Egypt: Brotherhood relies on rumors and lies to promote calls for chaos
After the Muslim Brotherhood failed to convince the Egyptian street to participate in the demonstrations it called for on November 11th against the Egyptian regime, and failed to promote the chaos it is trying to detonate, it resorted to spreading rumors about the army and encouraging it.
A statement attributed to unknown Egyptian generals, saying that they support the demonstration and urging the Egyptian people to go out to the streets and squares, in protest against the current situation, was followed by another statement in the same context attributed to former Egyptian Chief of Staff General Sami Anan, who is known to be at odds with el-Sisi, and was placed under house arrest in Cairo some time ago.
The Brotherhood’s media (websites, satellite TV channels, and social media activists) have over the past few days deliberately published a collection of news and exaggerated it to believe that Egypt’s military is riven by disputes and no longer supportive of President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi.
Brotherhood media also reported that six senior General Intelligence Service officers in Egypt recently resigned in protest at the regime’s overall performance and possible problems, according to a recent report by Africa Intelligence magazine.
The Brotherhood has also employed reports published by some Western media to confirm the Brotherhood’s orientations regarding the so-called “army empire” and the existence of a disagreement between senior leaders and the Egyptian president over the listing and privatization of some of the military’s affiliates in the stock market, in order to emphasize that the economic situation in Egypt has become catastrophic.
The group’s media has also rebroadcast footage of previous demonstrations in Egypt and promoted videos by anonymous names, some from outside Egypt, that are now happening, all inciting “revolution” and protest.
In light of the intensive dissemination of this data by the Brotherhood, the Egyptian media did not speak about any lies or clarifications from official Egyptian figures, nor did it refute or respond to them in a systematic way. These data started to infiltrate Egypt and spread among citizens.
The Muslim Brotherhood continues to coordinate and plan the November 11th demonstrations by disseminating rumors and lies via the group’s pages and accounts on new social networking sites and satellite channels.
