In the leaked video, Gen. Sisi reassures officers panicked over the rise of democracy, “The revolution has dismantled all the shackles that were present — not just for us, not just for the military, but for the entire state…. The rules and the shackles were dismantled, and they are being rearranged”:
“Authorities had warned that anyone protesting against the army during Sunday’s 1973 war anniversary would be regarded as an agent of foreign powers, not an activist – a hardening of language that suggests authorities may crack down harder” …
… yet despite their efficiency at murdering demonstrators, the Egyptian security forces remain helpless against militant extremists in the Sinai, where “[g]unmen killed five Egyptian soldiers who were in a patrol vehicle outside of the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya”:
“As they witnessed police beatings, the two reporters were pounced on by security officers, who stole their cell phones and cameras and threatened to haul one away. The abuse ended only after the reporters proved they’d been at” an earlier  pro-military rally …
… even as two other are released after weeks of detention without charge. “Dr. Tarek Loubani and film-maker John Greyson were accused of taking part in deadly political clashes in Cairo. The men insisted Dr Loubani was just helping injured protesters, while Mr. Greyson filmed the violence” …
“Two U.S. raids in Africa show the United States is pressuring al Qaeda, officials said on Sunday, though a failure in Somalia and an angry response in Libya also highlighted Washington’s problems”:
“In a lighter side to the Israel-Iran standoff over nuclear weapons, Iranians armed with nothing more than jeans and a camera are protesting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s intimation that they are ruled by a cultic government that restricts not only their voting options but their sartorial choices as well” …
- Iranians Launch #jeans Protest on Twitter, Taking Jab at Netanyahu (Christian Science Monitor)
… “The statement is telling on a number of levels. The most obvious part is Netanyahu’s utter ignorance of what real Iranians actually wear, the range of social practices inside Iran.  And these real Iranians, who are among the most heavily wired and internet-savvy populations in the world, have been taking to social media to mock Netanyahu’s ignorance”:
“Though police promised the Muslims villagers protection — and disarmed them and ordered them back into their homes — the mobs returned in even greater numbers at 9:30 a.m., and then again at 2:30 p.m. Among the dead were a 94-year-old woman and an 89-year-old man, both too old to run, each with multiple stab wounds”:
“Abubakar Shariff, whom the U.N. and the U.S. accuse of funding al Shabaab, said Omar’s killing would boost recruitment and support for the Somali group among Kenyan Muslims convinced the cleric was gunned down by Kenyan security agencies”:
“Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime deserves credit for complying with a chemical weapons deal, US Secretary of State John Kerry says”:
“Rehanna, the Muslim chaplain, said millions of people and children around the world had supported me and prayed for me. Then I realized that people had spared my life. I had been spared for a reason. I realized that what the Taliban had done was make my campaign globalâ€:
- Malala Describes Attack, Survival in New Book; Invited to Meet Queen at Buckingham Palace (AP / Washington Post)
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