Είναι δυνατόν να πήρε δύο μέρες στο κίνημα να αποφασίσει να “καταδικάσει” την εν ψυχρώ δολοφονία δεκάδων ισλαμιστών διαδηλωτών; Είναι δυνατόν να συζητιέται ακόμη αν είναι χούντα ένα στρατιωτικό καθεστώς, το οποίο δολοφονεί μαζικά, κλείνει κανάλια, απελαύνει Σύριους πρόσφυγες πίσω στη Συρία, απαγορεύει σε Παλαιστίνιους να μπουν στην Αίγυπτο; Και όμως είναι…
Ενδιαφέρον άρθρο (επιτέλους!) από το Madamasr για τη δολοφονία των ισλαμιστών και την αυτολογοκρισία παρόντων στα γεγονότα “ανεξάρτητων δημοσιογράφων”:
The recent violence at the Republican Guards headquarters has left the country reeling, media institutions included. As the latest development in a lengthy run of unprecedented events, tensions surrounding the incident — in which over 50 members of the Muslim Brotherhood were killed by army gunfire outside the Republican Guards headquarters —continue to build, particularly regarding the question of who instigated the attack.
Shortly after dawn on Monday, residents of the area surrounding the Republican Guards headquarters in Heliopolis began circulating reports on social media of clearly audible, and sustained, gunfire. Not unusually, these initial reports were deeply contradictory. Some claimed that the Muslim Brotherhood protesters — in the second day of their sit-in outside the Republican Guards headquarters, where former President Mohamed Morsi is allegedly being held — attempted to storm the premises by force. Meanwhile, other reports continue to censure the military for launching such an brutal, and unprovoked, assault on protesters during fajr (dawn) prayers. The actual event received no live coverage from the country’s media outlets; the treatment wards at the hospital following the event only marginally more so.
On Monday afternoon, the military gave a press conference during which its spokesperson claimed that soldiers stationed at the Republican Guards headquarters had opened fire in self-defense against a sudden attack by what has since been referred to as an armed “terrorist unit.” The military then released what it claimed were videos and images corroborating its claims; brief clips heavily re-run by state and formerly opposition media outlets alike, depicting individuals, mostly bearded, firing shots in the direction of the army’s cameras.