- USA stödde demokratiprocessen
i Egypten med vapen och 21 ton
dödlig tårgas till militären!
SR 2012-07-15 (under annan rubrik)
Clinton: USA stöder demokratiprocess i Egypten!
USA:s utrikesminister Hillary Clinton träffade i dag ledaren för Egyptens militärråd, Hussein Tantawi, som står i ett spänt förhållande till landets nye president.
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På en presskonferens i går kväll, efter ett timslångt möte med den nyvalde presidenten Muhammad Mursi, uttryckte Clinton USA:s stöd för den demokratiska processen i Egypten.
– USA stöder det egyptiska folket och den demokratiska processen i Egypten, sa Clinton på presskonferensen i går kväll.
Men sedan fick hon frågan om hon nu ångrar USA:s tidigare stöd till Mubarakregimen. :(
– Vi samarbetar med regeringar över hela världen. Vi är ense med en del och oense med andra, men krävde konsekvent ett slut på undantagslagarna, sa Clinton. Hon sa också att militären nu bör återgå till uppgiften att skydda landets gränser.
Besöket sker under en politiskt mycket turbulent period i Egypten. Författningsdomstolen har upplöst det nyvalda parlamentet. Den nyvalde Mursi, med bakgrund i Muslimska brödraskapet, har försökt återinkalla det, men lovade senare att respektera ett domstolsbeslut som upphävde hans eget dekret.
Utanför den amerikanska utrikesministerns femstjärniga hotell skrek demonstranter ”Amerika, stöd frihet inte teokrati!
- Stick härifrån, Hillary!”.
I morgon reser Hillary Clinton vidare till Israel.[...]
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Bild från demonstrationer i Bahrain
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US firms shipped teargas
to Egypt during crackdown,
investigation reveals
the Guardian 2011-12-07
Amnesty International condemns State Department as 'irresponsible' for granting export licences to munitions firms
US companies have shipped crowd control munitions and teargas to Egypt – one firm repeatedly – in the midst of violent and often lethal crackdowns on protesters by security forces, according to an Amnesty International investigation.
The human rights group has asked for Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, to stop granting export licences for teargas and other munitions, pending an investigation into its misuse by Egyptian forces.
Combined Systems Inc (CSI), based in Jamestown, Pennysylvania, has sent at least three arms deliveries to Egypt since the protests began in Tahrir Square on 25 January, according to Amnesty.
The most recent delivery, addressed to the interior ministry, arrived in the port of Adabiya near Suez on 26 November, only 48 hours after days of bloody clashes between interior ministry troops and protesters left two dozen dead and thousands injured.
- Amnesty said the November shipment contained at least seven tonnes of "ammunition smoke" - which includes chemical irritants and crowd control agents such as teargas.
The investigation tallies with eyewitness reports from Egyptian demonstrators who told the Guardian last month they had seen teargas canisters branded with CSI's name and address.
The US State Department, which has condemned the excessive use of force on demonstrators in Cairo and has begun an investigation into misuse of teargas by Egyptian authorities, has confirmed that two export licenses for "teargas and other non-lethal riot control agents" from US companies were approved in July and arrived in Egypt in November.
The second company has not been identified.
Amnesty's arms expert, Brian Wood, condemned the State Department as "irresponsible" for approving them.
He said: "These licences were authorised during a period where the Egyptian government responded to protests by using excessive and often lethal force. It is inconceivable that the US authorities did not know of evidence of widely documented abuses by the Egyptian security forces. These licences should not have been granted."
"The Egyptian security forces have a reputation for violations against human rights. The US should be suspending these supplies pending proper changes in the way they deal with crowd control."[...]
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Tårgas mot demonstranter i Grekland
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Expert: U.S. Aid 'Keeps
the [Egyptian] Army Strong'
ABC NEWS 2011-01-28
Eltayeb, a graduate student who lives in the Boston, said the protesters see U.S. aid as the key that allowed President Hosni Mubarak to hold power for almost thirty years.
"- U.S. political institution as a whole supports dictators in the Middle East as long as they do the torturing for them," he said.
- Military aid to Egypt has long been a central element of US policy in the region.
"The effort is to try to fulfill several purposes," said Robert Danin of the Center for Foreign Relations. "It keeps the army strong. Egypt has its own military requirements in the face of threats in the region, Sudan and Libya and at the same time it's a symbol of the confidence that the US has in Egypt."
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-----US ships 21-tonne
tear gas cargo to Tahrir...-----
Port workers in Egypt have refused to receive a shipment of tear gas ordered by the country’s Interior Ministry from the United States. They fear it will be used against protesters in Tahrir Square.
Employees at the Adabiya Seaport in coastal city Suez published shipping documents for delivery of a total of 21 tonnes of the crowd-dispersal agent, local mediareport.
The revelation comes as the first 7.5-tonne shipment from the American port of Wilmington arrived to Egypt. Some of the port workers refused to accept the cargo and made the deal public, provoking an official investigation into their actions.
The tear gas was produced by the Combined Systems company. The initial shipment consists of 479 barrels.
Egyptian police have been regularly using tear gas and other riot control equipment against the protesters who gather each day on Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Apparently the stocks have run low and had to be replenished.
The news angered many Egyptians, who asked why the interim government is buying tear gas instead of food to feed those without the money to feed themselves and jobs to earn their living.
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