In a rambling weekend statement, Egypt's state information service complained of "severe bitterness" towards some western media coverage, which it deemed "biased" in favour of the Muslim Brotherhood. Forget that the Brothers had won legislative and presidential elections and are now facing one of the most brutal crackdowns in their more than 80-year history; they are, says the statement, terrorizing citizens, killing innocent people, and attacking the police. And they are being aided in their devious acts by al-Qaeda. The police and army, meanwhile, are the heroes who have rushed to protect the people and their revolution and are now standing in the face of "terrorist" attempts to "fling the country into violence." Continue reading » | 
