs attacked the hospitals and doctors. There are already 7 dead bodies in the morgue from Abassiya and Al Walai
SCAF will hold a press conference tomorrow at 12 PM to discuss the clashes. Muslim brotherhood and couple of parties will have another Friday protest which I believe is another game from the MB when it comes to their political battle with SCAF
There will be no delay in presidential elections in fact SCAF is ready to hand over power to the elected president from the first round on May 24th ,2012.
I am so tired , frustrated and angry

#MOD : On Going Massacre "Graphic"

And deadly clashes erupted early morning today between the Protesters of #MOD sit and thugs as well locals of Abassiya resulted officially in the death of 5 citizens and the injury of at least 45 in one of the worst clashes since the Port Said stadium clashes. According to the ministry of health official report the 5 were killed by birdshots.

One of the injured transferred "3mo Shehab"

According to unofficial numbers there are 10 have been reportedly killed in the clashes according to the field hospitals in the area.One of Abassiya locals have been killed this morning , allegedly shot down and that was the start of the clashes. Of course these clashes comes after daily fights with the thugs and locals of Abassiya that started on Saturday !!
Protesters and eye witnesses are speaking about the use of automatic guns in horrifying scenes where protesters are being slaughtered. One of the hospital nearby Abassaiya “Dar El Shafaa” is said to be under the control of thugs and angry locals.

April 6 Youth movement has announced in official statement issued from short while ago that one of its members  “Dr.Ibrahim Abu El Hassan” has been killed in the clashes.The last thing he wrote in FB profile from 12 hours was "I write using my blood a new history for my country". Dr. Abu El Hassan was a friend to late Dr. Alaa Abdel Hady.
 There are other 3 names we already know about it including activist Atef El Gohary who joined in old sits in. May Allah bless their souls.

There are news reports that the thugs attacked a hospital in the area. It is chaotic sad bloody scene.
We are not speaking about thugs hired by security forces whether Police or army to disperse the sit in violently but we are speaking as well about locals from Abassiya residents who believe that they are defending their neighborhood against those annoying protesters. It is unlike the previous times where the security forces were in direct confrontation with the protesters , everyone is involved in these clashes.
There are warning men with beards to be careful while walking in the area because the locals target them. Bearded men are trapped in their homes and can’t go any where for fear of the attack.
Here is a video showing part of the clashes when it started in early morning.

Needless to say this is sit in has no public support so I believe it is wise that it ends today. Enough blood
In the first political reaction the Freedom and Justice Party announced that it will boycott the meeting SCAF is holding today with political parties. It turned out that they were not invited to this meeting in the first place 
Now MP Mostafa Al Naggar of El Adl party announced that we will boycott the meeting of SCAF because "there was nothing more to speak about".
MP Mohamed Sawy of El Hadra Party also announced that he will boycott the meeting because he can't tolerate the blood spelled around the #MOD.
It is rumored that this meeting will include a suggestion from SCAF to postpone the Presidential elections. A military source told Ahram Arabic Portal that SCAF will hand over power by the end of June 2012 !!!
I am frustrated , angry , sad , I want the day to end , I want this nightmare to end !!
Here is the latest report from the Tahrir doctors field hospital

@11:49 AM 

Officially the death toll has increased to 6 and more than 100 injured !!
Presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Abu El Fotoh suspended his presidential campaign today after what happened wondering where the Parliament is from this massacre. I am trying to get more info from his campaign
Presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi is going to suspend his presidential campaign for two days to mourn the victims of the attack !!
Hamdeen Sabbahi said on his twitter we will not accept anymore the attack on the rights of the protesters.

 @12:23 PM 

Officially the death toll has increased to 9 and 49 injured !!
The army will deploy units from the central military zone to end the clashes and already the MOI has deploy units from the Central security forces to end the clashes right away.

The CSF vehicles over October bridge by Rawya Ragah

Al Nour Party announced that it will boycott the meeting of SCAF and its leader is already in Abassiya with protesters.
FJP issued a statement saying that it will boycott today's SCAF meeting "despite they were not invited to the meeting in the first place !!" and that they will hold a press conference to explain the party's refusal to the incidents of Al Abassiya. 
El Adl Party issued a statement holding SCAF responsible for the clashes and the victims fallen in these clashes. 
Reuters reported that the death toll increased to 9 and more than 60 were injured.

@1:10 PM

There are news reports that CSF and army manage to end the clashes !! I hope so without further casualties because many people fear from their deployment.

CSF near Abdou Pasha square By Abdel Monem 

@1:56 PM 

Ali at the sit in by "Sherif Abdel Kuddous"

The death toll has reached to 12 :(

There are people who are killed from Abassiya locals and their families are extremely angry. They believe it is blood between them and the protesters. The locals are standing in balconies and insulting the protesters. It is not only about hired thugs released from the police stations to terrorize the protesters. Unlike any other time we got the locals getting involved in the clashes against the protesters in violent way. Not less 4 Abassiya locals have been killed. Sadly enough you do not know exactly now who is the thug from the local resident from the protester , it reminds with the same old debate on who we should call a thug !!!!

The protesters have not left the sit in. There are marches organized by several powers and parties as presidential campaigns like Hamdeen Sabbahi's campaign heading to the sit in. Hamdeen Sabbahi is allegedly heading to the sit in already after suspending his campaign. 

Khalid Ali has announced that he suspended his presidential campaign and he headed to the sit in where he addressed the protesters and called for his protesters to join them !! 

There are unconfirmed news Abdel Moneim Abu El Fotoh will head to the sit in along with a group of doctors. 

Most banks and companies as well shops have closed their doors today. Ain Shams University has reportedly closed its doors , I am expecting huge protests among its students. The metro stations are closed in the area. 

Abu El Fotoh campaign announced that the presidential debate between him and Amr Moussa will be postponed to next week.

Waiting For Presidential Debates on TV to Start

The famous debate between Nixon and Kennedy
in 1960

And for the first time in the history of Television in Egypt as well in the East of the Arab world we are going to have televised presidential debates on TV between the presidential candidates in Egypt next Thursday’s evening.
The first time there was a Televised Presidential TV debate in the history of television in the Arab world was in Mauritania in 2007.  
The Presidential Debates event will be a joint broadcast between Dream TV Network and ONTV Network
The debates will be moderated by Mona El Shazly , Yosri Fouda , Reem Magued and Hafez El Marazi. There will be also analytical discussion after the debates by political analysts moderated by Amr Khafagi. The debates will be published next day in Al Shorouk and Al Masry Al Youm newspapers exclusively.