On Tuesday, 4th December 2012, massive numbers of Egyptians marched to the presidential palace [aka Itihadeya] to protest the constitutional declaration that Morsi issued. Some decided to continue for a sit-in and set up tents in front of the tightly guarded palace. On Wednesday, 5th December, Islamists, headed by the Ikhwan [Muslim Brotherhood] decided also to go to the presidential palace and ‘express support for the president’. Of course Ikhwan do not act on their own. Their leaders issued what they called ‘al nafeer al 3am‘ which means ‘general mobilization’ and there were many warnings about what they intended to do – among them ‘be martyred for the sake of legitimacy and God’. Coinciding with the mobilization, a large number of statements were issued by their leaders inciting them against the demonstrators. [video Ghoneim calling for killing of Morsi opponents and Ikhwan’s Al Irian threatening ‘uknown’ happenings to ‘adventurers’ – or here more inciting calling them thugs & urging their arrest or even calling for them to be hanged in a public square].
Around 4pm, while Morsi’s vice president Mahmoud Mekki held a press conference saying that the pro-Mosri people were demonstrating and abiding by the principle of ‘selmeya selmeya selmeya‘ [meaning peacefully], the Ikhwan arrived at Ithihdaiya and immediately began attacking the peaceful demonstrators in the vicinity. Everyone knew the Ikhwan would send their now famous ‘militias’ – usually armed with rifles, swords and knives. 
Those militias pulled out the tents, destroyed their contents and beat up the protesters, and of course as in the 25 January revolution, they claimed that the protesters had alcohol and hash. More protesters arrived to support their brethren and sisters and street battles ensued. Ikhwan proceeded to brutally beat people they captured. They were armed with guns and head gear. They pursued people, randomly shooting at them, injuring several hundred. At least two makeshift hospitals sprung up, among them a makeshift hospital at the Coptic Evangelical Church in Heliopolis, and another on Merghani on the street. Videos surfaced of brutality and beatings resulting in serious injuries to the head, broken bones, major bruises, broken teeth and the like. In one case they even cut the ear of a man called Saddam Sayed Ahmed who fainted as he bled profusely.
Some of the videos were filmed by the Ikhwan themselves. One particularly famous one was that of a heavy-set man being surrounded and beaten by Ikhwan, his clothes completely torn off and his face bloodied. Incidentally, the man turned out to be a Copt called Mina Philip and he received ‘extra beatings’ for just that according to his subsequent account. ِAnother video, shows Ikhwan parading people they ‘captured’. In a third video, one man was shown being beaten right outside the presidential palace gate, and told repeatedly that if he did not confess he was an ElBaradei supporter or that he took money to protest, he would be beaten some more. Other videos showed Ikhwan in semi-military formations attacking and chanting and/or celebrating their ‘victory’ in beating up and killing protesters. Within a day or two, those who were brutalized gave testimony on video and on the media.
At the end of the day, rumors of deaths began to surface – and initially 5 deaths were confirmed. The deaths, as were reported at the time, were all from the Ikhwan’s side. Everyone was stunned. How would Ikhwan who had the weapons and came prepared for an attack with military gear, be themselves killed? Ikhwan showed a heart-wrenching video of a mother whose son is one of those ‘martyrs’ as she wailed for him and swore at ElBaradei ‘the traitor and the Zionist’, saying he was the cause of her son’s death. In fact Western media went along with the story and reported the Ikhwan as victims. The Supreme Leader of the Ikhwan went to AlAzhar to speak at the funeral of the ‘Ikhwan victims’ – and he shed tears as he said ‘killing a Muslim believer is a sin’.
Yusri Foda, renowned media presenter, named the 5 people who the minister of health announced were confirmed dead. He also mentioned their ‘affiliations’ in this video link min 23:28. The second victim in his list is Mohammed Khallaf Eissa, and Foda says his family is not Ikhwan and they ‘refuse to speak’.
Then the real names and affiliations started coming out: one of the victims was al Husseini ِAbu Deif, a journalist at al Fajr newspaper shot in the head. Clearly he was not Ikhwan. Another was Karam Sargious, a Copt, whose name did not get enough coverage in any media – obviously also not Ikhwan.
However the most telling case was that of a victim called Mohamed Sanussi. His brother Reda said that Sanussi was not an Ikhwan and that some Ikhwan people came to him and asked him and his family if they could claim their brother as one of the Ikhwan vicitms and that they would take care of the entire costs of the funeral. He adamantly refused and felt angry and insulted. When asked why, he said because Ikhwan were the ones who killed his brother! His friends and family were also there and confirmed what Reda was saying [video testimony].
Yet another man died who was not Ikhwan-affiliated, Dr. Mohamed Sinousy, a member of Tahrir Doctors, shot in the head on his way home after working in the field clinic in Heliopolis near Roxy Square; he died in the hospital the next evening.
Then came a man named Ahmed Feisal: Ikhwan put his picture as one of ‘their’ victims, when in fact a friend of his said Feisal was not Ikhwan at all and he was not even dead. Feisal was fighting for his life at the ICU with a bullet embedded in his neck.
I am not even mentioning the injured and the kidnappings in this post because I am focusing on the lies regarding the victims and their affiliations. It seems to me the Ikhwan have absolutely no qualms about anyone who dies who is not Ikhwan. It was important for them to prove the dead were Ikhwan. End of story. While affiliations remain mysterious, for us, blood spilled is blood spilled.. it is murder in the first degree. The final total number remains unknown.
Update: 9 Dec 2012: Yet another victim was attributed to Ikhwan and he turned out to be an opposition. The victim’s name is Ahmed Feisal Saad Metwalli. Ikhwan claimed he was Hany Mohamed Sanad from Mansoura. The man was fatally shot in the neck. His friends found his picture posted behind Supreme Leader during his press conference and they tried to reach all media to explain he was not who Ikhwan said he was.
Update: 10 December 2012: Ikhwan’s Freedom and Justice Party apologizes on its web page for posting picture and information on victim of ‘civil society’ Ahmed Faisal as their own and post another picture explaining they meant that other one. [link]
Update: 11 December 2012: Tahrir podium announced the death of yet another victim from the events of bloody Wednesday. His name is Khaled Taha – and had been in the ICU at el Demerdash hospital since the events. He succumbed to his injuries. [link]
hakawi from the east - حكاوى من الشرق 