Egypt’s Interior Ministry warns against “conspiratorial schemes to incite chaos and confusion.”
State-run newspapers carry Interior Ministry warning against “conspiratorial schemes to incite chaos and confusion.” A statement quoting Interior Minister Magdy Abdel-Ghaffar is a lead item in state-owned newspapers warning that security forces will respond “decisively” to “unprecedented challenges” in the form of “conspiratorial schemes to incite chaos and confusion with the aim of creating skepticism over the ability of the state and its institutions to satisfy popular expectations.” The statement notes Abdel-Ghaffar as saying, “The security forces will not, under any circumstances, tolerate any attempt to repeat scenes of chaos and sabotage at a time when the country is moving forward with firm steps toward a promising future, God willing,” in what we take as a bid to link planned protests for 11 November to the events of 25 January 2011. The statement is getting play in international media after being picked up by the Associated Press.