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Statement by the State Information Service (SIS) on current

events in Egypt

(August 17, 2013)

The State Information Service (SIS), as an Egyptian national

institution, welcomes and appreciates contacting all media outlets

and extending all assistance for facilitating the great job of foreign

correspondents through supplying them with all facts about the

current situation in Egypt. The SIS while underlining these

vocational principles, expresses all appreciation for the sinceremedia outlets which are keen on conveying events in Egypt

honestly and precisely in line with the common vocational and

ethical criteria without any distortion.

At a time when the SIS expresses its respect for the freedom of

opinion and expression, it noticed that some media coverage has

steered away from objectivity and neutrality that are

internationally common, according to a certain political agenda; a

state of affairs that led to conveying a distorted image that is very

much far from the facts and media coverage. This raises many

questions about the neutrality of this media coverage and its goals

out of the following considerations:

First: Egypt is feeling severe bitterness towards some Western

media coverage that is biased to the Muslim Brotherhood andignores shedding light on violent and terror acts that are

perpetrated by this group in the form of intimidation operations

and terrorizing citizens let alone killing of innocent people and

setting churches and public and private property on fire along

with storming police stations and blocking roads and all other



forms of thuggery and sabotage.

Second: Some media sources are still falling short of describing the

events of June 30 as an expression of a popular will where millions

of people took to the street to express themselves.

Third: Despite the danger of "Al-Qaeda" organization at the

international level, the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood has

sought the support of some of its elements is completely ignored.

Some Egyptian media organs have noticed on Friday that more

than five vehicles have entered Ramsis square, in Cairo downtown,

carrying masked elements carrying the black flag of al-Qaeda

along with automatic weapons amid celebrations by the Muslim

Brotherhood elements who were present in the square.

Fourth: Despite an escalation by the Muslim Brotherhood and

supporters of the ousted president, police men, in cooperation with

the Armed Forces men and through popular assistance, managed

to carry out all missions assigned to them and were able to control

the security situation in face of the terrorist attempts by theMuslim Brotherhood to fling the country into violence. This

situation refutes allegations about a civil war in Egypt in

accordance with comments by experts and analysts with

international research centers (such as the Middle East Studies

Institute and the US Foreign Relations Council along with

Brookings Institute).

Fifth: Several media sources are seeking to focus on Western

political stances that are adopting an approach different from the

Egyptian one while making inaccurate remarks about the situation

in Egypt ignoring this way several Arab and regional stances

supporting Egypt in its war against terrorism such as the stances

of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain and the UAE. The



importance of these stances lies in the fact that they came from

capitals that have a regional influence and are associated with

strong political and strategic relations with Western quarters; an

indication to the possibility for backing the Egyptian State's stance

in the face of terrorism and Western political and media doubtingcampaigns.

Sixth: Several international media sources have ignored making

reference to the huge numbers of victims from the Armed Forces

and the police in face of the Muslim Brotherhood's violence. They

also ignored making reference to the participation of non-Egyptian

elements from Pakistan, Syria and Palestine in violent acts

committed by the Brotherhood group.

Seventh: These acts of violence by the Muslim Brotherhood group

attest to the fact that they have exceeded all red lines regarding

common humanitarian rules where a building owned by the Arab

Contracts Company in Ramsis square was set on fire due to

hurling Molotov Cocktails against it by Brotherhood elements.

Fire columns extended to nearby Blood Bank building. TheBrotherhood group is seeking shelter inside mosques that are used

by them in their confrontations with the police forces as was

manifested in the events of Al-Iman Mosque in Nasr City and Al-

Fatah Mosque in Ramsis.

While the SIS reiterates its keenness on maintaining all channels of

contact open with all foreign correspondents and media peopleand its respect for the freedom of opinion and the other opinion, it

urges all media outlets to be accurate in their coverage and not to

rely on false information and use only verified reports in a bid to

convey an honest image without any distortion. It also urges them

to be neutral so that they would convey a true picture to the local



and world public opinion.

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