http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/07/2013710113522489801.html
NED's website says Soliman spreads only nonviolent literature, and his group was set up to provide "immediate, pro bono legal advice through a telephone hotline, instant messaging, and other social networking tools". However, in Egyptian media interviews, social media posts and YouTube videos, Soliman encouraged the violent overthrow of Egypt's government, then led by the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party. "Incapacitate them by smashing their knee bones first," he instructed followers on Facebook in late June, as Morsi's opponents prepared massive street rallies against the government. Egypt's US-funded and trainedmilitary later used those demonstrations to justify its coup on July 3. "Make a road bump with a broken palm tree to stop the buses going into Cairo, and drench the road around it with gas and diesel. When the bus slows down for the bump, set it all ablaze so it will burn down with all the passengers inside … God bless," Soliman's post read. In late May he instructed, "Behead those who control power, water and gas utilities."
Cheers, ken
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From: Chuck Grimes <cagrimes42 at gmail.com> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Cc: Progressive Economics <pen-l at lists.csuchico.edu> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 2:55:14 PM Subject: [lbo-talk] Cole on Alijazzeera
Aljazeera Arabic has long since lost a lot of its previous journalisic standards, once its head, Waddah Khanfar, was fired in favor a member of the royal family. Some 22 Egyptian journalists just resigned from Aljazeera in Cairo in protest against its Fox-News-like biases in reporting on recent events.
Aljazeera English usually still does a good job, having a different editorial line and generally good reporters, often former BBC or ABC reporters.
But their publication of a frankly brain dead op-ed feature article purporting to show US support for anti-Morsi political forces is sheer conspiracy theory and very bad, unbalanced journalism.
http://www.juancole.com/2013/07/aljazeeras-conspiracy-brainless.html
Slowly over the last year or so AJE got less and less edgey and more and more fluff, and I stopped watching it in a compulsive way, and reverted to just checking up on this or that.
So the explains it and why AJE reporting on June 30 was nearly void of coherent content.
Doug had a good interview with Gilbert Achcar that helped with a view on June 30 and current events worth listening to.
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