Egypt. Again. What's next?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

About time they caught up. As I said, this morning they were still reporting "6 dead."

So they back-dated the stories including the links?

26 dead, more than 850 wounded as post-coup violence hits Egypt

By Ben Wedeman. Reza Sayah and Chelsea J. Carter, CNN

updated 10:30 PM EDT, Fri July 5, 2013

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/05/world/meast/egypt-coup/index.html?hpt=wo_c1

CBS/AP/ July 5, 2013, 4:00 PM

Clashes erupt between Egyptian military, supporters of deposed president; At least 30 dead

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57592395/clashes-erupt-between-egyptian-military-supporters-of-deposed-president-at-least-30-dead/

[Darnell 8,479]

wow. heard some analysis from bbc radio overnight.

Mr. Moursi (sp?) really mucked up..

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

So they back-dated the stories including the links?

I'm just saying what was up on several mainstream news websites this morning, within 1 hour before I made my post today. I knew it was wrong, because the death toll was already reported to be higher than 6 yesterday evening (in our time.)

wow. heard some analysis from bbc radio overnight.

Mr. Moursi (sp?) really mucked up..

Yeah... he won the election against the army's candidate....

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I knew it was wrong, because the death toll was already reported to be higher than 6 yesterday evening (in our time.)

Right. That's when the CNN and CBS stories went up.

Edited July 6, 2013 by Mr. Big Dog

[Darnell 8,479]

oh, no - it's what he did and didn't do after he was elected that so infuriated the fellas.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Right. That's when the CNN and CBS stories went up.

If I would've known that you think I'm such a liar, I would've taken a screen shot.

oh, no - it's what he did and didn't do after he was elected that so infuriated the fellas.

Can you give a link to whatever article you're referring to ?

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

The Foreign Assistance Act requires the US government to suspend foreign aid "to the government of any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree."

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

If I would've known that you think I'm such a liar, I would've taken a screen shot.

I'm not thinking that you're a liar. I just pointed out that major news outlets have reported the ~30 deaths and ~1,000 wounded since yesterday evening. I'm not sure where you looked but Reuters, CNN, NBC, CBS all had the numbers in that vicinity. Generally speaking, US media coverage of non US events is not great. I would agree with that. I usually refer to my German news sources for international news.

The Foreign Assistance Act requires the US government to suspend foreign aid "to the government of any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree."

That is correct. What are the odds of that happening, though? Slim to none I think...

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

I'm not thinking that you're a liar. I just pointed out that major news outlets have reported the ~30 deaths and ~1,000 wounded since yesterday evening. I'm not sure where you looked but Reuters, CNN, NBC, CBS all had the numbers in that vicinity. Generally speaking, US media coverage of non US events is not great. I would agree with that. I usually refer to my German news sources for international news.

That is correct. What are the odds of that happening, though? Slim to none I think...

I'm glad they finally started reporting it. This was all going down by 1-1:30pm yesterday central time - while every single mainstream US news outlet was glued to the Zimmerman trial. I think I saw a brief crawl mentioning it on CNN around 4 - but they were still busy airing Zimmerman press conferences. I watched the story all night - believe me, I was comparing the coverage from different sources.

Part of the problem is that weekend staff at a lot of news agencies here in the US is very limited - and that may well be why some websites were still carrying old news this morning. (By the way, this is why the US government will often release controversial or unfavorable reports on Friday afternoon or evening - they know it will have 2 and a half days to die down before Monday.)

[Darnell 8,479]

Can you give a link to whatever article you're referring to ?

Nope - this was on BBC radio, circa 4 AM CST . An analysis of what's what, what's transpired.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

I'm not thinking that you're a liar. I just pointed out that major news outlets have reported the ~30 deaths and ~1,000 wounded since yesterday evening. I'm not sure where you looked but Reuters, CNN, NBC, CBS all had the numbers in that vicinity. Generally speaking, US media coverage of non US events is not great. I would agree with that. I usually refer to my German news sources for international news.

That is correct. What are the odds of that happening, though? Slim to none I think...

This is why the US government isn't referring to it as a coup. At least not yet...

The Egyptian army wants their money - the $1.5 billion from the US. That money is dependent on (some would go ahead and call it a bribe to perpetuate) Egypt's peace treaty with Israel.

Watch for the newly "elected" president of Egypt - one of the first things out of his mouth (definitely won't be "her" mouth) will be how Egypt is going to diligently uphold all its foreign treaties - and never mind if the other party is upholding their end of the agreement.

Nope - this was on BBC radio, circa 4 AM CST . An analysis of what's what, what's transpired.

It's hard to comment on your comment without any specifics... so we'll move on.