Dennys Global Politics: Egypt: Humiliating Virginity Tests Performed On Female Protesters

Female protester in Tahrir Square, photo by MAHMUD HAMS

Dennys Global Politics: Egypt: Humiliating Virginity Tests Performed On Female Protesters: "From Denny: It turns out the Egyptian peoples' hope that the Egyptian Army would be an honest and respectful government broker is an illusion as this country transitions to a democracy Middle Eastern style.

Early on as the protesters agreed to talks with the Egyptian Army to take over as a transitional government it was the protesters who sidelined women and women's rights. That's when they lost this blogger as an advocate for I saw it as just more of the same cultural garbage women are expected to tolerate, especially in the Middle East.

Now more ugly news out of the Arab world. Is it any surprise that women are yet again treated to more degrading acts of cruelty and humiliation? I am very disappointed in this protest movement. What good is freedom if you hold captive over half of your population, declaring them unfit for leadership or the rights to make their own decisions?"

Funny Video: Jon Stewart Mocks Mubarak Speech in Egypt

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From Denny: Jon Stewart chides Mubarak in his insincere speech trying to stay in power while the protesters rejected his appeal.  He also discusses the news as it unfolded in Egypt, going from a peaceful revolution to a violent one as the Mubarak forces came in to beat the protesters.

Foreign journalists like CNN's Anderson Cooper were beaten and harassed continually by the corrupt police.  Anderson was punched in the face 10 times by a mob of Mubarak thugs.  Christiane Amanpour experienced a mob rocking her car back and forth to try and overturn it.  Brian Williams got kicked in the privates for his efforts to cover the news.

Man, if I were Williams' sister I'd hop a plane to Egypt and take a baseball bat to the offenders in their privates and see how they liked it.  Then I'd get in a fast car and run down Christiane's tormentors and take some brass knuckles to the creeps who went after Anderson.  Anyone have some great ideas of what to do to the vile scum that raped a CBS news reporter?  Let's all think of the most outrageous punishment for those 200 "brave" fools who thought it funny to gang rape a woman.  Make sure it qualifies for the outrageous category.

Of course, my main question is this, "Why in the hell did the news networks not provide Special Forces security for all these reporters?"   They were foreigners walking into mob situations.  Just how cheap - or naive - are these network owners and producers?