And, America has just sent the Egyptian government tear gas. I am not kidding. From the Commentator, on line
.http://www.thecommentator.com/article/3200/us_teargas_arrives_in_egypt_for_muslim_brotherhood_use
What is the US government up to? Looks like it supports the persecution of Christians and other non-Muslim Brotherhood groups. From the article:
Five containers carrying around 140,000 teargas canisters were apparently shipped to the Egyptian Interior Ministry by the Aramex International courier service.
The Egypt Independent reports that the shipping documents state that only the Egyptian government may use the canisters, and that they are forbidden to re-export the shipment or sell it to third parties.
The documents state that the shipment set sail from the port of Wilmington in Pennsylvania on 14 March on board the SS Jamestown. A letter of credit was forwarded without specifying the name of the bank. The Egyptian government paid the freight fees.
Shocking television images showed police fire tear gas at St. Mark’s cathedral — symbol of the Coptic community which has long complained of discrimination and has been the target of frequent sectarian attacks.
Morsi “promised to do everything to protect the cathedral but in reality we don’t see this,” Tawadros (head of the Coptic Church) told the private ONTV channel in a call-in.
When asked why, Tawadros said he believed “it comes under the category of negligence and poor assessment of events.” Two people died in Sunday’s clashes which erupted after the funeral service of four Christians killed in earlier violence in a town north of Cairo. One Muslim was also killed in those confrontations.
Tawadros said the church had never before in its history witnessed this level of attack.
“This flagrant assault on a national symbol, the Egyptian church, has never been subjected to this in 2,000 years,” Tawadros said.