Egypt - Disease status impossible to ascertain as country descends further into anarchy - Cameraman killed, short collection of today's headlines - Pr

[sharon sanders]

Sky News Cameraman Killed In Egypt
Mick Deane was shot covering the violence in Cairo - Head of Sky News John Ryley described him as the very best of cameramen.

more...

http://news.sky.com/story/1128530/sky-news-cameraman-killed-in-egypt


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A few of the headlines this morning:

Secretary-General of the United Nations condemns violence in Egypt

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 15:37

Condemned the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon escalation of violence in Egypt.

Health: the high number of deaths to 60 .. And 874 injured in clashes Brotherhood

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 15:33

Dr. Mohamed Fathallah official spokesman of the Ministry of Health for the high number of deaths and injured in the clashes which took place in Cairo today, and some provinces to 60 deaths and 874 injured.

EU calls for restraint and stop the violence in Egypt

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 15:32

Rkalt Catherine Ashton, the High Commissioner of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, it is following with deep concern the ongoing situation in Egypt, details ..​

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Set fire to shops Copts in Luxor

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 15:16

Dozens of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday, attacked shops owned by Copts and setting fire to shops owned by Copts. Details ..

Martyrdom of First Lieutenant Mohammed Samir Ibrahim of the special operations forces

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 15:01

Egyptian television reported the news sooner for the death of First Lieutenant Mohammed Samir Ibrahim, of special operations forces, was shot in the chest, a fourth Adaweya surroundings during the sit-in since Opening few​

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Beni Suef Brotherhood seize the governorate building and army armored

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 14:59

Brotherhood demonstrators managed to seize the governorate building, looted its contents, including the governor's office, and set fire inside the building, maintaining and portal, details ..

Security alert in front of "Torah" and the rest of the prison for fear of the storm and the smuggling of Brotherhood

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 14:46

Security forces reinforced their presence in the vicinity of the areas Tora prison, which sits the symbols of the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, led by engineer Khairat Al-Shater first deputy supreme guide.​

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Brotherhood attacking all police stations in Minya and the status of enemy fire ignition

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 14:33

Attacked supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, all police stations in Minia Governorate, and witnesses confirmed a fire at a police station the enemy, and dozens of injuries during attempts to cope with the attack.

Explosion of unknown origin Street Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 13:49

Has just heard the explosion of unknown origin, shook Street Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz Mustafa Mahmoud Square, where Brotherhood supporters demonstrated there, and then escalated dense fumes clouded sky street from a number of buildings in the vicinity of the street.​

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Matrouh courthouse burning and injuries in clashes between the Muslim Brotherhood and Security

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 13:46

Matrouh Court came under burning during clashes between supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and the security forces, and burned a police car, and saw the injuries clashes between protesters have not seen the number or quality after infection.​

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: Egypt - Disease status impossible to ascertain as country descends further into anarchy - Cameraman killed, short collection of today's headlines

Re: Egypt - Disease status impossible to ascertain as country descends further into anarchy - Cameraman killed, short collection of today's headlines

machine translation

All over the country ..
President declares emergency months from the fourth afternoon
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 15:44
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Presidency of the Republic announced a state of emergency decree declaring a state of emergency in all parts of the country for a month, starting from four o'clock in the afternoon Wednesday, August 14, 2013

She continued in a statement: "Due to the exposure of security and order in the territory of the Republic of risk due to deliberate acts of sabotage, and attacks on public and private enterprises, and the loss of the lives of citizens by members of extremist groups and organizations."

The President of the Republic issued after the approval of the Cabinet's decision to declare a state of emergency decree declaring a state of emergency in all parts of the country for a month, starting from four o'clock in the afternoon Wednesday, August 14, 2013
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President of the Republic has commissioned the armed forces assist the Police Authority to take all necessary to maintain security and order and protect public and private property and the lives of citizens.


