What is the Fate of Egypt?
By: Hope Wilkos, Writer/Blogger
Photos: AFP, Getty Images
In a time when peace and gratitude should surround us, tensions are at their highest levels in Egypt and demonstrators are clashing with security forces.
Kamal Ganzouri has reclaimed his post as Prime Minister, specifically to serve his nation with their best interests in mind. His appointment has not been taken well with Egyptian citizens. Violent protests in Tahrir Square in Cairo pushed the death toll to 41 with close to 3,250 civilians wounded.
Unfortuately, an Egyptian-American documentary film producer, Jehane Noujaim, was arrested on Wednesday but has been released. Three American college students attending the American University in Cairo, were arrested on Sunday on the roof of a university building near the center of the activity, Cairo’s Tahrir Square. They have been accused of throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters. Word has it that the release of Derrik Sweeney, Luke Gates and Gregory Porter is underway. The paperwork is being processed. Sweeney interned for U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., earlier in the year. The parents of all three students are anxiously awaiting their release and hopeful return to the United States.
Egypt’s military leaders are attempting to make amends by apologizing for the deaths of protesters, vowing to prosecute offenders and offering to pay the medical bills for the wounded.
The Alliance of the Protestors spread the word that they want a fresh and new regime to represent their ages and their ambitions in a fair and just manner.
The Office of the U.S. Press Secretary has responded on behalf of the White House. We are opposed to the use of violence and repression and call for restraint on all sides. We regret the loss of life and urge Egyptian authorities to investigate the circumstances of the deaths that resulted. The United States believes that the new Egyptian government must be empowered with real authority immediately. Transition to democracy as swiftly as possible, proceed with elections expeditiously and transfer power to a civilian government as soon as possible in a just and inclusive manner, responding to the aspirations of the Egyptian people. The United States stands behind the Egyptian people as they continue to to try and transition and reach the goals of a democratic nation.
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