Obama administration claims they don't know who attacked the pro-democracy Egyptian protesters!

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Clinton Asks Mubarak’s VP to Investigate Mubarak’s Thugs
By: Siun
February 3, 2011

Washington’s move was more of the same with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling Suleiman, granting him legitimacy the people do not acknowledge and then asking him to investigate himself.

Yet throughout the day, reports were very clear about “who did it” – even if Washington has stopped watching Al Jazeera, don’t they monitor CNN where Anderson Cooper, Ivan Watson and Ben Wedeman were providing very clear reports about who attacked them and the pro-democracy people.

As we watch events unfold, we here in the States must remember that our tax dollars bought the bullets and thugs of Mubarak. Call the White House and demand that all funding be cut – sign the FDL petition calling on Congress to stop funding Mubarak.

http://firedoglake.com/2011/02/03/clinton-asks-mubaraks-vp-to-investigate-mubaraks-thugs/

Sign our petition to Congress to immediately vote to cut off any American military aid to the Egyptian government:

In the streets of Cairo this week, American-made and supplied weapons are aimed at Egyptians, who are choking from tear gas also made in the USA. The US has known of widespread abuse, torture, and even murder of political dissidents under the regime of Egypt's dictator, Hosni Mubarak.

That's OUR tax money, used to torture and kill innocent people in Egypt. Our tax dollars have propped up Egypt's murderous regime for 30 years. It's time for that to end.

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Clinton calls Suleiman, urges probe of violence
February 2, 2011

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Egypt's newly named vice president to hold accountable those responsible for violence in Cairo on Wednesday, the U.S. State Department said.

Clinton spoke by telephone with Omar Suleiman, Egypt's intelligence chief who was elevated to vice president by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday, to make the point, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters.

"She emphasized, again, our condemnation of the violence that occurred today, encouraged the government to hold those responsible fully accountable for this violence," Crowley told reporters. "We don't know, at this point, who did it." (Right. That's a huge mystery. It seems everyone knows who did it but the Obama administration! BBI)

Mubarak supporters, throwing petrol bombs, wielding sticks and charging on horses and camels, assaulted anti-Mubarak demonstrators in Cairo on Wednesday after the army told the protesters to go home.

http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFN0226375820110202

[kenny blankenship]

1. Gosh-we don't know! We sure don't like this kind of thing and we wish it would stop

But who can say who is doing what to whom? It's dark over there half the day and Egyptians all look alike. Someone will have to launch a thorough, lengthy investigation - maybe a bipartisan commission can look into it. It's all so confusing!

If we find out that there was any government involvement in this ugly incident - boy - are we going to be steamed!

[abq e streeter]

5. Well-stated--I see big things for you in today's fair and balanced Democratic Party

and if your statement did seem a wee bit strident, that's OK; the party leadership will provide you with an all-purpose pre-written and recorded apology if any republican anywhere criticizes it.

[Bragi]

8. +++ Yo!

[xchrom]

2. recommend

[Better Believe It]

3. Does the administration mean they don't know the individual names of the government sponsored thugs?

That's one way to spin their claim that they don't know who organizing the violent attacks on what were peaceful demonstrators.

Well, the State Department hasn't attacked the pro-democracy demonstrators for defending themselves from the thugs .... not yet anyway.

[EFerrari]

4. We know some of their names -- Amy Goodman showed their state ids

on her show this morning which protesters have been photographing. :hi:

[somone]

6. Everything is under control

[Better Believe It]

12. Nothing to see here. Move along now folks. Everything is fine and OK.

[L. Coyote]

7. Thanks. Please X-Post major news here:

Let's work together to create a thread recording history in one chronology,
something the People of Egypt can now see on the Web.

***** EGYPT Live Blog ***** Al Jazeera English: Live Stream Feb. 3 *****
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x333645

[Better Believe It]

9. OK I'll put a link there.

[SidDithers]

10. Unrec...

SSDD.

Sid

[Smashcut]

11. What do you expect? We're detaining one of our own "dissidents" apparently forever

in a windowless room until his mind and body decay into nothing.