Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, featured on Press TV discussing the French imperialist intervention in the West African state of Mali. Azikiwe appeared on the News Analysis segment on January 14, 2013., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.
Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:52PM GMT
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There is going to be more conflict, there is going to be more fighting and the US is placing its bet with the Egyptian military since they subsidized them annually to the tune of 1.5 billion dollars."
Press TV has conducted an interview with Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan African News Wire, about the Egyptian military and interim government warning against violence as supporters and opponents of the ousted President Mohamed Morsi prepare to hold fresh rival rallies.
What follows is an approximate transcription of the interview.
Press TV: Looking at the comments made by Adly Mansour, do you think it is threat basically against pro-Morsi demonstrators that they will not be tolerated from this point and beyond?
Azikiwe: It is clearly a threat. If we look at what has happened in Egypt over the last two weeks, there has been a tremendous amount of political turmoil. On July 8th we saw the deaths of at least 54 people who were killed in front of the Republican Guard headquarters in Nasr City.
There have been a number of Muslim Brotherhood leaders and supporters
who have been arrested by the military in the hundreds. The President is still being held in an undisclosed location incommunicado. They have issued other similar warnings against supporters of President Mohamed Morsi.
Yes this is definitely a warning to everyone inside of Egypt who would oppose this military coup d'état that is taking place.
Press TV: Right, but is it a wise warning considering that further crackdowns, further bloodshed would only deepen the resolve of the protesters that are right now on the streets?
Azikiwe: I think it will deepen their resolve. The supporters of the Freedom and Justice Party have no intentions of joining this interim governing council or even being brought to the table in lieu of the release of the ousted President Mohamed Morsi as well as other top ranking officials within the Freedom and Justice Party and the Muslim Brotherhood. The positions are diametrically opposed and until they sit down with the Freedom and Justice Party and other forces that are now in the opposition, there is not going to be any real progress made politically inside of Egypt itself.
It is quite interesting though that the US government is continuing to make amends with the Egyptian government. They first of all have not declared this is a coup d'état. They sent an envoy to Egypt on Sunday to discuss these developments with the new military and interim governing council leadership. At the same time we have a situation where they have sent four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt in the immediate aftermath of a military coup d'état.
So it's clear that the United States is supportive of what is taking place. One US envoy mentioned, at least alleged, that if the military did not take action the country was on the verge of a civil war and this can be interpreted ...
Press TV: Mr. Azikiwe, speaking of on the verge, right now Egypt still remains on the edge and we then ask the question that we did in our headlines, where is the situation headed indeed? Very quickly if you can.
Azikiwe: There is going to be more conflict, there is going to be more fighting and the US is placing its bet with the Egyptian military since they subsidized them annually to the tune of 1.5 billion dollars.
So you just have to follow the money trail.
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