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[Giuseppe]

Re: Egypt - Disease status impossible to ascertain as country descends further into anarchy - Cameraman killed, short collection of today's headlines - President declares emergency

Source: Al Jazeera, full page: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/08/2013815123611973409.html - h / t American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) via FB

Arab revolutions: Ignoring a potential catastrophe

As infrastructure deteriorates throughout the region, deadly contagions are a new cause for concern, writes scientist.

Last Modified: 16 Aug 2013 10:01 - by Peter Hotez

Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, is Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, President, Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children?s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, and Fellow in Disease and Poverty, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University.


Recent conflicts in Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen, and elsewhere in the Middle East may have sufficiently destabilised national and international public health control measures to a point where several tropical diseases have either emerged and are sickening large populations in the region.

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[Emily]

Re: Egypt - Disease status impossible to ascertain as country descends further into anarchy - Cameraman killed, short collection of today's headlines - President declares emergency

Just a 'heads up' on Arabic language sources of news that are sponsored by the current Egyptian military-controlled 'government' .

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/16/egypt-nationalism-muslim-brotherhood-crackdown

Egypt: resentment towards Brotherhood fuels crackdown support

State media portrays Islamist movement as 'terrorists' fomenting sectarian divisions with support of western-led conspiracy
Ian Black and Patrick Kingsley in Cairo
The Guardian, Friday 16 August 2013 13.59 EDT

I looked at one of the sources quoted in a post above and found this (machine translation):
"Adequacy": mourn Brotherhood chaos to serve the American project to divide Egypt Friday, August 16, 2013 - 21:09

He pointed out that the project Zionist-American adopted by the Muslim Brotherhood and aims to divide Egypt by imposing divide the community and the demolition of the state institutions and the subsequent collapse of the state, and what is happening now attack and burning of Facilities public and government...

Any 'news' (Egyptian military propaganda) outlet that is fomenting ridiculous anti-American conspiracies like that should have all the facts it's presenting carefully checked. I don't personally believe that Egypt is descending into anarchy, just as I don't believe there is a 'Zionist-American project' in cahoots with the Brotherhood out to destroy the country.

Good thing that help is on the way from countries that Egypt's current military leadership is not smearing with hate-filled propaganda:

$12 billion in aid for Egypt only temporary boost

Associated Press
AYA BATRAWY July 11, 2013

CAIRO (AP) ? A promise of $12 billion in aid from wealthy Arab Gulf nations would give Egypt's new military-backed leadership breathing room by paying for vital food and fuel imports. But the benefits would be only temporary, because Egypt's broken economy remains unrepaired...

Let's hope that money is put to more egalitarian use than previous aid from U.S. taxpayers:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/world/middleeast/06military.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Egyptian Army?s Business Side Blurs Lines of U.S. Military Aid
By ARAM ROSTON and DAVID ROHDE
Published: March 5, 2011

In the late 1990s, the Pentagon announced that it would contribute tens of millions of dollars to a 650-bed International Medical Center that the Egyptian military was building in the desert outside Cairo. The money, for medical equipment, training and logistical support, would help improve health care for Egyptian soldiers.

Within a few years, though, an American training team realized that the Egyptian military was benefiting in a different way. The medical center was, as one Pentagon official called it, ?a commercial enterprise,? and many of its patients were civilians, not Egyptian soldiers. The hospital was even venturing into medical tourism; its Web site promotes ?a lavishly furnished Royal Suite? for international patients.

An American doctor who has worked there, Wayne F. Yakes, recalls what his hosts told him about the hospital: ?It was built with U.S. tax dollars under President Bill Clinton.? Put simply, he said, ?We bought it for them.? ...

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: Egypt - Disease status impossible to ascertain as country descends further into anarchy - Cameraman killed, short collection of today's headlines - President declares emergency

A couple of weeks ago the Saudi Arabia junta pledged $5 billion to the Military Gov and today the dictator said he supported the lethal crackdown.


http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/08/201381615196784361.html