Hans Rustad Twittermeldingene fra Egypt under onsdagen viser at det er utviklet en artikulert opposisjon som forstår hva som skjer, og trekker de riktige paralleller.
Derfor var journalister, bloggere og såkalt citizen-journalister en av måltavlene til den islamistiske mobben.
Morsi supporters reportedly attempted to stifle coverage by attacking journalists and bloggers, but activists from the Mosireen film collective managed to record video of tents being ripped down, which was quickly posted on YouTube.
Muslim Brotherhood supporters attack a number of journalists around palace, chase them down streets, destroy cameras.#Egypt
Mohamed Fadel Fahmy@Repent11
Brorskapet hadde offisielt bedt støttespillere om å møte frem og vise at de kunne mønstre en million-mann-marsj.
Først rev de teltene til sit-in-demonstrantene utenfor presidentpalasset. President Mohamed Morsi hadde dagen før – tirsdag – forlatt palasset av frykt for at det skulle bli stormet. Nå skulle opposisjonen få se hvem som hadde folkets støtte.
Mobben gikk løs på de som dokumenterte volden, og politiet sto passivt og så på.
Tweet er blitt formatet som komprimerer hva som skjer:
The Big Pharaoh@TheBigPharaohMB used their militias to attack a sit-in. It’s official. The MB are transforming their followers into Basij.
Barbara Ibrahim@blibrahimAll journalists had phones removed so sitting in the VP presser w no idea about the #MB attacks going on at presidency. Totalitarian theater
Graffiti being painted over #Jika pic.twitter.com/4qi9A3Gd
Later, a researcher for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights reportedthat Morsi supporters were firing shotgun pellets at the protesters on the other side, and one blogger took cover under a car to avoid being attacked.
Sharif KouddousBrotherhood crowd chanting «With our souls, with our blood well sacrifice for you, Islam» #Egypt
Tarek Shalaby@tarekshalabyWhat was a dynamic, revolutionary Egyptian crowd last night has turned into exclusively counterrevolutionary middle-aged men today.
After the violence escalated, Brotherhood officials, including Essam el-Erian, a senior leader of the group’s political party, and the young, Islamist bloggersrunning the official Twitter account tried to blame opposition politicians, and were met with jeers from activists.
Essam El Erian on AJE: @ElBaradei is the counter-revolution
mostafa@mostafaHvis Brorskapet skal slå ned opposisjonen må det mye hardere lut til. Spørsmålet er om Egypt vil overleve.
We hold opposition figures, namely Sabbahi & ElBaradei, fully responsible for escalation of violence & inciting their supporters
Ikhwanweb@Ikhwanweb You’ve completely lost it.
Mosa’ab Elshamy@mosaaberizing
