Renewed Egyptian Turmoil

Protesters in Egypt have now begun turning on the Muslim Brotherhood, which was elected to a near majority in the elections last week. They blame the group for selling the revolution out and for supporting the military's continued control of the country. Military rule is set to end in June, and their timetable has been completely supported by the Brotherhood. The protesters did not turn to violence against them, but did send them the worst of insults as well as some thrown plastic bottles. Chants of,
"No Brotherhood, no officers! Down, down with military rule!" were heard. Members of the Brotherhood, that were present, seemed shocked by the turn of events, and did not really seem to know how to react.

Meanwhile, a mob broke into the Syrian embassy, with little to no resistance from Egyptian security forces. The attack lasted about fifteen minutes, mostly included ransacking the building, and then the group left with out any problems. The embassy had been empty at the time, so none were hurt. This is the fifth attack on an embassy in Cairo over the last year, the last was the Israeli embassy in September. Syrian ambassador, Youssef Ahmed, saw no relation in the attacks stating, "The Israeli Embassy was attacked by the revolutionaries of Egypt because Israel is the first enemy of the Arab nation," where as, "barbarians moved by money provided by Persian Gulf countries bent on Assad's ouster" had attacked the Syrian.