Egypt rejects Muslim Brotherhood

An authentic testimony received from a protestor at Tahrirs Square in Cairo Egypt suggests that the internional media are portraying a distorted account of the 'anti-government' revolution.

Ed note: The emphases throughout are those of the writer.

The following is an authentic testimony received from a protester at Tahrir Square in Cairo Egypt:
(Cairo, Egypt, Feburary 3, 2011)

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“I am writing this to you as a witness to what is going on from the streets of Cairo over the last few days. We have been following the developments since January 25th, which started with a large group of Egyptian youth taking to Tahrir square in an anti-government protest with specific demands. I know some of these people who were in that group and I talked with them. What is happening now has nothing to do with this original protest! What is happening right now is a conspiracy to topple Mubarak from outside the country!! I am not a conspiracy theorist, but let me tell you what I have personally witnessed on the streets of Cairo.

“As we followed the unfolding of events including the announced change in government and president Mubarak's speech, we wondered why the international news media is focusing only on the thousands in Tahrir square who are escalating their demands and refusing dialogue.
The news media is reporting this as “the people of Egypt” wanting Mubarak to leave immediately. Did they ask the “people of Egypt?”. For one, they did not ask me! Where are those, like myself, that want change and reform, but accept the changes that Mubarak is proposing, and want a peaceful transition through elections in September?

Many want peaceful reform

“We decided to take to the streets to voice our opinion. On Tuesday, February 1st we went to Mustafa Mahmoud Square in Mohandessin. There were about one thousand people there around 3:30 pm. The crowd grew to about 2500 by 5:00 pm. People were calling their friends over the phone telling them to come. We left at about 6:30 pm and returned yesterday, Wednesday, starting at 11:00 am.

“The small group had swelled to tens of thousands of people standing together with banners saying things like:

yes to stability, yes to Mubarak
give change a chance
we are sorry Mr. president
we accept dialogue, we trust you
no to ElBaradei, no to the muslim brotherhood (many like this one)
we are the Egyptians, where is Al-Jazeera, let them come and see
no to corruption, no to vandalism
we got what we asked the president for, so why are people still in Tahrir? Who are they? What do they want?

“By 2:00 pm, the crowd had grown to several hundreds of thousands of people, maybe up to a million, stretching from Sphinx square to Sudan street. We had a great sense of unity and victory. We met with people who were in the original protest in Tahrir square who decided to join us saying: we got what we asked for, and now we accept Mubarak's changes and proposals”.

Distortion by the international news media?

“We left around 4:15 pm. The numbers had grown even more, possibly over a million. As we drove home we saw the same slogans on banners all over the city, on cars, on walls, on shop windows. We learned that similar demonstrations are taking place. All over the country, in many different cities. this is the cry of the people of Egypt that is being totally ignored by the international news media. Is this on purpose??!!! I am perplexed!!!

“I am wondering: How come CNN, the BBC, and others are reporting only the anti-government protests as the voice of the people? This is not justice, this is not truth. There have been reports that these people are being paid by the government. Not true! I was there with many many others. I saw the streets.

“Regarding the situation in Tahrir square. Only a few people (hundreds?) are still there from the original protesters. They have been slowly replaced by other highly organised groups. They all have the same model of cell phones. They all have the same blankets (eye witnesses). These are not the people of Egypt. Some witnesses claim that they don't look Egyptian, and don't sound Egyptians (different accent, different dialect). This is a big organised coup to try to convince the world through the media that Egypt wants Mubarak to God, and the media is part of the deception. People in Tahrir square are escalating the situation on purpose to topple President Mubarak. For their own hidden agendas. this is typical of the muslim brothers, and everybody in the streets of cairo knows this. We heard people on the streets saying that the plot to take over the country is now clear. The international media do not want you to know this.

If Egypt falls then neighbouring countries are going to fall

“The escalation of violence in Tahrir square is because of this. Egyptians who love Egypt, the millions that took to the streets yesterday, want this to end. They fully understand that president Mubarak is between a rock and a hard place, that he cannot quench the unrest in Tahrir through the army, so the people want to go to Tahrir to disperse the crowds there by themselves. People in Tahrir are vastly outnumbered. If Egyptians go to Tahrir square to take control of the situation, more chaos will erupt, giving a chance to the international media to blame the President even more.

“If Egypt falls, then neighbouring countries are going to fall one after the other. We ask for truth; we ak for justice. Stand with us. Let the deception be exposed!”

Glenn Beck interviewing an American Muslim leader on Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood

Direct from Egypt, 06/02/2011