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WikiLeaks: cables reveal the complicity of the U.S. government with the dictatorial regime of President Mubarak


WikiLeaks: cables reveal the complicity of the U.S. government with the dictatorial regime of President Mubarak

By David Welch
February 5, 2011
The site "Wikileaks" on Thursday the deployment of private telegrams of the U.S. State Department, that would clarify the picture of a more formal cooperation between the United States and the Egyptian regime of Hosni Mubarak, now besieged by angry mobs.
Regardless of what may be claimed by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a number of U.S. government figures, the telegrams "WikiLeaks" reveal that the U.S. government was fully aware of the systematic repression that was practiced by the Egyptian regime. It must be noted that except for the formal complaints that were issued by Washington, were not indifferent to these recent crimes of this system.
And the cables back to the period between the seven in June 2006 and January 2010, in light of Bush and Obama administrations, and shows that the change in the administration did not affect any policy of the United States or the Egyptian government.
The first telegram sent by Ambassador Francis c. Ricciardone on June 21, 2006, Vtvid that "in the event marks a departure from the path of practices we have come," began invited Egyptian government's move to prosecute an officer in the state security charges of torture, and the aim of this work was to satisfy human rights organizations complain of the launch of the Mubarak government unleashing secret police are intimidating to people.
And declares Ricciardone he never for workers in the SSI that have been subjected to trial for abuse of detainees, and this is why the "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) and other observers respected to the complaint of a "culture of impunity" prevailing in the center of elite forces Egyptian security forces, in terms of the investigation with the workers in these devices, and tried, and punished for the crimes of torture and ill-treatment. "
Explains Ambassador to the public prosecutor in eastern Cairo referred captain in the SSI to trial "on charges of torturing a detainee Mohamed Abdel Kader, Mr., what led to his death. Reports show and Press Releases published by human rights organizations that Mr. died on September 21 / September 2003", After the investigation began on September 16 / September "Has appeared on the body of Mr. clear traces indicate that he was tortured, including bruises severe head and body, and electrical burns on his genitals. Reasons for the arrest of Mr. do not know."
As it is in a telegram containing background information addressed to the Deputy Director of the FBI, John Pistole, on 28 October / October 2007, on the occasion of a visit of the latter's visit to Cairo, Ambassador Ricciardone his quest to lift the "Proposal requires that share Egypt with us records of fingerprints of terrorists suspects, many of them subjected to torture or to doubt; to be entered into a database FBI fingerprints of the World, which will lead to significant progress in terms of our practical cooperation in terms of law enforcement. " It's a matter of business as usual.
He said the U.S. ambassador, saying that "remains President Mubarak, who was 79 years old in May / June, a symbol of stability in the Middle East., Which, as we know it, finds that the interests of Egypt identical dramatically with interests in regard to regional issues as sensitive as terrorism, Iraq, The Israeli-Palestinian situation, and Sudan, and Iran. "
He admitted Ricciardone in the next section that "Mubarak fell for much of the previous promises in terms of political reform. On the other hand, it should be noted that the opposition candidate, former presidential candidate, Ayman Nour, still sick and imprisoned, while the government continues to arrest of democracy activists. Has The government began this year to impose severe restrictions on freedom of expression through the prosecution of editors, journalists, and bloggers in web pages. as a pen that President Mubarak is now claiming publicly to the advancement of the vision for democratic change. " He then returned Richadona "The internal security forces and Egyptian police are still exposed to a continuous and reliable charges of ill-treatment of detainees."
And issued by the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on 10 December / December 2007, a telegram shed light on the nature of the game sarcastic carried out by the Egyptian regime with the help of a negative from the U.S. government, human rights organizations, which consider the cases of torture and ill-treatment.
The letter also describes a meeting organized by the U.S. Embassy between the deputy director of the organization "Human Rights Watch" (Human Rights Watch) for the Middle East and North Africa, Joe Stork, and Major General Hassan Abdel Rahman, Director General of the State Security Investigation.
