EGYPT COUP KILLS OWN MEN, BY HATEM AZZAM - IKHWANWEB

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
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• Case Number: F-2017-02456
• Publication Date: September 30, 2013

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WARNING: TOPIC: MILITARY, DOMESTIC POLITICAL, MEDIA, TERRORISM,
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COUNTRY: EGYPT
SUBJ: (U) EGYPT COUP KILLS OWN MEN, BY HATEM AZZAM - IKHWANWEB
SOURCE: London Ikhwanweb in English 1606 GMT 30 Sep 13
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By Hatem Azzam, Vice-President of Wasat Party and member of the
Anti-coup Pro-Legitimacy National Alliance.
Khaled Domian, member of the Social Democratic Party (a pro-coup
political party)'s High Council, and his cousin were killed by an
"army of thugs" lead by a notorious outlaw in Assiut who was also
involved in torching a police station there after the military
coup.
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This is an incident that reveals many details of the internal
security scene in Egypt after the military coup, and the relentless
security crackdown executed under the ambiguous slogan of "Fighting
Terrorism".
The thug demanded ten thousand Egyptian Pounds 'protection money'
from Khaled Domian and his cousin. Domian refused, filing a report
at
Sahel Salim police station in Assiut. In fact, Domian and friends
did
not stop at that. They also filed a formal complaint with Assiut's
assistant head of security.
There is no doubt that the military coup has turned mobs of thugs
and
other registered dangerous offenders into additional 'security
forces', ruthless and brutal militia they use against peaceful
protestors, to fight supporters of democracy and all those who
condemn the military coup.
These outlaws work openly, in full protection of police and army
forces. Pictures abound of police and army forces working side by
side with these criminal militias in numerous incidents, such as
the
massacres of Republican Guard Club, Nanda and Rabaa squares, the
Memorial, Al-Fateh Mosque, Mansoura, Port Said and others.
Thus, the Sahel Salim police station and the assistant head of
security in Assiut did not move a finger in response to Domian's
formal complaints. They simply left matters up to 'security
militias'
comprised of thugs and other outlaws.
Following Domian's report and complaint, he was surprised by a call
from the leader of the "army of thugs" at Sahel Salim, which
included
an explicit death threat: "You have complained to the police. Let
us
see if that will be of any use to you. My army and I will come and
kill you". With the swift and prompt thugs' justice, the sentence
was
issued and executed, as Domian and his cousin were killed by thugs
within 48 hours of reporting the original extortion demand.
Organized thug militias in Egypt did not stop at that point. In
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the forces of the Interior Ministry were not even able to secure
the
prosecutor and forensic specialist's attempt to examine the bodies
due to the heavy presence of the thugs. Till this very moment,
Domian
and his cousin have not been buried.
This incident with all its details has been testified to by Ahmed
Fawzy, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party's Secretary-General,
who
narrated the events of what had happened in a telephone
conversation
with Mahmoud Saad, a talk-show host, on 'Akhir Alnahar' (End of the
Day) show on Al-Nahar satellite TV channel, on September 12.
At the end of the call, a question was posed: "If this has happened
to a high-ranking official in a governing political party in office
(both the prime minister and his deputy are from his party), what
about simple citizens? What would they do and who would stand by
them?"
This incident is repeated tens or even hundreds of times, in daily
crimes committed by thugs in Egypt after the military coup, which
has
transformed this army of thugs into a semi-official force that it
uses to oppress and kill peaceful protesters who oppose the
military
coup.
Today many 'Battle of the Camel' incidents take place across the
nation, where thugs are committing brutal crimes against everyone
of course after receiving the necessary protection and cover as
they
do this patriotic and honorable role.
The participation by the Social Democratic Party in the military
coup
against democracy (and their leaders - including Beblawi -
overseeing
the repression and ruthless crimes against democracy, freedom and
dignity) is the main reason behind the killing of thousands of
citizens, the most recent of whom are their colleagues Khaled
Domian
and his cousin.
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Unfortunately, Ahmed Fawzy is politically responsible for the death
of his colleague Domian, as well as thousands of his fellow
Egyptian
citizens.
This incident and many others like it call upon those who
participated in the shameful military coup, by blessing-it in the
media and the political sphere, to apologize to the Egyptian people
and the families of the deceased and imprisoned, and to correct
their
wrongdoings by standing against the oppressive military coup, which
does not differentiate between Egyptians as-it spills the blood of
all citizens.
Freedom cannot be granted to a group of people and not the other,
as
the coup's songs say today. Nor can democracy be tailored to fit
the
agenda of a particular party, as coup politicians claim. The flames
of the military coup and oppressive police state and thugs will
reach
all Egyptians without differentiation.
One question remains unanswered: Is terrorism the act of peaceful
protesting that calls for the return of democracy and the refusal
to
live under a military coup regime? Or is terrorism what is
practiced
by the militia of thugs and security forces protected by the
military
coup under the slogan "no voice can be louder than the voice of the
battle"?
The military coup shall be defeated; and the Egyptian Revolution
shall prevail.
Long live democratic Egypt.
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