El-Burullus Intifada.
Tag: kafr el-sheikh
Mubarak’s General
General Ahmad Zaki Abdeen, the governor of Kafr el-Sheikh who ordered the violent suppression of the Bread Intifada in Burullus, has an impressive CV, including serving as the Egyptian Military Attache in the US from 1993 to 1995.
This is exactly the caliber of people the criminals at the White House love to deal with.
Police clash with citizens in el-Burullus
Police clashed with citizens in the northern province of el-Burullus, reports HMLC, resulting in injuries and deaths. No more details are available at the moment.
UPDATE: A report from Tadamon.
UPDATE: The clashes broke out after a protest by 8,000 of the Burullus residents denouncing the shortages in flour and bread in the town. Mubarak’s pigs (the second largest recipients of US foreign aid after Israel) fired tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition on the demonstrators resulting in critical injuries, but no deaths contrary to the initial reports.
Scores were arrested, including a pregnant woman, by State Security and the ordinary police, of which 87 are underwent interrogation by the Prosecutor in Kafr el-Sheikh.
I also received some photos of the events from a friend. Here’s one of a local State Security Police officer:
More pix of the riots, taken with a mobile phone camera:
It’s worth mentioning that Burullus, a fishermen‘s community, has been a hot spot for more than a year now, with riots and protests against the lack of drinking water and against police brutality.