SolomonVII
11th June 2008, 03:39 PM
I hope that I have not exaggerated in using the word '[open] season' for what is happening in Egypt to our Coptic brothers, but it is the closest description to what is happening. It is no longer a matter of sporadic incidents, but an uninterrupted series of events.
"Today, you read of the incident in Zeitoun, and tomorrow of the one in Alexandria,(2) and after that of the one in Deir Abu-Fana in Minya,(3) and thus of the diverse incidents, ranging from killing without reason to armed robbery, kidnapping of monks, torching of houses and cars, and waylaying and kidnapping of girls.
"As usual, all then repudiate and condemn, accompanied by official and media denial of any sectarian or terrorist motive. And if that isn't appropriate, the standard excuse [is trotted out]: the criminal was mentally disturbed and did not mean to do what he did.
"This is what has happened in individual incidents... such as the Zeitoun incident a few days ago, or the Alexandria incident two years ago.(4) If we observe closely, we find that these criminals then disappear, and are not brought [to trial in] any court, and no one hears about them afterward."
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD195508
"Today, you read of the incident in Zeitoun, and tomorrow of the one in Alexandria,(2) and after that of the one in Deir Abu-Fana in Minya,(3) and thus of the diverse incidents, ranging from killing without reason to armed robbery, kidnapping of monks, torching of houses and cars, and waylaying and kidnapping of girls.
"As usual, all then repudiate and condemn, accompanied by official and media denial of any sectarian or terrorist motive. And if that isn't appropriate, the standard excuse [is trotted out]: the criminal was mentally disturbed and did not mean to do what he did.
"This is what has happened in individual incidents... such as the Zeitoun incident a few days ago, or the Alexandria incident two years ago.(4) If we observe closely, we find that these criminals then disappear, and are not brought [to trial in] any court, and no one hears about them afterward."
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD195508