The military coup forces in Egypt have repeatedly used subservient media to prepare public opinion for terrorist acts they intend to carry out and throw the blame on the Muslim Brotherhood to demonise them and incite people against them, said Muslim Brotherhood in a statement on 20 September.
“Egypt witnessed several examples of that manoeuvre, such as the announcement, in a satellite TV channel owned by one of Mubarak’s cronies, that the Science Academy near Tahrir Square had been torched. It had not been at all attacked or harmed – as yet. But only two hours later, it was burnt down. There was also the announcement that Azbakeya and Boulaq Al-Dakrour (Cairo) police stations had been torched. Again, they had not been harmed in any way – as yet. Then, only half an hour after the announcement they were attacked and burnt,” said the MB statement adding, “If anything, this confirms the violence is the result of a co-ordinated plot carried out by those in power.”
The statement further added, “Now, some military-controlled satellite TV channels are reporting that explosions will blow up some of Egypt’s schools shortly. We affirm that these announcements serve several targets, all of which are heinous and traitorous: They can be used as a pretext to postpone the start of the new academic year, as the putschists fear assembly and action by revolutionary students against the military junta; they incite people against the Muslim Brotherhood; and they terrorise citizens into complete submission to the putschists.” The Muslim Brotherhood also affirmed their total and complete innocence of any blood that may be spilled, lives lost or terror spread.