The Telegraph shows that the position of Stork Photos Major-General Abdul Rahman made the following statement: "We (SSI) do not make the bad acts." The man told the detective Stork, "he is responsible for more than 40,000 police officer and that he could be sure that the number of perpetrators of these violations do not exceed the number of fingers on one hand." He objected Abdul Rahman on the use of the word "torture", saying it refers to is "systematic," and added that "it was slander" a lot on the Egyptian security forces. "But when asked about exposure to non-governmental organizations, said Abdul Rahman that the security operations are necessary because those organizations run by "people Anarchists" and people have already been arrested and they need to "control".
Said Assistant Director of the "Human Rights Watch" (Human Rights Watch) of the U.S. Embassy that "there has been no significant progress."
Issued on April 13 / April 2009 report addressed to FBI Director Robert Mueller, offers a summary of the situation in Egypt, has stated that the new U.S. Ambassador Margaret Scobey tone together: "We continue to call for democratic reform in Egypt, including the expansion of freedom political pluralism and respect for human rights. "
It also reported that "the internal security forces and Egyptian police are still exposed to a continuous and reliable charges of ill-treatment of detainees." However, this did not constitute an obstacle to the government's relationship with the U.S. regime of President Mubarak. As Scooby boasted that the relationship of the U.S. government, police and the Egyptian security apparatus, which had intended Mueller had "still strong."
The Skopje that "in the past five years, the government no longer denies the issue of torture. Courts have convicted about 18 policemen in prison on charges of torture and murder since the end of 2007. Was sentenced to a police officer sentenced to 15 years, in the month of March / March, he shot The driver of the effect of an argument between them.
Then she added: "use the Interior Ministry State Security Investigation to monitor the political opposition and civil society as and violating sometimes., And the SSI suppression of political opposition through arrests, harassment, and intimidation. In the month of February, which was followed by the war on Gaza, the Investigation State Security arrested some activists and bloggers supporters of the Palestinian cause and detained for periods ranging from a few days and several weeks. "
Wrote based d'Affaires in Cairo, Matthew Tauler, in January of 2010, a document describing the situation of the Egyptian and provides an overview about the Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Michael Posner, who was executive director of the organization, "Human Rights First" (Human Rights First) before becoming its president.
It should be noted here that although the use of vocabulary Tauler minute diplomacy, part of the truth has emerged a year ago from the social discontent in Egypt. Wrote the latter that "the government continues to crack down on political opposition, and the revenge of the journalists and bloggers, as the reduction of religious freedoms. With the approach of parliamentary elections in 2010 and presidential elections in 2011, continues to President Mubarak's resistance to take steps to weaken his grip on power, and did not be made very little effort to do serious political reform. "
The American charge d'affaires that "Mubarak and other senior leaders claim in private discussions that the stability of Egypt would be in danger in the absence of strong powers to fight religious extremists." The U.S. government has rejected this view in its statement, but it is practically accepted and encouraged.
In the section on violence perpetrated by the police, commented Tauler in his report, saying he: "While the Egyptian government and its supporters claim that police violence is a matter of exceptional, sees human rights lawyers as a matter remains scattered a station daily in prisons and police stations in the the headquarters of the State Security of the Ministry of the Interior. activists and confirms that both the police and the SSI has adapted to the concentration of the media and bloggers on the issue of the increasing violence, by concealing violations and pressure on victims to refrain from legal claims of progress. "
Commented Tauler events, and is likely to be its meaning might have missed him, pointing to "a wave of strikes and moves unions continued in Egypt. Although the Egyptian Labor Law stipulates that gets strikers approval 'Union general trade' of the Egyptian government, before the strike; a Most of the strikers ignored the requirement; However, the strikes usually start with minimal intervention by the Egyptian government .... The focus of activity for the sake of labor issues on economic issues, it was not clear whether the industrial action in Egypt will take a political role more openly. "
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