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Over the weekend, Egyptians and others globally celebrated. Today they awakened to the cold reality of a new dawn. On February 14, Reuters headlined, "Army orders last protesters out of Egypt's Tahrir," saying:
Those remaining "were cordoned by military police and soldiers on Monday, and they said they had been told by the army to leave the square or face arrest....Witnesses said military police in red berets had surrounded the protesters, supported by scores of soldiers."
On February 13, London Guardian writer Chris McGreal headlined, "Egypt's military rejects swift transfer of power and suspends the constitution," saying:
Its leadership "rejected the demands of pro-democracy protesters for a swift transfer of power to a civilian administration, saying it intends to rule by martial law until elections are held."
A forthcoming article discusses more. For now, understand that martial law is extremely dangerous, an authoritarian last resort measure. It means government by military rule, suspension of civil liberty rights, and force instead of rule of law protections accompanied by unrestrained harshness against dissent. If maintained, promises so far made may again go unfulfilled, what many pro-democracy supporters fear.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at Email address removed. Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.
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